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

Sacramento, California - After more than 18 months meeting with military and business leaders from around the state, the Governor’s Military Council today released a report, “Maintaining and Expanding California’s National Security Mission,” which outlines ways the state can help protect and strengthen the military’s national security role and economic activity in California.

Washington, DC - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today joined Interior Deputy Secretary Mike Connor and California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird to announce a new partnership focused on conserving and restoring the Sierra-Cascade California Headwaters, as part of President Obama’s Resilient Lands and Waters initiative.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will join United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at events on Friday in San Francisco to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.

Sacramento, California - After announcing a budget agreement with Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins last week, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a balanced, on-time budget that saves billions of dollars and pays down debt, while directing more resources to schools and low-income Californians. The budget and related acts signed by the Governor today are below:

Sacramento, California - Parts of the Midwest are dealing with a serious and ongoing outbreak of avian influenza, so California is taking extra steps to protect birds here. Poultry farmers, veterinarians and the larger commercial community in general are aware of the additional requirements, which focus on inspecting and testing farms and flocks in the outbreak regions before they can send poultry and products to California.