Tobacco Companies Spent Millions To Sway CA Voters
A new report from the American Lung Association found that contributions from big tobacco companies topped $100 million over the past decade, including nearly $60 million to defeat Proposition 86.
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A new report from the American Lung Association found that contributions from big tobacco companies topped $100 million over the past decade, including nearly $60 million to defeat Proposition 86.
The White House is supporting legislation proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave unanimous initial approval to the city's $6.83 billion budget for the next fiscal year.
A San Rafael man is set to be arraigned on charges that he made death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Groups representing California redevelopment agencies and cities are suing the state to halt a change that would eliminate the agencies and funnel an estimated $1.7 billion to local services.
In his travels About the Bay, Mike Sugerman talks to members of the San Francisco Young Republicans, who can't wait for the state convention they are hosting in August.
A political fight is brewing over where the headquarters for three major public agencies should be, with two Bay Area cities battling over hundreds of jobs.
San Francisco's "Run, Ed, Run" campaign held another event this weekend in its goal of getting interim Mayor Ed Lee to run for mayor in the November election.
A federal appeals court is allowing the military to temporarily continue its "don't ask, don't tell" policy for openly gay service members in response to a request from the Obama administration.
The city of San Francisco's pioneering ban on tobacco sales by pharmacies has survived its latest challenge, a constitutional lawsuit by the Safeway grocery store chain.
Two Oakland City Council members deny receiving special treatment from police after their cars were burglarized.
A nationwide effort to elect the president of the United States based on the popular vote rather than the current Electoral College system passed the California legislature Friday.
A ballot measure to block San Francisco from raising or adding fees at its parks has sparked a passionate debate about how the city will fund park facilities without unduly restricting public access.
Gov. Jerry Brown will get his chance to let college students who entered the country illegally receive limited financial aid, under a bill approved by the state Senate.
San Francisco employers are keeping 80 percent or $50 million a year of the money intended to provide employee health care under the city's Healthy San Francisco law, and now there is an effort underway to close the loophole.
