Governor Newsom Appoints Leaders to Racial Equity Commission

Governor Newsom Appoints Leaders to Racial Equity Commission

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointments to the state’s first Racial Equity Commission. Established by an executive order signed by the Governor last year, the Commission, developed in partnership with then-Senator Dr. Richard Pan and racial equity organizations that sponsored SB 17, will recommend tools and opportunities to advance racial equity and address structural […]

Fire Restrictions Begin July 28th on the Eldorado National Forest

Fire Restrictions Begin July 28th on the Eldorado National Forest

Placerville, CA…Due to drier conditions increasing, seasonal fire restrictions will go into effect Friday, July 28, 2023 on the Eldorado National Forest under Forest Order 03-23-11. Under these restrictions, wood and charcoal fires are only allowed in metal fire rings and grills at designated developed recreation sites listed in the order. “We appreciate the cooperation […]

Second Quarter GDP Comes in at 2.4% & Better Than Expected

Second Quarter GDP Comes in at 2.4% & Better Than Expected

Washington, DC…Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2023 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on source data that are […]

A Bit of Wisdom from George Bernard Shaw

A Bit of Wisdom from George Bernard Shaw

Dublin, Ireland…George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950. “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.” “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig […]

Lack of Transparency on UAPs has Eroded Public Trust (Hearings Live Now)

Lack of Transparency on UAPs has Eroded Public Trust  (Hearings Live Now)

Washington, DC…Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency.” In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman Grothman stressed that the lack of transparency surrounding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) has fueled speculation […]

Governor Newsom on President Biden’s Establishment of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

Governor Newsom on President Biden’s Establishment of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s executive action to designate a national monument at three sites in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley — both of whom served as catalysts for the Civil Rights Movement: Members of the First Family at the Emmett Till & […]

President Biden on Artificial Intelligence

President Biden on Artificial Intelligence

Washington, DC…I’m the AI. (Laughter.) If any of you think I’m Abe Lincoln, blame it on the AI. First of all, thanks. Thanks for coming. And I want to thank my colleagues here for taking the time to come back again and again as we try to deal with the — we’re joined by leaders […]

A Bit of Wisdom from Rose Kennedy

A Bit of Wisdom from Rose Kennedy

Hyannis Port, MA…Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995 “Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. ‘Is it envy,’ you ask? I don’t know… I’ve had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who’s an ambassador… perhaps God doesn’t permit that […]

Governor Newsom Issues Legislative Update 7.21.23

Governor Newsom Issues Legislative Update 7.21.23

Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he has signed the following bills: AB 72 by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) – Coastal resources: research: landslides and erosion: early warning system. AB 87 by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) – Pupils: Section 504 plans: meetings and team meetings. AB 307 by Assemblymember Phillip Chen (R-Yorba Linda) – Structural […]

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