Gov. Jerry Brown's advice for Washington
Source: LA Times
WASHINGTON--As Washington tries to find a way past the political dysfunction that triggered the shutdown of the federal government, Gov. Jerry Brown came to town Thursday to suggest it look for inspiration in California.
Brown told a ballroom of liberals celebrating the anniversary of the Center for American Progress, one of the left’s favorite think tanks, that it was only a few years ago California had been written off by the pundits as a lost cause.
“Three years ago California was called a failed state,” he said. “They were virtually chortling in the conservative venues.”
Brown credited California’s turnaround to a series of ballot measures. The measures allowed a state budget to get passed with a simple majority of lawmakers, put an independent commission in charge of voting boundaries, and raised taxes by billions of dollars.
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Meanwhile the AP State/Local wire focused on the state prisons issue part of the speech: Governor says no easy answers on troubled prisons
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