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Wealthy companies whose chief executive is paid 100 times more than their median worker will pay a higher gross receipts tax.

Vertiginous blue spires on the urban coast and crimson plateaus stretching from the Central Valley to suburban SoCal — this is the presidential race for California cash, in 3D. In the map below, each ZIP code is colored according to the candidate who amassed more individual contributions from its residents. That’s blue for former Vice […]

“During a normal year, they would have fought it,” said San Francisco supervisor Matt Haney, who introduced the measure.

Court rulings for San Francisco proposition tax allows simple majority vote to fund infrastructure and social services.

California surpassed a staggering milestone Sunday: More than 4 million acres have now burned in a record-defying fire season still far from over. That’s four Rhode Islands, three-and-a-half Grand Canyon National Parks, and a little more than one Connecticut. It’s also more than double the 1.98 million acres burned in 2018, California’s previous modern-day record. […]

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, August 13. How will Harris respond? As the first California Democrat to land on the national ticket, Kamala Harris will bring the Golden State — and all of its stereotypes — into the spotlight with her.  California has long been a Republican shorthand for homelessness, crime, radicalism and Democratic mismanagement. […]

San Francisco tightly restricts video surveillance by its police, but a millionaire has created an unaccountable neighborhood surveillance system.

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, July 16. From cities to suburbs — and other states Brentwood’s Black population shot up more than 6,200% over the past three decades. In Elk Grove, it increased by more than 5,100%. In Antioch, nearly 2,000%. Meanwhile, the Black populations of Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland declined by 49%, 43% […]

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom demands Imperial County return to sheltering-in-place, 14 other counties are on the state's watchlist.