Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted the Administration’s commitment to lifting up rural communities across California, including new legislation supporting access to key outdoor activities and major investments in the California Comeback Plan to support agriculture, build drought resiliency and support high-road job growth as part of a statewide economic recovery. “California is committed to an equitable […]
Monterey, CA…Monterey Bay Aquarium is unequivocal in our opposition to offshore oil and gas development. Oil spills threaten our coastline, our wildlife, our economy, and our health. “California is no stranger to the destructive impacts of oil spills and offshore oil drilling. The 1969 Santa Barbara Channel disaster was a catalyst for the modern environmental […]
Washington, DC…Today, President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Proclamation restoring Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante in southeast Utah and Northeast Canyon and Seamounts Marine National Monument on the New England coast. The protection of Bears Ears National Monument has been one of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s top priorities for the past decade. […]
Carmel Valley, CA…On Friday, October 8, 2021, at 12:44 PM, a green Ford F250 was traveling eastbound on Carmel Valley Road east of Scarlett Road. At the same time a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Carmel Valley Road approaching the Ford F250. The Jeep Grand Cherokee drove the wrong way directly into […]
Washington, DC…Hello, folks. Good afternoon, everyone. Today, for the first time since March of 2020, the American unemployment rate is below 5 percent. In just eight months since I became President, in the midst of a grave public health and economic crisis, the unemployment rate is now down below 5 percent — at 4.8 percent. […]
Washington, DC…Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 194,000 in September, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in retail trade, and in transportation and warehousing. Employment in public education […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: AB 45 by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) – Industrial hemp products. AB 218 by Assemblymember Christopher Ward (D-San Diego) – Change of gender and sex identifier AB 260 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) – Guardianships. AB 292 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education during a visit to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The newly created Council will be tasked with identifying instructional resources to teach students across California about the Holocaust and other acts of genocide and provide young people […]
