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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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Kristin Olsen
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While Supervisor-elect, she was elected Vice Chair of the California Republican Party and holds that party office together with her county office. From 2010 to 2016 she served in the California State Assembly representing the 12th district, prior to being elected to the state assembly, she was a member of the Modesto City Council. Olsen was elected to the Modesto City Council in 2005, while on the City Council, Olsen served as a member of the Safety & Communities Committee and as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee. Prior to this Olsen served as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Safety & Communities Committee, furthermore, Olsen has served on the Modesto Citizens Housing and Community Development Committee, as well as on the Modesto City Planning Commission. Olsen was elected to the California State Assembly in 2010 and she received the plurality of votes in the June Republican primary contested by six candidates. In the November 2010 General Election, Olsen received 100% of the vote for the 25th district, the move was perceived to be a retaliation by Conway in response to Olsen be touted as a potential successor for the Minority Leader position. Portantino had alleged that Speaker Perez reduced the budget for Portantinos office in retaliation for his no vote on the 2011-12 State budget. Olsen was one of the first Republican members that responded by releasing their office spending in defense of the principal of government transparency, Olsen was named a 2014 Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow. Olsen was the Vice Chair of both the Education and Agriculture Committees and she is also a member of the Insurance, Higher Education and Accountability and Administrative Review Committees. Teachers who violated the ban could face prosecution for a felony, the bill was in response to a Modesto high school teacher who left his wife and children for one of his students following her 18th birthday. While the proposed bill received an amount of media coverage. This process has been utilized to pass bills with wide ranging, Assembly Democrats defeated the bill in the Elections Committee hearing on a 2-2 vote with 2 committee members abstaining
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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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California's 42nd State Assembly district
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Californias 42nd State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Republican Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley, the district straddles the gateway between the Inland Empire and the California desert. Much of the population is concentrated on the Interstate 10 corridor between Yucaipa in the west and the Coachella Valley in the east. California State Assembly California State Assembly districts Districts in California District map from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission
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Brian Nestande
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Brian Nestande is a consultant who was a Republican California State Assemblyman representing the 42nd district. Nestande graduated from Canyon High School in Anaheim in 1982, Nestande earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Cal State Fullerton in 1991. Immediately after graduating college, Nestande obtained a job as Deputy Campaign Manager of the successful congressional campaign of Michael Huffington in Santa Barbara County. In 1994, Nestande managed the congressional campaign of then-Palm Springs Mayor Sonny Bono. Nestande went to work in Bonos office as Chief of Staff until Bonos death in early 1998, Bonos widow, Mary Bono Mack, was elected to succeed Sonny, and Nestande served as her chief of staff from 1998 until 2000. In 2000, Nestande built a government affairs consulting business named Nestande and he represented a variety of clients working on issues involving alternative energy, health care, telecommunications as well as on other projects and issues in Riverside County. 2008 In 2008, Nestande ran for the 64th State Assembly district and he defeated businesswoman Kelly McCarty in the Republican primary 68%-32%. He won the election unopposed. 2010 In 2010, he won the Republican primary, defeating Jeffrey Lemasters Tahir 76%-24% and he won re-election to a second term defeating Jose Medina 57%-43%. 2012 After redistricting, he decided to run in the newly redrawn Californias 42nd State Assembly district and he won re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Mark Orozco 55%-45%. The first bill Nestande introduced in Sacramento was to limit the number of bills a legislator could introduce, Nestande later led a bipartisan coalition that closed a loophole on out-of-state businesses. In January 2011, Nestande criticized a proposal to cut in-home supportive services and he sponsored legislation to aid the Salton Sea restoration. He proposed legislation that would create online education standards, increasing access to those unable to participate in traditional classroom instruction. In June 2014, Nestande expressed concern about the potential for money in the Governors budget to be diverted from tech education programs and he has argued that the state government should include unfunded liabilities when making spending decisions. Ruiz defeated longtime incumbent Republican Mary Bono Mack in 2012, Nestande, described by the Press Enterprise as the moderate candidate, received more votes than the conservative Ray Haynes, a former state assemblyman, in the blanket primary. Nestande won 34% of the vote to Haynes 16%, the campaign also stated that opponent Ruiz is receiving financial contributions from outside forces, while more than 90 percent of Nestandes money is from California. Nestande is the son of politician Bruce Nestande, himself a former California assemblyman, Nestande resides in Riverside County with his wife Gina and their seven children. Brian Nestande for Congress Profile at Project Vote Smart Financial information at the Federal Election Commission
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Yucca Valley, California
