Press Releases
Governor Brown Concurs with U.S. Department of the Interior Decision, Signs Compact with Enterprise Rancheria
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today concurred with the Department of the Interior’s decisions to allow 40 acres in Yuba County to be placed in trust for the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria for the purpose of establishing a class III...
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Governor Brown Concurs with U.S. Department of the Interior Decision, Signs Compact with North Fork Rancheria
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today concurred with the Department of the Interior’s decisions to allow 305 acres in Madera County to be placed in trust for the North Fork Rancheria Band of Mono Indians for the purpose of establishing a class III gaming...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Pension Reform Vote
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the California Legislature's vote on pension reform: “With strong bipartisan support, the State Legislature today passed the biggest rollback of public pensions in California...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Workers’ Compensation Reform Vote
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the California Legislature's vote on workers’ compensation reform: “I commend the Legislature for an extraordinary workers’ compensation reform bill that helps injured workers and...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Pension Reform and Workers’ Compensation Reform
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding two bills in the California Legislature: “Today the Legislature will conclude its session with hundreds of bills yet to consider. Two of the bills deserve extra special attention:...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Richard S. Gordon, 64, of Menlo Park, has been appointed to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Gordon has served as an Assemblymember for the 21st Assembly District...
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Governor Brown Announces Pension Reform Agreement to Save Billions by Capping Benefits, Increasing the Retirement Age and Stopping Abuse
LOS ANGELES - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today outlined a sweeping pension reform agreement that saves billions of taxpayer dollars by capping benefits, increasing the retirement age, stopping abusive practices and requiring state employees to pay at least half of...
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Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: • SB 475 by Senator Roderick Wright (D-Los Angeles) - Local agencies: open meetings: teleconferences. • SB 825 by Senator Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro) - Residential...
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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 511 by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) - Aeronautics: meteorological towers. • AB 523 by Assemblymember David Valadao (R-Hanford) - Ethanol: Alternative and...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Rebuilding and reinvigorating the state’s long-neglected Workforce Investment Board, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today appointed 30 of California’s brightest business, labor and education leaders to help put Californians back to work. The California...
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