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! Term of office:
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! Predecessor:
| [[Ronald Reagan]]
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! Successor:
| [[George Deukmejian]]
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! Born:
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'''Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr.''' (born [[April 7]], [[1938]]), currently [[mayor]] of the city of [[Oakland, California]], is an [[Law of the United States|American lawyer]] and [[Politics of the United States|political figure]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as [[California Secretary of State]] (1971-1975), as [[governor of California]] (1975-1983), as chairman of the [[California Democratic Party]] (1989-1991), and as mayor of Oakland (1998-present). He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nominations for [[President of the United States|president]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1976|1976]], [[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980]], and [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]], and was the Democratic nominee for the US [[Senate]] in 1982. Brown will be the Democratic nominee for [[Attorney General]] of California in the November 2006 general election.
==Early lifeSee andalso education==
Brown was born in [[San Francisco, California]], the only son of former Democratic governor [[Pat Brown]], on April 7, 1938. He graduated from [[St. Ignatius High School]] and studied at [[Santa Clara University]]. In 1958 he entered Sacred Heart Novitiate, a [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[seminary]], intending to become a [[Roman Catholicism in the United States|Catholic]] [[priest]].
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However, Brown left the seminary and entered the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Classics in 1961. Brown went on to [[Yale Law School]] and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1964.
After law school, Brown worked as a [[law clerk]] for [[Mathew Tobriner]], a justice for the [[Supreme Court of California]], and studied in [[Mexico]] and [[Latin America]].
==Legal career and entrance into politics==
Brown returned to California, and after initially failing the bar exam, was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]]. Brown settled in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and joined the [[law firm]] of Tuttle & Taylor. In the late 1960s, he entered politics by organizing [[migrant worker]]s and [[Opposition to the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War]] groups. In 1969, he ran for the newly created Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees, which oversaw [[community college]]s in the city, and placed first in a field of 124, helped by the alphabetical placement of names on the ballot and his family's name recognition.
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In 1970, Brown was elected California Secretary of State. Brown used the position, which was historically limited in power, to bring suits against corporations such as [[Chevron Corporation|Standard Oil of California]], [[ITT|International Telephone and Telegraph]], [[Gulf Oil]], and [[ExxonMobil|Mobil]] for violation of [[Campaign finance in the United States|campaign-finance laws]] and argued in person before the [[California Supreme Court]].
Brown also enforced laws requiring members of the [[California State Legislature]] to disclose sources of campaign funds and investigated allegedly falsely notarized documents that allowed [[Richard Nixon]] to get a large [[tax deduction]]. Brown also was an important figure in the drafting and passage of the California Fair Political Practices Act. These highly-publicized actions led to statewide acclaim, and led to his election as governor later.
==Governorship==
In 1974, Brown was elected governor of California, succeeding the outgoing [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] governor (and future president) [[Ronald Reagan]], who himself had become governor after defeating Brown's father, Pat, in the 1966 election. Jerry Brown took office in 1975.
Strongly opposed to the [[Vietnam War]], Brown had a broad base of support from California's young liberals who dominated the political scene. Upon election, he refused many of the privileges and trappings of the office, forgoing the grand [[California Governor's Mansion]] (which was sold under Brown in 1983) and instead rented a modest apartment. Instead of riding as a passenger in chauffeured [[limousine]]s as previous governors had done, Brown drove himself to work in a [[Sedan|compact sedan]] from the state vehicle pool.
During his governorship, Brown seemed happy to work with innovators. He had a strong interest in environmental issues, which were being highlighted during the decade, especially as a result of the first [[Earth Day]] in spring 1970. Brown appointed [[J. Baldwin]] to work in the newly-created California Office of Appropriate Technology, [[Sim Van der Ryn]] as State Architect, and [[Stewart Brand]] as Special Advisor. He appointed [[John Bryson]], the CEO of Southern California Electric Company and a founding member of the Natural Resources Defense Council, chairman of the California State Water Board in 1976. Brown reorganized the California Arts Council, boosting its funding by 1300 percent and appointing artists such as environmentalist and poet [[Gary Snyder]].
Brown appointed the first black ([[Wiley Manuel]]), woman ([[Rose Bird]]), and Latino ([[Cruz Reynoso]]) to the California Supreme Court.
