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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors by 2020, according to a law signed Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, by Gov. Jerry Brown.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

California bans gun sales to people under 21

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

The Latest: Brown vetoes bill to extend California bar hours

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California extends Trump’s border mission by 6 months

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California governor vetoes 2 bills to help immigrants

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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015, file photo, sales associate Mike Conway, right, shows Paul Angulo a pistol at Bullseye Sport gun shop in Riverside, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law requiring that Californians undergo at least eight hours of training, including live fire exercises, before carrying concealed weapons. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Jerry Brown restricts concealed guns, bans bump stocks

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2015, file photo, sales associate Mike Conway, right, shows Paul Angulo a pistol at Bullseye Sport gun shop in Riverside, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law requiring that Californians undergo at least eight hours of training, including live fire exercises, before carrying concealed weapons. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California tightens rules for concealed weapons, bump stocks

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

New California law helps utilities with wildfire lawsuits

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, file photo, people line up at the California Department of Motor Vehicles prior to opening in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles. California Gov. Jerry Brown is ordering an audit the Department of Motor Vehicles in light of long wait times. The state's department of finance will perform the audit, looking into information technology and customer service. A Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, letter from Finance Director Keely Bosler tells DMV Director Jean Shiomoto the audit will assess information technology and customer service. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California to audit DMV amid hourslong wait times, outages

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press

California governor vetoes bill to ban per-signature payment

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Former Vice President Al Gore addresses the Global Action Climate Summit Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, in San Francisco. California Gov. Jerry Brown's international climate summit wraps up Friday with a call to action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing renewable energy and other Earth-friendly initiatives ahead of the next United Nations climate meeting in 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: Gov. Brown says California will launch satellite

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Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo waves after speaking during the opening plenary of the Global Action Climate Summit Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in San Francisco. The mayor of Paris and other top officials who were instrumental in securing the 2015 U.N. climate accord opened the California summit by talking about the importance of continuing the path to clean energy, despite President Donald Trump's withdrawal of the United States from the pact. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The Latest: 2 protesters detained at climate meeting

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Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, smiles in the U.S. Climate Action Center during the "AMERICA'S PLEDGE" and "WE ARE STILL IN" campaign at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Patricia Espinosa: UN Climate-change action is ‘changing the weather’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

High-tech ferry backdrop for 16 California clean energy laws

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Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the goals of the global climate summit he is hosting in San Francisco and legislation he signed directing California to phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2045 during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown's climate summit begins in Wednesday, Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor reverses parole decision for killer

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$Members of the group 1000 Grandmothers protest outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco where the Global Climate Action Summit is being held, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The group, which says it is made up of elder women activists working to address the climate crisis, chanted &quot;Listen to your Grandma, no more fracking!&quot; (AP Photo/Juliet Williams)$

Global summit rebukes Trump, cheers on work to aid climate

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

The massive three-day bash hosted by California Gov. Jerry Brown will feature top Democrats, liberal megadonors, Obama administration figures, international leaders, green energy, Silicon Valley, Hollywood celebrities, and Al Gore. (Associated Press photograph)

Jerry Brown taps Al Gore for climate summit to save Paris deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Gov. Jerry Brown, signs a copy of the environmental measure SB100 as the bill's author, state Sen. Kevin de Leon, right, holds a copy of the bill, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. SB100 sets a goal of phasing out all fossil fuels from the state's electricity sector by 2045. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerry Brown signs 100% renewables bill to fight ‘existential threat of climate change’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A look at California’s plan to get carbon-free electricity

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Gov. Jerry Brown, signs a copy of the environmental measure SB100 as the bill's author, state Sen. Kevin de Leon, right, holds a copy of the bill, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. SB100 sets a goal of phasing out all fossil fuels from the state's electricity sector by 2045. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California aims to get all electricity from clean sources by 2045

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press