Gov. Brown To Propose Tax Increase Plan On Ballot
California Gov. Jerry Brown is planning a ballot initiative that asks voters to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the sales tax by half a cent.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown is planning a ballot initiative that asks voters to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the sales tax by half a cent.
California's plan for a $98 billion high-speed rail system to connect Northern and Southern California does not comply with some parts of the 2008 ballot measure voters approved to provide the seed money, providing the latest obstacle for the embattled project, according to the state's legislative analyst.
A federal judge has rejected a request from medical marijuana dispensaries and patients to order an immediate halt to U.S. attorneys' efforts to shut down pot clubs in California.
California lawmakers are going to lose a big perk this week: their mostly-state-funded cars. Interestingly, though, the change could actually cost taxpayers more in the long run.
A co-author of a study on reducing California's level of greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 says it's ambitious, but attainable.
A group of California lawmakers spent last week at a luxury hotel, all expenses paid, while attending an issues conference during a politically tumultuous week in California.
Lawmakers are asking if California's bridges are safe after a state engineer was accused of falsifying tests on three construction projects.
Some of California's most prominent political and business leaders are proposing to revamp the state's tax structure to bring in more revenue.
A small earthquake has rumbled in a remote mountain area along the California-Nevada border.
State health officials say adult day health care centers across California will stay open following the settlement of a federal court lawsuit brought by disability and senior advocates.
California's unemployment rate fell slightly in October, to 11.7 percent, from 11.9 percent a month earlier.
The Legislative Analyst's Office on Wednesday released a gloomy state fiscal outlook. It says tax revenue will fall short of the state's projections, which could trigger midyear cuts to public schools, colleges and health care programs.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says this year's above average rainfall helped to tamp down the number of acres burnt in wildfires.
The season for recreational fishermen begins Saturday, when crabbers can begin setting their traps and nets after midnight.
Government lawyers on Wednesday agreed to resume their court battle with inmate lawyers no earlier than September, which will push back any scheduled executions into 2013.
A federal judge released the town from bankruptcy Tuesday, putting an end to Vallejo's three-year bout as one of the nation's first and largest bankrupt cities.
The report estimates the actual cost at $98.5 billion if the route between San Francisco and Anaheim is completed in 2033. But the plan also said the system would be profitable even at the lowest ridership estimates.
California voters and the Obama administration have committed nearly $13 billion to the state's high-speed rail project, but the ambitious plan to link California's biggest cities by rail faces increasing questions about whether it will ever become reality.
Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money remains unspent in California, but before that cash goes back to Washington, some state lawmakers want to make sure it gets spent.
Opponents of the death penalty gathered in San Jose Thursday to kick off a state-wide campaign to replace capital punishment with life without parole.
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected two Republican challenges to the state's new electoral maps.
California's unemployment rate dropped slightly in September, but remains above the national rate. Bay Area counties were all below the state average.
California quarterback Zach Maynard spent a lot of time trying to keep his brother Keenan Allen out of trouble while the two were growing up together.
California regulators have approved a new telephone area code for Santa Clara County.
California formally adopted the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system Thursday, an experiment designed to provide financial incentives for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
