Proclamations
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Labor Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA When government and business recognize the intrinsic right of workers to organize and bargain collectively, it is possible to maintain an orderly system of industrial relations, avoiding the chaos and bloodshed...
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Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Plumas, Shasta and Tehama Counties
A PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHEREAS on July 29, 2012, a wildfire started in Plumas County that has consumed more than 47,000 acres, and continues to burn; and WHEREAS a wildfire that started in Tehama County on August 18, 2012, and spread to Shasta County...
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Governor Brown Cuts Red Tape to Strengthen State’s Response to Wildfires
SACRAMENTO - As wildfires threaten communities across the state, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today secured approval from U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to mobilize military troops and aircraft to fight fires under a single commander within the National Guard....
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Space Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the challenge and the promise of outer space unites all of humanity in a shared sense of curiosity, hope and wonderment; and WHEREAS, our quest to explore space has yielded innumerable advances in...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Independence Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On July 2nd, 1776, in the midst of the Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution of independence, drafted by delegate Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, which gave force of law to our...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Let’s Move California! Weekend
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Over the past thirty years, obesity has become a huge problem in the United States. People are eating too much and moving too little. Today, one in three American children is overweight or obese, conditions that...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Juneteenth
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, officially ending slavery in the United States of America. It took three more years of war to defeat the upholders of that evil...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Flag Day
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA On June 14th, 1777, in the midst of our struggle to free ourselves from the colonial rule of Great Britain, the Second Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the flag of the nascent United States...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring a General Election
A PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor of the State of California, pursuant to section 12000 of the Elections Code, proclaim that a General Election will be held throughout this State on Tuesday, the 6th day of...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring LGBT Pride Month
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Our nation was founded on the principle of equal rights for all people, but the fulfillment of this promise has been long in coming for many Americans. Some of the most inspiring moments in our history have arisen...
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