John A. Perez

California will collect more than $3 billion in additional state revenue, the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst said Friday, setting the stage for a Capitol fight among Democrats over spending. Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's prediction of higher...

SACRAMENTO -- The Legislature's top budget advisor said Friday that California can expect much more tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown has estimated. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office projected that the state will receive a bit more than...

When a mother sends her young child off in the morning, notes the leader of the California Senate, she does not say, "Have a good day at district." What she says instead, of course, is, "Have a good day at school." Senate President Pro Tem Darrell...

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California remains on track to post its first budget surplus in more than a decade, Governor Jerry Brown said on Tuesday as he warned lawmakers against loosening the purse strings in a state he called "a big spending...

In 2010, there were 4,679 California taxpayers who reported incomes of $5 million or more. Combined, they realized $30.6 billion in capital gains, or more than half of all the capital gains reported by the 14.8 million Californians who filed tax returns...

With California income tax revenue running about $4.5 billion ahead of expectations through April, Gov. Jerry Brown finds himself today in an unusual position: Releasing a revised budget proposal highlighting better numbers, not worse. Nearly all of the...

By Sharon Bernstein May 14 (Reuters) - California will spend an extra $2.9 billion on public education over the next two years thanks to higher-than-expected revenue, money that could help Governor Jerry Brown win support for his plan to funnel funds...

My head spun when I heard Democrats with their super-majority in the state Assembly slammed through a bill that would make California the only state in the nation to let immigrants, legal ones, sit on juries. I thought, "What has America come to when,...

Stockton's state Assembly member is heading to Virginia this summer for an educational program for legislators from around the country. Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, was nominated to attend a class for emerging state leaders by California...

Assembly Speaker John A. Perez has reintroduced a pared-down version of a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed last year that would expand the statute of limitations for death benefits for police and firefighters injured in the line of duty. Even in its more...

SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...

The fight over Proposition 39 didn't end at the ballot box. Six months after voters overwhelmingly approved a change in the corporate tax code that's expected to net the state an additional $1 billion in revenue for five years, lawmakers are wrangling...