Poll: Majority Of California Voters Support Brown Tax Plan
A poll shows a majority of likely voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the statewide sales tax to stave off education cuts.
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A poll shows a majority of likely voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the statewide sales tax to stave off education cuts.
Proponents of an initiative that would turn California's Legislature into a part-time body are already raising money for their cause.
The Battle of the Bay continues, and it has everything to do with the elected officials in charge of the cities vying for the Oakland A's baseball team.
Protesters have planned to close all the ports on the West Coast on Monday.
A Bakersfield lawmaker wants California's State Legislators to work part time and take a pay cut.
After a violent shooting in West Oakland that claimed the life of a one-year-old boy, community members have taken to the streets to question Mayor Quan's plans for keeping the streets safe.
One proponent of moving the Oakland A's to San Jose is calling Mayor Jean Quan's letter to MLB a too little, too late.
In the midst of a recall effort, a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll found the approval rating for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has actually improved in recent weeks -- although a majority of residents still disapprove of her job performance.
Oracle Arena in Oakland, where the Warriors currently play, is the oldest in the NBA. It was built in 1966 and team brass have talked in the past about having to replace it.
The MTA is on track to spend $57 million on overtime by the end of the fiscal year, significantly about its $32 million budget.
Three federal appeals court judges were hearing arguments in San Francisco Thursday afternoon on two issues related to last year's trial on Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
Voters in Richmond next year may be casting their votes on a sugary drink tax meant to help combat the city's growing obesity rate.
Myanmar - formerly known as Burma - has been at civil war for 60 years, but it's only been in recent years that the U.S. instituted a policy of accepting its refugees. 400 hundred such refugees now live in east Oakland.
The Oakland City Council on Tuesday night approved a pilot program that will allow clusters of mobile food vendors to do business in parts of the city.
A proposal offering a tax break for companies in San Francisco that hire ex-felons was narrowly voted down by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
