"Two Years Ago, They Were Writing Our Obituary. Well It Didn’t Happen."

"We--right here in California--have such a rendezvous with destiny. All around us we see doubt and skepticism about our future and that of America’s. But what we have accomplished together these last two years, indeed, the whole history of California, belies such pessimism."

The Ventura County Star provides a transcript of Gov. Jerry Brown's 2013 State of the State Address.

And Paul Whitefield in the Los Angeles Times says that Brown should run for president.