Mayor Quan Braces For Oakland's Budget Battle
The nation's overall gloomy economic picture was the main topic of discussion when Quan and a handful of her mayoral counterparts held court with Obama and Biden Monday.
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The nation's overall gloomy economic picture was the main topic of discussion when Quan and a handful of her mayoral counterparts held court with Obama and Biden Monday.
The plan has been shelved after its backers failed to raise the $2.4 million needed to fund it.
With 10 days left before California starts a new fiscal year, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are looking to Gov. Jerry Brown for his next move. What that is, he's not saying.
San Francisco Supervisors Monday began their two week annual nip and tuck at the City's new $6.8 billion dollar budget proposal. Compared to past years, it was a tame affair.
A report released Monday tallies the cost of carrying out an execution in California, suggesting that the financial impact to California taxpayers since capital punishment was reinstated in the state is in the neighborhood $4 billion.
Governor Brown's unexpected veto on Thursday, California still does not have a budget and state lawmakers are scratching their heads about what to do next.
California's State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and Assemblywoman Connie Conway offer opposing views on what Gov. Jerry Brown should do now that he's vetoed the state budget, but both agree his decision came as a surprise.
Santa Clara County supervisors faced with a $220 million budget deficit are cutting funding for some 50 non-profit community organizations by 25 percent.
With lawmakers united only in their anger at Gov. Jerry Brown, the coming days and weeks won't be pretty, experts predict.
The 100,000 U.S. troops now stationed in Afghanistan should be trimmed to 10,000 to 25,000 within the next 18 months, Sen. Barbara Boxer said Friday.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity was nose-diving as he left office last year and has sunk even further in the wake of revelations that he fathered a child with his housekeeper.
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed the Democratic budget plan approved Wednesday in the Legislature, restarting talks over how to close California's $9.6 billion deficit.
Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of the spending bills passed by the Democrats does not go far enough to protect local control of redevelopment money that California cities depend on, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said Thursday.
The spending plan approved Wednesday by Democrats requires companies to collect the state sales tax on online purchases made by California residents.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under pressure to resign, will make an announcement Thursday.
