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When Gov. Gavin Newsom began his first State of the State address yesterday, political observers expected him to attack the Trump administration.

So often, Mr. Newsom has described the president’s policies as standing in direct opposition to California’s values.

But instead, one of the most powerful politicians in the country quickly moved on from President Trump and took aim at the legacy of a fellow Democrat: Mr. Newsom’s predecessor, Jerry Brown.

“He dispatched Trump and Jerry Brown in very different ways,” said Raphael Sonenshein, the executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles. “In Trump’s case, he dismissed him.”