Posts Tagged ‘Governor Brown’
New law boosts mental health support for Californian firefighters
When Oakland Fire Department (OFD) Captain Christopher Foley and his coworkers learned that one of them had been killed in a San Jose shooting, not long after 36 people died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, they needed help—and found it in the department’s peer support program.
Read MoreGovernor Brown vetoes law for free condoms in California prisons
Assembly Bill 999, sponsored by Democrat Rob Bonta of Oakland, would have required the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop a five-year plan to offer condoms in all California prisons.
Read MoreGovernor Brown temporarily blocks AC Transit strike
A strike by the bus line would have left thousands of riders without their usual transportation on Thursday.
Read MoreGovernor Brown vetoes AB180, tighter gun control in Oakland
The law would have made Oakland the first in California to regulate the registration or licensing of firearms on a local level.
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