Brown often proposed unorthodox ideas, including the establishment of a state space academy and the purchasing of a [[satellite]] that would be launched into orbit to provide emergency communications for the state—a proposal similar to one that would indeed be adopted by the state. In 1978, ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' columnist [[Mike Royko]] nicknamed Brown "'''Governor Moonbeam'''" because of the latter idea. The nickname quickly became associated with his quirky politics, which were considered eccentric by some in California and the rest of the nation. He was even the subject of "[[California Über Alles]]" by the [[punk rock|punk band]] the [[Dead Kennedys]]. In 1992, almost 15 years later, Royko would disavow the nickname, proclaiming Brown to be "just as serious" as any other politician.
==1976 presidential campaign==
While serving as governor, Brown twice ran for the Democratic nomination for president. The first time, in 1976, Brown entered the race very late in the primary season as the focus of a movement to stop the nomination of former [[Governor of Georgia]] [[Jimmy Carter]], who many in the party felt was unelectable due to his perceived lack of a record for success in his brief tenure as a governor.
Citing his record of having curbed his state's spending and balanced its budget while expanding services in the area of welfare, employment, and consumer and environmental protection, Brown proclaimed his belief that there would soon be a voter backlash against expansive and costly government policies. "This is an era of limits, and we had all better get used to it," he declared. Brown's name began appearing on primary ballots in May and he won a big victory in [[Maryland]], followed by [[Nevada]], and his home state of California. Brown missed the deadline in [[Oregon]], but he ran as a write in candidate and finished a strong third behind Carter and Senator [[Frank Church]] of [[Idaho]], another late candidiate. Brown is often credited with winning the [[New Jersey]] and [[Rhode Island]] primaries, but in reality, uncommitted slates of delegates that Brown advocated in those states finished first. Despite this success, he was unable to stall Carter's momentum, and his rival was nominated on the first ballot at the [[1976 Democratic National Convention]].
==1980 presidential campaign==
In [[1980]], he ran again, attempting to challenge Carter for renomination. His candidacy had been anticipated by the press ever since he won reelection in California by the biggest margin in California history, 1.3 million votes, but he had trouble gaining traction in both fundraising and polling. This was widely believed to be the result of the more prominent candidacy of [[liberalism|liberal]] icon Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]].
As his campaign that year was much longer, his 1980 platform, which he declared to be the natural result of combining [[Buckminster Fuller]]'s visions of the future and [[E. F. Schumacher|E.F. Schumacher]]'s theory of "[[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[economics]]," was much expanded from 1976. Gone was his "era of limits" slogan, replaced by a promise to, in his words, "Protect the Earth, serve the people, and explore the universe." The three main planks of his platform were a call for a [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] to ratify the [[Balanced Budget Amendment]], a unilateral opposition to [[nuclear power]], and a promise to increase funds for the [[space program]]. He endorsed the idea of mandatory non-military [[national service]] for the nation's youth and suggested that the [[United States Defense Department|Defense Department]] cut back on support troops while beefing-up the number of combat troops. On the subject of the [[1979 energy crisis|Energy Crisis]], he decried the "[[Faust|Faustian]] bargain" that he claimed Carter had entered into with the [[oil industry]], and he declared that he would greatly increase the federal [[subsidy]] of research into [[solar power]]. He described the [[health care]] industry as a "high priesthood" engaged in a "medical [[arms race]]" and he called for a market-oriented system of [[universal health care]].
As his campaign began to attract more and more members of what some described as "the fringe," including the likes of [[Jane Fonda]], [[Tom Hayden]], and [[Jesse Jackson]], Brown's polling numbers began to suffer. He received only 10% of the vote in the [[New Hampshire primary]] and he was soon forced to announce that his decision to remain in the race would hinge on a good showing in the [[Wisconsin]] primary. Although he had polled well there throughout the primary season, a disastrous and bizarre attempt at filming a live, [[special effects]]-filled, thirty-minute commercial (produced and directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]) led to the melt-down of his candidacy. He received just 12% of the vote in the primary. He withdrew from the race the next day, having spent $2 million, won no primaries, and received exactly one delegate to the convention.
Brown's 1980 Presidential Campaign is the subject of the song "California Uber Alles" by California-based punk legends [[Dead Kennedys]].
