California Won't Meet Court Deadline To Reduce Prison Overcrowding
The state has until June 2013 to reduce its prison population by about 34,000 inmates. Currently the prisons are 80 percent above capacity.
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The state has until June 2013 to reduce its prison population by about 34,000 inmates. Currently the prisons are 80 percent above capacity.
The three major airports in the Bay area all have projects that have been impacted by the FAA partial shutdown. So word of a bipartisan agreement to end the stalemate is very welcome news.
Interim San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is well positioned to get elected to the job in November if he chooses to run, leading his nearest would-be challenger by a 3-1 margin, according to a KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll.
The bill was modeled after local ordinances already adopted in San Francisco, Berkeley and Richmond mandating that employers either subsidize workers' carpool or public transit expenses, or provide bus service or other free transportation to work.
At a time when a good education is more critical than ever, budget cuts are hitting California's state schools hard and students are paying the price.
Republican Sen. Ted Gaines said Wednesday he will introduce legislation intended to circumvent a 2008 California Supreme Court decision.
The "Next Generation 911" system would allow callers to text, send photos and video to 911 dispatch centers.
San Jose leaders had been hoping to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot, but Tuesday they decided to shelve that idea until next year. This comes despite recent police layoffs and cuts to other city services.
San Francisco Supervisors have voted to strengthen the city's minimum wage law. The board approved the wage theft legislation to stop employers from forcing workers, in particular home health care workers, from toiling for long hours for less than the city's minimum wage of $9.92 an hour.
The San Jose City Council on Tuesday voted to move forward with a deal that would annex a neighborhood in unincorporated Santa Clara County to the city of Campbell.
City officials will be facing another huge budget shortfall meaning that pension reform will be a hot topic in the upcoming year.
San Francisco is taking on crisis pregnancy centers in the city, arguing that they are pushing a misleading agenda.
Construction remains halted on Oakland International Airport's new control tower as the FAA shutdown is expected to continue into September.
A bill that would have made it illegal pay a per-signature fee to companies that circulate ballot petitions was vetoed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
About 100 people gathered outside San Francisco City Hall Monday to encourage Ed Lee to run for mayor in November.
