Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring November 26, 2015, as Thanksgiving Day in the State of California.

Sacramento, California - One week before he travels to Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today blasted West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for “crass obstructionism” following their latest attempt to undermine the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan and America’s role in upcoming climate change negotiations in Paris.

Sacramento, California - This is a time when so many of us are thankful for good food, great friends, and our families as we celebrate the holiday season.  But for families having a difficult time making ends meet, it’s hard to share this joy when you’re not sure where your family’s next meal will come from.  Unfortunately, this is a reality facing one in four families throughout our communities.

Los Angeles, California - In a series of related cases announced today, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Long Beach, California, hospital, two orthopedic surgeons and two others have been charged in long-running health care fraud schemes that illegally referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries and generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings over an eight-year period.

Ventura, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice will be formally joining the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office in the ongoing prosecution of multiple individual and corporate defendants charged with environmental crimes and other specified offenses related to the November 18, 2014 explosion at the Santa Clara Waste Water Company facility located in Santa Paula, California. 

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments: