Phil Matier: San Francisco's DA Outpaced In Campaign Funding
New campaign finance figures in the California attorney general's race show Republican Steve Cooley out-raising Democrat Kamala Harris during the past three months.
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New campaign finance figures in the California attorney general's race show Republican Steve Cooley out-raising Democrat Kamala Harris during the past three months.
Republican Meg Whitman has spent more than $140 million on her campaign for California governor so far, nearly $40 million of it during the last three months, she reported Tuesday.
With major contributions from the oil industry, supporters of a ballot initiative to suspend California's landmark greenhouse gas emissions law reported a fundraising tally Tuesday of more than $5.2 million in the past three months.
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday fell one vote short of overturning a mayoral veto on a proposed fee on alcohol.
The campaigns for and against a California ballot measure that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana reported little cash on hand Tuesday as they headed into the race's final month.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has voted to approve a nonbinding term sheet for hosting the 34th America's Cup in 2013.
Some California lawmakers are looking to get answers from banks when it comes to mortgages and foreclosures.
A Bay Area teacher-turned-lawmaker and a retired Southern California district superintendent are competing to be California's next education chief at a time when public schools are facing unprecedented financial challenges.
The major party candidates for state attorney general clashed Tuesday on issues ranging from the environment to the death penalty as they tried to distinguish themselves in their only scheduled debate before Election Day.
The insurance commissioners' race might not feature boldface names, but the job is influential and the winner will be tasked with navigating the changes brought by federal health care reform on the state level.
If the supporters of Proposition 23 prevail in the Nov. 2 election, California's landmark global warming law would be suspended indefinitely.
Attorney Gloria Allred refused again to disclose how she came to represent an illegal immigrant housekeeper Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman employed for nine years.
A coalition of cities and nonprofit groups on the Peninsula are suing to derail a $43-billion bullet train.
The polls opened Monday throughout California, though a very select few seemed to take an interest in casting their ballots.
An effort to force fast-food restaurants to make the meals they market to children healthier passed a San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee Monday.
