Governor Jerry Brown Archive

in: News / 05/16/2016 / by: Jacob Tatham

Smoking age raised to 21 in California

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a five-part bill on Wednesday, May 4, that raises the legal age for smoking from 18 to 21 in California. The bill will also

New legislation has been sent for review by Governor Jerry Brown.(Flickr / California Air Resources Board/ Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC 2.0)

in: News / 04/11/2016 / by: Breanna Greenup

Governor signs bill to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2022

California made history this past week by being the first of 50 states to raise the minimum wage to $15. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill Monday, approving