SFMTA Approves Free Muni To Low-Income Youth, Sunday Parking Meters
SFMTA officials approved a two-year budget Tuesday afternoon that will provide free transit passes to low-income youth and extend parking meter hours to Sundays.
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SFMTA officials approved a two-year budget Tuesday afternoon that will provide free transit passes to low-income youth and extend parking meter hours to Sundays.
The group, called Tax-Us, gathered for a Tax Day rally to champion the "Buffett rule," which calls for a minimum of 30 percent tax on incomes greater than $1 million.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is being asked to develop a plan to help aging members of the city's large LGBT community with a task force that would come up with policy recommendations.
A bill aimed at bringing order to California's medical marijuana economy has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
California lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have made it a felony for teachers to date their students, even if they are over 18.
Just days before the tax-filing deadline, the California Franchise Tax Board dropped its campaign to get California homeowners not to deduct part of their property tax bill.
Contra Costa continues to receive low-level offenders as part of the state's realignment plan to ease prison overcrowding, and now there is an effort to get inmates out of jail, and into employment.
After a political career spanning four decades, California state treasurer Bill Lockyer is drawing attention not for his job but for his marital troubles.
Police departments around the country have not done enough to combat racial profiling in the last decade, East Palo Alto Police Chief Ronald Davis said Tuesday.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Monday filed a response to a motion by the attorneys of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who is seeking to have Herrera removed from the suspension proceedings.
Bay Area residents whose homes are headed for foreclosure may get legislative relief. A new bill authored by State Senator Mark DeSaulnier would, according to supporters, greatly simplify the process for homeowners.
The proposals by Attorney General Kamala Harris would provide safeguards for homeowners while giving her office more leeway to investigate financial crimes.
The Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition rallied along the Embarcadero as part of a contract dispute that affects union members who work with the ferries, buses and Golden Gate Bridge and roads.
The group called for change before the November election.
There is a concern that tax revenues will not meet expectations from state officials.
