County officials said the higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall that is the result of the federal government’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
San Jose city officials say outreach services to homeless individuals and food programs for low-income seniors will continue, using city funds if federal funding ends.
Pub and brewery workers across California are rethinking workplace culture, after personal experiences of sexism, assault and work environments were often paired with encouraged drinking on the job.