A group of bipartisan California mayors - including San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (D), San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris (D), Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido (D), Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait (R) and Pacific Grove ...

It is a thought provoking if not outright provocative article that veteran columnist Peter Schrag put out last Friday, noting the liberal tendency to "blame everything that went wrong in California, f ...

In February, Assemblymembers Mariko Yamada and Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley), Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, announced their sponsorship of legislation that would make the Community ...

Last week the governor's office announced a budget that he argued would roughly be in balance.  "This budget provides long-term fiscal stability on a level that California has not enjoyed in more than ...

Governor Jerry Brown announced on Thursday that he is putting forth a balance budget "that boosts investment in education, implements health care reform and keeps California on a long-term path to fis ...

Last year, California ended Redevelopment as a way for local government to use public monies that would go for redevelopment and other major infrastructure repair projects. Last week marked the beginn ...

Critics on Both Sides Blast the Deal which Rolls Back 3% at 50 But Only For New Employees - Governor Brown and Democratic leaders on Tuesday outlined their compromise proposal for what they are callin ...

While cities and local government attempt to dig themselves out of self-inflicted holes, the legislature is threatening to makes matters worse by extending the statute of limitations for a presumptive ...

If the governor's tax measure does not pass this fall, local school districts like Davis figure to be hammered by automatic trigger cuts.  For Davis that means the loss of about 3.5 million dollars in ...

As local communities like Davis face devastating budget cuts, protracted labor strife, and even bankruptcy due to a retirement pension crisis, leaders in Sacramento are moving closer but have failed t ...

In April, the Attorney General of California announced that a federal judge had signed off on a foreclosure settlement among banks, federal agencies and attorney generals from 49 states. The attorney ...

Long before the term "1%" was enshrined in the popular lexicon of the citizenry, California State Senator Leland Yee was fighting corruption, fighting for open government, and fighting against executi ...

In a meeting this week with the San Francisco Chronicle's Editorial Board, Governor Brown threw down the gauntlet, arguing that his tax initiative was the only one that would solve the state's fiscal ...