What Brown Can Do for You

"'To be blunt, voters are the source of most of the problems,' said Ethan Rarick, the author of 'California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown,' a biography of the governor's father.
"'Most of the things that most people would say we need to do, the voters won't do, at least not now, and many of them were caused by voters,' he said, referring to the plethora of ballot measures that have tied budgets in knots, among other things. 'Voters clearly want something for nothing; they want to see services without paying for it.... I hope there is an opportunity for him to change people's minds, but I'm dubious about it.'"

Cathleen Decker in the Los Angeles Times reports on Gov. Jerry Brown's new budget.

And Shane Goldmacher and Tim Rutten discuss reactions to the budget's unveiling.