Jobs, Trade & Economic Development
Governor Announces Bipartisan Agreement on the California Jobs First Plan
Plan Closes Toxic Tax Loophole and Helps Small Businesses and Working Families SACRAMENTO—Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a bipartisan agreement with Assembly Democrats and Republicans in support of the California Jobs First Plan. The plan will eliminate...
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Governor Brown and San Diego Business Leaders Call on Legislature to Pass California Jobs First Plan
SAN DIEGO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today will join San Diego business leaders at Gen-Probe, Inc. to call on the state Legislature to pass his California Jobs First plan, which eliminates a “toxic tax loophole” and offers over $1 billion a year in tax relief for...
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Governor Brown Proposes California Jobs First Package to Spur Local Job Creation
SACRAMENTO - Taking action to put Californians to work, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today proposed a three-part California Jobs First plan that offers over $1 billion a year in tax relief for businesses that create jobs in the state. “Boosting job growth in...
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Business Leaders Respond to Governor Brown’s California Jobs First Plan
SACRAMENTO - Following Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s proposal of a three-part California Jobs First plan this morning, business leaders expressed overwhelming support for his plan to put Californians to work.Biocom "The package proposed by the Governor will make...
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Governor Brown Files Legal Brief to Prevent Delay to Major Solar Project, Help State Meet Renewable Energy Goals and Create Green Jobs
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has filed a brief asking a Federal court to deny the latest in a series of litigious maneuvers intended to prevent the completion of a key solar energy project in the Mojave desert, which is expected to...
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Brown Lauds Job Creation at World’s Largest Solar Energy Project
BLYTHE — California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today joined Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and other federal, state and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Blythe Solar Power Project, a plan to build the largest solar energy facility in the...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Travel and Tourism Week”
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 7-15, 2011, as “Travel and Tourism Week” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA California's majestic...
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Governor Brown Checks In With the People
In First YouTube Address, Brown Calls on Legislature to Think as “Californians First,” Let Voters Decide on Taxes SACRAMENTO - In his first YouTube address since taking office, Governor Jerry Brown is calling on state legislators to let voters have a voice in deciding...
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Governor Brown Announces Additional Business Support to Let Californians Vote
SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that the California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce all support his plan to let voters decide whether or not...
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Business Leaders Support Governor Brown’s Balanced Budget Plan
SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that key California business leaders support his budget plan and letting California voters decide whether or not to temporarily extend existing taxes. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), California Small...
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