Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:13 -0700 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:13 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Chefs-Rally-Against-Foie-Gras-Ban-151798525.html Wed, 16 May 2012 16:06:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/200912paulmeadowood.jpg
A French delicacy is serving up a debate between some of California’s most high-powered chefs and politicians.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/FTC-Skechers-Shape-Ups-Claims-False-151731175.html Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/skechers-shapeups-1.jpg
The Manhattan Beach-based footwear company agreed to a $40 million settlement to pay for consumer refunds following false advertising allegations for its "toning" shoes.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/bayCrisis-or-Ploy-to-Raise-Taxes-151619875.html Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/new+brown+image.JPG
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to close a $16 billion budget gap is just a ploy to raise taxes, California Republican leaders said Tuesday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/California-Budget-Deficit-Gov-Jerry-Brown-No-Surprise-151437315.html Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:11 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/KNSD_Brown_s_Pitch_Scaring_Voters_051412_22_mezzn_722x406_2234452766.jpg
There's nothing new about Governor Jerry Brown's disclosure last weekend that the state budget deficit has swelled to $16 billion. Anyone who is surprised by the revelation must have spent the past 11...

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Governor Brown announces his May revised budget. Cuts to medicare and state workers pay are deep.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Bleak-California-Budget-Tax-Fight-Schools-Education-Governor-Jerry-Brown-151378905.html Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:09 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/latino-classroom.jpg
Another ugly budget fight is in store in Sacramento, as Gov. Jerry Brown unveils his proposal to plug a $16 billion gap. School spending will depend on voters who face a tax hike question this fall.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Jerry-Brown-Hole-Speech-Budget-May-Revise-Taxes-Temporary-Ballot-Initiative-151329015.html Mon, 14 May 2012 20:00:29 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/digginahole.jpg
The big new budget deficit figure shows Gov. Brown's budget strategy can't work.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Brown-New-Taxes-Big-Cuts-151399755.html Mon, 14 May 2012 18:47:39 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/new+brown+image.JPG
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed significant spending cuts along with new taxes aimed at closing a $16 billion hole in the state budget.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/151322115.html Mon, 14 May 2012 15:12:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/135852904_jerry_brown.jpg
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday is expected to propose closing the state’s large budget gap with a raft of spending cuts and new taxes on the state’s highest earners.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Unemployment-Benefits-Ending-for-Thousands-of-Californians-151207515.html Sat, 12 May 2012 15:09:42 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/unemployment+linex.JPG
Thousands of California residents are about to lose their federal unemployment benefits because a federal extension is expiring.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Barack-Obama-to-Return-to-the-Bay-Area-151249585.html Sat, 12 May 2012 22:43:00 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/obama49.jpg
Fresh off making his public support for gay marriage known, President Barack Obama is set to return to the Bay Area.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Prosecutors-Release-Mirkarimi-Findings-151205905.html Sat, 12 May 2012 07:43:05 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/197*120/3-19-2012+4-27-19+PM.jpg
City attorney's office allege Mirkarimi dissuaded witnesses from cooperating.

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Investigative reporter Stephen Stock uncovers some surprising winners in the quest to land millions of your tax dollars.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/politics/Clooney-Hosts-LA-Fundraiser-For-Obama/151081415 Fri, 11 May 2012 08:03:00 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/obama-clooney-twoshot-1.jpg
President Obama was the guest of George Clooney at a $40,000 a plate dinner in Los Angeles. Conan Nolan from our NBC station in Los Angeles has the story.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/A-Lot-Riding-on-Twitter-Move-for-San-Francisco-151122295.html Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/172*120/118327331.jpg
As San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee put on a hard hat to take a tour of what he helped create, somewhere in the Mid-Market area rents were skyrocketing.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/SF-Third-Graders-Take-Stand-Against-Sea-Lion-Deaths-in-Oregon-Washington-151039995.html Thu, 10 May 2012 17:14:39 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/otis-shedd-sea-lion.jpg
Third-graders in San Francisco have taken civic activism seriously, and organized a letter-writing campaign meant to halt the killings of sea lions eating salmon along the Columbia River.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Cal-151036645.html Thu, 10 May 2012 17:12:25 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/219*120/PHI+graduation+horiz.jpg
Lawmakers say that the California colleges turning out degrees that are worthless to the students who paid dearly for them need more oversight.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/California-Slow-Turn-Around-Controller-John-Chiang-150783055.html Fri, 11 May 2012 10:03:22 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/man+empty+pockets+3435.jpg
Slowly, oh ever so slowly, California is digging out of its prolonged recession.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Gavin-newsom-Lands-Oliver-Stone-Marissa-Mayer-Lance-Armstrong-for-New-Show-150991945.html Fri, 11 May 2012 08:51:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/219*120/newsommaginsert.jpg
A week away from starting his new job, former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has a who's who of guests lined up for his new show.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/news/politics/Presidents-Gay-Marriage-Position-Met-with-Cheers/150872825 Wed, 09 May 2012 18:15:14 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/obama-gay-marriage.jpg
President Barack Obama's announcement Wednesday that he supports gay marriage boosted the hopes of gay rights groups here in the Bay Area and around the world that other leaders will follow...

