Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law allowing the state to keep $ 331 million that a court had designated for programs to help California homeowners who had been hit with foreclosures by banks accused of abusive practices. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law allowing the state to keep $ 331 million that a court had designated for programs to help California homeowners who had been hit with foreclosures by banks accused of Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new law allowing the state to keep $ 331 million that a court had designated for programs to help California homeowners who had been hit with foreclosures by banks accused of abusive practices.