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When California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an expansive gun control package into law on Friday, he did so as a guy who owns at least three guns. The state's new package limits the size of magazines, bans "bullet buttons" that enable shooters to change magazines quickly, and extends background checks to those buying ammunition.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun-control measures Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and mandate background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws that are already among the strictest in the nation. Brown vetoed five other bills, including a requirement to report lost or stolen weapons to authorities and a limit of one gun purchase per person per month.
In this June 2015 photo, California state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, is thanked by Leah Russin, holding her 21-month-old son, Leo, 2, after Pan's bill requiring nearly all school children to be vaccinated was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Fire crews are making inroads against a raging wildfire in central California that has claimed two lives and destroyed 200 homes A scorched tree and devastated mobile homes are backdropped by a wildfire continuing to burn, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in South Lake, Calif. LAKE ISABELLA, Calif.
A ravenous and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 200 homes and other buildings, though firefighters said Sunday light winds were helping contain the blaze. The remains of mobile homes devastated by a wildfire are seen in the foreground as smoke rises over a mountain, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in South Lake, Calif.
Lighter winds are helping firefighters make gains on a voracious and deadly wildfire in central California that has burned 150 homes and claimed two lives. Firefighters may have found human remains Saturday when they began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
A voracious and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 150 homes and the toll may rise, fire officials said Saturday. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
California lawmakers approved a state budget Wednesday that gives liberal Democrats long-sought increases to safety net programs while socking away billions to prepare for a recession. The $122.5 billion spending plan, negotiated by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders, earned a rebuke from Republicans, who said it sets the state on course for deficits and fails to provide money to fix California's crumbling roads.
"I know for a fact an awful lot of Republicans are throwing in for Donald Trump right now because they feel like they have no other option," said David French, a potential presidential candidate. "I'm feeling very positive about my campaign in California.
This May 18, 2016 file photo California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures during a community event in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is endorsing Hillary Clinton just a week before the state's June 7 primary.
Jerry Brown, a strikingly successful and popular governor in his own state of California, whose approach is often held up as a model for Democrats nationally, refused and refused and refused to endorse a candidate during the course of the long race for the party's presidential nomination. Brown, whose three previous bids for the presidency suggested to some that he might harbor an interest in one last run, and whose relations with front-runner Hillary Clinton had not always been good, kept on the sidelines.
"I want to be sure that it is Hillary Clinton who takes the oath of office, not Donald Trump," Brown says California governor Jerry Brown has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in an open letter , despite tension with the Clinton family that goes back over two decades, because he really hates Donald Trump. Brown's endorsement could be huge for Clinton, as his state's Democratic primary is one week away and he's a popular figure in California.
California Gov. Jerry Brown addresses members of the media before signing a bill creating the highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022 at the Ronald Reagan building in Los Angeles on Monday, April 4, 2016. less California Gov. Jerry Brown addresses members of the media before signing a bill creating the highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022 at the Ronald Reagan building in Los Angeles on Monday, April ... more California Gov. Jerry Brown said on Tuesday he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the state's upcoming primary, explaining she has the best chance of thwarting the "dangerous candidacy" of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Jeff Mitchell: Candidates worthy of your vote Jeff Mitchell's candidate endorsements for the June 7 election Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://bit.ly/1THTUQm However you voted, I thank you for doing your part as a citizen. We are people lucky enough to live in a democracy, and voting is a practice we must all carry out with faith and solemnity.
Attorney General Kamala Harris thanks California Gov. Jerry Brown, right, after he announced his endorsement of her for the U.S. Senate during a news conference at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. Harris is running against fellow Democrat, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, among others, to replace Barbara Boxer who is retiring.
Democrats in the California Senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control bills Thursday, reviving an effort to significantly tighten California's already strict gun laws in the wake of last year's terrorist attack in San Bernardino. Lawmakers voted to outlaw the sale of assault weapons with easily detachable magazines and to require that people turn in magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
Democrats in the California Senate plan another attempt to outlaw the sale of assault weapons with easily detachable ammunition magazines known as bullet buttons as part of a wide-ranging slate of gun control bills scheduled for votes on Thursday. Nearly a dozen measures would significantly reshape California's gun laws, already among the strictest in the nation, following last year's terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
Kevin Cooper, right, speaks with his attorney, Public Defender David Negus, during a preliminary hearing in November 1983 in Ontario. After 33 years in jail - 31 spent on San Quentin Prison's death row - Kevin Cooper's last hope of avoiding execution rests in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown.
President Donald Trump's campaign promise for a $1 trillion infrastructure program will be in focus when U.S. governors gather on Friday in Washington, D.C., with some states making wish lists of projects ranging from a bullet train to statewide broadband internet service. The winter meeting of the National Governors Association running through Monday is expected to showcase rare bipartisan agreement on the need for more federal help in upgrading roads, bridges and airports, said Scott Pattison, the group's executive director.