Networks have been giving cash and carry a free pass. Look at prop 8

around the social issues, they are trying to portray him as a moderate, he isn't

Unless Brown does the political equivalent of taking a poop on the floor. Things are going well here, Brown is the incumbent, and none of the other guys is well known or particularly charismatic. Brown is well-known here, has a long record, and mere bullshit will not do the job.

Edit: and Brown runs a tight campaign.

I just wish his Dad was here to see it.

...and still win big, lol.

...love that!

Sums him up perfectly.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10406614

Will leave Fresno neck deep in debt. The whole situation drips in irony.

it done alright. He WILL win.

When he ran for president? He supported a flat tax. And now? Even with a surplus, he favors prison expansion and a "rainy-day fund" over restoring the devastating cuts to the social safety net that were made by Ahh-nuld.

twice as many prisoners crammed into a prison as it is designed to hold.

Simple drug offenders? Early release. Especially in the women's system, where many inmates were busted while holding product for their boyfriends, who were the actual dealers.

The Innocence Project estimates that 10 percent of those incarcerated are in fact innocent.

Many counties have excess capacity in their jails. Santa Clara, for instance, has about 1,500 spare beds. Gov. Brown's realignment plan should help utilize them better.

prisons,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/california-inmate-release_n_3900385.html

Governor Jerry Brown’s request for $500 million in bond funds to relieve prison overcrowding is getting mixed reviews in the legislature.

The Assembly Budget Committee has approved Brown’s request that all the money go to local jail expansion.

Elizabeth Howard-Espinoza is with the California State Association of Counties.

"We need facilities that have the kind of space available for treatment, for programming, for education," says Espinoza.

Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson is President of the California State Sheriff’s Association. He says the Assembly Budget Committee’s approval of Brown’s original proposal will help secure needed upgrades to county facilities.

“We want to make sure that we’re meeting the needs of the community and that included medical and mental health care," says Chistianson. "But you can’t do that in facilities that were built in the 40s and 50s.

Critics prefer a Senate proposal that would allocate most of the money to anti-recidivism, drug treatment, mental health and other local community programs.

A federal court has ordered the state to dramatically reduce its prison population.

The Assembly and Senate proposals are going to a conference committee to try and reach a compromise.

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The prison fiasco is a national problem & subject to federal oversight, Matt Taibbi has done a considerable amount of research on this topic.
Like many DU'ers (I'm sure) I wholeheartedly applaud the work of the Innocence Project. Justice in this country is a complicated and problematic issue on many fronts. I sincerely believe Gov. Brown is from the heart & not "in the pocket" and is trying to tackle these problems at many levels. Is there a better alternative to Gov. Brown? I don't think so, and frankly, CA is lucky to have such an honorable man at its helm. I'm from MA, and being a Warren supporter, I don't hand out praise on a whim, real progressive voices are hard to come by these days.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/jerry-brown-prisons-private_n_3799519.html

Whether the 12,000 state prisoners convicted of nonviolent drug offenses constitute a potential menace is a matter of debate. In 2011, the governor transferred responsibility for certain nonviolent drug offenders from the state to California’s counties, which were given the choice of sending these offenders to jail or requiring them to seek substance-abuse counseling or other forms of treatment. Since then, the state’s inmate count has declined by about 25,000, leaving its prisons with a population of drug offenders who have previously been convicted of more serious offenses.

But advocates say those prisoners shouldn’t necessarily be seen as violent. “The vast majority of those 12,000 would be old burglaries or robberies,” Backes said. “That's who we should look at for parole or drug treatment. We’re not advocating for the release of prisoners convicted of murder or rape.”

Advocates for prison reform in California and elsewhere received a major boost last week, when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder declared an end to the Justice Department’s decades-long policy of handing out severe punishments to nonviolent drug offenders. It was just the latest victory for the reform movement, which has seen congressional representatives from both parties introduce legislation in recent months that would reduce the length of certain drug sentences.

For California’s prison reformers, the news of Brown’s proposals augur a major setback. But as the governor meets with legislative leaders over the future of the prisoners, some top state lawmakers are hoping to use the negotiations to demand broader changes to the criminal justice system.

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It's a complicated issue in all states, but given the size of the state and it's population, and the fact of federal oversight which demands certain requirements be met, it's hardly a Gov. Brown "failing". I think he's doing the best anyone can in a situation he inherited & is dealing with while trying to rein in all of CA's other issues.

But, again, perhaps you feel the GOP is better suited to deal with this national issue?

all. Perhaps you were happier under his predecessors?

but will be voting for Brown in the fall.

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On PBS. Bill Clinton turned beet red and threatened Jerry when a photo was thrown on the big screen showing Clinton and Sam Nunn from GA inspecting a group of shackled Black men in a chain gang with striped fatigues for a private prison work camp...a new development at that point. Bill pointed at Jerry and yelled holding back a vicious rage," You don't know what you're messing with Jerry!!!". I've never seen anything like it but I believe he meant its been decided it will be Bush vs Clinton even though it was very early in the primary and Clinton hadn't taken hold yet. He was threatening Jerry right to his face. They ramped up the drug war and now we have a prison population of 2 million and its big bucks. Clinton later behaved as Bush's lackey once he won the election and even worse after GW Bush won in 2000. Just like when he was Arkansas governor.

sad, really, Gov. Brown is dealing with a lot of shit that can't be cured overnight, but I'd put my money on him any day, always will.

He is not a centrist corporatist or a Democrat In Name Only...he has fought for the working class, unions, regulation and civil rights. Something sadly missing from our leaders at the Presidential level. I pray we get someone more liberal than Clinton. Between her and her pal Jeb Bush the nepotism stinks to high heaven. Americans want neither of these two and are tired of the entitlement being forced on us. I'm sure Hillary and Obama made a future power sharing deal in 2008 that was amenable to the corporate rulers. Getting the Bush's leftovers, acting like their lackey and continuing GW's policies is beyond embarrassing and downright reprehensible.

I gave my vote to a Peace and Freedom candidate. Will vote for Brown in the general.

someone to take over when he's done being governor in 2018. Whatever he's doing, he's doing it right!

Cash and karrys face on my Teevee again in the fall I may scream. The ads were almost non stop for 2 months in my district.