Jerry Brown (the candidate for gov.) going down the river in 1974

Jerry Brown preparing to go down the Stanislaus River in May of 1974, when he was running for Governor and preparing to endorse saving the Stanislaus at the end of the trip. Larry Orman coordinated the trip and Jerry surprised him and others by insisting on going in the paddle boat – it was high water and he was slated to be in an oar boat, with the press around him in other boats. Jerry Meral, Rob Caughlan and an LA Times reporter came in the paddleboat which after one close call with a hole, made the trip just fine, and Jerry announced measured support for saving the river (he later endorsed Proposition 17). His father, Pat Brown, came down a few weeks later.