Brown and fellow Democrats reached agreement on a $156-billion spending compromise.
The governor — a virtual cinch to be wielding power for another four years — got pretty much what he wanted, starting with some funding for his unpopular bullet train. But he had to give a bit in order to jump-start the train and move it off the side track.
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