San Francisco Garbage Contract Trashed At City Hearing
The trash talk came from near and far Wednesday as the supervisors debated who should collect the city's garbage, and whether it should be shipped all the way to Yuba County.
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The trash talk came from near and far Wednesday as the supervisors debated who should collect the city's garbage, and whether it should be shipped all the way to Yuba County.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has dropped a plan to sell 24 state government buildings to private investors.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said Wednesday that she is taking a 25 percent pay cut because she wants to lead the way as the city works through a difficult budget situation.
Many of the mayors said it doesn't make economic sense to cut redevelopment agencies.
The Berkeley City Council plans to vote next week on a resolution inviting a few Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared of wrong-doing to resettle in the East Bay city.
More than 500 people showed up at the Mount Diablo School District board meeting in Concord Tuesday night in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the closure of two schools.
A scathing report was released Wednesday about the project that is supposed to modernize and link court computers in California's 58 counties.
California lawmakers can't avoid making tough choices after the recent mortgage meltdown and credit crisis unmasked the state's structural deficit, said Gov. Jerry Brown in launching a new round of legislative visits Tuesday to sell his budget-balancing plan.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee joined Supervisors David Chiu and Jane Kim proposed tax breaks to Twitter and other companies to relocate to the city's Mid-Market neighborhood.
A San Francisco supervisor is proposing legislation to make it easier for tenants to find housing when they are displaced by a disaster.
The last ten years have seen substantial population growth in East Contra Costa and the Dougherty Valley, which is expected to impact redistricting for the supervisorial districts in the county.
State Controller John Chiang said his office needs more power to oversee local governments and agencies.
Less than a month after leaving MSNBC, liberal lightning rod Keith Olbermann said Tuesday he is headed to Current TV, the San Francisco-based national public affairs channel launched six years ago by former Vice President Al Gore.
A San Jose-based anti-abortion group targeting Planned Parenthood released a video Tuesday showing an employee at a New York City clinic giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and seeking health services for underage sex workers.
Ultimately, it appeared the idea would be headed for the back burner for the time being.
