3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (970+ words) Byron Sher, a collegial Stanford University law professor who ran for Palo Alto city council in the 1960s after losing a battle over the widening of a local street, then rose to the state Legislature, writing many of California’s landmark environmental…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (772+ words) An economic impact report released by Alameda County last week on a proposed $30 minimum wage ballot measure claimed it would cost the county an estimated $33 million per year. How the study came to that conclusion is under debate. According to…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1115+ words) Late last month, California’s legislators did the improbable: They stood up to the best-funded, most ruthless corporate lobbies in the state — the ones that spend millions on negative campaign ads when defied — and said, “No.” Assembly Bill 1776 was one among…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (139+ words) mercurynews.com Walters: California’s political hopefuls remain silent on state’s job losses, unemployment In two months California voters will elect a governor, fill several other statewide offices and choose a new class of state legislators and members of Congress. The…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (795+ words) Sometimes the people get what they want from unrestrained executive power. For a combined 16 years as governor, Jerry Brown spurned capital punishment, and we’re going on eight years of Gov. Gavin Newsom doing the same. Over those 24 years for better…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (476+ words) MARTINEZ — An anti-ICE cooperation policy was adopted by supervisors Tuesday, bringing Contra Costa County in line with other Bay Area jurisdictions after more than a year of deliberation. The unanimously approved policy prohibits the use of county resources for assisting…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (448+ words) Re: “Close the loophole draining California’s taxpayers dry” (Page A6, Sept. 3). According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Proposition 13 passed with support from 65% of California voters. The last time I checked the math, that is not a two-thirds majority vote....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (742+ words) California’s new, first-of-its-kind “DROP” program enabling residents to have personal information deleted by data brokers depends on companies that have frequently failed to follow privacy law already on the books, new research from Stanford University suggests. “The Stanford report was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (925+ words) As the Democratic Party searches for its next standard-bearer, Rep. Ro Khanna believes his brand of economic populism will lead the country in the right direction, influencing him to seriously consider a run for president in 2028. The 49-year-old congressman has…...