Press Releases

Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. • AB 296 by Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) - Weights and measures: inspection: fees. • AB 568 by Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) - Reclamation District No. 108:...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Jeanne Scherer, 54, of Dixon, has been appointed chief counsel at the California Department of Transportation, where she has been acting chief counsel since 2014, deputy chief...
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Photo Release: Governor Brown Meets With Rocky Fire First Responders in Colusa County
WILLIAMS - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined fire and emergency officials who are fighting the Rocky Fire for a briefing on efforts to contain the blaze, which has already destroyed dozens of homes, forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and scorched...
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Governor Brown to GOP Presidential Candidates on Climate Change: What is Your Plan?
SACRAMENTO - As wildfires rage across California and the state's drought stretches into a fourth year, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today penned an open letter to the Republican presidential candidates participating in Thursday's debate and posed a simple question:...
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Governor Brown to Meet With Rocky Fire First Responders Tomorrow
WILLIAMS - Days after declaring a state of emergency in California in response to wildfires burning across the state, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will meet with fire and emergency officials fighting the Rocky Fire to receive a briefing on efforts to contain the...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Amy Reising, 52, of San Diego, has been appointed as a deputy director at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Reising has been director of credentialing and teacher...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after President Barack Obama announced new nationwide limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants: "I welcome this bold and absolutely necessary carbon reduction plan. California...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Lauri Damrell, 37, of Sacramento, has been reappointed to the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, where she has served since 2014. Damrell has been an employment...
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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 David “Dave” Ruhl: “Anne and I were saddened to learn of the tragic death of U.S. Forest Service Firefighter Dave Ruhl, who left his...
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Governor Brown Speaks at Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Final Day of Vatican Symposium
VATICAN CITY - Building on yesterday's message to the world's mayors, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today spoke on the final day of the Vatican's symposium on climate change and modern slavery at Casina Pio IV, home of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and called on...
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