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San Diego Mayor Filner Proposal for Prevailing Wage Approved by City Council
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This week, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's proposal to "ensure that construction workers get paid a fair wage...
SF Mayor Lee and Supervisor Farrell Launch Home Loan Assistance Program for First Responders
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Supervisor Mark Farrell today launched the down payment home loan assistance program...
Calif. Congressman Tony Cárdenas votes to protect U.S. mail delivery – Innovate to Deliver
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In Washington, D.C., In an effort to protect both services offered to residents of the San Fernando Valley,...
Calif. Congressman Tony Cárdenas Welcomes Community Health Center Funding
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) was pleased to note awards of more than $1 million in...
SF Mayor Lee Appoints Allen Nanceto Lead San Francisco’s Juvenile Probation Department
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced his appointment of Allen A. Nance as San Francisco’s Juvenile Probation...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 13, 2013 including to California Conservation Corps
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Saturday announced the following appointments: First, Alexander Maurice Gonzales, 57, of La...
Calif. Governor Brown announces appointments to California County Superior Courts for July 12, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced numerous appointments to California County Superior Courts, including to the...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 12, including to Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments. Teveia Barnes, 60, of Tiburon, has been...
Calif. Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in Los Angeles County for July 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an emergency proclamation for Los Angeles County following recent wildfires...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for July 11, 2013 including to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Cynthia Cotharn, 56, of Playa Vista, has...
Swan SONGS: Hearing Focuses on Challenges of San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- The California Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee held the first in a series of hearings focused on the...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 10, 2013 including to Regional Water Quality Control Boards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the following appointments: First, Arthur Anderson Jr., 65, of Roseville,...
SF Mayor Lee Launches San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee with Board President David Chiu and local community partners announced a new...
Calif. Governor Brown Issues Statement on Death of Hawthorne Police Officer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement regarding the death of Hawthorne Police Department Sergeant...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 3, 2013 including to California State Board of Food and Agriculture
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Mirtha Villarreal-Younger, 45, of Sacramento, has been...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 2, 2013 including to California Board of Behavioral Sciences
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: First, Deborah Brown, 58, of Oakhurst, has been...
Calif. Governor Brown Signs Historic California School Funding Legislation
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed historic school funding legislation that will direct increased resources to...
San Francisco to Host 2015 US Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Last week, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced that San Francisco awarded as the host of the U.S....
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for July 1, 2013 including the California Department of State Hospitals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Ken August, 58, of Fair Oaks, has...
Calif. Congressman Cardenas Statement On U.S. Senate Immigration Bill
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, in Washington, D.C., Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) released a statement following the passage of Comprehensive...
Calif. Legislation by Mike Gatto Increases Protections for Sacred Sites, will Protect Ancient California Heritage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Legislation to protect and preserve sacred Native American landmarks passed the California State Assembly today by a vote of...
Calif. Gov. Brown Appoints New Agency Secretaries Ahead of Government Reorganization
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointments of three agency secretaries ahead of the most...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for June 26, 2013 to District Agricultural Associations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Gene “Herm” Benedetti, 58, of Sonoma, has...
Calif. Congressman Tony Cárdenas statement on Marriage Equality DOMA Supreme Court Decision
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In Washington, D.C., today, U.S. Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) today issued a statement following the decisions...
Calif. Governor Brown Issues Statement on Historic Proposition 8 Ruling and same-sex marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court ruling on...
Gatto Bill to Ease Calif. Traffic on Los Angeles Freeways and Alleviate Driver Frustration Advances
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to ease traffic congestion on the Los Angeles freeway system, one of the...
Calif. Hit-and-Run Epidemic Bill by Mike Gatto would extend the statute of limitations for offenders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to address the epidemic of hit-and-run offenses in Southern California cleared a...
Congressman Tony Cardenas Leads Bipartisan Calif. Group Seeking DREAMers Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- Today, a bipartisan group of 17 California Representatives fought to protect young people, brought to this country through no...
Calif. Gov. Brown announces additional appointments for June 21, 2013 including to the 25th District Agricultural Association
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following additional appointments: First, Vanessa Robledo, 36, of Napa, has...
Cailf. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for June 21, 2013 including to California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Monica Blanco-Etheridge, 53, of Clovis, has been...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 18, 2013 including to the California Scientific Guidance Panel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: first, Karen Baylor, 57, of Nipomo, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for June 17, 2013 including California Natural Resources Agency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Fahizah Alim, 63, of Sacramento, has...
Calif. Senator Alex Padilla Issues Statement on State Budget: Education Funding and English Learner Accountability Are Key Elements
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, California State Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), Chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee released the following...
Calif. Congressman Tony Cardenas introduced critical legislation to improve U.S. cybersecurity, amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In Washington, D.C., Thursday evening, U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced critical legislation to improve cybersecurity...
Calif. Governor Brown Signs Compact with Ramona Band of Cahuilla
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed a tribal-state gaming compact between the State...
Calif. Gov. Brown, Business Leaders and Workers Call for Action on Economic Development Plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined the region's business leaders and workers to call for action on...
Calif. Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring June 2013 as Great Outdoors Month
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a Proclamation Declaring June 2013 as "Great Outdoors Month."
PROCLAMATION BY THE...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 6, 2013 including California Commission on Emergency Medical Services
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following governmental appointments: First, Dan Burch, 47, of Turlock,...
California Civil Rights and Education Leaders Join Governor Brown in Final Push for More Equitable School Funding System
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today met with a broad coalition of business, civil rights and education leaders...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for June 5, 2013 to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, April Lopez, 46, of Yorba Linda, has...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 4, 2013 including to Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Judith Frank, 71, of Los Angeles,...
Mike Gatto Leads Fight to Protect California's Children, Calls for Audit of Counties' Child Protective Services
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymembers Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Tim Donnelly (R-Twin Peaks) are calling for an investigation of County Child...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for June 3, 2013 including to the California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, David Chandler, 50, of Palm Desert, has...
California Assembly Colleagues Fight to Provide Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Open access advocates in California celebrated last week as AB 609 passed the Assembly floor by a vote of...
Calif. Anti-Gridlock Bill Avoids Legislative Congestion and Clears Assembly without a Jam
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California’s legislature took action to ease congestion, and driver frustration, on the Los Angeles freeway system yesterday, by passing...
California Bill to Prevent Child Abuse in Schools Passes Assembly (AB 349)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, the California State Assembly took action to prevent child abuse in our schools and track those accused of...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for May 30, 2013 including the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following government appointments: First, Jacqueline Hostler-Carmesin, 57, of McKinleyville, has...
Bill to Protect California Communities from Contaminated Properties Passes Assembly (AB 440)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California communities struggling with decaying and contaminated properties will have new tools available to revitalize these sites now that...
Assembly Passes California Legislation to Bring Hit-and-Run Offenders to Justice (AB 184)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s bill to address the epidemic of hit-and-run offenses in Southern California and other parts of...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for May 29, 2013 including the California Board for Professional Engineers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Laura Alarcon, 57, of Sacramento, has been...
