Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, the former California governor who once dated singer Linda Ronstadt, has announced plans to marry his longtime live-in girlfriend.
Brown, a lifelong bachelor, will wed Anne Gust, an executive with Gap Inc., in a ceremony at which Sen. Dianne Feinstein will officiate.
The wedding date has not been set.
"It was about time," Brown said. "We're very excited."
Brown, 67, served as California governor from 1975 to 1983, where his quirky politics earned him the moniker "Gov. Moonbeam."
Brown, 67, and Gust, who is 20 years his junior, have been together nearly 15 years.
According to Gust, the mayor popped the question on her birthday, March 15 — without a ring — after cooking her a dinner of barbecued chicken and peas.
"Things seem to be moving very swiftly at this point," said Gust, who has never been married. "Neither of us is skilled in this marriage thing."
Brown is nearing the end of his second term and plans to run for California attorney general in 2006.