Personal life Jerry Brown

anne gust, brown s wife

a bachelor governor , mayor, brown attracted attention dating high-profile women, notable of whom singer linda ronstadt. in march 2005, brown announced engagement girlfriend since 1990, anne gust, former chief administrative officer gap. married on june 18, 2005 in ceremony officiated senator dianne feinstein in rotunda building in downtown oakland. had second, religious ceremony later in day in roman catholic church in san francisco brown s parents had been married. brown , gust live in oakland hills in home purchased $1.8 million, reported huffington post.

beginning in 1995, brown hosted daily call-in talk show on local pacifica radio station, kpfa-fm, in berkeley broadcast major u.s. markets. both radio program , brown s political action organization, based in oakland, called people. programs, featuring invited guests, explored alternative views on wide range of social , political issues, education , health care spirituality , death penalty.

the official gubernatorial portrait of jerry brown, commemorating first period governor of california, painted don bachardy , unveiled in 1984. painting has long been controversial due departure traditional norms of portraiture.

brown has long-term friendship aide jacques barzaghi, whom met in 1970s , put on payroll. author roger rapaport wrote in 1982 brown biography california dreaming: political odyssey of pat & jerry brown, combination clerk, chauffeur, fashion consultant, decorator, , trusted friend had no discernible powers. yet, late @ night, after had gone home families , tv consoles, jacques lingered in secretary (of state s) office. barzaghi , sixth spouse aisha lived brown in warehouse in jack london square; barzaghi brought oakland city government upon brown s election mayor, barzaghi first acted mayor s armed bodyguard. barzaghi left brown s staff in july 2004, 6 days after police had responded residence on complaint of domestic violence.

in april 2011, brown had surgery remove basal-cell carcinoma right side of nose. in december 2012, media outlets reported brown being treated stage (the precise stage , grade not stated) localized prostate cancer prognosis.

in 2011, jerry , anne gust brown adopted pembroke welsh corgi, sutter brown, dubbed first dog of california. sutter seen in company of governor, accompanying him political events , softening governor s cerebral image. in 2015, couple adopted second dog, colusa lucy brown, pembroke welsh corgi/border collie mix.

sutter died in december 2016 cancer.