Jerry Brown

Commentary

My turn: Corporate boards must avoid ‘check-the-box’ mentality as they diversify

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law requiring California-based publicly traded corporations to add women to their boards. Qualified women are available. Women should be added for their skills, not simply to increase gender diversity. The recent California legislation, however, does not address how increasing diversity impacts boardroom deliberations.

By Guest Commentary • December 27, 2018

Politics

Jerry Brown—most forgiving governor in modern California history

Gov. Jerry Brown issued his regular Christmas pardons this week, concluding a record-breaking eight years that make him the most forgiving governor in modern California history.

By Ben Christopher • December 24, 2018

Commentary

Brown Redux, Part 4: What will be his legacy?

Jerry Brown's legacy as the state's longest serving governor will depend on how the policy changes he launched turn out in the long run.

By Dan Walters • December 23, 2018

Commentary

Brown Redux, Part 1: The son also rises

Jerry Brown's political career got off to fast start, thanks to sharing his father's name, but the relationship between the two was complex.

By Dan Walters • December 23, 2018

Commentary

Brown Redux, Part 3: A second act in California politics

After a long absence from politics and stint on talk radio, Jerry Brown rekindled his career by running for mayor of Oakland.

By Dan Walters • December 23, 2018

Commentary

Brown Redux, Part 2: Could he have been president?

Jerry Brown made three failed bids to become president, but if he had played the game differently, he might have made it.

By Dan Walters • December 23, 2018

Newsletters

Supreme Court watch, a question of justice and Colusa greets Jerry Brown

A new California justice is sworn in, new crime data is inconclusive, electric car sales rise, water tables fall and Colusa County makes way for Jerry Brown

By Dan Morain • December 21, 2018

Newsletters

A Jerry Brown talk, a wildfire policy fail and an emissions rollback

Gov. Jerry Brown meets the press, government wildfire policies worsen the problem, the backstory on emissions and what won't happen on death sentences.

By Dan Morain • December 19, 2018

Politics

Five remarkably candid tips from departing Gov. Jerry Brown

In the final days of his fourth and (presumably) final term as California’s chief executive, Gov. Jerry Brown offered some parting, and remarkably candid, tips on how to best govern the Golden State—and run for president.

By Ben Christopher • December 18, 2018

Commentary

My turn: Jerry Brown must not grant mass clemency to death row inmates

Anti-death penalty activists are calling on Jerry Brown to commute all death sentences in California. Like all governors, Brownis vested with a broad power to grant clemency. With that broad power comes the responsibility to use it for its intended purpose and not to block laws where the governor merely disagrees with the people’s decision. The responsible choice, the respectful choice, the democratic choice is to just say no to blanket commutation.

By Guest Commentary • December 18, 2018