sacramento calif. california governor jerry brown urge continue fiscal restraint amid state economic expansion hint broadly new fee would need pay repair deteriorate roads bridge infrastructure improvements state financial health weather pattern help ease four years catastrophic drought put california strong foot brown address legislature 14th state state address thursday bite bullet say brown last summer push unsuccessfully new fee help pay long-neglected repair state transportation infrastructure roads bridge make bulk estimate 77 billion delay repair public property say one way another roads must fix brown serve two term governor 1975 1983 return california top job 2011 also call republicans agree propose change tax health insurers proceed help pay healthcare poor californians brown cite administration support california new 10 minimum wage say january hike combine tax credit work poor ease income inequality brown tight-fisted since return office 2011 rein state liberal democratic majority lawmakers build rainy day fund hold expense face 27 billion budget deficit widely credit stabilize state finance large part urge voters 2012 approve temporary tax increase allow state cover budget gap restore social service early month brown propose budget plan fiscal year 2016-2017 include billion payment state rainy day fund call increase spend education transportation infrastructure well modest increase aid disable fiscal moderate hold line commit fund program absence new revenue stream state hesitant call new tax income sales support temporary tax three years ago support fee road usage tax increase tax gasoline senate republican leader jean full bakersfield say caucus would work brown infrastructure repair oppose enact new fee fix roads california governor brown tell lawmakers