79 Facts About Governor Jerry Brown

Governor Jerry Brown was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms.

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

Governor Jerry Brown declined to pursue a third term as governor in 1982, instead making an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate that same year.

Governor Jerry Brown ran for his third and fourth terms as governor in 2010 and 2014, his eligibility to do so having stemmed from California's constitutional grandfather clause.

Governor Jerry Brown was a member of the California Cadet Corps at St Ignatius High School, where he graduated in 1955.

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In 1955, Governor Jerry Brown entered Santa Clara University for a year and left to attend Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit novice house in Los Gatos, intent on becoming a Catholic priest.

Governor Jerry Brown resided at the novitiate from August 1956 to January 1960 before enrolling at the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1961.

In 1969, Governor Jerry Brown ran for the newly created Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees, which oversaw community colleges in the city; he placed first in a field of 124 and served until 1971.

Governor Jerry Brown argued before the California Supreme Court and won cases against Standard Oil of California, International Telephone and Telegraph, Gulf Oil, and Mobil for election law violations.

Governor Jerry Brown won the primary with the name recognition of his father, Pat Governor Jerry Brown, whom many people admired for his progressive administration.

Rather than riding as a passenger in a chauffeured limousine as previous governors had done, Brown walked to work and drove in a Plymouth Satellite sedan.

Governor Jerry Brown appointed J Baldwin to work in the newly created California Office of Appropriate Technology, Sim Van der Ryn as State Architect, Stewart Brand as Special Advisor, John Bryson as chairman of the California State Water Board.

In 1975, Brown obtained the repeal of the "depletion allowance", a tax break for the state's oil industry, despite the efforts of lobbyist Joe Shell, a former intraparty rival to Richard M Nixon.

In 1975, Governor Jerry Brown opposed Vietnamese immigration to California, saying that the state had enough poor people.

Governor Jerry Brown added, “There is something a little strange about saying 'Let's bring in 500,000 more people' when we can't take care of the 1 million out of work.

Governor Jerry Brown was both in favor of a Balanced Budget Amendment and opposed to Proposition 13, the latter of which would decrease property taxes and greatly reduce revenue to cities and counties.

Max Neiman, a professor at the Institute of Governmental Studies at University of California, Berkeley, credited Governor Jerry Brown for "bailing out local government and school districts", but felt it was harmful "because it made it easier for people to believe that Proposition 13 wasn't harmful".

Governor Jerry Brown began his first campaign for the Democratic nomination for president on March 16,1976, late in the primary season and over a year after some candidates had started campaigning.

Governor Jerry Brown missed the deadline in Oregon, but he ran as a write-in candidate and finished in third behind Jimmy Carter and Senator Frank Church of Idaho.

Governor Jerry Brown is often credited with winning the New Jersey and Rhode Island primaries, but in reality, uncommitted slates of delegates that Governor Jerry Brown advocated in those states finished first.

Governor Jerry Brown finished third with roughly 300 delegate votes, narrowly behind Congressman Morris Udall and Carter.

Governor Jerry Brown appointed the first openly gay judge in the United States when he named Stephen Lachs to serve on the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1979.

Governor Jerry Brown completed his second term having appointed a total of five gay judges, including Rand Schrader and Jerold Krieger.

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

Governor Jerry Brown championed the Peripheral Canal project to transport water from near Sacramento around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta into the Central Valley Project and export it to southern California.

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In 1981, Governor Jerry Brown, who had established a reputation as a strong environmentalist, was confronted with a serious medfly infestation in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Governor Brown then authorized a massive response to the infestation.

Governor Jerry Brown proposed the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a satellite that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state—a proposal similar to one that was indeed eventually adopted.

In 1978, San Francisco punk band the Dead Kennedys' first single, "California uber alles", from the album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, was released; it was performed from the perspective of then-governor Brown painting a picture of a hippie-fascist state, satirizing what they considered his mandating of liberal ideas in a fascist manner, commenting on what lyricist Jello Biafra saw as the corrosive nature of power.

The imaginary Governor Jerry Brown had become President Governor Jerry Brown presiding over secret police and gas chambers.

Governor Jerry Brown chose not to run for a third term in 1982, and instead ran for the United States Senate, but lost to San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson.

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

Governor Jerry Brown endorsed the idea of mandatory non-military national service for the nation's youth.

Governor Jerry Brown suggested that the Defense Department cut back on support troops while beefing up the number of combat troops.

Governor Jerry Brown opposed Kennedy's call for universal national health insurance and opposed Carter's call for an employer mandate to provide catastrophic private health insurance labeling it socialist.

Governor Jerry Brown received only 10 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, and he was forced to announce that his decision to remain in the race would depend on a good showing in the Wisconsin primary.

In 1982, Brown chose not to seek a third term as governor; instead, he ran for the United States Senate for the seat being vacated by Republican S I Hayakawa.

In early 1991, Governor Jerry Brown abruptly resigned his post and announced that he would run for the Senate seat held by the retiring Alan Cranston.

Governor Jerry Brown scored surprising wins in Connecticut and Colorado and seemed poised to overtake Clinton.

Governor Jerry Brown still had a sizable number of delegates, and a big win in his home state of California would deprive Clinton of sufficient support to win the Democratic nomination, possibly bringing about a brokered convention.

Governor Jerry Brown spoke at the convention, and to the national viewing audience, yet without endorsing Clinton, through the device of seconding his own nomination.

