English: On Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, the LBJ Presidential Library along with the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin hosted a conversation with California Gov. Jerry Brown (D). Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation moderated the conversation.
Governor Jerry BrownOn Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, the LBJ Presidential Library along with the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin hosted a conversation with California Gov. Jerry Brown (D). Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation moderated the conversation.Brown is serving his fourth term as Governor of California. He began his career in public service in 1969 as a trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District. He became California Secretary of State in 1970 and Governor of California in 1974 and 1978. After his governorship, Brown lectured and traveled widely, practiced law, served as chairman of California’s Democratic Party, and ran for U.S. President. Brown was elected mayor of Oakland in 1998 and California Attorney General in 2006. He was elected to a third gubernatorial term in 2010 and to a historic fourth term in 2014.He is the son of Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, who was California Governor from 1959-1967. One of the Browns has been governor of California for 40 percent of the time over the past six decades.LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin11/07/2018