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California State Assembly
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The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. It consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000 people, members of the assembly are generally referred to using the titles assemblyman, assemblywoman, or assemblymember. The State Assembly convenes at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, in the current session, the Democrats control 55 seats, forming a supermajority of the chamber. The Speaker presides over the State Assembly in the leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full assembly, other leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each partys strength in the chamber. The current Speaker is Democrat Anthony Rendon, the majority leader is Democrat Ian Calderon, while the minority leader is Republican Chad Mayes. The chambers green tones are based on the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, the dais rests along a wall shaped like an E, with its central projection housing the rostrum. Along the cornice appears a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a Latin quotation, almost every decorating element is identical to the Senate Chamber. According to Article 4, Section 2 of the California Constitution, the Chief Clerk, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplain are not members of the Legislature. The Sergeant-at-Arms protects the members of the California State Assembly and this position has existed since December 15,1849, when Samuel N. Houston became the Assemblys first Sergeant-at-Arms. The Chief Clerk, the acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplains are not members of the Legislature
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California's 73rd State Assembly district
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Californias 73rd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Bill Brough of Dana Point, the district encompasses much of southern Orange County, stretching from the coast to the Santa Ana Mountains. The affluent district consists of a mix of longstanding towns on the shore, California State Assembly California State Assembly districts Districts in California District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Diane Harkey
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Diane Lynn Harkey is Southern Californias elected taxpayer Republican representative of the 4th District on the California State Board of Equalization. She previously served as a member of the California State Assembly and as a Mayor and Council Member of Dana Point, Harkey resided in Coastal Orange County for more than thirty-five years. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Harkey earned a degree in Economics from the University of California-Irvine, graduating cum laude, and has had a 30-year career in corporate banking and finance. Harkeys involvement in public began in 1989, when she actively campaigned for the incorporation of the City of Dana Point. Harkey has served as a member of the Ocean Institute and Dana Point Fifth Marine Regiment Support Group, a trustee for the Capistrano Valley Symphony. She was elected to the Dana Point City Council in 2004, in 2006, Harkey ran against then-Assemblyman Tom Harman for the 35th State Senate District in one of the closest California State Senate races in the states history. Harman defeated Harkey for the Republican nomination by 236 votes or roughly 0. 2% of the vote, in 2008, she ran as the Republican nominee for the 73rd State Assembly district against Democratic nominee Judy Jones. Harkey won the election with 53. 4% of the vote compared to Jones, who received 40. 6% of the vote. She came in place in the June 3 nonpartisan blanket primary with 34. 0% of the vote. Harkey is politically a conservative Republican, she supports Proposition 13, is in favor of controlling illegal immigration to the United States and opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. Harkey believes in returning gold to California, increasing private sector jobs, reigning in spending, reducing the debt. She has been an opponent of California High Speed Rail. Harkey has earned an “A” rating from the NRA and a 100% rating from the California Chamber of Commerce, expediting Taxpayer Refunds, On April 29,2015, Board of Equalization Member Diane Harkey voted with a unanimous Board to make the taxpayer refund process more business friendly. This vote eliminated the lengthy Board approval process for refunds in excess of $100,000 by giving staff the authority to approve refunds of any amount. Going forward, staff approval of refunds will reduce costs, caseloads. Diane Harkey was dismissed entirely by all plaintiffs as well as the court, further, Harkey was awarded attorneys’ fees to be paid by the plaintiffs. Official government web site Official campaign website
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Middletown, Connecticut
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Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state,16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name and it received its present name in 1653. Middletown was included within Hartford County upon its creation on May 10,1666, in 1784, the central settlement was incorporated as a city distinct from the town. Both were included within newly formed Middlesex County in May 1785, in 1923, the City of Middletown was consolidated with the Town, making the city limits of the city quite extensive. Middletown was the county seat of Middlesex County from its creation in 1785 until the elimination of county government in 1960, as of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 47,648. Middletown, Connecticut is considered the southernmost city in the Hartford-Springfield Knowledge Corridor Metropolitan Region, at the time the first European settlers arrtived in the region, the Mattabesetts were a part of the group of tribes in the Connecticut Valley, under a single chief named Sowheag. Plans for the settlement of Mattabesett were drawn up by the General Court in 1646. The Name Middletown was chosen because the site was approximate halfway between Windsor and Saybrook on the Great River, life was not easy among these early colonial Puritans, clearing the land and building homes, and tending farms in the rocky soil of New England was a labor-intensive ordeal. The Mattabesett and other referred to the Mohegan as destroyers of men. Sowheag hoped that the colonists would intervene, smallpox, too, afflicted the Mattabesett, significantly lessening their ability to resist and their cohesion as a tribe. Records show that, over time, Sowheag was forced to sell off most of the Mattabesett property to the local colonists, similar milieus of tragic interaction between Native Americans and colonists were common in 17th century New England. During the 18th century, Middletown became the largest and most prosperous settlement in Connecticut, by the time of the American Revolution, Middletown was a thriving port with one-third of its citizens involved in merchant and maritime activities. Middletown merchant traders pushed for the clearance of the Saybrook Bar at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and later sought the creation of Middlesex County in 1785. The name Middlesex was chosen because the intention was to make Middletown the head of a river port, much as London was at the head of its long river port in Middlesex County. The same persons also established the Middlesex Turnpike to link all the settlements on the side of the Connecticut. The ports decline began in the early 19th century with strained American-British relations and resulting trade restrictions, during this period, Middletown became a major center for firearms manufacturing. Numerous gun manufacturers in the area supplied the majority of pistols to the United States government during the War of 1812, after that war, however, the center of this business passed to Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and New Haven, Connecticut. 1831 saw the establishment of Wesleyan University which was to one of the United States leading liberal arts institutions
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Connecticut
