Surfing with the Governor
I don’t know if Governor Jerry Brown, a life-long Californian, has ever actually been surfing, but he is currently riding a wave of political acumen, popularity and good fortune that could qualify him to compete in the elected official’s equivalent of the “Mavericks” big surf contest.
Some of his earlier public policy wins are well documented; 2011 realignment, pension reform, and passage of Proposition 30 come to mind.