Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Clinton ahead of California primary

California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the state’s upcoming primary, explaining she has the best chance of thwarting the “dangerous candidacy” of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Brown had previously been cagey about whether he would endorse the former secretary of state over her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, who in recent days has been campaigning around the Bay Area leading up to the state’s June 7 primary.

“I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump,” Brown wrote in an open letter to Democratic and independent voters posted on his website.

“The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, has called climate change a ‘hoax’ and said he will tear up the Paris Climate Agreement,” Brown said.

Brown had previously dodged questions about who he would support in the primary, while saying he planned to used his power as a superdelegate to vote for whomever he favored, regardless of the Democratic Party’s endorsement.

Sanders continues to stump around the Bay Area following a surprise visit to Oracle Arena on Monday night for Game 7 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals, in which the Warriors finished off the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sanders, who will hold a rally Wednesday in Davis, not too far from Brown’s office in the state Capitol, has pledged to stay in the race despite his improbable path to the nomination.