Legislative

More on Whitman support for private prisons

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has accused GOP challenger Meg Whitman of offering "snake oil" to voters, saying her promises to fully fund education, build prisons and protect law enforcement pensions - while cutting taxes - is a "gross misrepresentation" of California's fiscal crisis.

In his toughest attack yet on the former eBay CEO, the state attorney general and former two-term governor told a gathering of law enforcement officials on Wednesday that with the state confronting its most critical budget problems in decades, "this is not time for glib, scripted, consultant-driven, empty programs."

"Now more than ever, we need to collaborate," he said of the need for all parties in the state to work together on its most-pressing problems. "It's time for straight talk..."

LINK - SFGate.com