Governor Jerry Brown Archives

Energy in California: ‘Deja Vu All Over Again’

September 14, 2020 7:44 pmSeptember 14, 2020 8:11 pm

In 2001, California experienced an energy crisis. The Governor and Legislature were incapable of untangling the Gordian Knot and the entire state suffered through a series of blackouts. At the time, I was beginning my second term in Congress representing...

Governor’s Office of the Tribal Advisor

September 1, 2020 6:19 amSeptember 1, 2020 6:25 am

As part of the California Governor’s Office, there is the Office of the Tribal Advisor (TAO), which was created in 2010 by Governor Jerry Brown by his Executive Order B-10-11. The Tribal Advisor reports directly to the Governor and is...

More Cities in California Are Banning The Use Of Natural Gas

November 18, 2019 3:42 pmNovember 20, 2019 7:51 am

“It’s clear that the bulk of Californians want their natural gas appliances.” The Sierra Club reported last week that more than 50 cities across the state are considering or have passed policies that will over time, eliminate the use of...

CA Democrat Lawmakers Releasing Violent Criminals From Prison, While Imposing Gun Control Laws on Citizens

September 8, 2019 2:06 amSeptember 10, 2019 2:27 pm

The purpose of prison and jail is to separate the criminals from society through incapacitation so they are not able to harm innocent people, and to make them pay for their crimes through retribution. Rehabilitation is supposed to assist with...

California Appeals Court Strikes Down Gun Conviction of Kate Steinle Shooter

August 30, 2019 8:09 pmAugust 30, 2019 8:23 pm

California’s First District Court of Appeals has reversed the gun conviction of Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, who was previously acquitted of murder in the July 1, 2015 shooting of Kate Steinle, 32, on a San Francisco pier. The court ruled that...

Second California Agency Removes Public Records From State Website

August 2, 2019 6:05 pmAugust 6, 2019 12:01 pm

Last week California Globe reported that thousands of pages of public records were removed from the highly controversial California High Speed Rail Authority website in June. Now, members of the media and anyone seeking information about rail authority spending will...

CA High Speed Rail Crash: Agency Removes Thousands of Documents From Website

July 24, 2019 1:55 pmAugust 2, 2019 5:49 pm

Thousands of pages of public records were removed from the California High Speed Rail Authority website in June. Now, members of the media and anyone seeking information about rail authority spending will only be able to access previously posted documents...