Civil Rights
Governor Brown Directs California Department of Public Health to Notify Counties that Same-Sex Marriages Must Commence
SACRAMENTO - At the direction of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., the California Department of Public Health has notified clerks and registrar/recorders in all 58 California counties that same-sex marriage is now legal in California and that marriage licenses must be...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Historic Proposition 8 Ruling
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry): “After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Juneteenth
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, officially ending slavery in the United States of America. It took three more years of war to defeat the upholders of that evil...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring LGBT Pride Month
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Our nation was founded on the principle of equal rights for all people, but the fulfillment of this promise has been long in coming for many Americans. Some of the most inspiring moments in our history have arisen...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Harvey Milk Day”
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 22, 2013 as "Harvey Milk Day" in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATION As one of the first openly gay politicians to hold office in the United...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 2013 as “Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month” in the State of California. In an ongoing effort to strengthen California's economic and cultural ties to Asia and the Pacific Rim,...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Cesar Chavez Day
SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today issued a proclamation declaring Sunday, March 31, 2013 as “César Chávez Day” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Eighty-six years ago, César...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “A Day of Remembrance: Japanese American Evacuation”
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which set in motion the forced evacuation and incarceration of many thousands of loyal United States citizens solely by reason of...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Black History Month
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA African-Americans have played a central role in our nation’s history, but for too long historians ignored or glossed over their contributions and the injustices they have suffered. The origins of Black History...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Fred Korematsu Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA When Fred T. Korematsu received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998, President Clinton said that “in the long history of our country's constant search for justice, some names of ordinary citizens stand for...
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