claim: "two years ago, the longest serving leader of the california republic, jerry brown, boldly declared in china that california is a separate nation."
author: louis marinelli
evidence_1: nov 7, 2018 ... california picks democrat gavin newsom as gov. jerry brown's successor,  rejecting republican john cox, who was endorsed by president trump. ... as  well as someone with a record of taking bold risks, or trying new approaches  when he ... on gun control, he led the fight two years ago for proposition 63, ...
evidence_2: louis marinelli · "two years ago, the longest serving leader of the california  republic, jerry brown, boldly declared in china that california is a separate  nation.".
evidence_3: sacramento – governor edmund g. brown jr. today announced that he has ...  governor brown selects joshua groban for california supreme court ...... one  requested by the office of the governor more than two years ago – led to the ......  3: governor brown meets with president xi of the people's republic of china, ...
evidence_4: louis marinelli · "two years ago, the longest serving leader of the california  republic, jerry brown, boldly declared in china that california is a separate  nation.".
evidence_5: aug 29, 2013 ... jerry brown's tough-love miracle: how he turned around california ... from  financial ruin – and is reshaping a national progressive agenda ... just two years  ago, the idea that california could be a global model for .... his state's top mayors  – even the president of china, where brown traveled last spring.