Governor’s May Revised budget doubles-down on CDFA drought and climate change programs
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- Written by Karen Ross, California Agriculture Secretary
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Governor Brown’s revised budget for May, released today, makes great strides in helping agriculture adapt to the ongoing drought and climate change. The Governor proposes to provide substantial assistance to farmers to increase their water efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases, build dairy digesters and increase soil resilience.
Governor Brown Announces Historic Investment in Schools, Boosts Rainy Day Fund, Creates New State Earned Income Tax Credit in Revised Budget
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a revised state budget that prudently pays down debt and saves billions of dollars, while carefully directing funding where it’s needed most - to improve schools, help low-income Californians, prevent tuition increases and respond to drought and climate change.
Agriculture to benefit from new water and energy-saving research programs
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Sacramento, California - The California Energy Commission has approved more than $16 million in grants to demonstrate water and energy-saving technologies that promise to make the water, industrial, and agricultural sectors more efficient.
Thirty-Three Defendants Charged in Massive Criminal Conspiracies Including Allegations of Prescription Drug Diversion
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San Francisco, California - Thirty-two people were arrested after being charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to engage in the unlicensed wholesale distribution of drugs, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation.
CDFA’s Drought Resources web page a useful tool for farmers, ranchers and farmworkers
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Sacramento, California - CDFA’s Drought Resources web page stands as a valuable tool for farmers, ranchers and farmworkers seeking information about the drought in California and assistance programs.
Stephen Woolery Named Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism Division of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office
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Los Angeles, California - Director James B. Comey has named Stephen Woolery the SAC of the Counterterrorism Division in Los Angeles. Mr. Woolery most recently served as chief of the National Security Branch (NSB) Executive Staff Section, where he served as the chief of staff for the NSB’s Executive Assistant Director.
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