Jerry Brown

Governor Brown Proposes $765K for Prop 65
March 12, 2014
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed 2014-2015 budget will allocate $765,000 to the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA).  The money will allow OEHHA to revise the Proposition 65 warning regulations and develop a new website. Proposition 65, or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement...
Prop 65 / Environment
Jerry Brown, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”), Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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California Bill Bans Lead in Hunting Ammunition to Protect Condors
January 3, 2014
Earlier this year, Gov. Gerald “Jerry” Brown signed into law AB 711, banning lead in hunting ammunition.  Lead is a known carcinogen and reproductive toxin, and is also harmful to the environment and wildlife. According to the Washington Post, there is little doubt that lead poisoning is the main cause of death and illness for the extremely endangered...
Prop 65 / Environment
Cancer, Edmund G. Brown, Governor, Jerry Brown, Lead, Proposition 65, Reproductive Harm
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CA Gov Approves New Furniture Flammability Standards to Reduce Toxic Exposure
November 22, 2013
Governor Edmund “Jerry” Brown announced yesterday his approval of California’s new flammability standards for upholstered furniture after a year-long effort to modernize the standards and reduce consumer exposure to toxic flame retardant chemicals.  Such toxic flame retardant chemicals have been the subject of numerous Proposition 65 actions brought by...
Prop 65 / Environment
Cancer, Flame retardants, Governor, Jerry Brown, TB-117, Technical bulletin 117
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Gov. Brown Signs Prop 65 Bill, Creating 14-Day Cure Period In Limited Cases
October 7, 2013
The Los Angeles Times reports that Governor Jerry Brown has signed AB227 into law, which will amend Proposition 65 to give certain businesses a 14-day “cure period” to remedy violations of the law without being subject to civil penalties.  Assemblyman Mike Gatto originated AB227. Proposition 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,...
Prop 65 / Environment
14-Day Cure, AB 227, Gatto, Gatto Bill, Governor, Jerry Brown, Proposition 65
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TCG Participates in Meeting with Governor’s Office Re Reforms to Prop 65
June 7, 2013
Members of the staff of California Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown, Jr. today hosted the third in a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss the Governor’s proposed reforms to Proposition 65.  The topic for today’s meeting was revising the lawsuit provisions of Proposition 65, which are codified in California Health and Safety Code...
Prop 65 / Environment
Edmund G. Brown, Governor, Jerry Brown, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 enforcement action
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Governor Vows to End Prop. 65 'Shake-down' Suits— by Amy Standen at KQED
May 8, 2013
Excerpted from full article at KQED: In 2011, the most recent year listed on the attorney general's website, attorneys reached settlements with business owners in 338 cases alleging Proposition 65 infringement, resulting in just under $12 million in attorneys fees. Sixty-one of those cases were filed by one man, Russell Brimer, a client of the Chanler Group,...
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AB 227, California, Gatto, Gatto Bill, Governor, Jerry Brown, Proposition 65, Proposition 65 Warning
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