Brown Asks Lawmakers To Delay California Budget Vote
Gov. Jerry Brown is asking lawmakers to delay planned votes on the budget despite his self-imposed deadline for calling a special election to extend temporary tax increases.
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Gov. Jerry Brown is asking lawmakers to delay planned votes on the budget despite his self-imposed deadline for calling a special election to extend temporary tax increases.
California has a weak rainy day fund, but voters will get a chance to strengthen its requirements next year.
A closely watched property tax to help cash-strapped schools in the East Bay city of Alameda appeared headed for victory Wednesday.
The San Jose Redevelopment Agency owes the county almost $63 million going back three years.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee met behind closed doors with the Board of Supervisors Tuesday to discuss pension reform, an unusual visit one supervisor said carries lots of positive symbolism.
California's rapidly changing demographics could mean a very different political picture in the decade ahead as new district boundaries are drawn that shift representation away from the coast.
Ben Affleck and Cindy McCain, wife of Arizona Sen. John McCain, have teamed up to draw attention to conditions in the Congo...
Alameda residents are voting on a new local property tax that school officials say is needed to avert teacher layoffs and campus closures on the island city.
Republican lawmakers aren't budging as Gov. Jerry Brown enters the last stretch of a self-imposed budget deadline for a legislative vote to call a June special election.
The case boils down to defining the phrase in California law that makes it a crime for anyone who "induces, persuades or encourages another person to become a prostitute."
The Oakland City Council has voted to place a parcel tax measure on the June ballot that would raise $11 million a year for the next five years to help reduce the city's $46 million budget shortfall.
Lawyers for sponsors of California's gay marriage ban said Monday the Obama administration's refusal to defend a federal law prohibiting government recognition of same-sex marriages has no bearing on the state law.
Despite voter rejection in the past, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan suggested she now had the support for two new proposed city taxes. She also warned that this was the only way to dig the city out of its massive deficit.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he has been unable to secure enough Republican votes to pass his plan for addressing California's $26.6 billion budget deficit.
An audit by the state controller's office has found that redevelopment agencies in California do not have a way to show how well they are fighting blight or creating jobs.
