Jerry Brown, editorial board visit, "on the issues": Brown says "he'd be a frugal governor"

* San Francisco Chronicle editorial board visit with Jerry Brown: "Jerry Brown says he'd be a frugal governor" - Interesting report on what Brown had to say on a number of key issue. From the Chronicle:
On pension reform: "You need a two-tier (pension system). The contributions are going to have to be increased and we have to put everything on the table. Because ... the defined benefits only work if it's actuarially sound. If the employees don't contribute, then you have to either reduce salaries or lay people off to pay for it."
On how he'll get a budget: "The path forward is an honest, time-on task which has never been done in the history of California. ... No governor has ever opened his budget in November. They keep it secret. ... And they release it in January. ... I'm saying (starting in November), intensity and nothing else. ... I'll have those people locked up in my own chamber and put my own cot out there if I have to."
On how he'll get beyond partisanship: "Every one of those people, whether they're Democrats or Republicans or business, will have to get out of their comfort zone. ... There is no way forward except leadership and building consensus. ... I don't go there as an apprentice governor. This is something I understand."
On new taxes: "I stand on no new taxes unless the people vote for them."
On his record as Oakland mayor: "I'm the guy who went to the state Legislature and said, 'Can we exempt 30 blocks in downtown Oakland from (the California Environmental Quality Act) for three years?' I saw, as mayor of Oakland, that you have to make changes. I said, 'Inclusionary zoning (which requires some housing for low-income people) is a tax on builders. ... We need money and we don't need criminals.' You may think that's obvious. But it was not obvious to the mayor before or the mayor afterward."
On whether he would stand up to labor unions: "To get a consensus ... a two-thirds vote, you're going to have to get some Republicans. To get some Republicans, you're going to have to get some business people. Business people have their agenda. ... At some point, everybody's going to be in a big room and we're going to have to be making some compromises. You're going to have to do some things that organized labor doesn't like."