One year after returning to Sacramento, Governor Jerry Brown faces a pivotal challenge: balancing a budget and asking voters to raise taxes. We present live coverage of the governor's State of the State Address, his first chance to explain his vision on those and other issues to the voters. After the speech, we feature political analysis and reaction from both sides of the aisle.
Host: John Myers
Special guests include: Steve Maviglio, political strategist and former press secretary to Gov. Gray Davis; Joshua Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers; John Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association; State Senator Mimi Walters; Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield; and Marisa Lagos, political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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