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The salary of state governors differs from state to state. The governor of California receives $250,000. The governor of New Hampshire receives $40,000.
The Government, which means tax payers in the end.
Jerry Brown is the governor of California, the most populous US State.
Jerry Brown
California
Gray Davis
The current head of the government of the state of California is Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger.
Obama is the president of the entire United States. The state of California has a governor.
California
The state where he was born and grown up - California.
Earl Warren was the Governor of California.
California became a state on September 9, 1850. The first governor was Peter Hardeman Burnett, who was elected almost a year prior and continued as the governor after statehood. The first governor to BECOME governor AFTER statehood was John McDougal who, as the then Lieutenant Governor, was elevated to Governor when Burnett resigned in 1851. The first governor ELECTED after statehood was granted was California's 3rd governor, John Bigler, who was elected in 1852. California's 2nd Governor, John McDougal was elected as Lieutenant Governor before California became a state and succeed Burnett as governor upon Burnett's resignation - never having been elected as governor.