Greenhouse gas law among 11th-hour bill signings -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, facing a midnight deadline to deal with 300 bills, signed legislation Tuesday aimed at helping the state fight global warming by better coordinating local planning efforts to curb suburban sprawl.
Schwarzenegger vetoes port bill that Palin opposed -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo ships at California's ports, siding with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
New law requires stores to tell you where your food comes from -- Born in the USA? Made in Mexico? Picked in Peru? Cultivated in Canada? Supermarket shoppers, now you know.
California to require restaurant calorie disclosure -- In an effort to battle the bulge, California became the first state Tuesday to require chain restaurants to post the calorie content of menu items. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will affect about 17,000 facilities once it is fully implemented in 2011.
Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office -- The move comes months after his wife, Maria Shriver, and other celebrities had their medical records peeked at by UCLA Medical Center employees.
Matier & Ross: Same-sex marriage foes feature Newsom video -- Opponents of same-sex marriage didn't have to look far to find footage of a boisterous San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declaring - in his best Howard Dean voice - that gay marriage is here to stay, "like it or not." They took it right off the city's official Web site.
Governor vetoes Torrico's latest Safe Surrender bill -- Gov. Schwarzenegger has vetoed an Assembly bill designed to give parents more time to surrender unwanted newborns without fear of prosecution — the third time the governor has rejected such a proposal.
2008 Ballot Watch: Proposition 5: Nonviolent offenders -- Lower-level criminals with major drug problems would be in line for more treatment and less prison time if voters approve the Nonviolent Offender and Rehabilitation Act of 2008.
Bill cracking down on insurers that cancel coverage is vetoed -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill yesterday that would have cracked down on health insurance companies that cancel policies of people who make expensive claims.
Dan Walters: Wall Street woes affect state's loans -- There are uncanny parallels between the political dynamics of California's budget stalemate and those of the Washington impasse over a $700 billion banking industry bailout – and also a more direct financial connection. California must borrow as much as $10 billion this month to finance the budget that state legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally enacted last week, and because of the monthslong delay and the banking industry crisis, that money could be difficult to obtain.
California liberals help defeat bailout bill -- Fourteen of the state's House Democrats go against a usual ally, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to join conservatives in voting against the rescue package.
CalPERS loses $24.9 billion but stays strong, analysts say -- Don't feel bad if you've lost a fortune in the stock market during the recent Wall Street turmoil ---- so has one of the nation's largest, most sophisticated investment funds. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the pension fund used to pay the retirements of millions of government employees, has lost $24.9 billion over the last three months. The 10.4 percent loss is less than the Standard & Poor's 500, which dropped 13.6 percent in that time.
Down payment assistance program dies in Congress -- Call it another casualty of the Wall Street bailout. A hotly debated down payment assistance program that started in Sacramento and helped fuel thousands of home sales nationwide came to an end Tuesday.
Schwarzenegger vetoes port bill that Palin opposed -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo ships at California's ports, siding with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
New law requires stores to tell you where your food comes from -- Born in the USA? Made in Mexico? Picked in Peru? Cultivated in Canada? Supermarket shoppers, now you know.
California to require restaurant calorie disclosure -- In an effort to battle the bulge, California became the first state Tuesday to require chain restaurants to post the calorie content of menu items. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will affect about 17,000 facilities once it is fully implemented in 2011.
Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office -- The move comes months after his wife, Maria Shriver, and other celebrities had their medical records peeked at by UCLA Medical Center employees.
Matier & Ross: Same-sex marriage foes feature Newsom video -- Opponents of same-sex marriage didn't have to look far to find footage of a boisterous San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declaring - in his best Howard Dean voice - that gay marriage is here to stay, "like it or not." They took it right off the city's official Web site.
Governor vetoes Torrico's latest Safe Surrender bill -- Gov. Schwarzenegger has vetoed an Assembly bill designed to give parents more time to surrender unwanted newborns without fear of prosecution — the third time the governor has rejected such a proposal.
2008 Ballot Watch: Proposition 5: Nonviolent offenders -- Lower-level criminals with major drug problems would be in line for more treatment and less prison time if voters approve the Nonviolent Offender and Rehabilitation Act of 2008.
Bill cracking down on insurers that cancel coverage is vetoed -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill yesterday that would have cracked down on health insurance companies that cancel policies of people who make expensive claims.
Dan Walters: Wall Street woes affect state's loans -- There are uncanny parallels between the political dynamics of California's budget stalemate and those of the Washington impasse over a $700 billion banking industry bailout – and also a more direct financial connection. California must borrow as much as $10 billion this month to finance the budget that state legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally enacted last week, and because of the monthslong delay and the banking industry crisis, that money could be difficult to obtain.
California liberals help defeat bailout bill -- Fourteen of the state's House Democrats go against a usual ally, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to join conservatives in voting against the rescue package.
CalPERS loses $24.9 billion but stays strong, analysts say -- Don't feel bad if you've lost a fortune in the stock market during the recent Wall Street turmoil ---- so has one of the nation's largest, most sophisticated investment funds. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the pension fund used to pay the retirements of millions of government employees, has lost $24.9 billion over the last three months. The 10.4 percent loss is less than the Standard & Poor's 500, which dropped 13.6 percent in that time.
Down payment assistance program dies in Congress -- Call it another casualty of the Wall Street bailout. A hotly debated down payment assistance program that started in Sacramento and helped fuel thousands of home sales nationwide came to an end Tuesday.
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