Brittney Ames says having a free/low-cost cell phone would make life a lot easier as she is homeless and living at the Multi-Services Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, November 29, 2012.

Gavin Newsom Newsom's free-phone giveaway to state business leaders paid for by nonprofit run by ex-staffers The nonprofit funding the phones has close ties to Gov Gavin Newsom, with two of its ...

Homeless people and Californians who make less than $14,702 a year will be able to get free cell phones and service, thanks to a new statewide program that began this week as part of the federally ...

Before the law, the state provided each prisoner with two free 15-minute calls every two weeks, costing taxpayers about $214,000 in December. In June, the overall prison phone bill increased more ...