--- description: California Gov. Jerry Brown delivered his annual State of the State address on Tuesday, using it to attack Donald Trump's administration title: Read California Gov. Jerry Brown's Speech Taking on Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f42c3a41db8784c/6988b70a5f570f4be6b23d92/jerry-brown-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read California Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State Speech Taking on Donald Trump by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 24, 2017 8:02 PM CUT  California Governor Jerry Brown delivers remarks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. California Governor Jerry Brown delivers remarks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 24, 2017 8:02 PM CUT [California Gov. Jerry Brown](http://time.com/4603482/jerry-brown-donald-trump-climate-change/ "undefined") delivered [his annual State of the State address](http://time.com/4645834/jerry-brown-donald-trump-state-of-the-state-speech/ "undefined") on Tuesday, and vowed to defend immigrants, healthcare, the environment and infrastructure in the face of [President Donald Trump’s administration](http://time.com/4643398/donald-trump-evangelicals-immigration/ "undefined"). Brown in his remarks said California would fight against measures Trump has promised to repeal, like the federal health care law, and criticized the new administration for asserting [“alternative facts.” ](http://time.com/4642689/kellyanne-conway-sean-spicer-donald-trump-alternative-facts/ "undefined") “California is not turning back,” he said. “Not now, not ever.” Read Brown’s [remarks](https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19669 "undefined") in full below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4645830/california-jerry-brown-donald-trump-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4645830/california-jerry-brown-donald-trump-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read California Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State Speech Taking on Donald Trump","datePublished":"2017-01-24T20:02:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:55:19.634Z","description":"\"California is not turning back. Not now, not ever\"","url":"https://time.com/4645830/california-jerry-brown-donald-trump-speech-transcript/","keywords":["California","transcripts","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f42c3a41db8784c/6988b70a5f570f4be6b23d92/jerry-brown-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f42c3a41db8784c/6988b70a5f570f4be6b23d92/jerry-brown-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic National Convention: Day Three","caption":"Democratic National Convention: Day Three","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4645830/california-jerry-brown-donald-trump-speech-transcript/","name":"Read California Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State Speech Taking on Donald Trump"}}]}] ```