Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown

- Short Biography
- Administration
- Personal information
- This Time in California

Biography^*
The son of former Governor Pat Brown, Jerry Brown was born in San Francisco in 1938. At age three, he became the youngest person to climb Yosemite's Ledge Trail. Brown's education included studies at the Jesuit Seminary, a law degree from Yale, and degrees in Latin and Greek from U.C. Berkeley. A lawyer, he eventually served on the L.A. School Board and as Secretary of State. As Governor, he had revolutionary ideas about state spending and refused to live in the huge new governor's mansion - renting a modest apartment instead, and nixing the governor's limousine in favor of a state-issued Plymouth. Brown was a leader in energy efficiency, sponsored and signed the first labor laws in the U.S. to protect farmworkers, and began the California Conservation Corps. His appointments emphasized minorities and women, echoing the social awareness of his era.

Administration under Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown

- Inaugural Address - January 6, 1975
- Inaugural Address - January 16, 1979

The Life of Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown

Born
April 7, 1938
San Francisco, California

Family