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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Dana Hollinger, 58, of Beverly Hills, has been reappointed to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration, where she has been chair of the Risk and...
read moreGovernor Brown Declares State of Emergency, Requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration Due to Recent Storms
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today requested a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to bolster state and local recovery efforts following late January storms that caused major flooding, mudslides, power outages and damage to critical infrastructure...
read moreGovernor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Brian Duffy, 57, of Sacramento, has been appointed associate director of reception center institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has...
read moreGovernor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Aimee Barnes, 35, of Alameda, has been appointed senior advisor to the Governor in the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Barnes has been a partner at Allotrope Partners since...
read moreGovernor Brown Releases 2016 Judicial Appointment Data
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released annual applicant and appointee data for the administration's judicial appointments. From 2011 through 2016, Governor Brown appointed 356 judges - including 45 in 2016 - from a pool of more than 2,000 applicants....
read moreGovernor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Nicole Soluri, 39, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief deputy director at the California State Lottery, where she has been chief counsel since 2012. Soluri was an attorney at...
read moreGovernor Brown Takes Action to Bolster Dam Safety and Repair Transportation and Water Infrastructure
SACRAMENTO - With extreme weather putting increasing stress on California's roads, bridges and flood control system, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a series of immediate and longer-term actions to bolster dam safety, improve flood protection and fix the...
read moreGovernor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Jennifer Johnson, 43, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy legislative secretary in the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Johnson was manager of the education strategic...
read moreGovernor Brown Issues Statement on Death of Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Foley: “Deputy Foley spent nearly four decades protecting communities in the Bay Area and his death is a terrible loss to all...
read moreGovernor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Alexis Podesta, 36, of Carmichael, has been appointed secretary at the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, where she has served as undersecretary since 2015....
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