==Defeat and return==
In [[1982]], Brown chose not to seek a third term as Governor, which was allowed at that time. Instead he ran for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]]. That year, his alleged mishandling of a [[medfly]] infestation of the state's fruit farms sent his approval ratings into a nosedive, and he was defeated by Republican [[Pete Wilson]] by a margin of 51% to 45%. Republican [[George Deukmejian]] won the governorship in 1982, succeeding Brown, and was reelected in 1986. After his Senate defeat in 1982, many considered Brown's political career to be over. During the 1980s, Brown traveled to Japan to study Buddhism, studying with Christian/Zen teacher [[Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle]], among others. He also visited [[Mother Teresa]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta, India]], where he ministered to the sick in one of her [[hospice]]s.
Upon his return from abroad in [[1988]], he announced that he would stand as a candidate to become [[chairman]] of the [[California Democratic Party]]. Brown won the position in [[1989]] against the less experienced [[Steve Westly]]. Westly criticized Brown as the candidate of moneyed interests. Westly later went on to be enormously successful with [[eBay]] and in 2006 ran in the Democratic primary for Governor, but lost to [[Phil Angelides]].
Brown experienced an abbreviated tenure that could best be described as controversial. He greatly expanded the party's donor base and enlarged its coffers, with a focus on [[grassroots]] organizing and [[get out the vote]] drives. In early [[1991]], Brown abruptly resigned his post and announced that he would run for the Senate seat held by the retiring [[Alan Cranston]]. Although Brown consistently led in the polls for both the nomination and the general election, he quickly abandoned the campaign, deciding instead to run for the presidency for a third time.
==1992 presidential campaign==
When he announced his intention to run for president against President [[George H. W. Bush|George H.W. Bush]], many in the media and his own party dismissed his campaign as an ego-trip with little chance of gaining significant support. Ignoring them, Brown, correctly gauging the anti-[[establishment]] viewpoint of most voters that year, embarked on an ultra-[[grassroots democracy|grassroots]] campaign to, in his words, "take back America from the confederacy of [[political corruption|corruption]], [[career]]ism, and campaign [[consultant|consulting]] in Washington." To the surprise of many, Brown was able to tap a [[populism|populist]] streak in the Democratic Party, a feat that many would later see as the precursor to the [[2004]] presidential campaign of Governor [[Howard Dean]].
In his [[stump speech]], first used while officially announcing his candidacy on the steps of [[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], Brown told listeners that he would only be accepting [[campaign finance|campaign contributions]] from individuals and that he would accept no contribution over 100 dollars. Continuing with his populist [[reform movement|reform]] theme, he assailed what he dubbed "the [[bipartisanship|bipartisan]] Incumbent Party in Washington" and called for [[term limit]]s for members of [[Congress of the United States|Congress]]. Citing various recent scandals on [[Capitol Hill]], particularly the recent [[Non sufficient funds|check-bouncing]] [[scandal]] and the large [[congressional pay-raises]] from [[1990]], he promised to put an end to Congress being a "[[convenience store|Stop-and-Shop]] for the monied [[special interest]]s."
As he campaigned in various primary states, Brown would eventually expand his platform beyond a policy of strict [[campaign finance reform]]. Although he would focus on a variety of issues throughout the campaign, most especially his endorsement of [[living wage]] laws and his opposition to [[free trade]] agreements such as [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]], he mostly concentrated on his [[tax]] policy, which had been created specifically for him by [[Arthur Laffer]], the famous supporter of [[supply-side economics]] who created the [[Laffer curve]]. This plan, which called for the replacement of the [[progressive tax|progressive income tax]] with a [[flat tax]] and a [[value added tax]], both at a fixed 13% rate, was decried by his opponents as regressive. Nevertheless, it was endorsed by ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The New Republic]]'', and ''[[Forbes]]'' and its raising of taxes on [[corporation]]s and elimination of various loopholes, which tended to favor the very wealthy, proved to be popular with voters. This was, perhaps, not surprising, as various [[opinion poll]]s taken at the time found that as many as three-quarters of all Americans believed the current tax code to be unfairly biased toward the wealthy.
