California Gov. Jerry Brown will be the featured guest on NBC News’ Meet the Press with host Chuck Todd this week. The interview is certain to raise questions about Brown’s possible presidential ambitions, at a time when frontrunner Hillary Clinton is being hit by a slew of new scandals involving her tenure as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, including foreign donations to her private foundation and a hidden e-mail server that may have broken federal laws.
by Joel B. Pollak20 Mar 2015, 5:17 AM PST0
California Governor Jerry Brown stood in symbolic and literal solidarity with Obama on the front lawn of the White House Friday as he slammed the GOP, even calling members un-Christian over opposition to the President’s executive actions that would give effective amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.
by Michelle Moons16 Mar 2015, 3:24 PM PST0
While the ATF’s proposed ban of M855 ammunition would hurt gun owners everywhere by taking away one of the most popular AR-15 rounds in the country, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reports it would be “detrimental… especially” for Californians, where Governor Jerry Brown (D) has already signed a bill banning most traditional hunting ammo.
by AWR Hawkins27 Feb 2015, 8:46 PM PST0
A day after a federal judge halted President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, California Governor Jerry Brown declared “California stands firmly with the White House.” “Further delay will not fix our broken immigration system,” Brown, who has declared that all illegal
by Tony Lee17 Feb 2015, 2:36 PM PST0
When Gov. Jerry Brown kicked off the campaign for Proposition 30, his tax hike solution to California’s spending problems, he predicted a doomsday scenario if the tax measure failed. “What do we do?” Brown wondered in the summer of 2012.
by Jim Lacy12 Feb 2015, 6:59 AM PST0
California Governor Jerry Brown is one of the individuals Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin believes has a serious shot at cinching the Democratic nomination for president in 2016–should Hillary Clinton not run as expected.
by Adelle Nazarian10 Feb 2015, 3:30 AM PST0
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kaskari outspent his rival, Gov. Jerry Brown, in last year’s unsuccessful bid for the state’s top job.
by Daniel Nussbaum31 Jan 2015, 1:13 PM PST0
It turns out illegal aliens can use their “Federally-Restricted” Drivers Licenses to board airplanes, according to an internal Security Memo leaked to the public, which has been confirmed as authentic by TSA Spokesman Nico Melendez.
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly29 Jan 2015, 8:00 AM PST0
Illegal immigrants are getting a free pass on identity theft and perjury felonies they committed in the past due to specific written instructions from the chief of the Investigative Division of California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that essentially directs law enforcement to turn a blind eye when they discover that illegal immigrants have been using illegally obtained IDs.
by Adelle Nazarian27 Jan 2015, 4:30 AM PST0
Once again, California Gov. Jerry Brown is heading for a confrontation with labor groups, social welfare groups, and Democratic legislators who want Brown to raise taxes and expand spending. The newly re-elected Brown successfully pushed through temporary sales and income taxes three years ago with Proposition 30, but refuses to continue whole-heartedly in that direction, preferring to let the taxes die by 2018.
by William Bigelow26 Jan 2015, 10:48 AM PST0
Jerry Brown might try to claim credit for rising employment, home values and personal and corporate income. But California’s growth has been due partly to the importation of impoverished foreign immigrants, driving the state’s highest annual population growth rate in nearly a decade, according to the state’s finance department.
by Chriss W. Street19 Jan 2015, 5:05 AM PST0
California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris is expected to announce Tuesday that she will be seeking retiring Senator Barbara Boxer’s seat in 2016. The anticipated news comes on the heels of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s Monday Facebook announcement that he would not be competing for Boxer’s seat.
by Adelle Nazarian13 Jan 2015, 4:27 AM PST0
The University of California Student Association passed a vote of no confidence against University of California President Janet Napolitano and the UC board of regents in response to the regents November approval of a tuition increase.
by Robert Wilde12 Jan 2015, 12:01 PM PST0
The list of possible successors to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) come 2016 is rife with many names, not the least of which is California’s longest-serving Gov. Jerry Brown. Should Brown choose to run for Boxer’s seat in 2016, the Golden State could witness a calculated progression in power that would result in many familiar faces for years to come–and possibly another eight to 10 years of Brown.
by Adelle Nazarian11 Jan 2015, 11:11 AM PST0
California Governor Jerry Brown spoke for the first time Friday about the police brutality protests that have consumed the Bay Area and cities across the country in recent weeks.
by Daniel Nussbaum10 Jan 2015, 1:48 PM PST0
Governor Jerry Brown triumphantly unveiled a record $113 billion state budget this week that increases spending by 5%, with promises to give a boast to K-12 schools, deposit $1.2 billion into the rainy day fund, and make a $1.2 billion debt payment. Yet he barely mentioned that healthcare costs for Covered Care, Medi-Cal and retirees are on fire and are sure to burn down California in the next recession.
by Chriss W. Street9 Jan 2015, 12:52 PM PST0
Steven Greenhut, writing for the San Diego Union-Tribune, points out that while California Governor Jerry Brown (D) attacks climate change, he ignores the calamitous effect his policies will have on the poor and disadvantaged.
by William Bigelow8 Jan 2015, 12:47 PM PST0
Boxer’s likely successor will be a Democrat, with members of that party who could be vying for that slot in no short supply. Yet while it will likely prove to be an uphill battle for Republican candidates, there are a few who might consider taking a stab at the seat. Here is a list of the top contenders.
by Adelle Nazarian8 Jan 2015, 12:33 PM PST0
At a symbolic event designed to extol the merits of his exorbitant $68 billion bullet train that would run from San Francisco to Los Angeles, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a vacant lot in Fresno and excoriated his critics as cowards, calling them “pusillanimous.”
by William Bigelow7 Jan 2015, 12:54 PM PST0
Billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, lately obsessed with climate change, euphorically described California Governor Jerry Brown as “shockingly effective” after attending Brown’s swearing-in Monday morning and Brown’s subsequent speech.
by William Bigelow6 Jan 2015, 11:14 AM PST0
Jerry Brown made various claims and stated various goals in his State of the State Address on Monday, some of which are inaccurate, some of which are more “Governor Moonbeam.”
by William Bigelow6 Jan 2015, 3:42 AM PST0
In 2011, we were handed a mess and through solid, steady work we turned it around. While we have not reached the Promised Land, we have much to be proud of.
by William Bigelow5 Jan 2015, 3:07 PM PST0
Recalling his father’s inauguration as governor 56 years ago, Brown said that many of the same challenges still persist, including discrimination, education, and air pollution. “These problems–they never completely go away.”
by Joel B. Pollak5 Jan 2015, 10:49 AM PST0
California Governor Jerry Brown is set to be sworn in for his fourth term at the state capitol today, and will combine the ceremony with his annual ‘State of the State’ address. The governor won re-election comfortably in November, and
by Joel B. Pollak5 Jan 2015, 4:32 AM PST0
Many illegal immigrants at a Northern California DMV reportedly were failing the written exam when applying for driver’s licenses on Friday. Under the AB 60 law that Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed in 2013 and took effect at the start of
by Tony Lee3 Jan 2015, 7:59 PM PST0
