The Best and the Brightest. Circa 1972. THIS was the best we had, folks...
Brown was elected governor (the first time) in November, 1974. That photo of him with Hanoi Jane and her now former hubby Tom Heyden was probably taken about 1975 - 1977.
I lived in California back in those days and it was paradise at that point in time. That’s also when it started to go downhill....when Brown was governor. The state’s population was probably about 17 million back then, compared to 37 million now (and God knows how many illegals).
I suppose the good news is that when California finally hits rock bottom, it will have no where left to go but up.