Washington Post: The Case for Jerry Brown
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza published a column on Friday arguing that California Gov. Jerry Brown should run for president.
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Ben Carson Responds to Jerry Brown on Climate Change
SIMI VALLEY — Retired neurosurgeon and presidential candidate Ben Carson responded to California Gov. Jerry Brown over climate change in the spin room at the GOP debate Wednesday night.
Vanity Fair: Run, Jerry Brown, Run!
Michael Kinsley, writing for Vanity Fair, urges the Democratic party to consider running Governor Jerry Brown as a potential replacement for Hillary Clinton if Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid continues to plummet.
Jerry Brown Hints at 2016 Run
With the phrase, “I’ll jump in at the appropriate time,” California Gov. Jerry Brown dropped a hint Wednesday that he might, after all, enter the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2016.
Jerry Brown to GOP Debate: Welcome, ‘Merchants of Destruction’
California Gov. Jerry Brown has a greeting for the GOP Debate on Wednesday: Welcome, “Merchants of Destruction.” Brown deployed his characteristically acid rhetoric in an interview with Bloomberg, in which he flogged his climate change hobbyhorse and attacked the Republican field for neglecting, or denying the issue.
Jerry Brown: Climate Change Will Drive European-Style Mass Migration to California
California Gov. Jerry Brown predicted Monday that the effects of global climate change would drive mass migration to his state, similarly to how the current Syrian civil war is causing thousands of refugee migrants to flee to Europe.
Jerry Brown Trolls Ben Carson on Climate Change
California Gov. Jerry Brown sent a letter to Republican presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson on Thursday, along with a flash drive containing the latest science on climate change, challenging him to “review the material.”
Gov. Brown Backs Tech Industry over Drones
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed legislation last week aimed at protecting privacy by banning drones from flying within 350 feet above a property without the owner’s consent.
HuffPo: Jerry Brown Using Gun Control to Protect Privilege Like Southern Democrats Used It to Protect Whites
On September 11, The Huffington Post reflected on how southern Democrats used gun control—and their resulting superior firepower—as a de facto means of suppressing post-Civil War blacks, thereby maintaining a society where “average citizens” lived in the shadow of their “betters,” in clear violation of the 14th Amendment.
Jerry Brown Shoots Down Drone Bill (Pun Intended)
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a controversial drone privacy bill Wednesday, declaring that it would expose hobbyists to excessive litigation.
Jerry Brown Vows ‘Life-and-Death Struggle’ to ‘Change…Our Industrial Economy’
California Governor Jerry Brown vowed Wednesday to wage a “life-and-death struggle” to “change the very basis of our industrial economy.”
Resurrected Assisted Suicide Approved in California Assembly
Wednesday California’s State Assembly resurrected from the dead and passed an assisted suicide bill. It will now pass to the State Senate, which has previously passed such legislation.
California Bill: Illegals Who are Victims of Crime Can stay
A bill granting deportation protection to illegal immigrants in California who have been victims of violent crime is currently awaiting signature from Gov. Jerry Brown. SB 674, or, the Immigrant Victims of Crime Equity Act, passed the state Assembly by
California Teen Moms to Have Breastfeeding Areas in Schools
Teenage mothers in California could soon be given the space and resources to breastfeed their children in school if Gov. Jerry Brown approves a bill currently awaiting his signature by October.
‘Internet of Things’ is Exploding Across California
The “Internet of Things” (IoT) incorporates a dynamic array of technologies that mobilize sensors to monitor environmental conditions and radio-frequency identification RFID tags to facilitate objects interacting with users. California, with its high-tech industry, will lead the nation in IoT deployment.
Sacramento Political Bosses Order Insolvent CalPERS to Divest Coal Stocks
The Democrat controlled California State Assembly just passed a partisan first of its kind bill that orders CalPERS’ and CalSTRS’ pension plans to sell all of their coal investments.
Jerry Brown’s Last-Minute Medical Marijuana Regs
California Gov. Jerry Brown is working to craft what would become the first statewide regulations for medical marijuana.
L.A. Could Open the Car Pool Lane
On Thursday, the California State Senate approved a bill opening carpool lanes on some Los Angeles County freeways to all drivers during off-peak hours.
CAIR Joins Black Lives Matter Movement
CAIR’s alliance with the movement reinforces the perception that it opposes law enforcement because it backs some of the aims of Islamic radicals, even as it condemns their tactics.
CalPERS: $5 Billion Shortfall as Risk Shifts to Taxpayers
CalPERS, the Golden State’s public employee retirement system, is seeking to shift the cost and risk of pensions to taxpayers after a $5 billion shortfall in 2014.
Drought: California Slashes Water Use by 31% in July, on Track to Meet Target
California residents slashed water use by 31.3 percent in July, well ahead of Gov. Jerry Brown’s mandatory order for a 25 percent statewide reduction by February.
Cheerleading May Soon Be an Official California Sport
Competitive cheerleading could soon be recognized an official sport in high schools in California.
Los Angeles Slashes Water Use
In July, Los Angeles residents reduced their water use by 21%, meeting the standard that state regulators implemented and avoiding fines and penalties imposed by the state.
Jerry Brown ‘like Reagan and Trump,’ Could Win in 2016: Columnist
California Gov. Jerry Brown is a “geezer,” but he has the “opportunity of a lifetime” in the 2016 presidential race. That’s according to Los Angeles Times columnist George Skelton, who says that Brown “never has been in better position to run”–though he argues that “Brown blew his best chance” because of his three previous failed runs (1976, 1980, and 1992).
Jerry Brown, Oil Baron, Blasts ‘Highly Destructive’ Oil
California governor Jerry Brown, who owes much of his personal fortune to oil, blasted the oil industry Monday, saying it provides a “highly destructive” product.
