San Francisco Democrat Optimistic About State Budget Compromise
State Senator Mark Leno said he remains optimistic that legislators will come to an agreement over the state budget this week.
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State Senator Mark Leno said he remains optimistic that legislators will come to an agreement over the state budget this week.
San Francisco's new budget proposes replacing sworn police and sheriff's deputies with private security guards at San Francisco General Hospital.
State Senator Loni Hancock is looking to end the death penalty in California, but victim's families are irate over the proposed legislation.
After nearly 45 people addressed the San Jose City Council on Friday to voice opposition to the mayor's emergency declaration, council members went into a closed session to determine the proposal's fate.
The public packed a San Francisco Board of Supervisors' meeting Friday to plead for an end to budget cuts on human services and the arts.
A majority of city workers' unions have actually signed off on Lee's reform package but they do not represent retired workers, who complained to the supervisors at the hearing that they were left out of the process.
The protestors pitched their tents and sleeping bags on the ramp leading up to the City Hall rotunda and slept there, though one woman acknowledged she got just two hours of sleep, and 'fessed up to being cold, too.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is still determined to give voters a chance to decide whether to extend tax increases to balance the state's budget.
Not only are state prison officials getting ready to move thousands of inmates to county jails in a cost cutting move, but they've also reduced the number of gang members on GPS monitoring.
Finally, there is some good news for San Francisco's public employee retirement system. Officials are reporting that the fund appears to be on its way to full economic recovery.
Oracle said its net income rose 36 percent as new sales of business software were at the high end of its expectations. However, the company said revenue from computer servers dropped. Its stock fell.
Few tears are being shed for California lawmakers as the man who cuts the state's paychecks decided that the Legislature will not be paid their salaries until they balance the state's annual spending plan.
A measure headed for the November ballot in San Francisco could undermine the city's Care Not Cash program by removing a key component that makes the welfare program work.
In Wednesday's speech, President Barack Obama is expected to outline a plan to bring 5,000 troops home from Afghanistan this summer and another 5,000 by winter or spring of next year.
The lawsuit, expected to be filed in San Francisco Superior Court, claims that the city has no authority to regulate common medical procedures.
