Gov. Brown Ousts Anti Prop. 29 Doctor From Advisory Panel
Gov. Jerry Brown has booted a doctor from a state advisory panel after she appeared in industry-funded television ads slamming a proposed tobacco tax to fund cancer research.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has booted a doctor from a state advisory panel after she appeared in industry-funded television ads slamming a proposed tobacco tax to fund cancer research.
Just one day after announcing his support of the top gay rights issue, President Barack Obama was attending a lavish West Coast fundraiser hosted by actor George Clooney.
California is planning to join the 37 other states that have sought relief from the most strenuous requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed into law Wednesday a measure that requires input from the community about the police department's participation with the FBI on a joint terrorism task force.
Proposition 28 on the June 5 primary ballot would reduce the total number of years lawmakers can serve in the Legislature from 14 to 12, but it would allow them to serve all of that in one house.
President Barack Obama has said he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences.
Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan appears likely to survive a pair of recall efforts which have been aimed at her for much of the past year.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission did not vote, but did discuss plans to help fund a 22-month pilot program that would start in August and provide free Muni service for low-income youth.
As California State University students face another tuition hike this fall, an investigation by the CBS station in Los Angeles has found questionable spending by the chancellor's office.
If voters approve the tax measure Lance Armstrong is championing in the June primary, smokers in the nation's most populous state will pay an extra $1 for each pack they buy, raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
A June ballot measure to preserve San Francisco's historic Coit Tower and its 27 WPA murals is pitting preservationists against park advocates.
The San Diego City Council has voted unanimously to rename a street after gay civil rights hero Harvey Milk. Milk was assassinated less than a year after he took public office in San Francisco on the Board of Supervisors.
University of California students could face significantly higher tuition if the state doesn't increase funding and voters don't approve the governor's tax initiative.
State Senators Joe Simitian and Noreen Evans unveiled a budget plan Tuesday to prevent 70 state parks from closing in July.
Personal income tax receipts were about $2 billion less than projected in April.