Governor Jerry Brown constructed a multi-million dollar work-live complex, serving both as his residence and as a workspace.

Governor Jerry Brown launched a national talk radio show from his Oakland complex, which he would continue to produce until October 1997.

In Oakland, Governor Jerry Brown became involved as an activist in local political matters, including bay-front development and campaign finance reform.

In 1996, Governor Jerry Brown unsuccessfully urged Oakland mayor Elihu Harris to appoint him to a seat on the Oakland Port Commission.

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City was rapidly losing residents and businesses, and Governor Jerry Brown is credited with starting the revitalization of the city using his connections and experience to lessen the economic downturn while attracting $1 billion of investments, including refurbishing the Fox Theatre, the Port of Oakland, and Jack London Square.

The downtown district was losing retailers, restaurateurs and residential developers, and Governor Jerry Brown sought to attract thousands of new residents with disposable income to revitalize the area.

Governor Jerry Brown continued his predecessor Elihu Harris's public policy of supporting downtown housing development in the area defined as the Central Business District in Oakland's 1998 General Plan.

Since Governor Jerry Brown worked toward the stated goal of bringing an additional 10,000 residents to Downtown Oakland, his plan was known as the "10k Plan".

Governor Jerry Brown had campaigned on fixing Oakland's schools, but "bureaucratic battles" dampened his efforts.

Governor Jerry Brown concedes he never had control of the schools, and his reform efforts were "largely a bust".

Governor Jerry Brown focused instead on the creation of two charter schools, the Oakland School for the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute.

Governor Jerry Brown sponsored nearly two dozen crime initiatives to reduce the crime rate, although crime decreased by 13 percent overall, the city still suffered a "57 percent spike in homicides his final year in office, to 148 overall".

In 2004, Governor Jerry Brown expressed interest to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of California in the 2006 election, and in May 2004, he formally filed to run.

Governor Jerry Brown moved to resume capital punishment in 2010 with the execution of Albert Greenwood Governor Jerry Brown after the lifting of a statewide moratorium by a California court.

In June 2008, Governor Jerry Brown filed a fraud lawsuit claiming mortgage lender Countrywide Financial engaged in "unfair and deceptive" practices to get homeowners to apply for risky mortgages far beyond their means.

Governor Jerry Brown accused the lender of breaking the state's laws against false advertising and unfair business practices.

Governor Jerry Brown was endorsed by the Los Angeles Times, The Sacramento Bee, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Service Employees International Union.

On June 28,2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed a budget that made deep cuts to social services with the assumption that voters would pass $8 billion in tax increases in November 2012 to close California's $15.

In September 2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation sponsored by California State Senator Ted Lieu that prohibits protesters at funerals within 300 feet, with convicted violators punishable with fines and jail time; the legislation was in response to protests conducted by the Westboro Baptist Church.

In 2013, Governor Jerry Brown proposed a large, $25 billion Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build two large, four-story tall, 30 miles long tunnels to carry fresh water from the Sacramento River under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta toward the intake stations for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project.

In July 2014, Governor Jerry Brown traveled to Mexico to hold meetings with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and other Central American leaders about the ongoing children's immigration crisis.

Governor Jerry Brown announced his bid for re-election on February 27,2014.

Governor Jerry Brown's leading example was the Tesla Motors factory investment, creating 6,500 manufacturing jobs, going to Nevada rather than California.

Governor Jerry Brown responded that the cash payment upfront required by the investment would have been unfair to California taxpayers.

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Governor Jerry Brown said that if he were elected to a fourth and final term, he would continue transferring power to local authorities, particularly over education and criminal justice policy, and would resist fellow Democrats' "gold rush for new programs and spending".

Governor Jerry Brown's stated goals for his unprecedented fourth term in office were to construct the California High-Speed Rail, to create tunnels to shore up the state's water system and to curb carbon dioxide emissions.

Governor Jerry Brown still had $20 million in campaign funds to advance his ballot measures in case the legislature didn't support his plans.

In October 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed off the California End of Life Option Act allowing residents of California who fulfilled strict criteria to exercise the right to die by accessing medical aid in dying.

On December 18,2015, Brown moved into the Historic Governor's Mansion, now part of Governor's Mansion State Historic Park.

In 2016, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill to exempt feminine hygiene products from state sales taxes, at the same time that he vetoed other bills which would have exempted diapers, saying that collectively, these exemptions would have reduced state revenues by $300 million annually, and stated “As I said last year, tax breaks are the same as new spending – they both cost the general fund money.

Governor Jerry Brown has opposed the Proposition 6 ballot measure to repeal the Road Repair and Accountability Act, and endorsed Gavin Newsom to succeed him.

Governor Jerry Brown has been criticized for his links to the oil and gas industry, notably for contributions from, and his family ties to, Sempra Energy.

Governor Jerry Brown commuted more than 82 sentences, the highest number since at least the 1940s.

In March 2005, Governor Jerry Brown announced his engagement to his girlfriend since 1990, Anne Gust, former chief administrative officer for The Gap.

Governor Jerry Brown has a long-term friendship with his aide Jacques Barzaghi, whom he met in the early 1970s and put on his payroll.

In December 2012, media outlets reported that Governor Jerry Brown was being treated for early stage localized prostate cancer with a very good prognosis.

In 2019, Governor Jerry Brown was appointed to be a visiting professor at Berkeley.

Governor Jerry Brown's accent has been described as reminiscent of the "Mission Brogue, " particularly with his non-rhoticity.