California Legislature Looking To Help Out Solar Companies
In the wake of Fremont-based Solyndra's demise, the state legislature is trying to give California solar companies a push and level the playing field.
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In the wake of Fremont-based Solyndra's demise, the state legislature is trying to give California solar companies a push and level the playing field.
The Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill seeking to ban the sale, trade or possession of shark fins, despite objections from two senators who called the measure racist because the fins are used in a soup considered a delicacy in some Asian cultures.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill was in San Bruno Tuesday morning to promote state legislation that would impose stricter regulations on natural gas providers.
The California Legislature has approved a bill preventing local jurisdictions from banning male circumcision, a measure written in response to ballot measure proposed in San Francisco.
The right to bare all in San Francisco might soon come with some restrictions under legislation being proposed at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.
The California Supreme Court has been asked to give an advisory opinion on whether sponsors of Proposition 8 have the right to appeal a federal court ruling striking down the initiative.
The plan would put a limit on whether new stores or markets can get a liquor license.
Several investors in high-tech companies are putting their dollars into campaigns for the San Francisco mayoral race.
The California Supreme Court—with two new members seated in the past year—is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Tuesday on a key issue in the state's legal battle over same-sex marriage.
Fired-up volunteers in California have started gathering signatures for a ballot referendum that would repeal the nation's first law requiring public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights milestones in history and social science lessons.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee faced criticism from some of his fellow mayoral candidates Friday following comments he made in praise of PG&E at a child literacy event on Thursday.
With another major company threatening to leave California, Democrats and Republicans are squabbling even more over who's to blame, and some key Republican lawmakers are dismissing a plan that Democratic leaders say will help Californians get back to work.
A bill designed to make it easier for state parks to enter operating agreements with nonprofits has passed the Senate with little opposition.
A long-running challenge to California's death penalty procedures that has resulted in executions being put on hold for five years has been assigned to a new federal judge in San Francisco.
Two proposals California Democrats hope will attract more companies and jobs to the state have won praise from the California Chamber of Commerce.
