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Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget for the coming year proposes deeper cuts in the health and social safety net, with hospitals, nursing homes and home care for disabled people and older adults taking the biggest hits.

The $3 billion California stem cell agency dodged the governor's financial knife today. This morning, Gov. Jerry Brown announced sweeping cuts throughout California state government as he attempted to close a new, $15.7 billion deficit. A report...

The reaction to Gov. Jerry brown's budget plan is rolling in. Here's a sampling from prepared releases: Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco and chair of the Senate Budget Committee: "We've

California Gov. Jerry Brown released today a revised plan to close the state's projected $15.7 billion budget gap. Here is the summary of the May budget proposal: Gov. Jerry Brown's

Gov. Jerry Brown called Monday for additional spending cuts to health and welfare programs, as well as a 5 percent furlough for state workers, to help erase a budget deficit

State Senator Juan Vargas (D-San Diego) today called on the California Department of Insurance to take action on a state program that allows consumer groups to intervene in insurance rate cases and announced his intention to ask for a hearing on the program. According to the Department of Insurance, just one group has dominated the...

VIDEO: Dan Walters says the Legislature has become subordinate to the initiative process in California. Have a question you'd like Dan to answer? Post it on our Facebook page. See

VIDEO: Dan Walters, in today's report, says that California legislators are playing second fiddle to the state's ballot initiatives. Just how bad will it be? Gov. Jerry Brown is releasing

The grim effects of smoking, drinking, and poor eating are commonly cited by doctors as appalling and expensive health scourges. Yet for aging Californians, an often hidden health plague can be just as deadly: loneliness. Social isolation and its commo...

    Budget in turmoil as deficit hits $16 billion By John Howard, Capitol Weekly, 05/12/12 With tax receipts down dramatically,