California's Top Court Refuses To Limit Pimp Definition
The court ruled 5-2 on Thursday that pimps who recruit working prostitutes are just as guilty of pandering as those who recruit victims new to the trade.
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The court ruled 5-2 on Thursday that pimps who recruit working prostitutes are just as guilty of pandering as those who recruit victims new to the trade.
Former California state treasurer Matt Fong, a Republican who lost a challenge to Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, died Wednesday after a four-year battle with skin cancer.
A new survey shows a strong majority of California voters want a say on the state budget but disagree with Gov. Jerry Brown's tax proposal.
The plan does not include cuts to vital services or any major layoffs, while also eliminating the city's $380 million deficit.
So-called "sexting" would be added to the list of infractions that school officials can cite to expel students under a bill passed by the state Senate.
As San Jose's fiscal situation remains bleak, the city council has imposed 10 percent wage and benefit cuts on four unions.
The state of California could collect more than $1 billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by the Assembly becomes law.
Better-than-expected tax revenues may help San Francisco avoid mass layoffs as it struggles to close a $306-million budget deficit.
There has apparently been a major population shift in Alameda County over the past decade.
Elected officials from throughout Marin County have joined together in an effort to address the pressing issue of pension reform - something that is impacting towns and cities throughout the county.
A State Assemblyman from Santa Rosa's bill to end using DUI checkpoints as a target to immigrant communities is now headed to the Senate.
San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee said he will sign a measure to extend tax relief to growing companies that offer stock options to keep them in the city.
A state Senate committee has killed a bill that would have prohibited lawmakers from receiving free spa treatments, sports tickets and rounds of golf.
California senators rejected a bill Friday designed to increase privacy on social networking sites, persuaded by objections from some of the burgeoning industry's biggest players.
Is the sales tax headed higher in San Francisco? Perhaps.
