Budget Deadline Looms For California Lawmakers
Gov. Jerry Brown called on the Legislature Monday to rise above partisan differences and resist pressure from talk shows, bloggers and anti-tax advocates to pass a California budget.
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Gov. Jerry Brown called on the Legislature Monday to rise above partisan differences and resist pressure from talk shows, bloggers and anti-tax advocates to pass a California budget.
A federal judge in San Francisco said Monday he hopes to rule quickly on a bid by sponsors of Proposition 8 to have him nullify another judge's decision overturning the ban on same-sex marriage.
There was no immediate comment from the union behind the mailer, but other city employee unions have subsequently been quoted as saying the do not want to be "lumped in" with this.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon was in the San Francisco Bay area where he spoke at a San Jose job training center about immigration issues and other topics.
Bay Area drug and rehab agencies may see an increase in clientele if the proposal to release low-risk offenders from state prisons to local jails goes through.
Reticent no longer, the Democratic Party hierarchy demanded on Saturday that Rep. Anthony Weiner for sending online material ranging from sexually suggestive to explicit to several women.
A bond measure to repair and improve city streets in San Francisco moved a step closer to making it on the November ballot on Friday.
An independent citizens panel has released its draft of new maps for California's congressional and legislative districts in a process that could reshape California's political landscape.
The state Senate has rejected extending recent tax hikes for another year to help close California's $9.6 billion budget deficit but approved a bill that would allow local communities to more easily go to the voters for tax increases.
Offenses will now be recorded as convictions and then "masked" after completion of traffic school. But, show up in court again and the court will have a record of your violation history.
In something of a legal shot over the bow, an attorney who specializes in civil rights has put Santa Clara on notice that he believes the City Council is violating state law.
The iconic rainbow flag that flies over the Castro in San Francisco was the topic of Thursday's Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District meeting as the board decides whether to ask the Department of Public Works to convene a meeting on the flag.
An online simulation tool was launched Thursday that lets people decide for themselves how to balance California's budget. "The California Budget Challenge" has been updated to reflect the cuts made in March and the governor's May revision.
Immunizing the California budget against revenue fluctuations means moving away from the state's heavy reliance on income taxes, according to a prominent UC Berkeley economist.
San Francisco would lose one of its two seats in the state Senate under a draft proposal by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to be formally unveiled on Friday.
