Press Releases
Governor Brown Appoints Two Justices to the Fourth District Court of Appeal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of William S. Dato to Division One and Richard T. Fields to Division Two of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Dato, 61, of Poway, has served as a judge at the San Diego County Superior Court...
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Governor Brown Appoints Kathleen A. Meehan to the Fifth District Court of Appeal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Kathleen A. Meehan as associate justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeal. Meehan, 63, of Fresno, has been a judge at the Fresno County Superior Court since 2014, where she served as a...
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Governor Brown Appoints Stephen M. Murphy to San Francisco County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Stephen M. Murphy to a judgeship in the San Francisco County Superior Court. Murphy, 60, of San Francisco, has been a sole practitioner since 1999. He was a partner at Bianco and Murphy from...
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Governor Brown Appoints Scott L. Tedmon to Sacramento County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Scott L. Tedmon to a judgeship in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Tedmon, 62, of Carmichael, has been a sole practitioner since 1994. He was a partner at the Law Offices of Tedmon and...
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Governor Brown Appoints David I. Ashby to Sutter County Superior Court
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of David I. Ashby to a judgeship in the Sutter County Superior Court. Ashby, 39, of Yuba City, has been an owner and attorney at the Ashby Law Firm since 2002. He earned a Juris Doctor degree...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Release of Final Environmental Reports for California WaterFix
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement regarding today's release of final environmental documents for WaterFix, California's effort to modernize the state's water infrastructure. "This project has been subjected to 10 years of...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on CalPERS Vote
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement regarding today's vote by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board to reduce the pension fund’s current 7.5% expected annual rate of return on investments to 7% over the...
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Governor Brown Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: Janet Marie Weeks, 56, of Sacramento, has been appointed director of communications at the California State Board of Education. Weeks has been communications manager for the...
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Governor Brown to Climate Scientists: “We Will Persevere”
SAN FRANCISCO - Rallying thousands of scientists at one of the largest international gatherings of its kind, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called on the scientific community - the "truth-tellers" and "truth seekers" - to mobilize for the climate fight. "The time...
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Governor Brown Takes Action to Protect Oceans
CORONADO - Taking action to combat climate change and help protect California's oceans, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called on President Barack Obama to use his authority to permanently prohibit new offshore oil and gas leasing in federal waters off the coast of...
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