Updated 10:39 pm, Saturday, January 26, 2013 1 of 2 View: Larger | Hide Darrell Steinberg, Cal

California's Diminished Expectations

Beneath Jerry Brown's flowery evocations of "bold pioneers" who followed "every failure with an even greater success," Brown tacitly acknowledged during his State of the State speech last week that California's present isn't what it once was. Before they rendezvous with destiny, Californians must confront their stark new reality.

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