'While we now face different challenges, make no mistake: the future is uncertain and dangers abound. Whether it's the threat to our budget... or to our efforts to combat climate change - this is a time which calls out for courage and for perseverance. I promise you both.
But let's remember as well that after the perilous voyage, those who made it to America found boundless opportunity. And so will we.
Let me end in the immortal words of Woody Guthrie:
"This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me...
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me."
California is not turning back. Not now, not ever."
--Governor Jerry Brown
January 24, 2017
CLICK HERE to read his complete address.