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

Solano County, California - CDFA Secretary Karen Ross participated in the ribbon cutting this week for a new processing plant at Dixon’s Superior Farms. Others included Edward Avalos, undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the USDA; Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez; and Gary Pfeiffer, Karen Ellis, Jeff Evanson, Rick Stott and Shane MacKenzie, all of Superior Farms.

San Diego, California - A nine-month-old koala joey underwent a routine health check earlier today at the San Diego Zoo. The male joey, yet to be named, was brought down from the perching structure he shared with his mother and placed on a scale for his weekly weigh-in. While being weighed, his keeper provided him with a plush toy koala to hold onto for comfort, so he wouldn’t be stressed during the brief separation from his mother. The weekly health check is important, as it provides keepers the opportunity to see the animal up-close and lets them know the joey is growing as he should.

Sacramento, California - One month after the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, and just months before the world’s leaders convene in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will travel to the Vatican, where he will join the pope, representatives of the United Nations and mayors and local governors from across the globe to discuss two of the world’s greatest challenges: climate change and modern slavery.

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

Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the recipients of the inaugural Smart on Crime Awards for their excellence in working to reduce recidivism in California. The five awards were presented at a roundtable discussion that brought together partners from across the state to discuss innovative solutions to lowering recidivism rates in the state.