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Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Connecticut is also often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri-State Area and it is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital city is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport, the state is named for the Connecticut River, a major U. S. river that approximately bisects the state. The word Connecticut is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for long tidal river, Connecticut is the third smallest state by area, the 29th most populous, and the fourth most densely populated of the 50 United States. It is known as the Constitution State, the Nutmeg State, the Provisions State, and it was influential in the development of the federal government of the United States. Connecticuts center of population is in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticuts first European settlers were Dutch. They established a small, short-lived settlement in present-day Hartford at the confluence of the Park, initially, half of Connecticut was a part of the Dutch colony New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers. The first major settlements were established in the 1630s by England, the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies established documents of Fundamental Orders, considered the first constitutions in North America. In 1662, the three colonies were merged under a charter, making Connecticut a crown colony. This colony was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, the Connecticut River, Thames River, and ports along the Long Island Sound have given Connecticut a strong maritime tradition which continues today. The state also has a history of hosting the financial services industry, including insurance companies in Hartford. As of the 2010 Census, Connecticut features the highest per-capita income, Human Development Index, and median household income in the United States. Landmarks and Cities of Connecticut Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state capital and third largest city is Hartford, and other cities and towns include Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury, New Britain, Greenwich. Connecticut is slightly larger than the country of Montenegro, there are 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut. The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the state, the highest point is just east of where Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York meet, on the southern slope of Mount Frissell, whose peak lies nearby in Massachusetts. At the opposite extreme, many of the towns have areas that are less than 20 feet above sea level. Connecticut has a maritime history and a reputation based on that history—yet the state has no direct oceanfront
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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California Republican Party
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The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Jim Brulte, and is based in Burbank, California, the CRP also has a headquarters in Sacramento. The partys stated goals are to enhance economic prosperity within the state, cut taxes, the CRP is active throughout the entire state of California, and the party prides itself on providing common sense solutions to the most troubling issues. As of 2016 Republicans represent approximately 28% of the registered voters. Crime and justice—The California Republican Party supports the governments protecting the welfare of the people and creating fair, the party advocates victims rights under the position that the victim is just as important as the offender in a crime. They believe overcrowding is an issue that should be solved by the creation of both private and public prisons. The party also supports the use of punishment for heinous crimes. The party call for a cut on unnecessary spending in order to create government infrastructure that will boost the economy, the party also supports Right-to-work laws and opposes closed shop establishments. Education— The California Republican Party believes that all children have the right to a first-class education, the party supports parents and local school boards being the primary regulators of the education system. The party also supports incentives for quality educators and that school admission, the party also believes that unions have too much influence in Californias schools and that has caused the degradation of the curriculum and the marginalization of involvement by parents. Environment—The California Republican Party believes in long-term responsible stewardship of Californias natural resources, the party supports California industry being a world leader in developing and manufacturing safe, renewable and sustainable energy. The party also believes that city governments should be held to the standards of cleaning waste water as are applied to private industry. Equal Opportunity—We oppose quotas, special rights, set asides, or guaranteed equality of results and we support laws prohibiting discrimination in employment and housing based on race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. Family values—We support the two-parent family as the best environment for raising children, the Supreme Courts ruling cannot and must not be used to coerce a church or religious institution into performing marriages that their faith does not recognize. We believe public policy and education should not be exploited to advocate or teach any social or political agenda, healthcare—The California Republican Party opposes government mandated health care plans and single payer plans. The party also opposes any government healthcare plan for California that would involve taxes on doctors or hospitals, coverage for illegal aliens, the party also supports private sector solutions such as small business insurance pools, employment pricing reductions, guaranteed insurability and medical savings accounts. Immigration—The California Republican Party contends that the state of California is rich in the history of immigration, English should be mandatory in the workplace and businesses should be able to require employees to speak the English and all immigrants should be required to learn the language. Illegal aliens should be deported if they engage in criminal activity, the party supports the government offering intensive English language instruction to all who need it, including stipends to help immigrants attend the programs
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Dana Point, California
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Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County, California. The population was 33,351 at the 2010 census and it has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast, and with ready access via State Route 1, it is a popular local destination for surfing. The city was named after the headland of Dana Point, which was in turn named after Richard Henry Dana, Jr. author of Two Years Before the Mast, Dana described the locale, including neighboring San Juan Capistrano, as the only romantic spot on the coast. Although Dana described the anchorage as poor, it is now a developed harbor and contains a replica of his ship, the Pilgrim is used as a classroom by the Ocean Institute, which is located at the harbor. This area is designated California Historical Landmark #189, Dana Point was a popular port for ships involved with the hide trade with nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano. Trading reached its peak in the 1830s and 1840s, in 1818, Argentine sailor Hippolyte de Bouchard anchored there while conducting his raid on the mission. Richard Henry Dana then visited the area in 1835 while serving aboard the sailing brig Pilgrim on her voyage along the California coastline, sidney H. Woodruff, already a prominent Los Angeles homebuilder, was hired to lead the project. In 1926, Woodruff, Chandler, and Sherman created the Dana Point Syndicate and they invited other investors, company presidents, movie producers, and real estate investors to join them in purchasing 1,388 acres of land, some of which includes the Headlands of today. Promising tree-lined and paved streets, electricity, telephones, sidewalks, water mains, storm drains, sewers, and other amenities, Woodruff built 35 homes, most of these Woodruff houses are concentrated in the Dana Point historic core, also called Lantern Village. His crowning structure was to be the Dana Point Inn, a Mediterranean-like resort hotel on the cliffs overlooking the harbor. After a celebratory groundbreaking in 1930, a foundation was poured. The economic downturn of the Great Depression caused construction to halt, although Woodruff continuously sought financial support through the years, this project was abandoned in 1939. Subsequently, he sold the holdings of the Dana Point Syndicate. Thirty-four of the original Woodruff residences are still occupied, the entire harbor of Dana Point, including the Embarcadero Marina shops and restaurants are set for complete demolition and redevelopment. The current vintage nautical style is being abandoned for a Tech Minimalist concept using metal roofs as well as Minimalist landscaping, the Strands at Headlands is a luxury housing development built on land that was originally part of the Chandler Family holdings. For decades the land facing the beach was home to the Dana Strand Beach and Tennis Club, for years, access to the Strands beach was limited to hiking down a dirt trail where the mobile homes had stood. The Strands parcel included the actual headlands and bluff of Dana Point as well and was one of the last large coast properties available for development along the Orange County Coast. The improvements include stairs, restrooms, a beach-front sidewalk and a funicular to transport visitors from the lot to the beach