Quickly realizing that his campaign's limited [[budget]] meant that he could not afford to engage in conventional [[advertising]], Brown began to use a mixture of [[alternative media]] and unusual [[fundraising]] techniques which was derided at the time as "silly," but would later be dubbed "revolutionary." Unable to pay for actual commercials, Brown used frequent [[cable television]] and [[talk radio]] interviews as a form of free media to get his message to the voters. In order to raise funds, he purchased a [[toll-free telephone number]], which adorned all of his campaign paraphernalia. During the campaign, Brown's constant repetition of this number (at [[Demonstration (people)|rallies]], during [[interview]]s, and in the middle of [[debate]]s), combined with the ultra-[[moralism|moralistic]] language he used, led some to describe him as a "political [[televangelism|televangelist]]."
Despite poor showings in the [[Iowa caucus]] (1.6%) and the [[New Hampshire primary]] (8.0%), Brown soon managed to win narrow victories in [[Maine]], [[Colorado]], [[Nevada]], [[Alaska]], and [[Vermont]], but he continued to be considered an also-ran for much of the campaign. It was not until shortly after [[Super Tuesday]], when the field had been narrowed to Brown, former Senator [[Paul Tsongas]] of [[Massachusetts]], and frontrunning Governor [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]], that Brown began to emerge as a major contender in the eyes of the press.
On [[March 17]], Brown forced Tsongas from the race when he received a strong third-place showing in the [[Illinois]] primary and then defeated the senator for second place in the [[Michigan]] primary by a wide margin. Exactly one week later, he cemented his position as a major threat to Clinton when he eked out a narrow win in the bitterly-fought [[Connecticut]] primary.
As the press now focused on the primaries in [[New York]] and [[Wisconsin]], which were both to be held on the same day, Brown, who had taken the lead in polls in both states, made a serious [[gaffe]]: He announced to an audience of various leaders of [[New York City]]'s [[Jew|Jewish]] community that, if nominated, he would consider the Reverend [[Jesse Jackson]] as a vice-presidential candidate. Jackson, who had made a pair of [[anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] comments about Jews in general and New York City's Jews in particular while running for president in [[1984]], was still a widely hated figure in that community and Brown's polling numbers suffered. On [[April 7]], he lost both primaries to Clinton by a razor-thin margin.
Although Brown continued to campaign in a number of states, he won no further primaries. Despite this, he still had a sizable number of delegates, and a big win in his home state of California would deprive Clinton of sufficient support to win the nomination, which Brown apparently thought would revert to him by default. After nearly a month of intense campaigning and multiple debates between the two candidates, Clinton managed to defeat Brown in this final primary by a margin of 48% to 41%. Although he did not win the nomination, Brown was able to boast of one accomplishment: At the following month's [[1992 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], he received the votes of 596 delegates on the first ballot, more than any other candidate but Clinton.
==Radio Show Host==
For several years, Brown hosted a talk and call-in radio show on the local [[Pacifica Radio|Pacifica group]] station, KPFA. The radio show and Brown's political action group were called '''We the People'''. In discussions he strongly critiqued both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as the death penalty. In early 1998, Brown announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party and changed his party registration to "[[Decline to State]]". He terminated his show that same year to run for the nonpartisan office of Mayor of Oakland (all municipal and county offices in California are by law nonpartisan).
==Mayor of Oakland==
[[Image:mayorjerrybrown.jpg|right|250px|Mayor Jerry Brown]]
In June 1998, he was elected [[mayor]] of the city of Oakland, and took office in January 1999. Within a few weeks of his inauguration, one of his first acts as Mayor of Oakland was to invite the [[United States Marine Corps]] to stage war games titled [[Urban Warrior]] in the defunct Oakland Army Base and on the closed grounds of the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital after the [[National Park Service]] rejected the Marines' request to use [[Crissy Field]] in San Francisco. Hundreds of Oakland citizens and anti-military activists rallied against the exercise. A later action was to get the approval of the electorate to convert Oakland's [[Mayor-council government|weak mayor political structure]] (the mayor as chairman of the city council and official greeter) to a strong mayor structure (the mayor as chief executive over the nonpolitical [[city manager]] and thus the various city departments and not a council member). This strong mayor structure in many ways is similar to that of the nearby city of [[San Francisco]]. Other efforts including acquiring millions of dollars in state and federal funding to open two charter schools that are now among the top-ranked in Oakland. Brown was reelected with over 60 percent of the vote in [[2002]].
