File photo [Gov. Brown] – Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. released a revised state budget Thursday that pays down debt and saves billions of dollars while carefully directing funding to improve schools, help low-income Californians, prevent tuition increases and respond to drought and climate change. “Another...

I’ve been reading a little – and listening, too – and I must say there are a lot of people who don’t have a clue as to where they live. It usually goes something like this: “I’m so sick of the City Council approving more building between Magic Mountain and West Ranch. Don’t they...

File photo [Gov. Brown] – Gov. Jerry Brown, meeting with mayors from across the state, announced Wednesday he will propose legislation to help local officials better enforce conservation requirements and will direct state agencies to streamline environmental review of local water supply projects. “These...

Prepare to do more. That’s the message Santa Clarita Valley water users can derive from an executive order by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Wednesday mandating statewide water conservation measures intended to reduce water use by 25 percent. While many specific measures are not yet determined, it’s...

File photo [Gov. Brown, Feb. 18] – As U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez helps mediate discussions between dockworkers and port operators, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Oregon Governor Kate Brown today called for a quick resolution to the harmful labor impasse...

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a proclamation Thursday declaring February 2015 as Black History Month in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION African-Americans have played a central role in our nation’s history, but for too long historians...

File photo [Gov. Brown] – Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. issued proclamations Tuesday declaring special elections for the 7th, 21st and 37th Senate Districts of the State of California on May 19, 2015. The primary for these special elections will be held on March 17, 2015. The 21st...

[Gov. Brown] – Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. proposed a balanced budget that injects billions of dollars more into schools and health care coverage, holds college tuition flat and delivers on Propositions 1 and 2 by investing in long overdue water projects and saving money, while continuing to chip...

Following his inauguration, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. swore in Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar and Leondra R. Kruger to the California Supreme Court in Sacramento. “What I’m looking for is insight and growing wisdom over time so we can create a measure of harmony in what is a very...

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. took the oath of office Monday as Governor of California and delivered his inaugural address in the Assembly Chamber. The address serves as the Governor’s constitutionally required annual report to the Legislature.   Edmund G....