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Alma mater
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Alma mater is an allegorical Latin phrase for a university or college. In modern usage, it is a school or university which an individual has attended, the phrase is variously translated as nourishing mother, nursing mother, or fostering mother, suggesting that a school provides intellectual nourishment to its students. Before its modern usage, Alma mater was a title in Latin for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele. The source of its current use is the motto, Alma Mater Studiorum, of the oldest university in continuous operation in the Western world and it is related to the term alumnus, denoting a university graduate, which literally means a nursling or one who is nourished. The phrase can also denote a song or hymn associated with a school, although alma was a common epithet for Ceres, Cybele, Venus, and other mother goddesses, it was not frequently used in conjunction with mater in classical Latin. Alma Redemptoris Mater is a well-known 11th century antiphon devoted to Mary, the earliest documented English use of the term to refer to a university is in 1600, when University of Cambridge printer John Legate began using an emblem for the universitys press. In English etymological reference works, the first university-related usage is often cited in 1710, many historic European universities have adopted Alma Mater as part of the Latin translation of their official name. The University of Bologna Latin name, Alma Mater Studiorum, refers to its status as the oldest continuously operating university in the world. At least one, the Alma Mater Europaea in Salzburg, Austria, the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been called the Alma Mater of the Nation because of its ties to the founding of the United States. At Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, the ancient Roman world had many statues of the Alma Mater, some still extant. Modern sculptures are found in prominent locations on several American university campuses, outside the United States, there is an Alma Mater sculpture on the steps of the monumental entrance to the Universidad de La Habana, in Havana, Cuba. Media related to Alma mater at Wikimedia Commons The dictionary definition of alma mater at Wiktionary Alma Mater Europaea website
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University of Connecticut
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The University of Connecticut is a land grant public research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881, and is also a sea-grant university, the university serves more than 32,000 students on its five campuses, including more than 8,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn is one of the institutions of the Hartford, Connecticut/Springfield, Massachusetts regional economic. UConn is a member of Universitas 21, a network of 24 research-intensive universities. UConn is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two brothers who donated the land for the school. In 1893, the became a land grant college. In 1939, the name was changed to the University of Connecticut, over the next decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established, and the schools of law and pharmacy were absorbed into the university. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools, John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975. Competing in the American Athletic Conference as the Huskies, UConn has been successful in their mens and womens basketball programs. The Huskies have won 21 NCAA championships, UConn was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, brothers who donated the land for the school as well as initial funding. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were admitted in 1893. In 1899, the name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College, in 1933, to Connecticut State College, in 1940, the school was first divided into individual colleges and schools, reflecting its new university status. This was also the year the School of Social Work and School of Nursing were established, the graduate program was also started at this time, and the schools of law and pharmacy were absorbed into the university. Ph. D. s have been awarded since 1949, during the 1960s, UConn Health was established in Farmington as a home for the new School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975 and has operated by UConn ever since. In 1995, a program called UConn 2000 was passed by the Connecticut General Assembly. This 10-year program set aside $1 billion to upgrade facilities, add faculty
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Orange County, California
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Orange County is a county in the U. S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,010,232 making it the third-most populous county in California, the sixth-most populous in the United States and its county seat is Santa Ana. It is the second most densely populated county in the state, the countys four largest cities, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, and Huntington Beach each have populations exceeding 200,000. Several of Orange Countys cities are on the Pacific coast, including Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Orange County is included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Thirty-four incorporated cities are located in the county, the newest is Aliso Viejo, Anaheim was the first city, incorporated in 1870, when the region was still part of neighboring Los Angeles County. Whereas most population centers in the United States tend to be identified by a major city and it is mostly suburban except for some traditionally urban areas at the centers of the older cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Santa Ana. There are several edge city-style developments such as Irvine Business Center, Newport Center, the county is famous for its tourism as the home of attractions like Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and several beaches along its more than 40 miles of coastline. It is part of the Tech Coast, members of the Tongva, Juaneño, and Luiseño Native American groups long inhabited the area. After the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portolà, a Spanish expedition led by Junipero Serra named the area Valle de Santa Ana, on November 1,1776, Mission San Juan Capistrano became the areas first permanent European settlement. Among those who came with Portolá were José Manuel Nieto and José Antonio Yorba, both these men were given land grants—Rancho Los Nietos and Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, respectively. The Nieto heirs were granted land in 1834, the Nieto ranches were known as Rancho Los Alamitos, Rancho Las Bolsas, and Rancho Los Coyotes. Yorba heirs Bernardo Yorba and Teodosio Yorba were also granted Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana and Rancho Lomas de Santiago, other ranchos in Orange County were granted by the Mexican government during the Mexican period in Alta California. A severe drought in the 1860s devastated the industry, cattle ranching. In 1887, silver was discovered in the Santa Ana Mountains, attracting settlers via the Santa Fe and this growth led the California legislature to divide Los Angeles County and create Orange County as a separate political entity on March 11,1889. The county is said to have named for the citrus fruit in an attempt to promote immigration by suggesting a semi-tropical paradise–a place where anything could grow. Other citrus crops, avocados, and oil extraction were important to the early economy. Orange County benefited from the July 4,1904 completion of the Pacific Electric Railway, the link made Orange County an accessible weekend retreat for celebrities of early Hollywood. It was deemed so significant that Pacific City changed its name to Huntington Beach in honor of Henry E. Huntington, president of the Pacific Electric, Transportation further improved with the completion of the State Route and U. S. Route 101 in the 1920s
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City council
