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FILE - In this May 14, 2012, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown points to a chart showing how his budget plans will eventually reduce the budget deficit over the next few years as he discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown spent the early years of his second stint as governor, dealing massive state budget deficits. Brown leaves office Jan. 7, 2019, after a record four terms in office, from 1975-1983 and again since 2011. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jerry Brown’s legacy: Climate, California budget and more

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018 file photo Jason James Burnett, accompanied by his daughter Faith and wife, Heather, poses at his mother-in-law's home in Chico, Calif. Burnett who lost her home in California's most destructive wildfire ever says she and her husband are humbled to have received pardons from Gov. Jerry Brown for old drug crimes. Burnett said Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, the pardons were bright spots in what has been a difficult period. Brown on Monday wiped away her conviction for possessing ephedrine with intent to make methamphetamine nearly 20 years after she was sentenced for the crime. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Couple that lost home in California wildfire get pardons

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

The Latest: California governor pardons 5 Cambodian refugees

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown talks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif. Brown ordered new DNA tests that, condemned inmate Kevin Cooper says, could clear him in a 35-year-old quadruple murder case, which has drawn national attention. On Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, Brown ordered new testing on four pieces of evidence that Cooper and his attorneys say will show he was framed for the 1983 Chino Hills hatchet and knife killings of four people. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California’s Brown orders new DNA testing in old murder case

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Office of the Governor of California shows Joshua Groban. A judicial commission confirmed Groban's nomination to the California Supreme Court Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. Groban was a senior adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown and was instrumental in hundreds of other judicial appointments made by the governor. Groban received the approval of all three members of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, including California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and state attorney general Xavier Becerra. (Office of the Governor of California via AP)

Adviser to governor confirmed to California Supreme Court

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

California justices order public release of clemency record

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his time in the state's highest office during an interview with The Associated Press in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, a Democrat, will leave office Jan. 7 after serving a record four terms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Jerry Brown: California Democrats likely to spend too much

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, San Francisco Mayor London Breed listens during a news conference in San Francisco. Breed has requested an early release from prison for an older brother who has served nearly two decades of a 44-year sentence for a manslaughter conviction. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, that Breed sent a letter to outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown in late October asking him to &quot;consider leniency&quot; and commute her brother's sentence. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco mayor asks for brother’s early prison release

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his time in the state's highest office during an interview with The Associated Press in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, a Democrat, will leave office Jan. 7 after serving a record four terms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor: Democrats are likely to spend too much

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his time in the state's highest office during an appearance at the Sacramento Press Club Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, a Democrat, will leave office Jan. 7 after serving a record four terms. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Brown talks health care, 4 terms in office

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Longtime DMV employee named as agency’s acting director

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California justices question attorneys in key pension case

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Activists, artists among 8 named to California Hall of Fame

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A former state senator convicted of lying about his residence and three refugees from Vietnam who could face deportation are among 38 people pardoned Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, by Brown ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California governor pardons former state lawmaker, refugees

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2013, file photo, state Sen. Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The California Supreme Court is recommending that Gov. Jerry Brown pardon a former state lawmaker convicted of lying about his true residence. A Los Angeles County jury in 2014 determined that Wright lived outside the district he represented and convicted him of voter fraud and perjury. The recommendation by justices on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, came after the governor's legal affairs secretary, Peter Krause, sought the court's input. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jerry Brown pardons Roderick Wright, California state senator convicted of felony voter fraud

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President Donald Trump talks with California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom during a visit to a neighborhood destroyed by the wildfires, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. At right is California Gov. Jerry Brown. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)

Jerry Brown on California wildfires: Trump has ‘got our back’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with FEMA Administrator Brock Long, Jody Jones, Mayor of Paradise, and California Gov. Jerry Brown, second from right during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sees wildfire areas, consoles those harmed by shooting

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Analyst: California budget ‘in remarkably good shape’

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Office of the Governor of California shows Joshua Groban. With only weeks left in office, Gov. Jerry Brown named Groban, 45, one of his senior advisers Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, to fill a long-running vacancy on the California Supreme Court. The Democratic governor nominated Groban, of Los Angeles, who has overseen Brown's appointment of about 600 judges since 2011. Brown said the appointments have been praised as the most diverse in state history. (Office of the Governor of California via AP)

Gov. Brown picks top aide for California high court vacancy

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press