Los Angeles news online: Gubernatorial candidate Brown says he can bring Californians together Gubernatorial candidate Brown says he can bring Californians together ================================================================================ politics on 03/09/2010 07:00:00 At campaign stops in Oakland and City of Commerce, the Democrat says he wants to bridge Sacramento's partisan divide, deplores rival Whitman's 'negativity' and announces he will launch ads next week. A fired-up Jerry Brown previewed his general election themes in two gubernatorial campaign stops Thursday, framing the state's present straits as a chance to bring Californians together for a common purpose.