Gov. Jerry Brown's quick reversal on taxes
with the San Francisco Chronicle writers and editors in the Publisher's conference room, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Gov. Jerry Brown made a compelling case for his share-the-pain approach to addressing California's chronic budget problems. His plan included ainfo
Jerry Brown's Plan B
Gov. Jerry Brown likes to talk about "loyalty to California." For Brown, that means that public people should put aside their partisan interests to do what is best for the Golden State. Last week, Brown failed his own loyalty test. He agreed to a deal to putinfo
Jerry Brown's tax plan breaks faith with California
Jerry Brown likes to talk about "loyalty to California." For Brown, that means that public people should put aside their partisan interests to do what is best for the Golden State. Last week, Brown failed his own loyalty test. He agreed to a deal to put ainfo
Jerry Brown's Toy Train
other states eager to get it. California was one of these; hence the federal "free" money offer to get the project going. Jerry Brown is now California's oldest governor. The first time around, he was its youngest. Nowadays he thinks about a "legacy." He probablyinfo
Jerry Brown hails compromise tax proposal
Jerry Brown championed an apparent deal with liberal Democrats over dueling tax initiatives as "a winning strategy" Wednesday, while a top Democrat formally outlined the proposal for reporters. The eleventh-hour deal was reached in hopes of avoiding a showdowninfo
Jerry Brown, tax realist
Jerry Brown, a former mayor of Oakland, appears to have adopted the late Oakland Raiders boss Al Davis' motto when it comes to his ballot initiative to raise taxes: Just win, baby. Trying to narrow the state's multibillion-dollar budget gap, Brown initiallyinfo
Dan Walters: This is not the term Gov. Jerry Brown 2.0 had in mind
income taxes generated about a third of state revenue, but since have become a dominant source. Up until Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown was able to claim the high ground in the debate over how to best close the state's budget deficit and avoid another round ofinfo
Dan Walters: Big hazard for Jerry Brown's new tax plan
a stream-of-consciousness speech to a gathering of police chiefs this week, Jerry Brown noted that during his first governorship, personal income taxes generated about a third of the state's revenue, but since have become a dominant source. The result, heinfo
Jerry Brown and the ghost of Proposition 13
year is 2012, all right, but what Gov. Jerry Brown has managed to do by turning two potential tax ballot initiatives into one makes it feel like 1978 all over again. Brown had his own tax ballot measure planned for November, one that would have added a half-centinfo
Gov. Jerry Brown makes tax deal with rival group
BEACH Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that he has reached a deal with a rival group to combine forces on a November ballot initiative seeking to raise taxes, a move that will allow Democratic-leaning interests to align behind a single, high-stakes budgetinfo