Brown's Experience No Match For Sacramento Gridlock
Jerry Brown won the governor's race last year by arguing that California needed a seasoned negotiator with an independent streak to cut through the political gridlock.
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Jerry Brown won the governor's race last year by arguing that California needed a seasoned negotiator with an independent streak to cut through the political gridlock.
A crumbling hillside that is threatening eight homes in Hercules has prompted city officials to declare a local emergency.
President Barack Obama's goals of reducing foreign oil consumption over the next 10 years is seen as a possible boon for electric vehicle makers.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved a plan to take $1.3 million out of the city's reserve fund to give to candidates running for mayor.
Some lawmakers are making a new push to raise the minimum wage in California, but businesses owners are pushing back.
Gov. Jerry Brown cut off budget negotiations Tuesday with Republican lawmakers, effectively ending his plan to ask Californians to vote on tax extensions.
The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to block a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart sparked by Bay Area women that is now being brought on behalf of up to 1.6 million women.
A controversial piece of legislation was scheduled to be introduced at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting at San Francisco City Hall.
The California Legislature was set to convene amid uncertainty over the fate of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal and warnings by majority Democrats that they might try to bypass Republican lawmakers to call a special election on taxes.
Gay rights advocates are challenging a request by the Obama administration to keep the military's repealed "don't ask, don't tell" policy in place while the Pentagon prepares for its repeal.
The most immediate question for the session beginning Tuesday remains whether the Gov. Brown and majority Democrats can get Republican support for an election this summer.
Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan died Sunday of an apparent heart attack while on a ski trip in Lake Tahoe, Marin County Administrator Matthew Hymel announced today.
A bi-partisan group that helped defeat Proposition 23 last November is once again coming together to ensure that California's global warming laws are working.
Airstrikes and fighting continue in Libya as civilians look to oust Moammar Ghadafi from his position of power.
San Mateo Assemblyman Jerry Hill is proposing a law that would make it easier to suspend the tobacco licenses of stores that repeatedly sell cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors.
