November 1, 2012, San Francisco<\/p>\n

With less that a week to go before the election, California Governor Jerry Brown appeared at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco to make his case for Proposition 30, which would provide funding for public education at a time when the state is facing major education cutbacks. This video features Governor Brown’s opening statement, which was followed with answers to audience questions read by the moderator Joseph Fink. The crowd appeared to enjoy the Governor’s varied and entertaining oratory, one moment speaking as a passionate political spokesman, the next as a blunt hard nosed budget negotiator, occasionally joking and providing comic relief, and at other times speaking with a sermon-like quality, referring to his time in seminary and making the moral case for a more equitable society. <\/p>\n