SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Harjinder Shergill-Chima, of Rocklin, has been appointed Director of the California State Lottery. Shergill-Chima has served as Chief Deputy Director of the California State …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California has facilitated more than 100 water system consolidations since 2019, providing safe drinking water to 90,000 people in communities across the state. During his first year in office, Governor Newsom signed legislation …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of two Court of Appeal Justices: Judge Monique Langhorne Wilson as an Associate Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One and Aimee Feinberg as an Associate Justice of the …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Newsom Administration is leading a California delegation at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai and continues to make progress moving the needle on global climate action, especially among …
Published: Dec 07, 2023 SACRAMENTO – Building on California’s commitment to provide civilians in Israel and Gaza with medical aid and assistance, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the state’s humanitarian aid package — 104 pallets of medical supplies, …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring December 7, 2023, as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATION On this day 82 years ago, Imperial Japan launched an …
Published: Dec 06, 2023 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom hosted the 92nd Annual California State Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony alongside special guest Harley Goodpasture – marking the 40th year a child from a …
Published: Dec 05, 2023 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom issued the following statement regarding the loss of eight U.S. Air Force Airmen, including Maj. Luke Unrath of Riverside, in an aircraft crash off the …
Published: Dec 05, 2023 Today, California was notified that the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding $6 billion to the state to build high-speed rail, investing in the whole system – San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Central Valley, creating …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom will host the 92nd Annual California State Capitol Tree Lighting in a pre-recorded virtual ceremony on Wednesday, December 6 at 6:00 p.m. The celebration, an annual tradition …
SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom called on U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to take additional steps to ensure that all forms of contraception are affordable and accessible. “Accessibility and affordability are essential …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The state will transfer over 40 acres of the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery to the Fort Independence Indian Community, marking CDFW’s first-ever land return to a California Native American tribe. INYO COUNTY — Governor Gavin Newsom …
Published: Dec 01, 2023 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement today on the passing of retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: “Jennifer and I are saddened by the passing of Justice O’Connor, an American …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California is launching two new programs to increase and diversify the reproductive health care workforce and expand reproductive health care training for pharmacists to expand and improve care. SACRAMENTO – With extremist judges …
Published: Nov 28, 2023 WHAT TO KNOW: A new analysis estimates that more lithium is available for extraction than previously thought, an essential material for batteries that store clean energy, power electric vehicles, and more. SACRAMENTO – Lithium …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing new legislation to increase criminal penalties for illicit uses of xylazine to curb the rising number of overdose deaths seen across the nation linked to the drug. SACRAMENTO — As part of the state’ …
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the appointment of Tomiquia Moss as Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. “The housing and homelessness crisis is the number one issue facing our state, and Secretary Moss brings …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Since July 1, 2021, California has cleared 5,679 encampments from the state right-of-way and now, the state is making nearly $300 million available to locals to help move even more individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness …
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Heading into the busy holiday shopping season, California launches organized retail crime crackdown. SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is increasing statewide efforts to combat …
Published: Nov 22, 2023 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement on the White House’s approval of California’s request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to further support the state’s recovery efforts following Tropical …