Much to the dismay and anger of his progressive supporters, Brown's politics since becoming Mayor of Oakland have moved far more centrist. He explains this ideological shift as dealing with the realities of being a big-city mayor with real problems. After having left the Democratic Party because he felt that it no longer stood up for progressive ideals, Brown re-registered as a Democrat shortly thereafter. In [[2000]], Brown endorsed [[Al Gore]] for President shortly before the California primary, although Gore was being challenged from the left by [[Bill Bradley]].
In [[2003]], Brown and fellow Democratic Mayor [[James Hahn|Jim Hahn]] of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] praised Republican Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] for his decisive actions regarding the suppression of the reinstitution of portions the ''vehicle license fee'' (labeled by opponents as the ''car tax'') and some restoration of state funding for city governments, implying that [[Gray Davis]] (who had been Governor Brown's Chief of Staff in the [[1970s]]) had acted poorly in this regard.
==Campaign for Attorney General==
Since Brown's terms in office before 1990 are not covered by term limits that came into effect in 1990, it is possible that he could once again run for governor. However, in early [[2004]], Brown expressed his interest to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for [[Attorney General of California]] in the [[2006]] election. On [[May 18]], [[2004]], he formally filed the necessary papers to begin his campaign for the nomination. According to the campaign's official website, he has already raised nearly $5 million in contributions. Recent polls have shown him leading all other candidates in the race. [http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/RLS2179.pdf]
Brown beat fellow Democrat [[Rocky Delgadillo]] for the nomination for Attorney General. He will face [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[State Senator]] [[Charles Poochigian]] in the general election.
==Personal life==
For many years Brown remained unmarried. He could occasionally be seen dating high-profile women, the most notable of whom was [[Linda Ronstadt]]. Brown also had a long friendship with [[Lorenzo Jacques Barzaghi]], his aide-de-camp, whom he met in the early 1970s and put on his payroll. According to author Roger Rapaport, "this combination clerk, chauffeur, fashion consultant, decorator and trusted friend had no discernible powers. Yet late at night, after everyone had gone home to their families and TV consoles, it was Jacques who lingered in the Secretary (of state's) office."
Barzaghi lived with Brown in the warehouse in [[Jack London Square]], and was brought into Oakland city government upon Brown's election as mayor, where Barzaghi first acted as the mayor's armed bodyguard. Brown later awarded Barzaghi with high paying city jobs, including "Arts Director." Brown dismissed Barzaghi in July 2004. Barzaghi lived with Brown in the warehouse in [[Jack London Square]], and was brought into Oakland city government upon Brown's election as mayor, where Barzaghi first acted as the mayor's armed bodyguard. Brown later awarded Barzaghi with high paying city jobs, including "Arts Director." Brown dismissed Barzaghi in July 2004.
In [[March 2005]], Brown announced his engagement to his partner, Anne Gust, former chief counsel for [[Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap]]. They were married on June 18 in a ceremony officiated by Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] in the [[Rotunda Building]] in downtown Oakland. They had a second, religious ceremony later in the day in the Roman Catholic church in San Francisco where Brown's parents had been married. Brown and Gust live near downtown Oakland, at the former [[Sears Roebuck]] Building, with their black labrador, Dharma.
Since [[May 2005]], Brown has been a contributing author at [[The Huffington Post]] [[weblog]].
==Political criticism of Brown==
Brown has been subject to a fair share of political criticism in his career, from being labeled "Governor Moonbeam" by [[Chicago Tribune]] columnist [[Mike Royko]] (who later said he was sorry he did it), to being blamed for amassing, as Governor, a huge surplus in state coffers that led to the infamous tax rebellion, the Jarvis Gann initiative ([[California Proposition 13|Proposition 13]]) which halted increases in property taxes for both homeowners and corporations that held onto their property. Declaring himself a "Born-Again Taxcutter," Brown tried to jump in front of Proposition 13 at the last minute in the election year of 1978.
