PolitiCal Roundup: Jerry Brown’s grades, guns; redevelopment trouble in San Jose

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The Los Angeles Times’ George Skelton rates Jerry Brown’s first 100 days a B and finds much to praise -- but takes on the governor over golf. Brown says playing politics takes more skill and patience; Skelton demurs.

Jerry Brown owns guns. Reporters press for more information. They are deflected. Once again, the corgi steps into the breach.

San Jose’s redevelopment agency is on the brink of collapse, and Jerry Brown is not to blame.

Long before Brown’s plan to scrap such agencies, it seems San Jose was already in trouble. Plummeting property-tax revenues, debts and a legal quarrel previously covered in this column now threaten to end half a century of redevelopment in the state’s third-largest city. A billion dollars have been spent.