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04.20.20

California Governor Newsom Announces Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the creation of the Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery to aid in crafting strategies and solutions for recovery from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.


03.17.20

California Legislature Approves $1.1 Billion To Combat COVID-19

California’s Legislature met today and took unprecedented and bipartisan action in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.


05.10.19

“California for All”—Newsom Budget Includes Bold Spending, Fiscal Guardrails

Five months into his first term as California governor, and a week ahead of schedule, Governor Gavin Newsom rolled out his “May Revise” budget.


01.11.19

Governor Newsom’s First State Budget: New Policy and Funding Priorities for California

This week, California’s newly inaugurated 40th governor, Gavin Newsom, unveiled his first state budget proposal, which projects nearly $6.1 billion in new revenues, would authorize $144.2 billion in state General Fund spending in 2019–20, a 4 percent increase over the $138.7 billion ...


11.09.18

The Results: Newsom Wins, Democrats Dominate in California

On Tuesday, California voters turned out in record numbers, the highest percentage in a mid-term election in more than three decades.


11.09.18

Governor-Elect Newsom Names Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary

California Governor-elect Gavin Newsom is moving swiftly to appoint senior members of his administration.


09.13.18

California Passes First-in-Nation Disclosure Requirements for Small Business Loans

At literally the 11th hour on August 31, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1235 (SB 1235). 


06.08.18

Governor Brown Releases His Final May Revision Budget

In mid-May, Governor Jerry Brown released his 16th and final “May Revision” to his initial January budget proposal; it included updated revenue information and relatively modest proposed changes.


01.16.18

Four-Term Governor Jerry Brown: One Last Budget

This week, California Governor Jerry Brown, beginning the final year of his unprecedented four terms as governor, unveiled his 16th and last state budget proposal, which projects a $6.1 billion surplus, mostly a result of $4.7 billion in additional revenue.


12.19.16

Balancing Gene Therapy’s Promise and Price

Gene therapy is the therapeutic delivery of polymers into a patient’s cells for the purpose of treating a disease. Polymers interfere with gene expression or correct mutations.