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Senate and Gov. Brown spar over education funding plan
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Apr 26, 2013
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Senate and Gov. Brown spar over education funding plan
In Sacramento this week Democratic leaders went toe to toe with Governor Jerry Brown over his plan to change how California funds public schools. The rhetoric got pretty heated-with the governor vowing to give his own party, "the fight of their lives."
California Gov. Jerry Brown kept crusading Thursday for climate change, joining scientists who released a 20-page call to action on environmental problems such as pollution, extinctions and population growth. (Photo: Gov. Brown at a news conference at Google headquarters on September 25, 2012 in Mountain View).
California Gov. Jerry Brown looks on during a news conference at Google headquarters on September 25, 2012 in Mountain View, California.
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In Sacramento this week Democratic leaders went toe to toe with Governor Jerry Brown over his plan to change how California funds public schools. The rhetoric got pretty heated-with the governor vowing to give his own party, "the fight of their lives."

In Sacramento this week Democratic leaders went toe to toe with Governor Jerry Brown over his plan to change how California funds public schools.  The rhetoric got pretty heated-with the governor vowing to give his own party, "the fight of their lives."   

KPCC's state capital reporter Julie Small has been following the theatrics and joins us now to talk about it.