The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other agencies could run out of money to complete the San Fernando Valley’s Orange Line bus extension and the 405 Freeway widening project because of the state’s budget crisis, officials are warn…
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BURBANK, Calif. — The free ride is over for California legislators.With the state in a budget crisis, a state panel voted Thursday to end the decades-old practice of providing taxpayer-financed vehicles for Senate and Assembly members who w…
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez signaled a shifting strategy for Democrats in the state budget stalemate Tuesday, dismissing talk of a spending plan balanced solely by cuts as “an exercise in futility” and suggesting for the first time that l…
Reporting from Riverside — Gov. Jerry Brown kicked off a two-day swing through heavily Republican areas Friday to sell Californians on his plan for more taxes, telling teachers and community leaders that without the levies they would be hit…
A group of local agencies are suing Gov. Jerry Brown over legislation he signed to shift nearly $1 billion from early childhood programs to close the state’s budget deficit.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, marks the first legal challenge to Brown…
Gov.-elect Jerry Brown is laying the groundwork for a budget plan that would couple deep cuts to state services, including university systems and welfare programs, with a request that voters extend temporary tax hikes on vehicles, income and…
