
Governor Jerry Brown insists that his request for the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ascertain whether his 2,700-acre ranch lay atop an oil pool was motivated by a desire to obtain information about his ranch that he could store in a “glass case.”
by William Bigelow6 Dec 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

As California Gov. Jerry Brown participates in the Paris climate change conference, the state official who played a key role in the ongoing oil scandal surrounding Brown’s office has resigned, the Sacramento Bee reported Monday.
by Joel B. Pollak1 Dec 2015, 5:27 AM PST0

A consumer watchdog group is urging citizens to test Jerry Brown’s claim that any California resident can have the state prepare a report on their property’s oil and gas potential–just as it did for him.
by William Bigelow11 Nov 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

A whistleblower has emerged in the controversy of Governor Jerry Brown’s use of state oil experts to study his own family’s private land.
by Joel B. Pollak10 Nov 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s explanations about why state experts were sent to survey his family’s private land for oil and gas face increasing skepticism.
by Joel B. Pollak6 Nov 2015, 5:59 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s office responded Thursday to allegations by the Associated Press that he had used state experts to explore the oil potential of his family’s private land by insisting he had done nothing illegal.
by Joel B. Pollak5 Nov 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown appears to have committed an impeachable offense in using state experts to study the potential for oil development on his private property, as uncovered by the Associated Press on Thursday.
by Joel B. Pollak5 Nov 2015, 10:11 AM PST0