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Earlier this month, we announced that the Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was charged with intoxication vehicular manslaughter, and even though he's out jail on a $100,000 bond, he could be facing up to 20 years in prison.

Tags: alcohol, dallas cowboys, intoxication manslaughter, jerry brown, josh brent

California has just made the world a little safer for the state's young LGBT population.

Reparative therapy for homosexuals, which some people call a "cure", will be banned for anyone under 18 starting on January 1, 2013 thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown.

The politician is the first to do so in the entire country and explained his decision by saying:

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Yay! One more year for pet population and license plates!

California's Spay and Neuter License program was in danger of being let go due to poor sales.

Due to free-falling sales of the license plates, there were grumblings of canning the program that began in 2010.

But Governor Jerry Brown stepped into action!

Tags: california, health, jerry brown, licenses, neuter, pets, politics, spay

California's governor Jerry Brown and his wife Anne lost their black lab last year.

No one expected them to but they have gotten a new doggie!

Sutter, the welsh corgi, has not only worked his way into their hearts, but the internet as well.

He has his own Twitter and Facebook account and is crazy cute.

An awesome combo.

Check him out in the above video.

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We're getting SO CLOSE!!!!!

Last week, we were absolutely THRILLED to announce that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with a bill THAT WOULD REPEAL THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT!

As a reminder, DOMA "allows states not to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and provides a federal definition for 'marriage' that excludes same-sex couples."

Now,

Tags: california, defense of marriage act, doma, ed lee, equal rights for all, jay inslee, jerry brown, repeal, same sex marriage, senate judiciary committee, washington

Yao Ming has a new PSA about the cruelty of shark fin soup.

Shark finning is a cruel practice where the fins are cut off of sharks, many of which are still alive when it happens.

So terrible.

In California, there is a bill that would ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fins.

Aside from Yao Ming, other celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton and more, have written a letter to California Governor Jerry Brown, urging him to sign the bill into law.

Check out the above video for a PSA about shark finning.

Save the sharks!

Tags: ban, ed norton, jerry brown, leonardo dicaprio, shark, shark fin soup, yao ming

What a wonderful step in the right direction!

Yesterday, California passed a bill which will "require California public schools to teach the historical accomplishments of gay men and lesbians."

Cali's democratic governor Jerry Brown has not yet announced publicly whether or not he supports the bill, but we'll keep our fingers crossed that everything continues to go smoothly as this bill becomes a law.

Here's what executive director of San Francisco's Gay-Straight Alliance Network Carolyn Laub had to say about the bill:

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