Press Releases
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Patricia Cullins, 58, of Alturas, has been appointed to represent the second district on the Modoc County Board of Supervisors. Cullins served as an eligibility supervisor at the...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Derrick Marion, 41, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief of the Office of Correctional Safety at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has served...
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Governor Brown Grants Pardons
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has granted 83 pardons. Individuals who have been convicted of a crime in California may apply to the Governor for a pardon. A gubernatorial pardon may be granted to individuals who have lived...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Anthea Hartig, 51, of San Mateo, has been appointed to the California State Park and Recreation Commission. Hartig has been executive director at the California Historical Society...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Kenneth Giebel, 68, of Lincoln, has been appointed director of homeownership at the California Housing Finance Agency, where he has served as acting director of single family lending...
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Governor Brown Directs First Ever Statewide Mandatory Water Reductions
SACRAMENTO - Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state's drought response and...
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Governor Brown Appoints Hugo J. Loza to Tulare County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Hugo J. Loza to a judgeship in the Tulare County Superior Court. Hugo J. Loza, 63, of Visalia, has served as a commissioner at the Tulare County Superior Court since 1995. He served as a...
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Governor Brown Appoints Two to San Diego County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Marian F. Gaston and Lisa R. Rodriguez to judgeships in the San Diego County Superior Court. Gaston, 44, of San Diego, has served as a deputy public defender at the San Diego County Office of...
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Governor Brown Appoints Four to Los Angeles County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of George F. Bird, Frank J. Menetrez, Michael C. Small and Kevin P. Stennis to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Bird, 58, of Palos Verdes Estates, has been a criminal trial...
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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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