Press Releases
Governor Brown to Speak at BYD Motors Bus Premiere on Monday
LANCASTER - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will speak at the BYD Motors Electric Rapid Transit Bus premiere in Lancaster on Monday. When: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Where: BYD Coach and Bus Factory, 46147 7th Street West, Lancaster, California 93534 **NOTE:...
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Governor Brown Announces New Hiring Credit Pilot Areas in Fresno, Merced and Riverside
SACRAMENTO - Building on efforts to grow California's economy and help businesses create jobs, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced new tax incentives for employers hiring workers in Fresno, Merced and Riverside. "The state's economy is steadily improving and...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Christine Hironaka, 27, of Piedmont, has been appointed deputy director of legislative affairs at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. She has been a...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Glen Wayne Babby, 47, of Elk Grove, has been appointed deputy director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Research, where he has served as...
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Governor Brown Appoints FPPC Chair
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Jodi Remke as chairperson of the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Remke, 48, of Oakland, has been presiding judge at the State Bar Court of California since 2006, where she was...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Rachel Rogers, 41, of Tulare, has been appointed skilled nursing facility administrator at the Veterans Home of California, Fresno. Rogers has been director of quality of life at...
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Governor Brown Grants Pardons
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today, on Good Friday, that he has granted 63 pardons. The individuals granted pardons all completed their sentences and have been released from custody for more than a decade without further criminal activity....
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bill. • AB 1414 by the Committee on Agriculture - Pasteurized in-shell eggs: labeling. For full text of the bill, visit:...
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Governor Brown Calls Special Session to Strengthen Rainy Day Fund
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called a special session of the Legislature to replace the Rainy Day Fund on the November ballot with a dedicated reserve that would allow the state to pay down its debts and unfunded liabilities. "We simply must prevent...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. M. Reginald Salvador, 40, of Folsom, has been appointed chief of legislative and external affairs at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Salvador has been a co-founder and...
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