Gov. Jerry Brown
Senate Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, smile as the vote is taken for a bill authorizing about $4.5 billion in funding for a high-speed rail system, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill, which would allow the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in voter-approved bonds, was approved by a 21-16 vote and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown who has supports the measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Senate Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, smile as the vote is taken for a bill authorizing about $4.5 billion in funding for a high-speed rail system, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill, which would allow the state to begin selling $2.6 billion in voter-approved bonds, was approved by a 21-16 vote and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown who has supports the measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Bay Area Council Outlook Conference in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at the Bay Area Council Outlook Conference in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his tax-hike initiative before submitting the petitions for the initiative to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
More than a dozen boxes containing petitions with more than 1.5 million signatures for Gov. Jerry Brown's tax hike initiative are seen outside the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California Gov. Jerry Brown (left), Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar (right) and Uwe T. Schmidt of Solar Trust attend an event near Blythe, Calif., for the Blythe Solar Power Project in June. (Associated Press)
