Imperial Valley News Center
Attorney General Becerra Announces Gang Takedown in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties
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Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Thursday announced the arrest of 47 individuals; seizure of 36 firearms, including assault weapons; and seizure of 12 pounds of methamphetamine, three pounds of heroin, 120 pounds of marijuana, 60 pounds of cocaine, and $35,000 in criminal proceeds as part of a takedown of gang members in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties.
Attorney General Becerra Announces Dissolution of Charity That Falsely Claimed to Help Veterans
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Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Monday announced a multistate settlement with VietNow National Headquarters, Inc., a charity that falsely claimed to help veterans. As part of the settlement, the organization will be dissolved and its funds will be distributed to two national and well-respected veterans charities, Fisher House Foundation and Operation Homefront. The settlement also places a permanent injunction on VietNow’s directors and officers, barring them from any future involvement in running a charity or soliciting donations.
Attorney General Becerra Calls on Trump Administration to Enforce Rule That Prevents Dangerous Waste of Natural Gas
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Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas called on the Trump Administration to enforce and keep in place the Waste Prevention Rule. The Rule went into effect on January 17, 2017. It requires oil and natural gas producers to cut wasteful leakage of methane on federal lands. In a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Attorney General Becerra underscored that eliminating key provisions of the Rule would be arbitrary and capricious as well as contrary to BLM’s statutory mandate to prevent waste and ensure the safe and responsible development of oil and gas resources on public lands.
Congressman Juan Vargas Introduces Bipartisan Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act
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Washington, DC - Thursday, Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-51) and Congressman Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) introduced the Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 4315), a bipartisan bill that would improve veterans’ access to housing assistance programs.
Joint Statement by the President of the United States And the President of the Russian Federation on Syria
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Washington, DC - Background Briefing on the Joint Statement by the President of the United States And the President of the Russian Federation on Syria:
Governor Brown Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Paris Agreement with Michael Bloomberg at COP23
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Bonn, Germany - In his first day at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., the conference's Special Advisor for States and Regions, joined Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, to reaffirm the commitment of America's states, cities and businesses to the Paris Agreement and later welcomed Virginia to the Under2 Coalition at a signing ceremony with Governor Terry McAuliffe.
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