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Governor Brown Releases 2014 Judicial Appointment Data

Governor Brown Releases 2014 Judicial Appointment Data

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released annual applicant and appointee data for the administration's judicial appointments. From 2011 through 2014, there were 1,574 applicants for judicial appointments and Governor Brown appointed 237 judges,...

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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Nanci Nishimura, 61, of San Mateo, has been reappointed to the California Commission on Judicial Performance, where she has served since 2011. Nishimura has been a partner at...

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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Leta Ciavaglia, 61, of Sanger, has been reappointed to the 21st District Agricultural Association, Big Fresno Fair Board of Directors, where she has served since 2012. Ciavaglia has...

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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Ashley Boren, 53, of San Francisco, has been reappointed to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, where she has served since 2008. Boren has been executive director at...

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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Karen Smith, 58, of Napa, has been appointed director of the California Department of Public Health. Smith has been medical staff for infectious disease at Queen of the Valley...

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Governor Brown Announces Appointments

Governor Brown Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Claire Jahns, 33, of San Francisco, has been appointed assistant secretary for natural resources climate issues at the California Natural Resources Agency. Jahns has been project...

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West Coast Governors Call for an End to Port Labor Impasse

West Coast Governors Call for an End to Port Labor Impasse

SACRAMENTO - As U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez helps mediate discussions between dockworkers and port operators, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Oregon Governor Kate Brown today called for a quick resolution to the harmful labor...

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