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"Gov.-elect Jerry Brown appears poised to ask voters next year to raise taxes, or at least continue some temporary taxes that will soon expire, or see vital public programs, such as the schools, suffer irreparable harm.

Ever since his election last month, the once and future governor has been hinting that he'll ask voters for additional state revenues to partially close a whopping budget deficit, now approaching $30 billion during the next 18 months.

As Brown staged the second of his public budget talk fests Tuesday, this one at UCLA and devoted to education, his doomsday strategy became clearer, although one had to interpret his characteristically elliptical allegories to see it.

Brown said he'll propose a budget in January that will be so shocking that those affected should read about it while sitting down and hopes to conclude a deal in the Legislature within 60 days.

That's clearly aimed at having a special election in May or June to give voters the choice of absorbing drastic cuts in education and other major state programs or reducing the impact, perhaps by half, by increasing taxes."

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Attorney General Jerry Brown, a likely 2010 Democratic candidate for governor, has backed Proposition 1A, the tax and spending limit measure on the May 19 special election ballot.

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Attorney General Jerry Brown, who is widely expected to seek the California governorship in 2010, turns 71 today.

Brown's long history (and old-guard age) are already at issue in the 2010 campaign.

Last week, the Steve Poizner for governor campaign sent

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I was down in Los Angeles recently talking with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Apparently there was a statewide poll of Democratic voters taken when I was in Paris that showed only a four-point difference between Villaraigosa and Attorney General Jerry Brown

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In an unusual Monday night conference call with gay marriage supporters, Attorney General Jerry Brown offered tips to carry their fight forward should Supreme Court justices disappoint them and uphold Proposition 8.

"I'm not giving up on the court yet,"

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California's horrendous budget crisis has its roots in a 1978 decision by then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature to temporarily shoulder billions of dollars in school and local government costs in response to voters' passage of Proposition 13, which de

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But few remember that 32 years ago, when Brown was governor of California, he played a crucial role on the same issue - he signed the landmark bill that changed the state's definition of marriage from a contract between two persons to one specifically bet

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When it comes to statewide politics, the biggest question this year is: Dianne Feinstein - senator or governor?

Actually, Dianne would love to have both jobs. Ultimately, however, my bet is that she stays in the Senate to head the intelligence committee

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown has changed his position with respect to the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8.

Brown filed a brief Friday saying the measure, which amended the Calif

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Gavin Newsom held his second town hall-style meeting of his campaign for governor Tuesday night, this time fielding questions from Santa Rosa residents.
Many of their inquiries had to do with local issues. But then came the no-brainer question: Mr. Mayor,

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Fortunately for Brown, none of the local officials he was browbeating had the guts to challenge his legal authority. Global warming is, after all, a popular cause for any politician to espouse, and Brown was already making noises about riding the issue in

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Better than the old mattress and driving the Plymouth charade, huh Jerry?

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