Governor Brown's First Year in Office

Dave Iverson

Jan 20, 2012 at

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(Justin Short/Office of the Governor)

Jerry Brown’s first year in his second stint as governor of California has come to an end with Brown appealing to the voters, instead of the Legislature, to enact his agenda. We assess Brown’s successes and shortcomings in his past year in office — and we look ahead to the coming year.

Guests:

John Myers, KQED's Sacramento bureau chief

Chris LeHane, Democratic consultant, partner at Fabiani and Lehane and former press secretary for Al Gore throughout the 2000 presidential campaign

Aaron McLear, Republican political consultant with the Ginsberg McLear Group and former press secretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

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