Agriculture
Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • AB 53 by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) - Vehicles: child safety seats. • AB 139 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) - Nonprobate transfers:...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. - AB 746 by Assemblymember Philip Y. Ting (D-San Francisco) - San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. - AB 1039 by the Committee on Agriculture - Fertilizing materials:...
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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 Issues Statement on Federal Drought Aid
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama announced new actions and investments to support workers, farmers and rural communities suffering from drought and to combat wildfires, including $18 million...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Real California Milk Month
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring June 2015 as “Real California Milk Month” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATION California prides itself on its vibrant agricultural sector, of...
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Governor Brown to Meet with Water, Environmental and Agricultural Leaders on Drought Today in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO - On the heels of the lowest snowpack measurement ever recorded last week and the first ever statewide mandatory water reduction order, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will meet with top agricultural, environmental and urban water agency leaders from across...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring César Chávez Day
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring Tuesday, March 31, 2015, as "César Chávez Day" in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATION Eighty-eight years ago, César Chávez was born near his family...
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Governor Brown Signs $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
SACRAMENTO - Moving swiftly to help communities cope with California's devastating drought and the ongoing effects of climate change, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed emergency legislation - AB 91 and AB 92 - that fast-tracks more than $1 billion in funding...
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Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Announce $1 Billion Emergency Drought Package
SACRAMENTO - Mobilizing state resources to face another year of extreme dry conditions, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, and Republican Leaders Senator Bob Huff and Assemblymember...
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Governor Brown Sworn In, Delivers Inaugural Address
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today took the oath of office as Governor of California and delivered his inaugural address in the Assembly Chamber. The address serves as the Governor's constitutionally required annual report to the Legislature.Edmund G....
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