In 2006, the murder rate in Oakland in the first two months was triple the same period in 2005, leading some critics to suggest that Brown had failed to make the city safer. Violent crime decreased by a third during his tenure, however, and he attempted to enact several innovative anti-crime programs, including a night curfew for convicted felons. His campaigns to fix the schools, fill downtown with residents, create an "arts" city and curb crime have had mixed success.
==Quotations==
"Vitriol can irritate, but it is often the price of freewheeling discussion and the discovery of important stuff."
--from his [[Blog]]
I will "Protect the Earth, Serve the People and Explore the Universe", campaign slogan in 1980 presidential primary campaign.
"Clinton is not going to get the nomination," the former California governor said during a satellite interview at a Milwaukee television station. "You can put that in your tape recorders and ask me about it in a couple months."
([[Capital Times]], 3/28/92)
"It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.'"
([[Oakland Tribune]], 9/6/05))
"The power of the individual to be free of government influence should include preventing intrusions in our bedrooms, our blood-stream, our hair and our urine."
([[Orlando Sentinel]], January 23, 1992)
"There is a refreshing note to all of this," said Brown, reflecting on the recall election that ousted Gov. Gray Davis.
Schwarzenegger "ran against special interests, said he'll do right by the people and has shown unprecedented goodwill with bi-partisan appointments to his transition team," Brown said.
"I’ve been in office and I’ve been out of office. And if I were to choose, I’d rather be in office." ([[Los Angeles Times]], January 19, 2004, "Capitol Journal")
"Reelection upon reelection of the same incumbents occurs at the expense of new ideas, new energy, and honest representation."
[Jerry Brown's Announcement Speech October 21, 1991]
"A high-class casino would bring in a lot of money a billion and a half goes to South Lake Tahoe from the Bay Area and we could capture a significant amount of that money, and much of it could go to Oakland."
([[KQED]], The Celebrity and the City)
"A little vagueness goes a long way in this business."
([[Newsweek]], May 31, 1976)
==Bibliography==
* Bollins, John C. and Robert G. Williams. ''Jerry Brown: In a Plain Brown Wrapper'' (Pacific Palisades, California: Palisades Publishers, 1978). ISBN 0-913530-12-3
* Rapaport, Roger. ''California Dreaming: The Political Odyssey of Pat & Jerry Brown'' (Nolo Press Berkeley CA 1982) ISBN 0-917316-48-7
* Brown, Jerry. ''Dialogues'' (Berkeley, California: Berkeley Hills Books, 1998). ISBN 0-9653774-9-0
* Lorenz, J. D. ''Jerry Brown: The Man on the White Horse'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1978). ISBN 0-395-25767-0
* McDonald, Heather. [http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_4_a2.html "Jerry Brown’s No-Nonsense New Age for Oakland"], ''[[City Journal]]'', Vol. 9, No. 4, Autumn 1999.
* Pack, Robert. ''Jerry Brown, The Philosopher-Prince'' (New York: Stein and Day, 1978). ISBN 0-8128-2437-7
* Schell, Orville. ''Brown'' (New York: Random House, 1978). ISBN 0-394-41043-2
==External links==
*[http://www.jerrybrown.org/ Official Web Site of the Brown Campaign]
*[http://www.votecircle.com/candidate.php?id=691 Official VoteCircle Profile]
*[http://www.moveonjerry.org MoveonJerry.org]
*[http://www.electionvolunteer.com/race/Attorney%20General 2006 Candidates for California Attorney General]
*[http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/mayor/mayorhp.cfm Office of the Mayor - City of Oakland]
*[http://jerrybrown.typepad.com/jerry Brown's Blog]
*[http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/govsgallery/h/biography/governor_34.html Biography from the State of California]
*[http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/2883 Jerry Brown Political History]
*[http://www.suck.com/daily/98/06/15/daily.html A spirited defense of Brown]
*[http://dailydirt.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_dailydirt_archive.html Oakland Youth]
*[http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?archiveDate=02-17-06&storyID=23451 Brown's Art district a bust]
*[http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=04-08-05&storyID=21125 "Jerry Brown Gives Us the Aging Rock Star Tour] by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, ''Berkely Daily Planet''
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-brown/ Jerry Brown Blog at [[Huffington Post]]]
*[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown22apr22,1,5995947.story?track=rss "For Many, Jerry Brown Is the Life of the Party] By John Balzar, ''Los Angeles Times''
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