Golden Gate Bridge Anniversary Party Kicks Off With Visitor's Center Opening
Friday's festivities unveiling new visitor facilities at the bridge also kicked off a weekend of celebrations marking the crossing's 75th anniversary.
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Friday's festivities unveiling new visitor facilities at the bridge also kicked off a weekend of celebrations marking the crossing's 75th anniversary.
Gov. Jerry Brown is pitching his proposal to raise the state sales and income taxes to an audience that traditionally opposes tax increases—members of the California Chamber of Commerce.
The governor has already axed 15,000 state jobs. Now, he is proposing to double that number and institute a four-day work week, which would translate into a 5% pay cut for state workers.
Gov. Brown's proposed budget cuts to the court system will likely go through, which is cause for an emergency meeting by the state Supreme Court.
Even if voters approve Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal for higher taxes this fall, his ballot initiative would be only a partial solution to the state's chronic budget deficits.
Lawyers representing seven California schoolchildren have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking to overturn statutes that govern teacher employment, including seniority-based layoffs.
Next 10, a nonpartisan policy organization based in San Francisco, has released the 2012 version of their California Budget Challenge, an online tool that lets users understand the serious choices facing the state and determine where they stand on a series of spending and revenue policy options.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing more than $8 billion in cuts to close a widening California budget deficit but also says public schools will receive more money if voters approve his tax-hike initiative in November.
Gov. Jerry Brown has booted a doctor from a state advisory panel after she appeared in industry-funded television ads slamming a proposed tobacco tax to fund cancer research.
University of California students could face significantly higher tuition if the state doesn't increase funding and voters don't approve the governor's tax initiative.
Personal income tax receipts were about $2 billion less than projected in April.
Former President Bill Clinton and Gov. Jerry Brown were among the speakers at a conference in San Jose Thursday on business, the economy and politics.
A bill in the California Assembly to ban employers from demanding access to a job applicant's social media accounts has cleared a key committee, with little opposition expected when it goes for a vote.
About 100 students and teachers headed from San Jose to Sacramento on a pair of tour buses Wednesday morning to gather support for cash-strapped schools that need support from California lawmakers.
Gov. Jerry Brown is ordering California prison officials to explore using a single drug for lethal injections instead of three, in an effort to restart long-stalled executions in the state.
The Public Policy Institute of California survey found that 54 percent of likely voters are inclined to vote yes on the proposed tax hike, which has two months to qualify for the ballot, while 39 percent are opposed.
California Governor Jerry Brown paid a visit to Silicon Valley on Tuesday as he and business leaders talked jobs, the economy and continued optimism for the future of the region.
The state's nonpartisan analyst says the latest proposal to build a $68.4 billion high-speed train system linking Northern and Southern California is still too vague.
The fight over two competing tax measures is just starting to heat up as the November election draws closer.
The Legislative Analyst's Office is forecasting that a compromise tax measure for the November ballot would generate about $2.2 billion less in the first year than estimates by Gov. Jerry Brown's Department of Finance.
Gov. Jerry Brown says he has reached a deal with a rival group to combine forces on a November ballot initiative seeking to raise taxes.
Even though most Californians think the budget remains a big problem, just a slim majority of likely voters say they support Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed tax initiative for the November ballot, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Governor Jerry Brown is speaking out against two tax proposals that would likely compete with his tax measure on the November ballot.
A new Field Poll finds California's registered voters are most likely to support a so-called millionaire's tax rather than two other tax initiatives proposed for the November ballot.
The Brown administration will release a set of polls on Wednesday showing voter feelings over a number of tax measures on the November ballot.
