Complex sentence: There were no concerns expressed at the public hearing on November 17,1970; however, construction did not begin for more than ten years, as California governor Jerry Brown stalled the construction of SR 52 from Santo Road to SR 67.
Split into simpler sentences: There were no concerns expressed at the public hearing on November 17,1970; however, construction did not begin for more than ten years. The previous governor, Jerry Brown, had stalled the construction of SR 52 from Santo Road to SR 67.