Newsom signs laws protecting California workers from AI risks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws aimed at protecting workers from the threats of artificial intelligence, including potential job losses and workplace surveillance.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws aimed at protecting workers from the threats of artificial intelligence, including potential job losses and workplace surveillance.
Officials in Santa Cruz County have declared a state of fiscal distress and are placing a sales tax measure on the November ballot, citing cuts to federal and state funding.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has released tax returns showing he and his wife made between $1.7 million and $2 million annually from 2022 through 2024.
As a proposed billionaire tax in California moves forward, Gov. Newsom says other approaches are needed, including closing a tax loophole used by the ultra-rich.
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom eyes a 2028 presidential bid, he's calling for a national tax on billionaires and a public stake in AI, though he opposes a state ballot measure to tax billionaires.
Californians will vote in November on a controversial proposal to impose a one-time tax on billionaires to help fund federal funding cuts to healthcare for low-income people.
A proposed tax on billionaires' assets is now eligible for the November 2026 ballot in California, the Secretary of State's office announced Wednesday.
Voters in California may decide this fall on a proposal that would make tax increases on high-income earners to fund education permanent, officials said.
In San Francisco, two competing measures that seek to change the Top Executive Pay Tax continue to trail after Friday's returns.
A proposed parcel tax to fund San Francisco's Muni system will likely go before voters this November, after supporters said they have enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot.
The measure would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires to fund public programs.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would raise taxes on households worth more than $50 million and on billionaires.
The BART Board of Directors approved Thursday a plan to close stations and make other service cuts if voters reject a sales tax measure that is expected to be on the ballot later this year.
The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan. 26. Here's everything you need to know about getting your tax refund.
A new tax deduction for senior citizens is kicking in this tax season, potentially providing bigger refunds to millions, the AARP says.
Taxpayers can start filing their 2025 tax returns on Jan. 26, 2026, the IRS says.
Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose speaks to CBS News Bay Area's Reed Cowan about his opposition to a proposed ballot initiative that seeks to impose a one-time, 5% wealth tax on residents with over $1 billion in assets.
California will face a projected $18 billion deficit next year, according to a report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.
The IRS on Thursday announced adjustments to the federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2026.
California officially eliminated a 25% tax increase on the legal cannabis industry on Monday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature on Assembly Bill 564.
A bill that would reverse a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, after being approved by the legislature.
California lawmakers on Monday unanimously approved a bill that would pause an impending 25% tax increase on the state's legal cannabis industry, as it struggles to compete with the black market.
A business owner in Solano County is facing multiple federal charges for allegedly not paying more than $2 million in trust fund taxes, instead spending the money on luxury items, including an expensive sports car, prosecutors said.
The massive budget bill passed by the House includes new tax breaks for tipped workers and those who get overtime.
Two executives of a San Francisco Bay Area company face federal prison after pleading guilty to not paying millions of dollars in employment taxes to the IRS, spending the money on themselves, prosecutors said.
