Economic Mobility
Governor Brown, Legislators and Labor Leaders Announce Landmark Agreement to Raise California’s Minimum Wage
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined legislators and labor leaders to announce a landmark agreement that makes California the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour statewide. The Governor was joined at...
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Governor Brown Delivers 2016 State of the State Address
SACRAMENTO - Warning of the next inevitable recession and the "zigzag of spend-cut-spend" budgeting, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today delivered his annual State of the State address, choosing to lay out a clear, focused case for his top priority - continued fiscal...
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State Joins Campaign to Put $2.3 Billion Back in the Hands of California’s Working Poor
SACRAMENTO - The Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join California leaders to announce the launch of CalEITC4me, a statewide campaign involving community, faith, civic, labor and business leaders to ensure the first-ever California Earned Income Tax Credit...
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Governor Brown Signs Climate Legislation to Help Protect, Empower California’s Most Vulnerable Communities
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed a sweeping package of legislation - including AB 1288 by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) - to help protect and empower California's most vulnerable communities, which remain the...
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Governor Brown Signs California Fair Pay Act
RICHMOND - Taking action to improve gender wage equality and boost worker protections, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined dozens of state and local leaders, women and girls at the Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park to sign SB 358 by Senator Hannah-Beth...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Help Local Governments Improve Disadvantaged Communities
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed two bills which will give local governments more economic development tools to help improve struggling communities. SB 107 and AB 2 will help cities and counties streamline efforts to enhance affordable housing in...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Labor Day
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring September 7, 2015, as Labor Day in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATION When government and business recognize the intrinsic right of workers to...
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Governor Brown Announces Historic Investment in Schools, Boosts Rainy Day Fund, Creates New State Earned Income Tax Credit in Revised Budget
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a revised state budget that prudently pays down debt and saves billions of dollars, while carefully directing funding where it’s needed most - to improve schools, help low-income Californians, prevent tuition...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Small Business Month
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 2015 as “Small Business Month” in the State of California. Last month, Governor Brown appointed Jesse Torres small business advocate in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic...
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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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