MORE ON: Jerry Brown

It could be lights out for some smaller California fairs under Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut their state funding. The Legislative Analyst's Office recommended Feb. 10 that the Legislature adopt the cost-saving measure and stop spending $32 million each year to subsidize fairs.... + read more

Nestled within Gov. Jerry Brown's program-slashing budget proposal lies a $63 million request to update and replace the Caltrans car fleet with vehicles that comply with California's clean air regulations, an expenditure [PDF] that the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office thinks is... + read more

Even as Republican lawmakers insist they won't vote to place the tax extension sought by Gov. Jerry Brown on a special election ballot this June, over 150 California school districts across the state have passed resolutions backing such a measure. But so far local school boards from Eureka... + read more

As it gets more funding from the federal government, and less from Sacramento, UC Berkeley is effectively morphing from a state university into a federal university, according to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.  In an interview yesterday, Birgeneau said the transformation will "require... + read more

In Fresno County, the financial crisis caused deep budget cuts at the sheriff’s office. The sheriff laid off corrections officers and reduced the number of jail inmates. And now, some argue, auto thefts are on the rise because there are more criminals on the streets. While this... + read more

The California State University system has sufficient funds to admit 30,000 more students this spring than it enrolled last fall – but it will be impossible for the 23-campus system to enroll that many, CSU officials say.  In fact CSU may be forced to return funds from... + read more