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A city council, town council, town board, or board of aldermen is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area. Because of the differences in legislation between the states, the definition of a City Council varies. However, it is only those local government areas which have been specifically granted city status that are entitled to refer to themselves as cities. The official title is Corporation of the City of ------ or similar, some of the larger urban areas of Australia are governed mostly by a single entity, while others may be controlled by a multitude of much smaller city councils. Also some significant urban areas can be under the jurisdiction of rural local governments. Periodic re-alignments of boundaries attempt to rationalize these situations and adjust the deployment of assets, the 2001 Local Government Act restyled the five county boroughs of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford, and Limerick as city councils, with the same status in law as county councils. For many decades until the government reforms of 1989, a borough with more than 20,000 people could be proclaimed a city. The boundaries of councils tended to follow the edge of the built-up area, as a result, the term city began to take on two meanings. The word city came to be used in a formal sense to describe major urban areas independent of local body boundaries. This informal usage is jealously guarded, gisborne, for example, adamantly described itself as the first city in the world to see the new millennium. Gisborne is administered by a council, but its status as a city is not generally disputed. Under the current law the minimum population for a new city is 50,000, in the Republic of China, a city council represents a provincial city. Members of the councils are elected through local elections for provincial cities which are held every 4–5 years, Councils for the provincial cities in Taiwan are Chiayi City Council, Hsinchu City Council and Keelung City Council. In the UK, a city council is, In England, a parish council that has been granted city status. The council of a London borough that has been granted city status, in Wales, The council of a principal area that has been granted city status. A community council that has been granted city status, in Scotland, The council of one of four council areas designated a City by the Local Government etc. City councils and town boards generally consist of elected aldermen or councillors. In the United States, members of city councils are typically called council member or council man/woman, while in Canada they are typically called councillor
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Christopher Cox
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Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney, teacher, and entrepreneur. Cox was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, after graduating from Saint Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota in 1970, Cox earned his B. A. at the University of Southern California in 1973, following an accelerated three-year course. He was also a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, in 1977, he earned both an M. B. A. from Harvard Business School and a J. D. from Harvard Law School, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. From 1977–1978, he served as law clerk to Judge Herbert Choy of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In October 1978, Cox was paralyzed from the waist down following a serious off-road Jeep accident in the rainforest on the Hawaiʻian island of Molokaʻi and he eventually regained the ability to walk but wore a harness of steel bars and leather straps for six months. He still has two screws in his back, and according to a 2005 Fortune magazine profile, “has been in pain every day for the past 27 years. ”Since he cant sit for extended periods of time. As a contestant on the NBC-TV game show Password Plus, Cox won more than $5,000 over multiple appearances, according to a re-broadcast of Password Plus on the cable network GSN, Cox appeared in 1980 and won $5,400 cash. From 1977 to 1986, Cox was first an associate and then partner with the law firm of Latham & Watkins. At the time of his retirement in 1986 he was the Partner in Charge of the Corporate Department in the Orange County office, in 1982–83, Cox took a leave of absence from Latham & Watkins to teach federal income tax at Harvard Business School. In 1984, Cox co-founded Context Corporation, which produced daily English reproductions of the leading Soviet state-controlled newspaper, the publication was used chiefly by U. S. universities and U. S. government agencies, and was eventually distributed to customers in 26 countries around the world. The company had no connection to the Soviet government, during the second term of Ronald Reagan from 1986 to 1988, he served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President. Cox was elected to Congress in 1988 from what was then Californias 40th District and he was re-elected eight more times from this Orange County-based district, which was renumbered as the 47th District in 1993 and the 48th District in 2003. Cox met Árpád Göncz in 1989, and when Cox was later married, he spent part of his honeymoon in Hungary with then-President Göncz and his wife Mária Zsuzsanna Göntér. Cox met Dr. Vytautas Landsbergis, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Vilnius, in 1989, well before the successful reestablishment of Lithuanian independence. The night Landsbergis was elected President of Lithuania, he embraced Cox on the tarmac at the airport in Vilnius after the Soviet Union had held Cox in East Berlin for a prolonged period. In May 1998, Cox was presented with the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Cox has some fluency in the Russian language. With U. S. Rep. Barney Frank as his chief co-sponsor, Cox authored legislation in 1997 to privatize the National Helium Reserve, as of 2004, this was the third-largest privatization in U. S. history, surpassing the value of the 1988 Conrail privatization. When Congress established the Bipartisan Study Group on Enhancing Multilateral Export Controls through federal legislation in 1999, the group published a unanimous report in 2001 recommending wholesale modernization of U. S. export controls
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United States Army
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The United States Armed Forces are the federal armed forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, from the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of the United States. A sense of unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the First Barbary War. Even so, the Founders were suspicious of a permanent military force and it played an important role in the American Civil War, where leading generals on both sides were picked from members of the United States military. Not until the outbreak of World War II did a standing army become officially established. The National Security Act of 1947, adopted following World War II and during the Cold Wars onset, the U. S. military is one of the largest militaries in terms of number of personnel. It draws its personnel from a pool of paid volunteers. As of 2016, the United States spends about $580.3 billion annually to fund its military forces, put together, the United States constitutes roughly 40 percent of the worlds military expenditures. For the period 2010–14, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute found that the United States was the worlds largest exporter of major arms, the United States was also the worlds eighth largest importer of major weapons for the same period. The history of the U. S. military dates to 1775 and these forces demobilized in 1784 after the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence. All three services trace their origins to the founding of the Continental Army, the Continental Navy, the United States President is the U. S. militarys commander-in-chief. Rising tensions at various times with Britain and France and the ensuing Quasi-War and War of 1812 quickened the development of the U. S. Navy, the reserve branches formed a military strategic reserve during the Cold War, to be called into service in case of war. Time magazines Mark Thompson has suggested that with the War on Terror, Command over the armed forces is established in the United States Constitution. The sole power of command is vested in the President by Article II as Commander-in-Chief, the Constitution also allows for the creation of executive Departments headed principal officers whose opinion the President can require. This allowance in the Constitution formed the basis for creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 by the National Security Act, the Defense Department is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and member of the Cabinet. The Defense Secretary is second in the chain of command, just below the President. Together, the President and the Secretary of Defense comprise the National Command Authority, to coordinate military strategy with political affairs, the President has a National Security Council headed by the National Security Advisor. The collective body has only power to the President
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California Democratic Party
