California Subsidies For Low-Income Childcare Restored
The state has the money to keep offering subsidies to help low-income families pay for childcare, Assembly Speaker John Perez said Friday.
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The state has the money to keep offering subsidies to help low-income families pay for childcare, Assembly Speaker John Perez said Friday.
San Francisco's new Mayor, Ed Lee, has described Muni as a transit system that's falling short of the mark, when compared to public transit in other big cities.
Legislation to outlaw gun clips such as the one allegedly used to by Jared Loughner in the deadly Arizona shootings that injured a congresswoman would be more difficult to pass than the expired ban on assault weapons, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday.
San Jose's City Manager wants to see a more proactive relationship between the Police Department and the office of the Independent Police Auditor.
Longtime Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente won't be prosecuted on misdemeanor drunken driving charges because there is insufficient evidence, an Alameda County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman said Thursday.
Cut spending and raise taxes, and do it all on a very short timeline. That's what state lawmakers were told Thursday that they must do to bring California's financial house back into order on the first day of budget hearings at the state capitol.
The tax extensions in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal last only five years, and closing the $25 billion deficit will require difficult cuts.
It's clear Contra Costa County cannot rely on the state to come through with enough money to stimulate job growth on a wide scale, supervisors said Wednesday.
Hercules Mayor Ed Balico announced Tuesday night his resignation as mayor effective immediately, Hercules spokeswoman Michelle Harrington said Wednesday.
The Legislature's nonpartisan analyst on Wednesday called Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal a "good starting point" for rebuilding state government but cautioned that it carries a lot of risk.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly has apologized for not informing a slain man's family he was cutting the prison term of one of the two people involved in the killing.
The Mt. Diablo school board has approved nearly $1 million in funding to cover mental health costs that were vetoed in the last state budget.
San Francisco's pension fund for retired city workers is even worse off than projected. The city will have to contribute around $600 million next year to pay for pension costs.
Gun sales are surging in California since the Tucson shootings, and two new California sheriffs want to make it easier for Californians to carry concealed weapons.
San Francisco welcomed its first Asian-American leader Tuesday afternoon, as City Administrator Edwin Lee was sworn in as interim mayor before a crowd of hundreds.
