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Acting Governor Newsom Orders Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff

Nov 6, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Acting Governor Gavin Newsom today ordered state flags to be flown at half-staff and issued the following statement in response to the mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas: “Jennifer and I offer our deepest condolences to the...

Governor Brown Calls on Faith Leaders to Help “Awaken the World” to Climate Dangers at Vatican Symposium

Nov 4, 2017

VATICAN CITY – In keynote remarks at a symposium on climate change hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called on global faith leaders to help “awaken the world” to the threat of toxic carbon...

Governor Brown, California Congressional Delegation Request $7.4 Billion in Federal Disaster Relief Funding to Aid Wildfire Recovery

Nov 3, 2017

Governor Expedites More than Million in Immediate State Support SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined California’s two U.S. Senators and 39 members of the California congressional delegation to request $7.4 billion in federal funding for...

Governor Brown Issues Statement on Republican Tax Proposal

Nov 2, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement on the Republican tax proposal released today: “The hurried tax proposal unveiled by Congress today transfers income from individuals and families to large and powerful corporate...

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Nov 2, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Joseph Wall, 26, of Sacramento, has been appointed special assistant for climate change at the California Natural Resources Agency, where he has served in several positions...