Ending a six-month legal battle and instantly igniting the next political fight, the California Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage, but left intact the unions of gay and lesbian couples who wed last year.

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Schwarzenegger to voters after election fiasco: We heard you 'loud and clear'

A day after voters rejected a patchwork plan of borrowing and taxes to balance the state budget, California's leaders began to grapple with the two questions left for them to answer: How deep will they have to cut, and how quickly?

Final results, more on special election

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Voters trickle to the polls

Just hours into a special ballot election that California voters were avoiding in droves, the first '” and final '” voter of the morning at this lonely outpost of democracy had single-handedly bucked a statewide trend with three little words: 'I wanna vote.'

The budget ballot measures: a primer on California's special election

Fisher: Pondering the propositions

Schwarzenegger implores Californians to pass unpopular ballot propositions

California's education community split on Prop. 1B

Recall bid against Schwarzenegger gets green light

Facing backlash, Assembly leaders drop pay hikes for aides

Top lawmakers urge passage of May budget ballot propositions

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POLITICAL NOTES

Local electeds fed up

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In Brief

Mt. Diablo school board expects to cut $28 million from three-year budget Tuesday

Live results: California Special Election

ENDORSEMENTS

Editorial: Recommendations for the Tuesday special election

THE SIX MEASURES on Tuesday's state ballot are being sold by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies as one big package that must be passed as a unit if the state is to avoid a catastrophic budget crisis over the next 14 months.

Editorial: Hayward residents should approve Measure A

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