MORE ON: Jerry Brown

UPDATE, Sept. 28, 2012: This story updates to include comment from the Department of Developmental Services. Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills yesterday to require California’s developmental centers to alert outside police and a disability protection organization when patients die... + read more

Even as the state Senate voted last week to approve California’s $68 billion high-speed rail plan, opponents filed yet another lawsuit to stop the controversial construction project. Former California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Quentin Kopp, who led a 20-year fight for the bullet... + read more

Wherever the developmentally disabled live, abuse is their neighbor. It comes as deliberate assault by caregivers and sometimes relatives. It comes as acts of frustration, when people exhausted from the relentless difficulties of caring for patients with intellectual disabilities shove and hit... + read more

By hitting the reset button, Gov. Jerry Brown bought some time for the embattled California high-speed rail plan. In recent months, the CEO of the controversial project resigned. Brown installed Dan Richard, an official with political and transportation industry connections, as new board... + read more

The fee to become a credentialed teacher would increase 27 percent under budget recommendations by Gov. Jerry Brown and the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office. The state Commission on Teacher Credentialing faces a $5 million deficit in the upcoming fiscal year. Credential... + read more

The Legislature should reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut funding for child care centers that serve poor children, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office. The cuts could lead to the closing of many subsidized child care centers, which collectively serve more... + read more

California's high-speed rail project will cost far less than the state's current estimate of nearly $100 billion, and environmental fees paid by carbon producers will be a source of funding, Gov. Jerry Brown said in an interview aired in Los Angeles on Sunday. The Democratic... + read more