"I Get to Follow in My Father's Footsteps Once Again"

"'The budget I propose will assume that each of us elected to do the people's business will rise above ideology.... It is a tough budget for tough times,' he said. 'Choices have to be made and difficult decisions taken. At this stage of my life, I have not come here to embrace delay or denial.'"

Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times reports Jerry Brown's inaugration as governor of California.

And Brown causes controversy by criticizing Proposition 13.