Topic: California State University-Sacramento
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Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger: A political odd couple that worked
Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger announced their separation Monday. Despite being a prominent Democrat, Shriver was crucial to her Republican husband's political success.
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Jerry Brown's first 100 days: 'If he can't make it, where else can we turn?'
Gov. Jerry Brown's budget-balancing efforts over the past 100 days have received praise from citizens and pundits, but he has failed to get Republican support for tax extensions.
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He's back! Arnold Schwarzenegger to voice animated superhero, 'The Governator'
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced his first entertainment job since leaving office – an animated TV show in which The Governator will battle G.I.R.L.I.E. Men.
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Jerry Brown taking his budget-cutting campaign into GOP territory
After the collapse of the California budget deal, Jerry Brown is appealing directly to Republican voters where they live, including a GOP-friendly proposal to reform public employee pensions.
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Jerry Brown abandons key part of his California budget plan. Now what?
Gov. Jerry Brown of California cited a long list of Republican demands as the reason he dropped his plan for a special election in June to approve tax extensions for the California budget.
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California budget: Have Republicans outfoxed Jerry Brown?
Republican lawmakers refuse to give in to Gov. Jerry Brown and his plan to fix the California budget through a special election on tax extensions. That leaves Brown with few palatable options.
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Poll: California voters approve of Jerry Brown, not the Legislature
A new poll suggests California voters approve of the job that Gov. Jerry Brown is doing by a 2-to-1 margin – albeit with many undecided. Their view of the Legislature is poor.
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Californians side with Jerry Brown in epic budget battle, poll says
Republican lawmakers are blocking Gov. Jerry Brown's attempts to put a tax-rate extension before voters this summer. But a new Field Poll shows Californians back Brown's plan.
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Republicans block Jerry Brown's budget move. What are his options now?
California's governor is unable to persuade GOP lawmakers to OK his plan to solve a looming budget shortfall. Jerry Brown might try an end run, if it's legal, or present an all-cuts budget.
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For residents of impoverished, defrauded Bell, Calif., it's payback time
The little city of Bell, Calif., became a symbol of greed and failed government when it was found that city officials had awarded themselves huge salaries. On Tuesday, the voters get their say.
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White House marks Women's History Month with 50-year progress report
Women's History Month began Tuesday, and the White House released the 'first comprehensive federal report on the status of women' since 1963.
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California cities' latest budget trick: fine out-of-towners for car crashes
California cities are adopting 'crash taxes' that fine out-of-town motorists who are found at fault in accidents that require a response from emergency personnel. The fines can exceed $2,700.
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Should California sell property to raise cash? Jerry Brown calls off a deal.
Gov. Jerry Brown canceled the sale of 11 state-owned buildings for $1.2 billion, saying the deal arranged under Schwarzenegger didn't make sense and would cost California more in the long run.
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State of the State: Jerry Brown twists Republican arms – with a smile
Jerry Brown's State of the State met expectations: 15 minutes focused on his plan for closing California's $25.4 billion deficit, with just a touch of humor to try to bring Republicans on board.
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Jerry Brown's State of the State: Whom does he need to impress most?
In his State of the State address Monday, Jerry Brown needs to persuade undecided Californians and at least five Republican legislators that his tax-and-cut budget plan is the right one.
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Will Gov. Jerry Brown's California budget run into legal roadblock?
Governor Jerry Brown might need two-thirds of the California legislature to support $12.5 billion in spending cuts – and that's just the first step towards his balanced budget.
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Jerry Brown's budget for California is 'honest' and 'very painful'
Gov. Jerry Brown proposes a balanced California budget that has something 'for everyone to hate.' A plan to shift some programs to local governments will be a tough sell.
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Jerry Brown sets no-nonsense tone for California in inauguration speech
Gov. Jerry Brown urged lawmakers of both political parties to get out of their comfort zones and rise above ideology for the good of the state in a 16-minute inauguration speech Monday.
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Jerry Brown as California governor, Act 2: Can he save the state?
Jerry Brown may be mellower and more experienced than when he first served as governor in 1975. Now he faces big challenges given California’s more diverse population and flagging economy.
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'There oughta be a law' movement lets fed-up citizens write their own laws
Politicians in several states collect suggestions that they take before their fellow lawmakers. Some suggestions have succeeded in becoming law.
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Andrew Traver: Is Obama's choice for ATF chief an 'antigun zealot'?
Obama's nomination of Andrew Traver to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reignites concern that the White House wants to whittle away at gun rights. The last time that happened, Americans armed up.
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Fresno State student president outed as illegal immigrant. Does it matter?
Fresno State University student body president Pedro Ramirez was revealed to be an illegal immigrant by an anonymous tip. He says he won't step down.
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Three reasons Prop. 19 to legalize marijuana got the thumbs down
The federal government's opposition to legalized marijuana, midterm election voter demographics, and the prospect of regulatory gridlock may have kept California voters from passing Prop. 19.
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In all-blue California election results, lessons for Democratic Party
In the face of a GOP juggernaut across much of the US, Golden State voters opted for Democrats in major statewide races. California election results are not just an anomaly, analysts there say.
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How Meg Whitman dropped 10 points behind Jerry Brown
Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for California governor, has been hurt by an undocumented housekeeper scandal, political inexperience, and perhaps even her own attack ads.
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