New California Laws from Assemblyman Mike Gatto will take effect January 1, 2014
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Californians across the state will benefit from new laws authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) that will take...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 19, 2013 including to California Department of State Hospitals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments. First: Pamela Ahlin, 50, of Lemoore, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 18, 2013 including to California Board for Professional Engineers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments; first: Tara Lynch, 45, of Sacramento, has...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi and Stakeholders Call on So. Cal. Edison to Upgrade South Bay Energy Infrastructure
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) and other South Bay state and city officials met Monday with the president of...
Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto Invites Public to Draft the United States' First Ever 'Wiki Bill'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, California Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) announced a groundbreaking opportunity to allow individual citizens to draft a piece...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 10, 2013 including to the California Apprenticeship Council
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: first, Susan Anderson, 61, of Fresno, has been...
Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi statement on his appointment as Chair of Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D – Torrance) released the following statement in response to his appointment as Chair...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 3, 2013 including to California Environmental Protection Agency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments. First, Aimee Barnes, 31, of Alameda, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Nov. 26, 2013 including to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Erick Casallas, 33, of Bakersfield, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Nov. 25, 2013 including to California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Florence Bernal, 40, of Sacramento, has been...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Nov. 21, 2013 including to the California Environmental Protection Agency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Camille Wagner, 31, of Sacramento, has been...
First San Francisco Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program in Collaboration with The White House Announces Finalists for 2013
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Inspired by President Obama's call, "We've got to have the brightest minds to help solve our biggest challenges,"...
California Congressman Cardenas Introduces Law to Help Protect Collegiate Student-Athlete Academic Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. /California Newswire/ -- U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today...
California Congressman Cárdenas Introduces Food Safety Farm Legislation to Help Protect Families from Food-borne Illness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- In Washington, D.C., today U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) today introduced a bill to help protect more...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Nov. 13, 2013 including to California Department of Toxic Substances
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Meredith Williams, 51, of San Francisco, has...
SF Mayor Lee Announces New Initiative to Help Veterans Reenter Calif. Workforce
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This past week, S.F. Mayor Lee announced a new initiative called the Veterans Access Point for Workforce Development,...
Calif. Governor Brown Appoints New Labor Secretary, Senior Advisor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointments of David Lanier as Secretary of the California...
Assembly Insurance Committee Holds Oversight Hearing in Wake of Calif. EDD Unemployment Insurance System Failure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley participated in the Assembly Insurance Committee oversight hearing on the disrupted deployment of the...
Stakeholders agree that the Aerospace Industry is critical to California's economy and additional resources are needed
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), joined by Michael Rossi, Senior Advisor for Jobs and Business Development for Governor Brown,...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Nov. 5, 2013 including to the California Student Aid Commission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Jean Shiomoto, 57, of Sacramento, has been...
S.F. Mayor Lee Appoints Barbara Carlson as Director of the Office of Early Care and Education
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee this week appointed Barbara Coccodrilli Carlson as the first new Director of the...
SF Mayor Lee Launches Nation’s First Living Innovation Zone
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This past week, S.F. Mayor Edwin M. Lee, as part of Innovation Month, officially opened the nation’s first...
Disappointment with EDD's Lack of Seamless Execution of Programs for Veterans expressed by Calif. Assemblymember Muratsuchi
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D – Torrance), Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee, today released the following statement...
Calif. Gov. Brown Joins Oregon, Washington, British Columbia Leaders to Combat Climate Change
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Building on international agreements with China and Quebec to combat climate change, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr....
Calif. State Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee and Women's Caucus Review How Military Sexual Trauma Impacts California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee, and Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), Chair of...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 25, 2013 including to California State Independent Living Council
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. tannounced the following appointments: First, Kyle Simerly, 24, of Mill...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 25, 2013 to Regional Water Quality Control Boards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Friday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments to Regional Water Quality Control Boards: First,...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 23, 2013 including to State Council on Developmental Disabilities
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Wednesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Shelley Rouillard, 57, of Sacramento, has...
AMVETS Announces Assemblymember Muratsuchi is Recipient of the 2013 California Legislator of the Year Award
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D – Torrance) today released the following statement in response to AMVETS’ announcement of his...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 17, 2013 including to California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Stuart Drown, 54, of Davis,...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 15, 2013 including to Calif. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Jose Hurtado, 60, of Napa, has...
Assemblymember Muratsuchi Appointed to Calif. Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) was appointed to the newly-established Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment. This committee will be...
Mike Gatto's California Hit-and-Run Legislation signed by Governor Brown in the Wake of Continuing Tragedy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) bill to address the epidemic of hit-and-run offenses in California was signed into...
Health Professions Scholarship, Student Loan Repayment announced by Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Assemblyman Ken Cooley announced that the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) is offering...
Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act Signed by Calif. Governor Brown – AB 639
SAN DIEGO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today Calif. Governor Brown signed AB 639 by Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) which will repurpose funds...
Calif. Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update for Oct. 9, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that he has signed the following bills, which include: AB 140...
Calif. Governor Brown Signs Women's Health Legislation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed seven bills to support the health and well-being of women in...
SF Mayor Ed Lee, SFUSD & Salesforce.com Foundation Launch Public-Private Middle School Leadership Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Monday, Mayor Ed Lee joined San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Richard Carranza and Marc Benioff,...
SF Mayor Ed Lee Launches New Microloan Pilot Program for San Francisco to Invest In Neighborhood Commercial Districts
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- This past week, S.F. Mayor Ed Lee announced the launch of the StepAheadSF Microloan Pilot Program, a new...
Calif. Gov. Brown Announces Appointments for Oct. 7, 2013 including to the 54th District Agricultural Association
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- On Monday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following state government appointments: First, Karin Schwartz, 49, of...
Calif. Gov. Brown Signs Padilla Bill Providing Stable Funding for Pediatric Trauma Care Centers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law Senate Bill 191. The new law extends stable funding for...
Calif. Clean Technology Bill Signed by Governor Brown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) today announced that his Assembly Bill (AB) 796 that deals with clean energy technology...
California Sea Level Rise Assessment Bill Signed by Governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assembly Bill (AB) 691, authored by Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), was signed by Governor Brown. This bill will prepare...
Calif. Governor Brown Signs Bill to Facilitate Modern, Public Voting Systems
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Senate Bill 360 authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) was signed by Governor Brown over the weekend. The...
California Power Outage Bill Signed by the Governor – AB 66 requires electrical corporations to report and remediate power deficiencies
TORRANCE, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assembly Bill 66, authored by Assemblymember Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown and will...
Historic Prop. 65 Reform Signed into Law – Will Help California Businesses Avoid Unfair Lawsuits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation to reform Proposition 65 and protect small businesses from meritless lawsuits was...
Bill to Protect California Communities from Contaminated Properties Signed into Law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- California Communities struggling with decaying and contaminated properties now have a new tool to revitalize these sites, thanks to...
Calif. Governor Brown Signs Bill Allowing Out-of-State Voting for Emergency Responders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Senate Bill 362 was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown today. The new law, authored by...
Calif. Gov. Brown Signs Bill to Expand Broadband Deployment in Remote Parts of California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Senate Bill 740 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) was signed by Governor Jerry Brown today. The legislation authorizes...
California Film and Tax Credit Legislation to be Crafted by Assembly and Senate Appropriations Chairs
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and Senator Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) announced today that they will introduce...
