Press Releases
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Mark Ibele, 62, of Davis, has been appointed director of the California Office of Tax Appeals. Ibele has served as staff director of the California State Senate Committee on Budget...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Andrew G. LaMar, 52, of Woodland, has been appointed deputy director of communications at the California Department of Human Resources. LaMar has served as communications director in...
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Acting Governor Newsom Orders Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff
SACRAMENTO - Acting Governor Gavin Newsom today ordered Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff and issued the following statement in response to the shooting in Tehama County: "Jennifer and I once again join the people of California in extending our deepest...
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Under2 Coalition Grows to More Than 200 Members Representing 1.3 Billion People, 40 Percent of World’s GDP
BONN, Germany – On his final day at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), Special Advisor for States and Regions Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that the Under2 Coalition – a pact of states, regions and countries committed to keeping the...
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Office of the Governor & the California Museum Announce the California Hall of Fame 11th Class
Achievements of nine remarkable Californians celebrated in Dec. 5 induction ceremony and new exhibition opening Dec. 6 Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and First Lady Anne Gust Brown, in partnership with the California Museum, today announced the 11th class of the...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Tehama County Shooting
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement today regarding the shooting in Tehama County: "Anne and I are saddened to hear about today’s violence in Tehama County, which shockingly involved schoolchildren. We offer our condolences to the...
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California and U.S. Climate Alliance States Partner with Mexico and Canada to Advance North American Climate Action
BONN, Germany – With the official American delegation cloistered behind closed doors, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined Canada and Mexico’s top climate representatives at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) to affirm North America’s commitment...
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Governor Brown Rallies State and Regional Leaders Around Climate Action at COP23
BONN, Germany – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today rallied city, state and regional leaders at the largest gathering on global subnational climate action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany. “We come to this Conference of the...
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Governor Brown Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Paris Agreement with Michael Bloomberg at COP23: “We’re Here, We’re In and We’re Not Going Away”
Governor Also Welcomes Virginia to Under2 Coalition BONN, Germany – In his first day at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., the conference's Special Advisor for States and Regions, joined Michael R. Bloomberg, the United...
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Governor Brown Meets with Norway’s Prime Minister, Convenes First-of-its-Kind Gathering of World’s Scientific Academies
OSLO, Norway – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today met with Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and convened a first-of-its-kind meeting with representatives of the world's leading independent national academies of science to review climate impacts and discuss how...
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