Press Releases

Governor Brown Issues Statement on New Scientific Research Linking Climate Change and California’s Drought
SACRAMENTO - As wildfires burn across the Southwest and the drought stretches on, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after new research from Columbia University, University of Idaho and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientists...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Joshua Eustice, 38, of Chula Vista, has been appointed to the California Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training. Eustice has served as a correctional officer...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. • AB 166 by Assemblymember Beth Gaines (R-Roseville) - Department of General Services. • AB 359 by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) - Grocery workers. A...
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Governor Brown Signs Compact with United Auburn Indian Community
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the United Auburn Indian Community. The compact reflects a continued commitment by the Tribe to revenue sharing with...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. • AB 39 by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) - Search warrants: electronic submission. • AB 249 by Assemblymember Jay P. Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) - Criminal...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Kristoffer Applegate, 37, of Sacramento, has been appointed assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. • AB 265 by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) - Consumer protection: buy-here-pay-here dealers. • AB 279 by Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) - Tax administration:...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. • AB 143 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) - Food facilities. • AB 220 by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) - Pupil instruction: mathematics: algebra. • AB...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. - AB 495 by Assemblymember Richard S. Gordon (D-Menlo Park) - Regional park and open-space districts: general manager: powers. - AB 554 by Assemblymember Kevin Mullin...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Death of U.S. Forest Service Firefighter
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of U.S. Forest Service Firefighter Mike Hallenbeck: “This tragedy reminds us of the dangers firefighters face every time they suit up. Anne and I are grateful for U.S....
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