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The California Democratic Party is the state branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of California. Headquartered in Sacramento, it is chaired by veteran Democratic politician and former United States Representative John L. Burton and it is the majority party in both chambers of the California State Legislature, i. e. the State Assembly and the Senate. In regards to businesses and economics, the California Democratic party takes a stance that protects consumers, small businesses, unions, the platform also makes a point to champion the economic reforms of President Barack Obama. The 2012 platform addresses the issues of family in several sections, the platform promises to protect seniors, children and all types of families with fair economic and social policies. These policies range from continuing Medicare for the elderly and keeping playgrounds safe for children, the platform also highlights the right of a woman to make choices for her own body and claims that healthcare is a natural right of all people. The California democrats further promise to protect the dignity of disabled citizens, the platform is dedicated to advocating for the rights of women through equal pay and affirmative action. The party prioritizes the creation of a sustainable and earth-friendly state, focus is placed on the development of alternative forms of energy and how energy is consumed. In addition, the stresses that green jobs are a solution to economic. Finally, the platform takes stances on open internet use, immigration, the Democrats of California support the right of the people to express their thoughts and ideas through any media, and their right to assemble. The party believes that laws should be fair and that immigrants should not be discriminated against. The party wishes to bring education to the forefront, aiming to turn California into a state for academic achievement. A Detailed description of the California Democratic Partys position on all of the issues can be found in their 2012 Platform document. The California Democratic Party passes multiple resolutions every year as a way of expressing their opinion to lawmakers statewide, while the partys resolutions have no legal force themselves, they are official documents that elected representatives should take into account when making decisions. A few recent resolutions are summarised below,2012 Buy American This resolution, written 18 November 2012, encourages all arms of government to favor American suppliers of goods and services. The above are three of a long list of Resolutions passed by the California Democratic Party in 2012 and in preceding years. The history of the Democratic Party of California is complex and long, the State has traded hands every few cycles since its admission into the union in 1850. At that time, the state was firmly in the hands of the Democratic Party, until the early 1880s after the Republican Party abolished slavery, the Republicans held the state through the power and influence of railroad men. The Democratic Party responded by taking an anti-corporate, anti freedom of attainment position, in 1894, Democrat James Budd was elected to the governorship, and the Democratic Party attempted to make good on their promises to reform the booming railroad industry
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Jesse Petrilla
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Jesse Petrilla is an American businessman, politician, and activist. He started his business career in game design in 2002. He was a regular guest on TechTV’s “The Screensavers” in 2002 and 2003, in 2012 he deployed to Afghanistan as an officer with the California Army National Guard. In 2013, Petrilla founded a company manufacturing telecommunication infrastructure materials, as well as Petrilla. com, released at the end of 2001, Plunder & Pillage was Petrillas first publicly released video game. It was a pirate themed first person shooter, and was only 3 levels, the game was never completed, as Petrilla began working on Quest for Al-Qaeda. Released in early 2002, Quest for Al-Qaeda was a first person shooter, in the game, the player is tasked with destroying Osama Bin Laden and his forces. Released as a download, and due to heavy media coverage. When compared to games, Quest for Al-Qaeda received poor reviews. Due to its content, it received a rating of M for mature by the The Entertainment Software Rating Board, the game was built on the platform of the Torque video game engine. In 2006, an Al-Qaeda linked group called the Global Islamic Media Front released a modification of Quest for Saddam, calling it Quest for Bush, in commenting on the issue, Petrilla told the Washington Post, They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Petrilla served as a California delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Petrilla was elected in 2010 to the City Council of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, receiving 7,396 votes, and served from 2010-2014. He ran unsuccessfully for the California State Assembly in 2014, on March 11,2001, when Petrilla was 17 years old, he was arrested and charged with 14 Counts for his involvement in a brawl in which he fired multiple warning shots from a rifle. Petrilla plead No Contest to two of the counts and was sentenced to 240 days in jail by Judge James L. Roeder, the charges were later reduced to misdemeanors and dismissed after Petrilla petitioned the court. The event was a discussion on the root causes of ongoing riots related to the cartoons which had been published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The event attracted hundreds of Muslim protesters and was criticized by Muslim leaders who deem any depictions of their prophet to be offensive. It gained international exposure with global coverage on major news networks, jesse Petrilla - Official web site Petrilla. com - Telecommunication news site
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Anthony Rendon (politician)
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Anthony Rendon is an American politician currently serving as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 63rd Assembly District in southeastern Los Angeles County, Rendon was born on March 4,1968 in Silver Lake, a neighborhood in central Los Angeles. His grandparents immigrated from Mexico to the United States during the 1920s and he grew up in a lower-middle-class family that frequently moved around the Los Angeles area. His father, Tom Rendon, worked multiple jobs, including for a home company. Rendon attended California High School, Whittier, graduating in 1986 and he has stated that he was a terrible student who benefited from social safety net programs like affirmative action and food stamps. After receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, Rendon earned his Ph. D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside and he completed post-doctoral work at Boston University. He was also the executive director of the California League of Conservation Voters. He worked with the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation in early education efforts. From 2001 to 2008, he was a professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at California State University. In 2013, Rendon authored Assembly Bill 711, a ban on lead hunting ammunition. In 2015, Rendon was named chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities, on September 3,2015, Rendon was selected to be the next Assembly Speaker. The formal vote electing Mr. Rendon as Speaker occurred on January 11, the vote was unanimous, with the Republican leader seconding the motion. Rendon has stated his intention to bring back the tradition of past California Assembly Speakers of carrying no legislation himself, in December 2014, Rendon married Annie Lam in a ceremony officiated by former California State Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez
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Kevin Mullin
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Kevin Mullin is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 22nd Assembly District, which encompasses most of the San Francisco Peninsula region, Mullin is currently serving as the Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a Mayor, additionally, Mullin completed an executive leadership program at Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government. Prior to service as an official, Mullin was a local business owner, district director to then-Senator Jackie Speier. He previously served as director for then-State Senator Jackie Speier. As an entrepreneur, Mullin created KM2 Communications—a multimedia production business in South San Francisco and he produced public affairs programming seen on local television and hosted various programs seen on Peninsula-TV Channel 26. Mullin was elected to the South San Francisco City Council in 2007, in 2011, he served as mayor. Mullin also represented the cities of San Mateo County on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, during his first term as Assembly member, Mullin served as Assistant Speaker pro Tempore. On December 1,2014, he was sworn in as Speaker pro-Tempore, in this role, he has presided regularly over Assembly floor sessions and continued as part of Speaker Toni G. Atkins leadership team. His legislative priorities will be to focus on a budget with a healthy rainy day fund, election reform, clean energy. Mullin lives in South San Francisco with his wife, Jessica Stanfill Mullin and he is the son of former Assemblymember Gene Mullin
