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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Frank Altamura Jr., 32, of Vacaville, has been appointed to the California Contractors State License Board. Altamura has been product owner at Trane since 2012. He was product...

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EXECUTIVE ORDER B-62-18

EXECUTIVE ORDER B-62-18

 EXECUTIVE ORDER B-62-18 WHEREAS Government Code section 6268 provides that public records “in the custody or control of the Governor when he or she leaves office” be transferred to the State Archives as soon as practical; and WHEREAS the public has a significant...

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Edmund G. Brown Jr. was born in San Francisco on April 7, 1938. Brown was elected California Secretary of State in 1970 and Governor in 1974 and 1978. After his governorship, Brown lectured and traveled widely, practiced law, served as California’s Democratic Party chairman and ran for president. Brown was elected Oakland Mayor in 1998 and California Attorney General in 2006. He was elected Governor again in 2010 and reelected in 2014 to serve a historic fourth term. Under Brown, California has created nearly 3 million new jobs, eliminated a $27 billion budget deficit and enacted sweeping environmental, public safety, immigration, health care, water, transportation, pension, education, housing and economic development reforms.