these include public safety agencies like cal fire and the chp. union leader bruce blaning believes the governor's plan is workable. >> it's a good message that he wants to eliminate that, and if he wants to freeze hiring, that's fine. >> reporter: brown's move may not endear him to some groups who helped him win the election in november, but he says he's not worried about his political future. that calculus frees brown to make these kind of decisions and bring pro-labor democrats along. >> i think he wants to make it crystal clear that government is not going to grow. it can't grow. >> now it's a democrat in the governor's chair and hopefully he can convince them that this is what's needed to be done. >> reporter: brown's ordered meant to build a case that the state is scaling back, but it does give him the power to add more positions as he builds his young administration. >> again, that was kevin riggs reporting. berkeley will not be welcoming detainees from guantanamo bay. the city council narrowly rejected a measure last night to allow former prison