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Ian Calderon
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Ian Charles Calderon is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 57th Assembly District, which encompasses the Gateway Cities and he is currently serving as the Assembly Majority Leader and is the youngest Majority Leader in the history of the State of California. He was also the first millennial ever elected to the California State Legislature, Calderon is a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, the founder of the California Millennial Caucus and the co-founder of the California Technology and Innovation Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a surfing champion and he is the son of former Assemblymember and State Senator Charles Calderon Official website Campaign website
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Brian Dahle
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Brian Dahle is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 1st district, encompassing the Shasta Cascade region, prior to being elected to the state assembly, he was a Lassen County supervisor for 12 years. In the 2016 California Primary Election, Brian Dahle Won The State Assembly reelection, district 1 Assemblyman Brian Dahle is a third-generation farmer, business owner, and four term Lassen County Supervisor. Brians family history back to the original homestead farm in the 1930s in the Tule Lake area of Siskiyou County. The present Lassen County farm was purchased in the 1940s by Brians grandparents and has remained in the family since that time, when his parents retired, Brian and his wife Megan purchased the farm, which now operates over 2,000 acres. In addition, Brian and Megan Dahle operate and manage Big Valley Seed, elected to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors in 1996, Brian has helped ensure that budget is balanced and that County is completely debt free. Lassen is one of just a handful of Counties without any debt, Brian has taken a leadership role in helping strengthen rural counties. He is the past Chair and current board member for the Regional Council of Rural Counties, where he has been a leading defender of the North States private property and water rights
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Kevin McCarty
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Kevin McCarty is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 7th Assembly District, which encompasses a portion of the Sacramento metropolitan area, McCarty is a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, he was a Sacramento City Councilmember representing the 6th district, McCarty was born and raised in the Sacramento area. He graduated with a degree in science from CSU Long Beach and is working on a masters degree in public policy. He is a resident of the Elmhurst neighborhood, while on the City Council, McCarty worked as a legislative advocate for Preschool California. Representing many of Sacramentos older neighborhoods, McCarty has been a big advocate for safe housing and he is also known as a big advocate of gun control. He also works with creating after school programs for District 6 schools, Council member McCarty along with Darrell Fong voted against a $257 million subsidy to develop a downtown entertainment and sports complex for the Sacramento Kings. The 6th district includes the suburban College Greens and Glenbrook neighborhoods which are located in the edges of Sacramento. He also represents the Tahoe Park area and the neighborhoods that make up southeast Sacramento. In the 2004 election, McCarty faced John Boyd, the director of Shriners Hospital for Children, McCarty defeated him by a 62% to 38% margin. McCarty did not face any opposition in his 2008 reelection bid and he did gain notoriety as the lone city councilman who declined to take sides in the mayoral primary between Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson. However, by the election, he decided to support Fargos unsuccessful reelection bid. In 2010, Assembly Member Dave Jones was term limited, McCarty lost a close primary election to Roger Dickinson, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors member from District 1. In 2012, McCarty was challenged by information technology manager Mitch Netto and he easily won in the primary election by a 3 to 1 margin. In 2014, McCarty was elected to represent Californias 7th Assembly District, defeating fellow Sacramento City Councilmember Steve Cohn
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Ken Cooley
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Ken William Cooley is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 8th Assembly District, which encompasses most of eastern Sacramento County, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a Mayor and City Councilmember in Rancho Cordova. From 1977 to 1985, Cooley was chief of staff to Assemblymember Louis J. Papan, from 1985 to 1988, Cooley was legislative counsel at the California Land Title Association. In 1988, Cooley returned to the California State Assembly to be counsel to the Finance and Insurance Committee. Cooley was legal counsel to State Farm Insurance from 1991 to 2008
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Jim Cooper (California politician)
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James Jim Cooper is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 9th Assembly District, which portions of Sacramento. Cooper is a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus and Assistant Majority Floor Leader, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, he was an Elk Grove City Councilmember and Sacramento County sheriffs deputy. Official website Campaign website AB1681
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Marc Levine
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Marc Levine is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 10th Assembly District, which encompasses the North San Francisco Bay Area, Levine is the current Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a San Rafael City Councilmember, marc Levine served on the San Rafael City Council, and gained a reputation for innovative environmental policies and pragmatic solutions. Levines election to the Assembly in 2012 was an upset, in which he prevailed despite being outspent 5-to-1 by a fellow Democrat. Levine was reelected to the Assembly in 2014 by nearly a three-to-one margin, Levine lives in Marin County with his wife Wendy and their two children. Levine has stated, Immigrants are welcome and we will do everything we can to help them achieve legal status, in 2015, he took action by authoring two immigration bills— both of which were signed by Governor Brown. AB899 safeguards the privacy of immigrant children by requiring federal immigration officials to obtain an order before accessing juvenile records. AB900 helps unaccompanied minor immigrants who are escaping violence and exploitation to receive humanitarian relief through the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status visa process, Levine worked with legislative leaders and Governor Brown to pass legislation providing $3 million in legal aid for those immigrants
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Jim Frazier (politician)
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James L. Frazier, Jr. is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 11th Assembly District, which encompasses the western Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was an Oakley City Councilmember and Mayor. During his first term, Fraziers legislation focused on roadway safety and he authored Assembly Bill 1113, concerning provisional drivers licenses, which sought to strengthen teen driver-licensing programs and improve the safety of the roadways. He also authored Assembly Bill 417, which lessened the processes needed to authorize bike lanes in urbanized areas and he authored Assembly Bill 513, which expands the use of rubberized asphalt in roads and other transportation projects. And he authored Assembly Bill 1336, which provides the state with added enforcement powers necessary to ensure that workers are paid mandated wages, during the 2014-15 legislative session, Frazier served as Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee
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Susan Eggman
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Susan Talamantes Eggman is an American politician who is currently serving in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, she represents the 13th Assembly District, which encompasses western San Joaquin County, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, she was a Stockton City Councilmember and associate professor of social work at California State University, Sacramento. Eggman is openly lesbian and is a member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus and she is also a member of the California Latino Legislative Caucus. Eggman grew up in Stanislaus County, attending Turlock High School before heading to California State University, Stanislaus and she later earned a Ph. D in social work from Portland State University
