Many Californian's Pick For Governor Still Undecided
A new Field Poll shows the races for California attorney general and lieutenant governor are about even, with many voters still undecided.
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A new Field Poll shows the races for California attorney general and lieutenant governor are about even, with many voters still undecided.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called on state lawmakers Friday to enact legislation that would prevent violent felons from caring for ailing residents in California home health care programs.
Two bills aimed at helping the uninsured get health care coverage won't send the California state budget deeper into the red, according to a state government analysis that contradicts claims by opponents.
A new poll shows Californians are divided over an initiative to suspend the state's landmark global warming law, although most consider global warming an important issue.
A state survey finds at least 20 city managers in California receive salaries and benefits that total more than $300,000.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has blasted California's largest union for supporting a November ballot measure to legalize marijuana.
A new Field Poll confirms what two other surveys said earlier this week -- Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer has opened up a lead over Republican Carly Fiorina.
Last month Caltrans froze three billion dollars in upcoming transportation projects from freeway expansions to bike lanes when there was no state budget agreement. Now another month has passed and almost a billion more is on hold, according to Caltrans spokesman Matt Rocco.
Nine Oakland mayoral candidates generally agreed Thursday night that the city's next leader needs to fight crime, create more jobs and find a way to balance the city's budget.
After suggesting the end could be near, aides to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature's top leaders say they will resume work next week on trying to end California's record-long budget impasse.
The Detroit mayor's office on Thursday sharply criticized California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman for comparing Fresno to Detroit and calling it "awful."
The one-time police chief in the corruption-plagued city of Bell declared himself disabled when he took the job last year in a move that could someday earn him a tax-free state pension worth millions of dollars, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has two fundraisers planned in the nation's capital, including one sponsored in part by a company seeking to undermine California's global warming law.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday came out against a ballot initiative that would indefinitely delay California's landmark global warming law, saying she supports a more limited suspension.
