Politics

Gov. Jerry Brown acknowledged this morning that he might not reach a budget deal by Thursday, his self-imposed 60-day deadline, even with floor votes in the Legislature expected this week. "I think it might take a few more days than that at the rat...

Just days before lawmakers consider eliminating redevelopment agencies, Controller John Chiang today released a report criticizing their operations. The Bee's Robert Lewis has more here.

A union representing state firefighters reported Sunday spending $4,900 on independent radio campaign supporting Republican John Allard in the 4th Assembly District. CDF Firefighters represents more than 4,000 CAL FIRE employees throughout the state....

Call it the latest battle over the "Amazon tax." Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner is carrying a measure, Assembly Bill 153, that would force major online retailers to collect California sales taxes from transactions with state residents. Skinner's bill wa...

When I was still in training, I met a patient who transformed my perspective of modern medicine without ever saying a word. She was a young mother who was dying of leukemia while the doctors who were training me gave her repeated blood transfusions, ...

There is an ongoing debate about the state of the California economy. One set of voices argues that the state has a terrible business climate and that the state lags in job growth because firms are “fleeing” California. Another set of voices says �...

Friday March 4, 2011I am repeating what a number of other more established print commentators have been saying all week but I echo their sentiments. This is the last chance for the legislative GOP party in California to be relevant. California voters p...

Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday he has personally talked to Republican legislators who might support his plan to ask voters to approve some $11.2 billion in tax extensions. Brown, however, would not specify which legislators he had talked to. Brown made...

Senator Ted W. Lieu (D-Torrance), Chair of the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the confirmation of University of California Regent David Crane: "I actively oppose the confirmation of David Crane as a UC Regent.  I read Mr. Crane's Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle in which he argues...

Friday March 4, 2011I had a terrible experience last night when at 10:00pm I heard a loud banging at my back door. Someone was really banging on the outside screen door. I opened the door and here was this big, burly and bearded man looking like a wash...