Tax Increases Before Layoffs? Only in San Francisco.

When Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco unveiled his $6.8 billion budget earlier this month to a standing ovation from ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    6/23/11 11:41 p.m. PDT

San Jose Mayor Declares Budgetary Martial Law

The finances of cities, counties and states are under siege. Chuck Reed, an old military man who is now mayor ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    5/21/11 9:58 a.m. PDT

Can an Honest Man with Honest Numbers Solve the City's Budget Crisis?

With his nerdy eyeglasses, square jaw and unfashionable fealty to dark suits in a business-casual city, Benjamin Rosenfield is the ......
By Elizabeth Lesly Stevens    3/26/11 2:00 p.m. PDT

Few Californians Understand the State's Tax System. Fact.

Buried in a major new poll on Californians' attitudes toward government is a finding that explains many things: Only six ......
By Jonathan Weber    1/29/11 2:00 p.m. PST

For Vallejo, Bankruptcy Isn’t Exactly a Fresh Start

Vallejo, which delivered a wake-up call to municipalities around the country when it filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008, outlined ......
By Jonathan Weber    1/22/11 2:00 p.m. PST