I am deeply disappointed that the CalPERS Board reversed course and adopted an irresponsible plan that will only keep the system dependent on unrealistic investment returns, this approach will expose the fund to an unacceptable level of risk in the coming years.

Jerry Brown

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The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.

Jerry Brown

cutting stupid jobs

After years of struggle, the U.S. Supreme Court today has made same-sex marriage a reality in California ... I have directed the California Department of Public Health to advise the state's counties that they must begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in California

Jerry Brown

couple struggle sex

My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe

Jerry Brown

principles simple people

The sovereignty of America has just been eroded in plain daylight by Clinton and the Congress, who take an oath to the Constitution. Those criminals continue to destroy this country and the world itself.

Jerry Brown

criminals country america

The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs. This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.

Jerry Brown

cost political struggle

You're all welcome in California.

Jerry Brown

welcome california

I would like to maximize the level of human choice in the medical field...The choice of a treatment in many ways is like the exercise of religion.

Jerry Brown

choices dark exercise

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Jerry Brown

rehabilitation hell prison

We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge.

Jerry Brown

equality community creative

Check out my web site, wtp.org, to see what fast food did to 2 people in England.

Jerry Brown

vegetarian england people

Life simply is. It follows its course. Give yourself to the moment. Let life reveal itself to you.

Jerry Brown

spirituality moments giving

America will be disadvantaged, just like Detroit was disadvantaged when they couldn't build smaller cars in the '70s or '80s. The world shifts.

Jerry Brown

car america world

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

Jerry Brown

california men children

"Jobs for every American" is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all.

Jerry Brown

automation talking jobs

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

Jerry Brown

realistic abuse cost

I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it.

Jerry Brown

ocean strong overcoming

Equal treatment for children in unequal situations is not justice.

Jerry Brown

equal-treatment justice children

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

Jerry Brown

done want thinking

It doesn't matter what I say as long as I sound different from other politicians.

Jerry Brown

different sound long

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Jerry Brown

planning likes reason