Press Releases
Acting Governor Newsom Issues Statement on Death of Hayward Police Officer
SACRAMENTO - Acting Governor Gavin Newsom today issued the following statement regarding the death of Hayward Police Department Sergeant Scott Lunger: “It is with profound sadness that Jennifer and I offer our condolences to Sergeant Lunger’s family, his friends, and...
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Governor Brown to World’s Mayors: It’s Up To Us to Make it Happen
VATICAN CITY - Speaking on the first day of the Vatican's symposium on climate change and modern slavery hosted by the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today urged the world's mayors to "light a fire" and join...
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Governor Brown Appoints Two to Orange County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Melissa R. McCormick and Julie A. Palafox to judgeships in the Orange County Superior Court. McCormick, 44, of Laguna Beach, has been a partner at Irell and Manella LLP since 2004, where she...
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Governor Brown Appoints Eight to Los Angeles County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Songhai D. Miguda-Armstead, Timothy P. Dillon, Ronald F. Frank, Julian C. Recana, Lawrence P. Riff, Laura A. Seigle, Natalie P. Stone and Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld to judgeships in the Los...
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Governor Brown Appoints Sonia Cortés to Yolo County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Sonia Cortés to a judgeship in the Yolo County Superior Court. Cortés, 43, of Woodland, has been a senior deputy county counsel at the Yolo County Counsel’s Office since 2007, where she has...
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Governor Brown Appoints Two to Alameda County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Jeffrey S. Brand and Thomas J. Nixon to judgeships in the Alameda County Superior Court. Brand, 70, of Berkeley, has been a professor of law at the University of San Francisco School of Law...
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Governor Brown Appoints Jeffrey R. Finigan to San Mateo County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Jeffrey R. Finigan to a judgeship in the San Mateo County Superior Court. Finigan, 47, of San Francisco, has served as a deputy district attorney at the San Mateo County District Attorney’s...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills. - AB 87 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) - Jurors: peremptory challenge. - AB 331 by Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) - School district governing...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Jorge Jaramillo, 43, of San Francisco, has been appointed chief of the Office of Public Sector Non-Governmental Organization Coordination at the Governor’s Office of Emergency...
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Governor Brown Appoints Kevin M. Seibert to Tuolumne County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Kevin M. Seibert to a judgeship in the Tuolumne County Superior Court. Seibert, 56, of Sonora, has been a partner at Downey Brand LLP since 2000. He was a partner at Steinheimer, Riggio,...
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