Gov. Jerry Brown

Gov. Jerry Brown

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Dan Walters: $10 billion in debt not on Jerry Brown's wall

By Dan Walters - Published: Friday, May 24 2013 - 12:00 am

When Gov. Jerry Brown talks about reducing the state's "wall of debt," he carefully limits it to about $30 billion in budget deficits, mostly money owed to schools and community colleges.

The State Worker: The perils of government transparency

By Jon Ortiz - Published: Thursday, May 23 2013 - 12:00 am

A $14.6 million piece of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget highlights a classic government tension: the benefits of transparency vs. the consequences of being transparent.

Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money

By Dan Walters - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 8:10 am

Jerry Brown – who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship – is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.

Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns

By David Siders and Phillip Reese - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 12:29 pm

In many ways, resistance to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to overhaul California's school financing system is a function of simple math.

UC regents cool to Gov. Brown's suggestions

By Laurel Rosenhall - Updated: Thursday, May 16 2013 - 8:13 am

Gov. Jerry Brown wants to get Californians through college faster, arguing that a speedier education will open up seats for others so more students can get a degree.

Jerry Brown pledges foes 'battle of their lives' over education funding

By David Siders - Updated: Sunday, April 28 2013 - 9:23 am

Facing resistance at the Capitol and in suburban school districts to his effort to shift more education money to California's poor and English-learning students, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday called his measure a civil rights issue and promised opponents "the battle of their lives."

Democrats say they have better school plan than Jerry Brown

Man outside Jerry Brown's home cited for needle possession in 2011

By David Siders - Updated: Wednesday, April 24 2013 - 12:16 pm

In an incident predating the arrest of a suspected prowler at his Sacramento loft building over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown expressed frustration Tuesday with officials' handling of three men found lurking at his home in the Oakland hills in late 2011.

GOV. BROWN'S INAUGURATION SPEECHES

See Brown's 1975, 1979 speeches in word clouds.
Text of First Inaugural Address
Text of Second Inaugural Address
Text of Third Inaugural Address

Governor Jerry Brown on Capitol Alert

Jerry Brown: News media ignoring climate change

California teachers union backs governor's budget plan

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Jerry Brown downplays analyst's budget forecast, pledges to 'stay the course'

Jerry Brown urges college grads to tackle climate change

Jerry Brown archives

Brown's inaugural and state of the state addresses

General Information

Jerry Brown

Democrat, Oakland, CA

Birthdate: April 7, 1938

Occupation: Attorney General

Education: Law degree, Yale Law School ; bachelor's degree in classics, University of California, Berkeley

Residence: Oakland

Experience: Attorney general, 2007-present; mayor of Oakland, 1999-2007; Chairman, the California Democratic Party, 1989-91; California governor, 1975-82; secretary of state, 1971-75; Los Angeles Community College trustee, 1969-70

Contact information: www.gov.ca.gov