It has long been commonplace for city and county governments to act as a bench for future state and federal elected office.
Summary: Bad news, hookah lovers. Santa Clara County has become the first jurisdiction in the Western U.S. to ban the sale of flavored tobacco.
Hundreds of inmates have been released from county jails across the state, as officials rush to comply with the newly passed Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.
The Santa Clara Registrar of Voters is seeking a state review of Tuesday’s election results, thanks to the abrupt resignation of its IT Chief on the eve of Tuesday’s election.
The Leadership California Institute (LCI) commends the more than 270 women who won seats on California city councils and county boards in November 2014's elections.
A controversial, statewide initiative which reduces penalties for certain criminal offenses passed by a majority of California voters Tuesday, despite opposition from major law enforcement groups.
A new era for the troubled Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was ushered in Tuesday with the election of Jim McDonnell as County Sheriff.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has ruled that county supervisors violated the state’s open-meeting law earlier this year when they discussed compensation negotiations behind closed door
The Ventura County Public Works Department held its annual Storm Day, a natural disaster preparedness drill, on Thursday, Oct. 9.
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The Santa Clara County Jail and Sheriff’s Department will soon have new oversight, four years after the beating death of mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree.
More than a thousand public retirees in California are earning pensions that exceed the federal limit of $220,000, according to data from CalPERS.