Governor Brown

February 25February 25
California man cleared after 40 years in prison gets $21M
- Crime
The city of Simi Valley, California, has reached a $21 million settlement with a man wrongly imprisoned for nearly 40 years in the killing of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son. Craig Coley was released in 2017 after he was pardoned by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, who said DNA evidence and re-investigation proved Coley’s innocence. Simi […]
January 03January 03
California’s Minimum Wage Law Bumps Employees Up Jan. 1
- Community
With the New Year came a new law Tuesday that would set increases to the California minimum wage. Senate Bill No. 3 grants salary workers in companies with 25 or fewer employees an increase of $10.50 to $11. The increase goes from $11 to $12 for companies with more than 25 employees. The controversial law […]
December 28December 28
Jerry Brown Wraps a 5-Decade History in California Politics
- Community
It was a matter of life and death in 2015 when California Gov. Jerry Brown pondered an assisted suicide bill granting terminally ill people the right to choose when they die. After much speculation, Brown signed the measure, a victory for “death with dignity” advocates and a blow to the Catholic Church, which vigorously opposed […]
December 26December 26
California’s Brown orders new DNA testing in old murder case
- Crime
- Entertainment
California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new DNA tests that a condemned inmate says could clear him in a 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention. On Monday, Brown ordered tests of four pieces of evidence that Kevin Cooper and his attorneys say will show he was framed for the 1983 Chino Hills hatchet […]
December 26December 26
Gov. Brown Pardons 5 Cambodian Refugees Among Other Clemencies
- Community
California Gov. Jerry Brown has pardoned five refugees from Cambodia and another immigrant from Honduras who faced the possibility of deportation because of their criminal convictions. The five Cambodians entered the country when they were 5 or younger, according to Brown’s office. They were among more than 250 clemency decisions announced by the governor on Christmas […]
November 15November 15
President Trump to Visit California as Firefighters Gain Ground on Deadly Wildfires
- Community
President Donald Trump will travel to California on Saturday to meet with people affected by the state’s deadly and historic wildfires, according to the White House. Details about locations President Trump will visit were not immediately available. The visit was announced as the death toll in the Northern California Camp Firegrew to 56. Hundreds more remain […]
October 01October 01
California’s Tough Net Neutrality Bill Prompts US Lawsuit
- Community
- Entertainment
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. The move prompted an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration. Advocates of net neutrality hope the new law in the home of the global technology industry will have national implications by pushing Congress […]
October 01October 01
California Is 1st State to Require Women on Corporate Boards
- Community
- Entertainment
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors. Gov. Jerry Brown approved the legislation Sunday that forces changes at California-based corporations by 2020. Some European countries already require corporate boards to include women. A fourth of publicly held corporations with headquarters in California don’t […]

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