17 Facts About California Governor

1. California Governor began performing as a Muppeteer on 1981's The Great Muppet Caper, and went on to direct Muppet Treasure Island in 1996.

2. California Governor is the only state that's hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

3. California Governor joined the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, in 1848.

4. California Governor is home to many newcomers from all over the world.

5. California Governor was succeeded as governor by George Deukmejian, then state attorney general, on January 3, 1983.

6. California Governor signed AB 607, which banned homosexuals from receiving civil marriage licenses, in 1977.

7. California Governor declined to pursue a third term in 1982, instead choosing to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate during the same year.

8. California Governor was elected to serve as the 23rd Secretary of State of California from 1971 to 1975.

9. California Governor resigned that position in 1991, and unsuccessfully sought the 1992 Democratic Presidential nomination.

10. California Governor focused on energy efficiency and alternative power sources, sponsored and signed the first labor laws in the United States to protect farm workers, and signed into law the California Conservation Corps program.

11. California Governor graduated with degrees in Latin and Greek from the University of California, Berkeley in 1961 and received a juris doctorate from Yale in 1964.

12. California Governor has a law degree from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and is a member of the bar.

13. California Governor worked for the San Francisco Examiner for five months in 2000, then joined The Chronicle in November 2000.

14. California Governor said climate change advocates still must be careful to not overplay their hand.

15. California Governor confounded everyone by being no one's idea of a politician.

16. California Governor will divest from all common stock that he owns in publicly traded companies.

17. California Governor can be impeached for "misconduct in office" by the State Assembly and removed by a two-thirds vote of the State Senate.