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The $6.4 billion proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026/27 will be discussed, debated and amended until June 9, the city's deadline for adopting a final budget. Gloria said the nearly $120 million hole in the city's finances was built over decades of deferred maintenance, rising costs and changing priorities both in Washington and Sacramento. -
The Middle Class Tax Refund (MCTR) was a one‑time state payment to Californians between October 2022 and January 2023. Payments ranging from $200 to $1,050 were issued to help ease financial burdens caused by an inflation surge and rising gas prices. -
The 9th Circuit found California didn't narrowly enough tailor its law to address concerns about high dialysis costs in the private insurance market. Dialysis patients make up a tiny sliver of the private insurance market — so why do they account for 33 times the average monthly costs? -
The Atlanta immigration court in Georgia reopened her case and ordered her to appear in person within days of receiving the notice despite her case being administratively closed in 2014. Valladares said she was not provided a reason for her case being reopened. -
Seven established Democrats and two leading Republicans are among more than 50 names on the June ballot. -
California progressives want to hike taxes on corporations and billionaires to absorb federal funding cuts to Medi-Cal. But backfilling the loss would not address the state’s existing — and growing — structural budget deficit, budget experts say. -
Lawmakers put millions toward a state library program aimed at bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to California children. Now the state library and a California nonprofit are under fire for how they spent some of the money. -
After the dramatic downfall of Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, the race for California governor is moving on. Once a leading candidate to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, Swalwell suspended his campaign and then announced he would resign from Congress following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman. -
The bill would streamline the approval process for building high-rise affordable housing and mixed-use developments near downtown transit hubs. -
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California has announced he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations that prompted loud bipartisan calls for him to step down.
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