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Tony Thurmond
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Tony K. Thurmond is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. A Democrat, he represents the 15th Assembly District, which encompasses the northern East Bay, Thurmond is a member of the California Legislative Latino Caucus, California Legislative Black Caucus, and California Legislative Jewish Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, he was a member of the Richmond City Council, a Board Member of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, Thurmond was born in Monterey, California. He lived in San Jose, California, where he was raised by a single mother, tonys mother lost her battle to cancer in 1974, when Tony was 6. After, he moved to Philadelphia, where he was adopted and raised by his cousin and his cousin and step-father were both campus police officers for more than two decades and very active in union life. He is a graduate of Temple University, where he was student body president and he earned dual masters degrees in Law and Social Policy and Social Work from Bryn Mawr College. Thurmond’s first experience in office was as president of the student body at Temple University. Before being elected to the California State Assembly in 2014, Thurmond was a member of the West Contra Costa School Board from 2008 to 2012, Thurmond was the council liaison to the West Contra Costa County Unified School District and the West Contra Costa County Education Fund. He also served as liaison to Richmond’s Youth Commission and Workforce Investment Board. He was a member of the Family and Childrens Trust Committee of Contra Costa County, Thurmond ran first for the District 15 Assembly seat in 2008, coming in second out of four candidates. He ran again in 2014, this time winning 54. 3% of the vote and he was re-elected in 2016 with 89. 4% of the vote. Thurmond is a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus, California Latino Legislative Caucus, and the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. Thurmond’s first bill to be signed into law was AB1375 and this credit had not been adjusted since its inception in 1976, this bill adjusts it for inflation and the minimum wage. Thurmond’s AB1496 requires the California Air Resources Board to measure, AB1343 helps ensure due process for defendants who are immigrants, it was part of a package of legislation focused on protecting undocumented immigrants. AB768 bans use or possession of tobacco products in California’s five professional baseball stadiums. AB 2X-9, the Tobacco-Free Schools Act, co-authored by Thurmond and Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and this bill also mandates that schools post signs reading “tobacco use is prohibited” at entrances. Tony Thurmond received a score of 100% on both the Equality California and California League of Conservation Voters legislative score cards for 2016, Thurmond has held leadership positions with several nonprofit social service organizations. At the Golden Gate Regional Center, he was a program manager leading service provision to individuals with developmental disabilities, in 2012 he began to serve as the Senior Director of Community and Government Relations at Lincoln Child Center
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David Chiu (politician)
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David Chiu is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 17th Assembly District, which encompasses the eastern half of San Francisco, Chiu is a member of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus. The eldest child of Hakka Taiwanese American immigrant parents, Chiu was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, where he attended Boston College High School. In the mid-1990s, Chiu served as Democratic Counsel to the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Constitution Subcommittee and he later founded Grassroots Enterprise, an online communications technology company, and served as its chief operating officer. He also served on the San Francisco Small Business Commission until he was elected supervisor in 2008, Chiu first ran for elected office in 2008, when he ran for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3. He was backed by incumbent supervisor Aaron Peskin as well as Kamala Harris, Mark Leno, Leland Yee, on his first day in office on January 8,2009, Chiu was elected to a two-year term as president of the Board of Supervisors. He was reelected president on January 8,2011, Chiu was reelected to his second and final term as supervisor in 2012, winning over 75% of the vote. He was later reelected by his supervisors to serve an unprecedented third term as president of the board on January 8,2013. In addition to serving on the Board of Supervisors, Chiu also served as a member of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, on February 28,2011, Chiu announced his mayoral candidacy at a morning rally at San Francisco City Hall. Over the course of the campaign, Chiu raised over $1.24 million from private and public sources and spent roughly the same amount. On Election Day, Chiu placed fourth behind incumbent Ed Lee with 17,921 first-place votes, despite the fourth-place finish, Chiu, Lee, and third-place candidate Dennis Herrera appeared individually on more ballots overall than John Avalos, who came in second. He ran against fellow Democrat and supervisor David Campos, on January 22,2014, the San Francisco Chronicle column City Insider reported that Chiu reported having raised $450,000 for the Assembly race. Polls showed him ahead of Campos, Chiu beat Campos in the San Francisco primary on Tuesday, June 3,2014, by approximately five percentage points. Chiu won 48% of the vote, while Campos pulled in 43%, on November 4, Chiu defeated Campos with 51. 9% of the vote, and Campos conceded on November 6. David Chiu was appointed by Speaker Toni Atkins to serve as assistant speaker pro tempore in the 2015–16 session, the assistant speaker pro tempore is the third highest ranking position in the state assembly
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Rob Bonta
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Rob Bonta is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 18th Assembly District, encompasses the central East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was an Alameda City Councilmember. He is the current Chair of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, Bonta was the first Filipino-American ever elected to the California Legislature. Bonta is an alumnus of Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, bontas mother, Cynthia Bonta, helped organize Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers for the United Farm Workers. Official website Campaign website Official Facebook page
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Phil Ting
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Ting is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District, which encompasses western San Francisco, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco. He is the current Vice-Chair of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, in 2016, he became the first API assemblymember to serve as Chair of the powerful Assembly Budget Committee. Phil Ting began his career as a real estate financial adviser at Arthur Andersen and he also previously served as the executive director of the Asian Law Caucus, as the president of the Bay Area Assessors Association, and on the board of Equality California. Phil Ting was appointed San Francisco Assessor-Recorder in 2005 by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom, as Assessor-Recorder, Ting cleared a five-year assessment backlog, which resulted in the collection of more than $200 million in unpaid property taxes. In February 2012, Ting commissioned the country’s first real study of mortgage fraud that spurred national action, specifically, Ting commissioned an audit of nearly 400 homes in the city that had been foreclosed upon in 2009-2011. Ting ran in the San Francisco Mayoral election of 2011 but was defeated by incumbent Mayor Ed Lee, the following year, in 2012, he was elected to the California State Assembly. In 2014, Ting announced his support for a million property tax-break for large corporations in San Franciscos Mid-Market District. The tax-break was killed due to Tings actions drawing the anger of veteran organizations, a Democrat, Ting represents the states 19th District, which includes the west side of San Francisco, in addition to Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City, and South San Francisco. Ting is currently Chair of the Assembly Committee on Budget and is first Asian-American to hold the position and he previously served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation and Chair of the Assembly Democratic Caucus. Ting is a graduate of UC Berkeley and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and he lives in San Franciscos Sunset District with his wife and their two daughters. His parents are immigrants from Taiwan
