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Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, right, smiles as Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a reporter's question after meeting at the Capitol, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom, who defeated Republican John Cox in the Nov. 6 election, will be sworn in to office Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California’s outgoing, incoming governors meet

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Donald Trump sparks California wildfires debate on clearing versus climate

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A firefighting DC-10 makes a fire retardant drop over a wildfire in the mountains near Malibu Canyon Road in Malibu, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Strong Santa Ana winds have returned to Southern California, fanning a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles. A one-day lull in the dry, northeasterly winds ended Sunday morning and authorities warn that the gusts will continue through Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

The Latest: Wildfire evacuations lifted for Los Angeles

Associated Press

Sheriff's deputies recover the remains of Camp Fire victims on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Paradise, Calif.. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The Latest: Sheriff: 6 more bodies found; total of 29

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Gov. Jerry Brown talks about election results and a variety of other subjects during a news conference in his office at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)

California governor says divided nation needs common ground

By DON THOMPSON and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Lt. Gavin Newsom, hold his son, Dutch, 2, as he waves to the crowd after a Democrat, after he defeated Republican opponent John Cox to become 40th governor of California at an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif. Newsom was accompanied by his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, sone Hunter,7 and daughter Montana. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Newsom presents California as Trump alternative

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Water decision delayed while Brown, Newsom seek compromise

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California gubernatorial Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom chats with constituents during a campaign stop at CJ's Cafe, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Democrats look to add congressional seats in California

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FILE - This combination of March 8, 2018 file photos shows California gubernatorial candidates, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, a Democrat and John Cox, a Republican, in Sacramento, Calif. The candidates oppose each other on a variety of issues including health care, immigration and gasoline taxes. (AP Photos/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Gas tax, Trump, housing drive race for California governor

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

In this undated campaign handout photo is Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress who Is running for the 12th state Senate District seat in the Nov. 6 election. Poythress is running against Democratic Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, of Salinas.(Poythress for Senate 2018 campaign photo by Nathan J. Huebert Photography via AP)

Single race may tip power balance in California Legislature

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Gov. Jerry Brown joins a rally on behalf of a campaign against a repeal of the gas tax on Friday Nov. 2, 2018 in Palo Alto, Calif. Proposition 6, which would repeal an increase in gas tax and vehicle fees for transportation projects in California. (AP Photo/Janie Har)

Gov. Jerry Brown bashes gas tax repeal in rare campaign stop

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

In this May 11, 2018, file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised 2018-19 state budget at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Gov. Jerry Brown takes over management of the iconic ‘Doomsday Clock’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo, Borey Ai poses for a photo outside of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco. Ai spent 19 years in prison before parole officials decided he'd turned his life around and he walked out of San Quentin and into the waiting arms of federal immigration agents. California Gov. Jerry Brown is weighing a pardon for the Cambodian refugee who was 14 when he killed a shopkeeper during a robbery that netted about $300. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Cambodian who killed as teen, faces deportation seeks pardon

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The Latest: Brown warns of blindness toward nuclear threat

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In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Jerry Brown named executive chairman of Doomsday Clock group Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Gov. Jerry Brown joins Doomsday Clock group

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2018 file photo , inmates pass a correctional officer as they leave an exercise yard at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. In a final flurry of legislation before he leaves office in January, termed-out Gov. Jerry Brown signed a number of bills with his long-term goal of reducing mass incarceration, rehabilitating juvenile offenders, trimming lengthy prison sentences and offering second chances to the criminally convicted. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California eases crime penalties, boosts scrutiny of police

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

File - In this June 13, 2018 file photo, London Breed speaks to reporters outside of City Hall in San Francisco. California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation late Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, that would have given San Francisco permission to test-open supervised drug injection sites. San Francisco's mayor, London Breed, has promised to open such a site. Breed, who was elected in June, lost a sibling to drug overdose and acknowledges that she has grappled with the idea. (AP Photo/Lorin Eleni Gill, File)

San Francisco mayor weighs drug injection site, despite veto

By JANIE HAR - Associated Press

FILE -- in this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, State Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, right shakes hands with Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown after signed de Leon's environmental measure SB100, in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, who served as governor from 1975 until 1983, and was reelected in 2010, signed the last bill of his 16 years as California's governor Sunday Sept. 30, 2018. At left is Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, who carried the bill in the Assembly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Brown shows governing philosophy in final bill action

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2018 file photo, Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Sacramento, Calif. California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors by 2020, according to a law signed Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, by Gov. Jerry Brown.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards

By SOPHIA BOLLAG - Associated Press