California Governor

Jerry Brown Cuts A Compromise

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.19.2012

If there's one thing Governor Jerry Brown has learned during his five decades in the business, it's how to make a deal. The old-school politician h...

SAY WHAT? Gavin Newsom Calls For The Elimination Of His Own Job

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.24.2012

When Gavin Newsom famously quipped on the campaign trail that he didn't, for the life of him, know what the Lieutenant Governor of California actually...

Sactown Smackdown: Gavin Newsom Goes After The Governor

Carly Schwartz | Posted 04.03.2012

Jeez, Gavin, why don't you tell us how you really feel? In an interview on KQED's radio forum Wednesday, our favorite governor-in-waiting ripped in...

What's Jerry Brown's 'Hanukkah Miracle'?

Carly Schwartz | Posted 02.18.2012

Jerry Brown may have spent time studying in a Jesuit seminary, but that didn't stop him from touting the need for a Hanukkah miracle. Giving a spee...

'If Taxes Don't Pass, There Will Be A Hole That Will Trigger Further Cuts'

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday warned of additional automatic cuts if voters reject his tax ...

Anti-Tax Groups Fight Back Against Jerry Brown's Proposal

AP | Posted 02.05.2012

By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Just a day after California Gov. Jerry Brown released his tax initiative proposal, anti-t...

Will You Approve Jerry's Tax Plan?

AP | By JUDY LIN | Posted 02.04.2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown says he is filing a ballot initiative to ask California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more...

Jerry Brown Introduces Sweeping Changes To State's Retirement System

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 12.27.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown is set to propose sweeping rollbacks to public employee pension benefits, including raising the retirement...

Signs: Jerry Brown After a Disappointing Legislative Year

William Bradley | Posted 12.20.2011

William Bradley

Brown and his appointees are digging into future economic and energy policy, the prospects for major water and high-speed rail projects, the possibility of mid-course cuts in the current state budget, and the 2012 elections.

California's Wild Ride: Of Arnold, Jerry, And Various Vanities Fair (And Otherwise)

William Bradley | Posted 12.04.2011

William Bradley

Jerry Brown, oddly, isn't mentioned at all in a rambling feature in the new Vanity Fair which is seemingly about the challenges he faces and, ostensibly (given the title, "California and Bust"), the state he governs.

Jerry Brown Lets The Cat Out Of The Freezer

Carly Schwartz | Posted 12.01.2011

Jerry Brown may have warned lawmakers that he has a veto pen and isn't afraid to use it, but that didn't stop him from approving a bill that allows mu...

Jerry Brown: Lawmakers View Taxes As 'Sexually Transmitted Disease'

Carly Schwartz | Posted 10.30.2011

Oh, Jerry Brown, how we love you and your candid quotes. The Golden State Governor is never one to mince words, and Tuesday's appearance at the Na...

Was Gavin Newsom 'Blindsided' By Jerry Brown?

Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.18.2011

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom had a plan. He thought it a good plan. The type of plan that, if properly executed, could resurrect Ca...

SEPARATED

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 07.09.2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was a storybook marriage in 1986 on a spring weekend on Cape Cod that united a princess of an American political dynasty, Maria...

The Idolization of Ronald Ray-Gun, Zap!

R.W. Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

R.W. Sanders

In this era of democratic capitulation, does it really come as a surprise that selective memory rules the memorializing of Ronald Reagan?

WATCH LIVE: Jerry Brown's Inauguration

calchannel.com | Posted 05.25.2011

California's youngest governor will be sworn into office again this morning, this time as the state's oldest governor. It will be his third term. The ...

Brown Sworn In To Office

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrat Jerry Brown was sworn in Monday as California's 39th governor, returning to the office he left 28 years ago but in...

CA-Sen: 50% Boxer (D), 46% Fiorina (R) (PPP 10/29-31)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Public Policy Polling (D) 10/29-31/10; 882 likely voters, 3.3% margin of error Mode: Automated phone PPP release California 2010 Senate 50% Boxer (...

CA-Gov: 49% Brown (D), 39% Whitman (R) (Field 10/14-16)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Field Poll 10/14-16/10; 1,092 likely voters, 3.2% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews San Francisco Chronicle article California 2010 Go...

Amanda Terkel

Meg Whitman Makes Last-Minute Pitch To Latino Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is out with a new Spanish-language ad, attempting to make a last-minute appeal to the state'...

California Governor Election 2010: Predict The Winner! (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Who will be the next California Governor? Republican candidate Meg Whitman will face off against Democratic hopeful and former California Gov. Jerry ...

CA-Gov: 45% Whitman (R), 44% Brown (D) (WRS 10/13-14)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Wilson Research Strategies (R) 10/123-14/10; 800 likely voters, 3.5% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews WRS release California 2010 Go...

CA-Gov: 48% Brown (D), 44% Whitman (R) (Ipsos/Reuters 10/12-14)

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

Ipsos / Reuters 10/12-14/10; 456 likely voters, 4.6% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews Ipsos release California 2010 Governor 48% Brow...

Women's Group President: Meg Whitman 'A Political Whore'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Organization for Women seems to have changed their tack on hate speech against women Thursday, as the president of the California chapter...

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: California Gov Candidates Spar Over Pot, Palin And Prop. 23

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman met for their final debate on Tuesday night, engaging in a fiery, free-wheeling exchan...