California’s “State of the State”

On January 25th, Jerry Brown, governor of California, gave his last annual State of the State speech. It’s about looking forward to the future: tackling hard problems now. I wish more politicians were focused on this.

You can see the whole speech annotated here. Here is the first part. The last line states the vision:

The bolder path is still our way forward. State of the State (first part)

Good morning. As our Constitution requires, I’m here to report on the condition of our state.

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