Press Releases
Governor Brown Sends Pension Reform Language to Legislature
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today delivered the proposed language for his 12-point pension reform plan to leaders of the state legislature’s Conference Committee on Public Employee Pensions. • Full text of the Governor Brown’s letter to legislative...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Joseph Bielanski, Jr., 61, of San Francisco, has been reappointed to the California Community College Board of Governors, where he has served since 2011. Bielanski has been a faculty...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Kimiko Burton, 47, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the State Personnel Board. Burton has been a deputy city attorney for San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera since...
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Governor Brown Forms Boards to Wind Down Redevelopment Agencies in Los Angeles, Merced, Stanislaus and Ventura
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today named twelve individuals to serve on four governing boards responsible for dissolving local redevelopment agencies in cities and counties where local agencies elected not to manage the task. Each governing board, also...
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Governor Appoints Charles A. Smiley III to Alameda County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Charles A. Smiley III to a judgeship in the Alameda County Superior Court. Smiley, 44, of Oakland, has been a court commissioner for the Alameda County Superior Court since 2007. He served as...
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Governor Appoints Terri A. Mockler to Contra Costa County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Terri A. Mockler to a judgeship in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Mockler, 54, of Martinez, has served as an assistant public defender in the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s...
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Redevelopment Webinar
With California’s redevelopment agencies scheduled to be dissolved on Wednesday and replaced by successor agencies, officials from the Department of Finance and the State Controller’s Office will hold a webinar today at 11:00 a.m. to discuss this transition. Questions...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. William Edgar, 72, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. He has been the co-owner of Edgar and Associates, an accounting services firm,...
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Governor Brown Releases Package of CEQA Reforms
SACRAMENTO - As part of his ongoing efforts to spur job creation, streamline regulations and boost renewable energy, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a package of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) reforms that will simplify and expedite the...
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Governor Brown Celebrates Lunar New Year
SACRAMENTO—Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. released the following statement today regarding the celebration of the Lunar New Year. “Chinese and Asian Americans have played an important role in the history of California. As Governor, it is my honor to recognize their...
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