When California took its first breath of statehood in 1850, the fledgling state had to quickly find a way to support itself, ...

Some low-income senior, blind and disabled homeowners in California can postpone their property taxes thanks to a state-funded program that was axed during the recession but revived, less generously, ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom often claims California is not a high-tax state. “So, this notion of even being a high tax state is B.S.,” Newsom podcasted in March. “Sixteen states tax their poorest residents more ...