Editing Jerry Brown (section)

===Fourth term===
{{Main|2014 California gubernatorial election}}
[[File:Secretary Zinke meeting with Governor Brown 2811 (33632762780).jpg|thumb|Brown meeting with U.S. secretary of the interior [[Ryan Zinke]] in April 2017]]
Brown announced his bid for another term on February 27, 2014. On June 3, he came in first place in the primary election by over 1.5 million votes. He received 54.3% of the vote and advanced to the general election with Republican [[Neel Kashkari]], who took 19.38% of the vote.

There was only one gubernatorial debate. When asked to schedule another, Brown ultimately declined.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/us/politics/in-california-governors-race-jerry-brown-risks-little.html|title=In California Governor's Race, the Risks of Running a Low-Risk Campaign |newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 September 2014 |format=web|access-date=September 27, 2014|last1=Nagourney |first1=Adam }}</ref> During the debate in Sacramento on September 4, 2014, Kashkari accused Brown of failing to improve California's business climate. His leading example was the [[Tesla Motors]] factory investment, creating 6,500 manufacturing jobs, going to Nevada rather than California. Brown responded that the cash payment upfront required by the investment would have been unfair to California taxpayers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Juliet|title=Brown, Kashkari clash over education, business climate in only California governor's debate |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/09/05/brown-slammed-over-tesla-in-california-debate|agency=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref> A range of issues were debated, including recent legislation for a [[Phase-out of lightweight plastic bags#California|ban on plastic bags]] at grocery stores that Brown promised to sign and Kashkari thought unimportant.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/us/politics/in-california-governors-race-jerry-brown-risks-little.html |title=In California Governor's Race, the Risks of Running a Low-Risk Campaign |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 6, 2014 |access-date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>

Brown said that if he were elected to a fourth and final term, he would continue transferring power to local authorities, particularly over education and criminal justice policy, and would resist fellow Democrats' "gold rush for new programs and spending".<ref name=buildon/>

In the general election, Brown was re-elected with 4,388,368 votes (60.0%) to Kashkari’s 2,929,213. He was sworn in for a final term specifically on January Monday 5, 2015. His stated goals for his unprecedented fourth term in office were to construct the [[California High-Speed Rail]], to create [[Bay Delta Conservation Plan|tunnels to shore up the state's water system]] and to curb carbon dioxide emissions. He still had $20 million in campaign funds to advance his ballot measures in case the legislature didn't support his plans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-10/jerry-brown-sets-california-on-a-course-of-public-works.html |title=Jerry Brown Sets California on a Course of Public Works |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg |date=November 10, 2014 |access-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref>

In October 2015, Brown signed off the [[California End of Life Option Act]] allowing residents of California who fulfilled strict criteria to exercise the [[right to die]] by accessing [[Euthanasia|medical aid in dying]]. During the sign off he took the unusual step of adding a personal message indicating his dilemma regarding the consideration of the ethical issues involved and stating that he felt unable to deny the right of choice to others.<ref name="nyt2017">{{cite news|last1=Lovett|first1=Ian|last2=Perez-Pena|first2=Richard|title=California Governor Signs Assisted Suicide Bill Into Law|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/us/california-governor-signs-assisted-suicide-bill-into-law.html|website=The New York Times|date=5 October 2015|access-date=6 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Edmund G.|title=Letter to the members of the California State Assembly|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/docs/ABX2_15_Signing_Message.pdf|website=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown|publisher=State of California|access-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115040913/https://www.gov.ca.gov/docs/ABX2_15_Signing_Message.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On December 18, 2015, Brown moved into the Historic Governor's Mansion, now part of [[Governor's Mansion State Historic Park]].

In 2016, Brown vetoed a bill to exempt [[feminine hygiene products]] from state sales taxes, at the same time that he vetoed other bills which would also have exempted diapers, saying that collectively, these exemptions would have reduced state revenues by $300 million annually, and stated “As I said last year, tax breaks are the same as new spending – they both cost the general fund money.”<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Sharon|date=2016-09-13|title=California governor vetoes bill to repeal tampon tax|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-tampon-idUSKCN11J2QK|access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref>

In the 2018–2019 budget plan that Brown released on January 10, 2018, the governor proposed spending $120 million to establish California's first fully online community college by fall 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Teresa|first1=Wantanabe|title=Gov. Brown proposes California's first fully online public community college|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-online-community-college-20170110-story.html|access-date=13 January 2018|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

Legislative accomplishments in Brown's final term include passing [[California Senate Bill 54 (2017)|California Sanctuary Law SB 54]], which prevents police from complying with most requests by the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) to hold illegal immigrants for deportation; [[California Senate Bill 32]], which requires the state to reduce [[greenhouse gas emissions]] to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, extending the state's cap and trade system (which had originally been outlined by the [[Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006]]) to achieve this goal; and passing the [[Road Repair and Accountability Act]]. Brown has opposed the [[California Proposition 6 (2018)|Proposition 6]] ballot measure to repeal the Road Repair and Accountability Act,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gas-tax-repeal-november-ballot-20180625-story.html|title=California ballot will include gas tax repeal in November|last=McGreevy|first=Patrick|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=26 June 2018|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref> and endorsed [[Gavin Newsom]] to eventually succeed him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-gov-jerry-brown-rallies-democrats-to-1528923917-htmlstory.html|title=Gov. Jerry Brown rallies Democrats to elect Gavin Newsom as his successor|last=McGreevy|first=Patrick|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref>

Brown has been criticized for his links to the oil and gas industry, notably for contributions from, and his family ties to, [[Sempra Energy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sd-me-sempra-report-20170801-story.html|title=Consumer report alleges conflicts of interest between Gov. Brown and Sempra|last=McDonald|first=Jeff|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=2018-09-27|language=en-US}}</ref>

By September 2018, Brown had granted more than 1,100 pardons since returning to office in 2011; more pardons than any California governor in recent history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/30/jerry-brown-has-pardoned-more-felons-than-any-governor-in-recent-state-history/|title=Jerry Brown has pardoned more felons than any governor in recent state history|date=2016-12-30|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-commuting-20-murder-convicts-sentences-california-governor-draws-praise-condemnation/2018/09/09/de31525e-b2ed-11e8-aed9-001309990777_story.html|title=In commuting 20 murder convicts' sentences, California governor draws praise, condemnation|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref> Brown commuted more than 82 sentences, the highest number since at least the 1940s.<ref name=":1" />