[Gov. Brown] – To combat climate change and curb toxic carbon pollution, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.  signed SB 350 by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) that establishes world-leading energy efficiency and renewable energy goals for California. “California has taken...

Citing support from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Act into law Monday, giving a Valencia woman and others like her the legal choice to end their lives with a doctor’s assistance. “When I first heard, honestly, I was speechless and just kept saying ‘Wow,’”...

Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and First Lady Anne Gust Brown, along with the California Museum, announced the ninth class of inductees to the California Hall of Fame today. The newest class of inspirational individuals will join 88 Californians previously inducted for exemplifying California’s spirit...

Above the dais in the Assembly chambers is the Latin saying, “Legislatorum Est Justas Leges Condere,” which translates into, “It is the duty of the legislators to make just laws.” While it’s important that the Legislature pass just laws, it’s just as important that those decisions are made...

I don’t want to follow the rules, so please excuse me from doing so. But I do want the cash you have from folks who are following the rules. Pretty fair to me, don’t you know? The folks at the California High Speed Rail Scam Authority have requested that taxes collected from carbon Cap-and-Trade...

8-27-2015 EXECUTIVE ORDER B-33-15 WHEREAS on July 31, 2015, I proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in California due to wildfires burning throughout the state, including those that were burning in Lake and Trinity counties; and WHEREAS wildfires have burned thousands of acres of land, destroyed structures,...

“Now I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain…” Pretty exciting events the last three days. Might even get to have some more storms. This is so much fun. Our great and wonderful leader of our formerly great and wonderful state of California has found yet another way to increase taxes. This time he...

Gov.  Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Songhai D. Miguda-Armstead, Timothy P. Dillon, Ronald F. Frank, Julian C. Recana, Lawrence P. Riff, Laura A. Seigle, Natalie P. Stone and Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld to judgeships in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Miguda-Armstead, 39, of View Park-Windsor...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 307 into law Monday, giving judges the flexibility to protect victims of domestic violence and rape. The bill by state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, closes a loophole in the law by allowing judges to issue protective orders when sentencing a defendant to supervised...

[Gov. Brown] – Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. welcomed the United Nations’ top climate change official, Christiana Figueres, to Los Angeles, where they convened half a dozen leading scientists Monday to discuss climate impacts in the Golden State – and beyond – and the need for swift,...