Pat Brown was that governator.
No, no, no. Reagan defeated Pat Brown. After 2 terms Regan chose not to run again, and Jerry Brown (Gov. Moonbeam) was elected, taking over in 1974.
Ol’ Jerry did not want to live in the mansion that Reagan’s friends built for him and donated to the State, so he sold it and holed up in his sleeping bag — ostensibly on Linda Ronstadt’s floor. I never understood that, but I didn’t liver there any more by that time.