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The Lusty Lady led the way with its first-of-its-kind union organization and worker-owned model. But the nation's only co-op sex club is running into trouble and may be forced to sell or close.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/49ers-May-Pay-SF-To-Leave-Early-150838845.html Wed, 09 May 2012 15:02:27 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/AP120122046556.jpg
The 49ers are so eager to exit Candlestick Park, they're willing to pay for it.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Assembly-Candidate-Accused-of-Faking-Endorsements-150837435.html Wed, 09 May 2012 14:12:46 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/politics_vote_generic.jpg
Just who is behind Joel Young's bid to represent Oakland, Alameda, and other parts of the East Bay in Sacramento? The list is long, and includes people who say they never endorsed the man.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Oakland-Mayor-Jean-Quan-Fights-Recall-150828635.html Wed, 09 May 2012 13:02:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/quan3.jpg
Effort to recall mayor appears to have fizzled, but Jean Quan had plenty to say about it anyway.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/State-May-Ban-Gay-Conversion-Therapy-for-Teens-150802885.html Wed, 09 May 2012 10:36:57 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/pickup-gay-conversion-healy.jpg
Legislation that would ban so-called gay to straight therapy is working its way through the California Legislature.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/George-Clooney-Fundraiser-President-Barack-Obama-Studio-City-Traffic-150786525.html Thu, 10 May 2012 08:20:27 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/George-Clooney-P1.jpg
The ever-popular George Clooney should brace for local backlash.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Group-Fights-for-Coit-Towers-Decaying-Murals-150698065.html Wed, 09 May 2012 10:34:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/003_coit_tower.jpg
Inside the echoing halls of San Francisco’s famous Coit Tower, tourists walk past a 90-year-old woman who is a living character of the decaying murals.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Opinion-Facebook-Effect-California-Mark-Zuckerberg-Taxes-150636765.html Wed, 09 May 2012 10:56:48 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/198*120/mark-zuckerberg-young.jpg
With California facing another multi-billion dollar deficit, no wonder the state wants to "friend" Facebook. But all that stock cash could be a trap.

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Twitter filed a motion to block a court order demanding it turn over user information in a battle that could shape the future of First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights on the Internet.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/New-Gay-Marriage-Ripple-Courtesy-VEEP-150521455.html Mon, 07 May 2012 21:05:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/gay-marriage-wedding-cake.jpg
Vice President Joseph Biden rippled the waters of same sex marriage Sunday morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, saying he supports the rights of same-sex couples to marry.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Tom-Brokaw-Kim-Kardashian-Linsday-Lohan-Charlize-Theron-Washington-Correspondents-Press-Corps-150504935.html Mon, 07 May 2012 18:36:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/lindsay-lohan-obama.jpg
Memo to those in the national press: It isn't all about you. Ditch the dinner or start inviting plumbers or out of work carpenters instead.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/California-Higher-Education-State-University-Oregon-Arizona-150453575.html Mon, 07 May 2012 12:44:17 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/graduation.jpg
The brain drain out of California accelerates.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/California-Muslims-Seek-Political-Clout-Sacramento-CAIR-150466035.html Tue, 08 May 2012 12:32:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/CAIR+Muslims+cropped.jpg
American Muslim activists were making the rounds at the State Capitol on Monday, with the goal of underscoring their influence as voters, and to discourage anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Photo Credit: Munire Syeda, Council on American-Islamic Relations

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Apple-Tax-Avoidance-State-Network-Computer-149961425.html Sun, 06 May 2012 14:55:03 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/apple-ipad3-debut-P1.jpg
The state can't seem to put together a new network and computer system. Apple is avoiding paying state taxes. Do you see a solution for both problems Here?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/prop-zero/Opinion-Part-Time-Legislature-Proposal-Fails-to-Qualify-149697185.html Sun, 06 May 2012 07:26:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/capitol+protest+cropped.jpg
In a relatively sane moment for California, a proposed initiative to make the state legislature a part-time body has failed to collect enough support to qualify for the ballot.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Pelosi-Questions-Obama-Marijuana-Policy-150252035.html Sat, 05 May 2012 17:17:55 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/140238465.jpg
Rep. Nancy Pelosi reacted to petitioners' concerns and issued a statement supporting medical marijuana.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/New-UC-Report-Offers-Tips-to-Avoid-Pepper-Spray-Mistakes-150235585.html Fri, 04 May 2012 15:22:19 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/191*120/0003_davis_pepper_spray.jpg
The authors behind a new University of California report suggesting guidelines campuses should follow when disbanding protests say if their policies had been in place the mistakes of the pepper spray...

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