Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Friday issued the following statement after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to California's Gun-Free School Zone Act in Gallinger v. Becerra, and California's Unsafe Handgun Act in Peña v. Lindley.

Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today issued a consumer alert following the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency in Lake, Mariposa, Mendocino, and Napa Counties due to widespread natural disasters. Attorney General Becerra reminds all Californians that price gouging during a state of emergency is illegal under Penal Code Section 396.

San Francisco, California - On July 26, a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted former Bay Area resident Michael James Frew charging him with wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Internal Revenue Service (IRS-CI) Tara Sullivan.  The indictment was unsealed today following Frew’s arrest in Beatty, Nevada, on the charges.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Thursday announced that he has signed a tribal-state gaming compact between the State of California and the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, as well as amendments to the current tribal-state gaming compacts with the Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians, the Karuk Tribe and the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians.

Fairfield, California - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Solano County Agricultural Commissioner’s office have eradicated a Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) infestation centered in and around the City of Fairfield, ending a 108-square-mile quarantine that began September 25, 2017.  A total of ten flies were detected.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s proposal to weaken the nation’s clean vehicle emissions standard: