Is anyone else starting to wonder just how automatic California’s planned “automatic” budget cuts are going to be? Especially when Gov. Jerry Brown, the Legislature
Crossposted on SF Chronicle San Francisco voters gave Mayor Ed Lee’s pension reform plan a resounding victory Tuesday night, while rejecting a competing measure by
When San Francisco voters go to the polls today, they might want to remember a familiar axiom: Be careful what you wish for. This election
Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani is about to find out whether the rainbow flag can stretch to cover the Central Valley. And same-sex marriage supporters talking about
Money in politics and the rules surrounding it are getting way too complicated. Luckily, there’s an easy answer. Eliminate them. With soft money, IE’s, 501c’s,
California’s fast-growing marijuana industry is quickly learning that it doesn’t pay to tease the tiger. After years of acting as though federal drug laws don’t
Gov. Jerry Brown went out of his way to offer an olive branch to local government in the final flood of vetoes and bill signings
California voters won’t be facing “Prop. 8 — the Sequel” on the November 2012 ballot, but that doesn’t mean California’s long-running battle over gay rights
The California budget is beginning to look like a slow-motion train wreck, which everyone can see is coming but no one can do much about.