Dellums Touts Oakland Accomplishments In Report, Denies Early Exit
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said in a 68-page "State of the City" report Wednesday that he has reduced crime, boosted the city's economy, and improved health care and education.
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Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said in a 68-page "State of the City" report Wednesday that he has reduced crime, boosted the city's economy, and improved health care and education.
The closed-door vote Wednesday will let the San Francisco congresswoman shift from House speaker to minority leader in January, despite concerns by some Democrats that the party needs new leadership.
All four contested races for San Francisco supervisor appear to have been settled after some candidates claimed victory and others conceded in response to the latest release of elections results on Tuesday.
A transformational political reform set in motion by voters two years ago approaches its biggest milestone this week.
Former gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has agreed to pay her former housekeeper $5,500 in unpaid wages to settle a dispute that erupted in the final month of the campaign.
Governor Schwarzenegger and the leaders of state and provincial governments from all over the world have signed two landmark agreements on climate change at a conference at UC Davis, as the governor lays the groundwork for his future as an international environmental leader.
It looks like the current mayor of Oakland may want to leave his job before his term ends. KCBS and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier said that Ron Dellums' wife has been talking with city officials about the possibility that her husband depart before January third.
Governor-elect Jerry Brown returned to Sacramento on Tuesday after a brief post-election vacation to learn more about the $25.4 billion budget deficit facing him when he takes office in January.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday sought to halt the sale of 11 California state office complexes, including the San Francisco Civic Center, alleging the process illegally bypassed the state Judicial Council and amounts to an improper gift of public funds.
San Francisco supervisors were meeting late Tuesday afternoon to vote on whether to begin the selection process for outgoing Mayor Gavin Newsom's replacement.
Democrat Kamala Harris of San Francisco retained a 30,000-vote lead Tuesday over Republican Steve Cooley of Los Angeles in the race for state attorney general.
Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, who is poised to move from speaker to minority leader in the next Congress, got an earful from some rank-and-file colleagues who said the party must change leaders.
With some incoming governors rejecting money for high-speed rail, California's two U.S. senators are asking the Obama administration to redirect federal funding to their home state.
A 49-year-old California patent lawyer has been elected as the nation's first openly transgender trial judge.
A motion was expected Tuesday before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pick a new mayor. Despite that push by left-leaning supervisors, it appeared there would be a lot of talk without much action.
