Public safety is next: The San Francisco Police Department has a budget of $822.8 million for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie will not cut funding for San Francisco’s police officers, prosecutors, firefighters and other core public ...

THE BUZZ: GROUND GAME — Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a go-to line these days to criticize Rep. David Valadao: He could be the “one vote that cut Medicaid” by backing Republican’s megabill to ...

HIV prevention; mental health services; Medicaid cuts; SNAP; natural disaster alerts; 988 crisis hotline; measles; and more.

The Los Angeles Times is excited to introduce the Class of 2025 summer interns, continuing a time-honored tradition of ...

Lawmakers navigating budget cuts across the board, weigh the costs of technology projects which are in the middle of development.

Lawmakers decide ahead of time, in secret, whether to pass the bills to the full Senate or Assembly, or to withhold them. The ...

As years of budget deficits loom, California legislators stopped hundreds of bills with new spending attached from advancing.

Tax credits for the parents of young children. A state-funded scientific research institute. Exempting service workers’ tips ...

The San Francisco Police Commission voted in spring 2024 to restrict officers' use of pretext stops, which occur when police ...