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Bill Quirk
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William J. Bill Quirk is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 20th Assembly District, which encompasses the southern East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012, he was a Hayward City Councilmember and nuclear physicist. Upon returning to New York City, Bill joined NASA as a research scientist and developed the Goddard Institute Climate Model, Bill left NASA to work at the management consulting firm, McKinsey and Company in New York City in their computer system practice. Bill became this country’s expert in nuclear programs in foreign countries. Bill prepared reports for the Presidential Daily Brief and played a key role in the negotiations for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, teaching physics at Columbia, Caltech and UC Davis helped Bill formulate his lifelong interest in education. Quirk was a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab for 26 years 1979-2005, in 1996, he helped break the deadlock in the negotiations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty In the early 90s, he also showed that the plutonium parts of nuclear weapons could be reused. This resulted in the closing of the Rocky Flats plutonium fabrication facility near Denver and this removed the threat of a major environment disaster in the Denver metropolitan area. There had already been a fire at the facility that had threatened to spread plutonium oxide across the metropolitan area. Bill served from 2004-12 on the Hayward City Council, while on the Council, Bill served on the Board of Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency, and the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency. While on the city council, Bill has been dedicated to revitalizing Hayward through promoting jobs and safe, Quirk is the only rocket engineer to serve in the California legislature. He has a Ph. D. in astrophysics from Columbia University, since being elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012, Bill has served on 5 committees, Rules, which determines what committees bills are sent to. Appropriations, which determines whether bills that appropriate funds can proceed to a vote of the full assembly, utilities and Commerce that deals with the state’s telecommunication, electric, gas, and water utilities. In 2014, Quirk authored a bill that made it easier to get domestic violence restraining orders in California, the bill AB2089 goes into effect January 1,2015. Bill and his wife Laurel moved to the Hayward area in 1978 and they raised two children who attended Moreau Catholic High School and the University of California. Since moving to Hayward in 1978, Bill served the community as President of Hayward Friends of the Library and Chair and he is a Member of Hayward Rotary, the Hayward Arts Council and the Hayward Area Historical Society. Official website Campaign website Scientific Papers
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Adam Gray
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Gray is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 21st Assembly District, encompassing all of Merced County, according to Grays state website, he was born and raised in Merced working at his grandfathers local business, Merced Dairy Supply. He graduated from Golden Valley High School and then attended Merced Community College before earning his bachelors in political science from University of California at Santa Barbara, according to Grays state website, he returned to Merced to work with then Assemblymember, and former Congressman, Dennis Cardoza. At the time, farmers were plagued with soaring prices, rolling blackouts, low rainfall. Gray helped exempt fuel and farm equipment from the sales tax, otherwise known as the “Tractor Tax, ” which encouraged farmers to upgrade their equipment. He also worked on legislation to tax incentives to small businesses. He also worked on legislation that provides tax credits to first-time homebuyers, in July 2013, Gray testified in the federal investigation involving the public corruption charges against state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello. In August 2014, Gray paid a $2,000 fine for failing to report a non-monetary gift made to his campaign in 2011 by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, Gray first assumed office in the California State Assembly in November 2012. He defeated his opponent by a margin of 58. 2% -41. 8%, in the 2014 primary election, Gray received 95. 3% of the vote. In October 2013, Gray was cited by multiple sources for assisting the residents of a mobile home park in Santa Nella, California. When a fire destroyed the source for more than 30 homes, Gray organized an effort with local electrical workers to have the necessary parts. Gray was honored as a special guest when the project broke ground on August 15,2014, in September 2014, Gray was named the California Rifle and Pistol Association - Outstanding Legislator of the Year. AB793 – Merced Irrigation District Electricity Rates, Gray and Cannella jointly introduced legislation to ensure Merced Irrigation District customers did not experience electricity rate increases resulting from new hydro-electric power regulations. The legislation was signed into law which prohibits new regulations from increasing the prices paid by MID energy customers from New Exchequer Dam, ACR154 – Modesto City Schools World Geography World Religions Class. Gray introduced legislation to bring recognition to the efforts of Modesto City Schools course in world geography, according to The Modesto Bee, the district is believed to be the only public school district in the nation to require a class on world religions. AB1545 – Gun Owner Protection, Gray introduced legislation to provide otherwise law-abiding gun owners with a path to register guns that were obtained or transferred without the facilitation of a licensed dealer. The bill allows gun owners to declare their firearm for late registration. AB1004 and AB2121 – Law Enforcement Efficiency, Gray lives in Merced with his wife Cadee, and is the son-in-law of former assemblymember and congressman Gary Condit
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Jim Patterson (California politician)
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James Norwood Jim Patterson is an American politician serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Republican representing the 23rd district, which encompasses eastern Fresno County, prior to being elected to the state assembly, he was a business executive, broadcaster, public speaker, and is the former mayor of Fresno, California. Patterson was mayor of Fresno between 1993 and 2001, succeeding Karen Humphrey, and being succeeded by Alan Autry, Patterson ran for the Republican nomination in Californias 21st congressional district, a district with new boundaries created through reapportionment after the 2000 United States census. His opponents were State Assemblyman Mike Briggs and Devin Nunes, the California State Director for the United States Department of Agricultures Rural Development section, Patterson came in second place to Nunes, who would eventually win the general election. Patterson ran for the Republican nomination in Californias 19th congressional district and he finished a close second in the June 8,2010 primary to California State Senator Jeff Denham, who won the general election. List of mayors of Fresno, California Official website Campaign website
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Kansen Chu
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Kansen Chu is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 25th Assembly District, which parts of the South. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2014, Chu was a San Jose City Councilmember representing District 4 and he is a member of the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus. He was the first Taiwanese-American elected to the San Jose City Council, in 2000, Chu was defeated by now Mayor Chuck Reed for the District 4 council seat. In 2002, Kansen Chu was elected to the Berryessa Union School Board, as a school board member, he championed stronger curricula, better education materials, and improved public access to school board meetings. He continues to serve on the board of Vision New America, dedicated to advancing youth involvement in civics, born in 1952 in Taiwan, Mr. Chu moved to the United States in 1976. Professionally, Kansen has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Cal State Northridge, Kansen and Daisy have been married for 30 years and they have two children, Ann and Walt
