Brown taking over a different California

SACRAMENTO - Jerry Brown, the enigmatic former governor who always seemed to be eyeing his next political post, returns to the state capital today to lead a much different California than the one he oversaw 28 years ago.AP In the Daily News,

The state's finances are in a deep hole, term limits mean he will be dealing with a revolving door of lawmakers eyeing their next election, political polarization has all but paralyzed the Capitol, and the state's population is larger and far more diverse than when he left the Governor's Office in 1983.

After convincing Californians last November that they need an elder statesman to guide them through the state's fiscal abyss, the 72-year-old veteran politician will have to overcome the hyper-partisanship that has overtaken political discourse in Sacramento.