California - Economic Policy

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans in California's legislature rejected rival budget plans on Tuesday on the last day of their regular session, leaving the government of the most populous U.S. state without an official spending plan in place. There was ...

Property tax is assessed against commercial and residential real estate. The amount of property tax varies by each state. Property tax revenue is used to pay for community needs and can include road repairs, school improvements, building new schools, and law enforcement, ...

Calif. lawmakers approve tax relief for troubled homeowners as filing deadline approachesThe Legislature passed a bill Thursday that could help many homeowners who were hurt by the housing crisis save thousands of dollars in taxes. The bill would provide relief for homeowners ...

STIMULUS WATCH: $5 billion stimulus weatherizing program led to fewer jobs than expectedAfter a year of crippling delays, President Barack Obama's $5 billion program to install weather-tight windows and doors has retrofitted a fraction of homes and created far fewer construction jobs ...

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a proposed bill from Democrat George Miller of Martinez, California to spend $100billion to "save city worker jobs." "I think it should be considered part of the Recovery Act, funded out of the deficit," Miller said. ...

Calif. Attorney General Jerry Brown tells Democrats to stay tuned on expected bid for governorWith less than two weeks before he must enter the race for governor, state Attorney General Jerry Brown told college-age Democrats on Saturday to stay tuned for news ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Republican governor, defended Democratic President Barack Obama's stimulus plan on Sunday, saying 150,000 new jobs were created in his state thanks to the legislation. At a conservative gathering in Washington this week, former presidential candidate Mitt ...

Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ill., Fla., Texas, putting US bank failures at 20 for yearRegulators shut four banks from California to Florida on Friday, boosting to 20 the number of U.S. bank failures this year following the 140 closures last year ...

by Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation. ...

State, federal money woes could threaten high-speed rail's future even with stimulus fundsThe $8 billion in stimulus cash awarded to 13 high-speed rail corridors across the country may seem like a windfall for advocates, but there's a catch: The money isn't enough ...

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Topic: California

California lawmakers reject budget bills

Overview of Property Tax and Real Estate Exemptions

Calif. lawmakers pass housing-crisis tax relief

STIMULUS WATCH: Weatherizing program slow to start

Quote of the day. Will turn the entire idea of "stimulus" on its head.

Brown keeps Calif. Democrats guessing on gov. run

Schwarzenegger says Obama's stimulus created jobs

Banks in Calif., Ill., Fla., Texas are shut down

Stimulus transportation under scrutiny

Money woes could threaten high-speed rail's future

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