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Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments for Aug. 20, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Ph.D., 55, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to...
Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Employment Report
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the California Employment Development Department released employment numbers for the...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds Improved Heat Regulations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted to...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Deploys National Guard Troops to California-Mexico Border
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday announced the first of 224 soldiers and airmen have completed their training to go operational...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds Award of $200 Million in Broadband Grants for California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday issued the following statement after it was announced that California was awarded over $200 million...
Social Worker Incentive Legislation Passed by California State
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) announced today that his measure, Assembly Bill 2167, the Social Worker Loan Repayment Act,...
Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Launches Nation’s Largest Telehealth Network
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday joined U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and a diverse group of statewide health care...
Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III Named Chairman of Governmental
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Speaker John A. Pérez (D- Los Angeles) today named Assistant Speaker pro Tempore Isadore Hall, III (D – Los...
Legislation to Address California Nursing Shortage Moves Forward
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assemblymembers Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) and Juan Arambula (D-Fresno), announced today that their measure (Assembly Bill 867) to address...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Sends Letter to Insurance Commissioner Poizner on Workers’ Compensation Rates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today sent the following letter to Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner regarding an approximately 30 percent increase...
California Recovery Task Force Director Issues Statement on Allocation of $156 Million in Recovery Act Funds to School Districts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Yesterday (Monday), California Recovery Task Force Director Rick Rice issued the following statement after over $156 million in education...
$69 Million Homeland Security Grant Announcement for Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Yesterday (Monday), Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was joined by Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and Los Angeles County Sheriff...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Executive Order Due to Kern County Wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued an executive order providing additional assistance to those affected by the wildfires in Kern...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Proposition 8 Ruling
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued a ruling invalidating Proposition...
Joint Green Chemistry Hearing Examines Elimination of Toxics from the Marketplace
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Assembly’s environmental and health committees met yesterday in a special joint hearing to discuss the information gap that...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds Small Business Recipients of Clean Technology Grants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement after California small businesses topped the list of awardees for...
New Presidential Permit for Innovative U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Demonstrating its commitment to a 21st century border that promotes economic competitiveness while enhancing security, the Department of...
San Diego Passport Agency to Open in 2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of State will host a tour of the future site of the San Diego Passport...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds Adoption of Common Core State Standards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement applauding the California State Board of Education’s unanimous vote to adopt...
Farm Worker Health Act Passed by Senate Appropriations Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assembly Bill 1963, the Farm Worker Health Act, authored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara), Chair of the Assembly...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Applauds PUC Decision to Help Spur Electric Vehicle Charging Market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today applauded the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision to not regulate companies that sell electric...
Three State Committees to Hold Oversight Hearing on Toxic Products
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Three State Assembly Policy Committees will convene a unique oversight hearing on August 3, 2010 to investigate the State...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares State of Emergency, Issues Executive Order to Impose Furloughs Due to Cash Crisis
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Schwarzenegger issued an order today directing state agencies to re-institute furlough Fridays until a new budget is in...
Michael Logrande Nominated as Director of City Planning, Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced his recommendation to appoint Michael LoGrande as the Director of City Planning. ”Michael...
California Recovery Task Force Launches Interactive Feature on Website
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The California Recovery Task Force today announced a new feature on its website, recovery.ca.gov, which allows Californians to map...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments for 7.26.10
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: First, Jody Belgard Akimoto, 52, of Watsonville, has been reappointed to...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Celebrates ADA 20th Anniversary
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first comprehensive federal civil rights act for persons with disabilities, the Americans...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3 To Be Held At UC Davis This Fall
DAVIS, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Building on the accomplishments made at the first two Governors’ Global Climate Summits in 2009 and 2008, Governor Arnold...
L.A. Crime Down 11 Percent at Half Year Mark
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On July 9th, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined Police Chief Charlie Beck to report an 11 percent drop...
Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Sends Letter Urging Support for Disaster Relief Funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday sent the following letter to members of the California Congressional Delegation urging them to fully...
Nava and Evans Slam California Department of Public Health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- After review of an audit requested by Assemblymembers Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) and Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) of the...
Calif. Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Trade Mission to Asia
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Tuesday that he will lead a trade mission to China, Japan and South Korea...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Sends Letter to California Congressional Delegation on Extension of Enhanced Medicaid Funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday (June 4), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent the following letter to the California Congressional Delegation urging their support...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Sends Letter to Senator Steinberg Regarding Negotiations with Public Employee Unions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday (June 4), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sent the following letter to Senator Steinberg expressing his support of good...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments to Academic Content Standards Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday (June 4), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the following appointments to the Academic Content Standards Commission:
Steven Dunlap, 30,...
Toxic Lead Shot Ban in State Wildlife Management Areas Passes Calif. Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) announced the passage of Assembly Bill 2223, which will ban the use of toxic...
Farm Worker Health Act Passed by Calif. State Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Farm Worker Health Act, Assembly Bill 1963, authored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara), Chair of the Assembly...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation to Prohibit Violent Felons from Possessing Body Armor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after signing SB 408 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), which prohibits...
Compton Votes for Community Control of Its Police Resources
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Edward Professional Advisors announces that in a close, but historic vote late last night, the Compton City Council voted 3-2 to establish a new Compton Community Police Department. After 10 years of receiving police services from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Compton City Council voted last night to establish a new Compton Community Police Department and end its contractual relationship with the sheriff's department.
Gov. Schwarzenegger Submits California’s Race to the Top Phase Two Application for $700 million in Recovery Act Funds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed California’s Race to the Top Phase Two application which could provide up to $700...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Dan Schnur Chair of Fair Political Practices Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointment of Dan Schnur as chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC)....
Nava’s Calif. Foreclosure Prevention Legislation Passes Key Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assembly Bill 1639, a key piece of foreclosure prevention legislation authored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbra), cleared a...
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger Directs Administration to take Action on SOMB Recommendations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday directed his Administration to take action on recommendations provided by the Sex Offender Management Board...
Calif. Measure to Revitalize Jordan Downs and Nickerson Gardens Communities in Watts Approved by State Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The California State Assembly today approved AB 1641 by Assistant Speaker pro Tempore Isadore Hall, III (D- Los Angeles),...
California Cat Declawing/Devocalizing Measure Passed by Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Assembly Bill 2743, authored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara), which will make it illegal for a landlord in...
22 States Join California’s Fight Against Federal Judges Forcing Program Eliminations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- $2.4 billion of cuts approved by the legislature and signed by the Governor have been tied up by federal...
Ca. Gov. Schwarzenegger Issues Statement Following Senate Confirmation of Finance Director Ana Matosantos
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Ana Matosantos as director of...
2011 Microsoft Worldwide Conference Coming to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday announced that the City of Los Angeles will host the Microsoft 2011 Worldwide Partner...
Legislative Leaders Announce Package of Measures to Calif. Close Tax Loopholes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Legislators held a State Capitol News Conference today to announce the introduction of a package of bills to close...
Bass/Hall Bill to Reopen Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital Approved by Assembly Health Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The Assembly Health Committee today approved AB 2599 jointly authored by Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass (D- Baldwin Hills) and...
