adrienne: although he is 80 years old, no one is expecting jerry brown willf into the sunset for long. announcer: abc 7 presents "eyewitness newsmakers" with adrienne alpert. adrienne: hello. i am adrienne alpert. governor, thank you for joining me. here we are in sacramento in the governor's mansion built in 1877. in this historic place, what does this mansion mean to california and you? gov. brown: it means a great deal. the famous muckraking journalist was the second owner. albert gallatin was the first, a powerful merchant. in 12 governors including myself have lived here. a lot of history, meetings, and deals have occurred here. for me personally, my father came here in january of 1959 and i visited for one day from the seminary. my grandmother was born about the same time in 1878. where she was born, i am now going in a couple of days to a home my wife and i have completed. adrienne: we hear that gavin newsom, your successor, will be moving into this mansion. gov. brown: that will make it the 13th governor. adrienne: i read you did not offer your successor any advice. you said n