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Jerry Brown

Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician, and the 39th and current Governor of the state of California. He previously served two terms as the state's 34th Governor, from 1975 to 1983. He is the son of Pat Brown, the 32nd Governor of California (1959–1967). If Brown decides to run for a fourth term in 2014, he will be unable to run for a fifth term in 2018 due to term limits.
Both before and after his first two terms as governor, Brown was elected to a number of state, local and party offices. He has previously served as Attorney General of California (2007–2011), Mayor of Oakland (1999–2007), chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989–1991), California Secretary of State (1971–1975), and a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969–1971).
At the time of his election to a third, non-consecutive term as governor, on November 2, 2010, Brown was serving as the 31st ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 The Buzz: Southern California lawmakers trumpet 'strong support' for Jerry ...
2013-05-24
Jerry Brown's divisive plan to construct a massive new water delivery system in the state. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan builds on this dynamic: Water from the rainier north goes to quench the thirst of the more populated south. So it should be no ...
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  1. Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Covered California announces health insurance rates
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 Climate change: Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions ...
2013-05-23
MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The world is fast approaching a tipping point after which the damage caused by climate change can't be undone, Gov. Jerry Brown told a technology summit Thursday. "Five years from now, it's over," unless we change our ways sooner, ...
(San Jose Mercury News)
  1. Jerry Brown: News media ignoring climate change
  2. Gov. Brown keeps pressing climate change crusade
  3. In his own words: California Gov. Jerry Brown has business people rolling in ...
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 In his own words: Gov. Jerry Brown has business people rolling in laughter
2013-05-23
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown, who once had a frosty relationship with the business folks who ran the traditional Sacramento Host breakfast, had them rolling in laughter Wednesday with one quip after another in a 30-minute address. He joked about ...
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  1. Southern California weighs in on Jerry Brown's water plan
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 The State Worker: The perils of government transparency
2013-05-23
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. Brown has proposed spending the money in 2013-14 to clean up the smoldering mess left by ...
(Sacramento Bee)
  1. LAO: Assessment of MyCalPays Project Needed
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 California Governor Jerry Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring May 22, 2013 as ...
2013-05-22
California Governor Jerry Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring May 22, 2013 as "Harvey Milk Day". Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:00. 5-22-2013 - SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May ...
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  1. Events planned to mark Harvey Milk Day
  2. Californians, gay rights advocates worldwide remember Harvey Milk
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 Jerry Brown dismisses 'kerfuffle' over tax forecasts
2013-05-22
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says the state will receive $3.2 billion more than Brown's Department of Finance has estimated. The higher forecast is based on the expectation that stock market improvements will generate more tax money for ...
(Los Angeles Times)
  1. Environmentalists Lobby To Change Proposal By Brown For Cap and Trade Funds
  2. Repair the state safety net
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 Jerry Brown's corrections budget revise: More cages, little else
2013-05-22
Last week, Gov. Brown released his May Budget Revise, which advocates who have been pushing for comprehensive prison population reduction reforms were anxious to see. We hoped that the minor reforms to good-time credits, medical parole and elder ...
(San Francisco Bay View)
  1. Legislative Dems Want to Restore Budget Cuts, but Priorities Differ
  2. Which revenue picture will state lawmakers use for public schools?
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 The Buzz: Jerry Brown officials ponder how to recover those dimes
2013-05-22
Jerry Brown proposes to avoid the expense by adding a clause to a budget trailer bill that would require notification only for sums of $1 or more. BY THE NUMBERS. California spent more than any other state on education in 2011, but its per-pupil ...
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  1. Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown urges college grads to tackle climate change
  2. Capitol Alert: AM Alert: Immigrant Day rally comes to Sacramento
  3. Jerry Brown downplays analyst's budget forecast, pledges to 'stay the course'
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 Jerry Brown's best chance to save California
2013-05-21
It has been 35 years since California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a measure that, as Gov. Jerry Brown put it in 2011, “started the centralization of power” in the state. He should know because he was also governor in 1978 and helped ...
(MiamiHerald.com)
  1. California's Brown Losing Favor As Budget Talks Draw Closer
  2. Brown's Commencement Address at UC Berkeley
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