Driven by political scandals, Californian voters course-corrected – overhauling local government in LA and voting out tainted ...

Fitch cut Oakland's credit rating to A from AA-, citing the city's budget troubles and an uncertain path to addressing them ...

Oakland’s mayor lost a recall vote last month, about two years after winning office, and Fitch said pressure to improve ...

The trifecta of sports team exits, homelessness and city leadership turnover has placed the San Francisco Bay area city on ...

Ranked choice voting is inherently undemocratic, needlessly makes vote counting take longer, and does not deliver better ...

The sale of an athletics compound that has hosted multiple professional sports teams from Oakland is now in limbo, denying the city crucial revenue it needs to address a financial crisis. The former ...

The public defender for a man convicted of murder claims that Pamela Price imposed a sentencing enhancement after a lawyer in ...

A new city attorney memo explains how Oakland can avoid paying for an extra election for District 2 and navigate the political musical chairs created by the recall of Mayor Thao.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special legislative session to safeguard California from potential “federal overreach” from the incoming ...