Press Releases
Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • AB 45 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) - Charter-party carriers of passengers: alcoholic beverages: open containers. • AB 578 by Assemblymember...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Give Women More Access to Birth Control
LOS ANGELES - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined women’s health advocates at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Headquarters for a ceremony where he signed a bill that makes it easier for women to obtain birth control. “At a time when some seek to turn back the...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • AB 137 by Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) - Health care coverage: mammographies. • AB 439 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) - Health care...
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Governor Brown Signs Bill to Boost Commercial Space Travel
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a bill to boost the commercial space-travel sector in California. Assembly Bill 2243 (Knight) limits liability for space-flight companies. “California aerospace pioneers like Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and the...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Bolster Business
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a series of eight bills to bolster business and job creation in the state of California. “As California’s economy recovers from the deepest recession since the Great Depression, it’s important that state...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Improve Education in California
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed the following bills to improve the quality of education in California. • SB 1070 Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) - Career Technical Education Pathways Program. Extends an existing technical education...
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Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Support Veterans
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed several bipartisan bills that improve services and opportunities for veterans in California. “Yesterday, a bill to invest in job training for veterans was blocked because of Washington political infighting,” said...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Elliot Block, 51, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy director, legal counsel at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, where he has served since 2006....
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • AB 374 by Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-South San Francisco) - Funeral directors and embalmers. • AB 441 by Assemblymember William Monning (D-Carmel) - Transportation...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • AB 232 by Assemblymember Manuel Pérez (D-Coachella) - Community Development Block Grant Program: funds. • AB 401 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) -...
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