member_of_political_party thomas l. woolwine
Asa Keyes ( August 9 , 1877  October 18 , 1934 ) was district attorney of Los Angeles County , California from June 1923 until 1928 , when he was found guilty of accepting a bribe from the Julian Petroleum Company and was sentenced to five years ' imprisonment . He was pardoned by Governor James Rolph in August 1933 . James  Sunny Jim  Rolph , Jr . ( August 23 , 1869  June 2 , 1934 ) was an American politician and a member of the ___MASK56___ . He was elected to a single term as the 27th governor of California from January 6 , 1931 until his death on June 2 , 1934 at the height of the Great Depression . Previously , Rolph had been the 30th mayor of San Francisco from January 8 , 1912 until his resignation to become governor . Rolph remains the longest serving mayor in San Francisco history . The California State ___MASK44___ Reserve ( CSMR ) is the state defense force of California , and one of three branches of the Active Militia of the State . The ___MASK44___ reserve was formed to provide California a trained and organized ___MASK44___ force in the event of a state security emergency when the National Guard is deployed . Its current mission is articulated in CA ___MASK44___ & Veteran ' s Code § 550 : A commander - in - chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation ' s ___MASK44___ forces or significant elements of those forces . In the latter case , the force element is those forces within a particular region , or associated by function . As a practical term ; it refers to ___MASK44___ competencies that reside in a nation - state ' s executive leadership  either a head of state , a head of government , a minister of defence , a national cabinet , or some other collegial body . Often , a given country ' s commander - in - chief ( if held by an official ) need not be or have been a commissioned officer or even a veteran . This follows the principle of civilian control of the ___MASK44___ . Edmund Gerald " Jerry " Brown Jr . ( born April 7 , 1938 ) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 39th Governor of California since 2011 . A member of the ___MASK74___ , Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983 , and is the longest - serving governor in California history . Prior to and following his first governorship , Brown served in numerous state , local and party positions , including three times a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States . Thomas Lee Woolwine was a California politician . He was District Attorney of Los Angeles County 1914 - 1923 . He began his career as a deputy DA in 1908 . He ran for Governor of California under the Democratic ticket in 1922 , but lost to Friend Richardson . See also William Desmond Taylor case . When he resigned , he was succeeded by Asa Keyes . The Governor of California is the chief executive of the California state government , commander - in - chief of the California National Guard and the California State ___MASK44___ Reserve , whose responsibilities also include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature , submitting the budget , and ensuring that state laws are enforced . The position was created in 1849 , the year before California became a state . The current governor is Jerry Brown , a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3 , 2011 , and who had previously served as governor from 1975 to 1983 . In October 2013 , Jerry Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as governor . Friend William Richardson ( born William Richardson ) ( December 1 , 1865September 6 , 1943 ), was an American newspaper publisher and politician . A member of the ___MASK26___ and later the ___MASK56___ , Richardson was elected as the California State Treasurer from 1915 to 1923 , and shortly afterwards as the 25th governor of California from 1923 to 1927 . Richardson ' s governorship marked a sharp reversal in policies from previous administrations , rolling back many of the Progressive reforms and state governmental agencies put in place by previous governors Hiram Johnson and William Stephens . The California National Guard is a federally funded California ___MASK44___ force , part of the National Guard of the United States . It comprises both Army and Air National Guard components and is the largest national guard force in the United States with a total authorized strength of 22 , 900 soldiers and airmen . , California National Guardsmen have been deployed overseas 38 times since 2001 , of which twenty - nine have been killed in Iraq and two have died in Afghanistan .