In California, Governor Brown Redux

SACRAMENTO — Jerry Brown began his return engagement as governor of California on Monday, using his inaugural address to call for an end to partisan battling that he said was paralyzing the state and to promise, in what is presumably the last chapter of his public life, to lead California out of one of the toughest budget crises of its history. “Choices have to be made, and difficult decisions,” Mr. Brown declared to an audience that included two former governors and hundreds of state legislators. “At this stage of my life, I did not come here to embrace delay and denial.” At times jocular, at times earnest, Mr. Brown noted — indeed celebrated — his…

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In California, Governor Brown Redux

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