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Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 as of the 2010 census, Yucca Valley is governed by a town council. The communitys mayor is Merl Abel, other town council members are Robert Lombardo, Rick Denison, Jeff Drozd, and Robert Leone. Yucca Valley contracts its police and public safety services from the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department, Fire suppression and ambulance services are provided by the San Bernardino County Fire Department and Cal Fire. In the California State Legislature, Yucca Valley is in the 16th Senate District, represented by Republican Jean Fuller, in the United States House of Representatives, Yucca Valley is in Californias 8th congressional district, represented by Republican Paul Cook. Public education in Yucca Valley is under the administration of the Morongo Unified School District, Yucca Valley has three neighborhood elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools. HOPE Academy, a charter school serves children in grades K–12. Adult tutoring is available in Yucca Valley, with tutoring information available at the Yucca Valley Public Library. Yucca Valley has three major means of access, State Route 62 runs east-west and is the main thoroughfare through town, State Route 247 begins in Yucca Valley and extends north through Barstow. Interstate access is southwest 17 miles to I-10 or northwest approximately 55 miles to I-15, the Morongo Basin Transit Authority serves the area with scheduled bus service around town and to the lower desert. Yucca Valley lies in the middle of the Morongo Basin at an elevation of 3,300 feet. Joshua Tree National Park is adjacent to its southern border, according to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 40.0 square miles. 40.0 square miles of it is land and none of it is covered in water, Yucca Valley is located north of the Joshua Tree National Park, while the Little San Bernardino Mountains and many hills cover a large percentage of city area. This Hi-Desert community has an elevation at 3,224 feet above sea level, snowfall occurs almost annually whenever the snow level drops to elevations under 4,000 feet. The areas terrain is prone to wildfires, resulting from plant growth during the rainy seasons, the plants in the city and among the chaparral in the mountains outside of San Bernardino National Forest wilt and perish from the summer heat, providing ample fuel during a fire. Yucca Valley has experienced high levels of seismic activity, fault lines criss-cross the city and the Morongo basin. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Yucca Valley has a cold desert climates, norman J. Essig was a key player in the late 1950s in working toward establishing Yucca Valley as a place for entertainment celebrities to come and live in privacy. He personally acquired hundreds of acres of land during this time and owned and he helped to put in the main roads that are running throughout the town off of Hwy 62
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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Lebanon, is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,477 at the 2010 census, a 4. 2% increase from the 2000 count of 24,461, Lebanon is located in the central part of the Lebanon Valley,26 miles east of Harrisburg and 29 miles west of Reading. Lebanon was founded by George Steitz in 1740 and was originally named Steitztown, Native tribes in the area of what is now Lebanon included the Shawnee, Susquehannock, Gawanese, Lenape, and Nanticoke peoples. Lebanon was settled by European colonists in 1720, many with the names of Steitz and Light. The Light patriarchs built a fort to protect against Indians and named it Lights Fort, the town was laid out in 1753, incorporated as a borough on February 20,1821, and became a city on November 25,1885. It adopted the form of government, consisting of four councilmen. Lebanon bologna was first made here, Lebanon was formerly home to a major steel mill operated by Bethlehem Steel. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 4.2 square miles. The Quittapahilla Creek drains the city westward into the Susquehanna River via the Swatara Creek. As of the 2010 census, the city was 74. 1% White,5. 9% Black or African American,0. 5% Native American,1. 1% Asian,32. 1% of the population were of Hispanic of Latino ancestry. As of the census of 2000, there were 24,461 people,10,266 households, the population density was 5,844.8 people per square mile. There were 11,220 housing units at a density of 2,681.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 85. 50% White,3. 23% African American,0. 28% Native American,1. 02% Asian,0. 10% Pacific Islander,8. 11% from other races, and 1. 76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16. 43% of the population,35. 4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the family size was 3.00. In the city, the population was out, with 25. 0% under the age of 18,8. 4% from 18 to 24,29. 5% from 25 to 44,20. 5% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males, the median income for a household in the city was $27,259, and the median income for a family was $34,045
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania /ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle, Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest, the 5th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The states five most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, the state capital, and its ninth-largest city, is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has 140 miles of shoreline along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States, it came into being in 1681 as a result of a land grant to William Penn. Part of Pennsylvania, together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden and it was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12,1787. Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted, is located in the states largest city of Philadelphia, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, was fought in the south central region of the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia was General Washingtons headquarters during the winter of 1777–78. Pennsylvania is 170 miles north to south and 283 miles east to west, of a total 46,055 square miles,44,817 square miles are land,490 square miles are inland waters, and 749 square miles are waters in Lake Erie. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States, Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary. Cities include Philadelphia, Reading, Lebanon and Lancaster in the southeast, Pittsburgh in the southwest, the tri-cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, the northeast includes the former anthracite coal mining communities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston City, and Hazleton. Erie is located in the northwest, the state has 5 regions, namely the Allegheny Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and the Erie Plain. Straddling two major zones, the majority of the state, with the exception of the corner, has a humid continental climate. The largest city, Philadelphia, has characteristics of the humid subtropical climate that covers much of Delaware. Moving toward the interior of the state, the winter climate becomes colder, the number of cloudy days increase. Western areas of the state, particularly locations near Lake Erie, can receive over 100 inches of snowfall annually, the state may be subject to severe weather from spring through summer into fall. Tornadoes occur annually in the state, sometimes in large numbers, the Tuscarora Nation took up temporary residence in the central portion of Pennsylvania ca. Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their lands in America
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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
