Why California is a Trendsetter From the end of the Second World War to the present day, California strengthened its area as a political, social, and cultural trendsetter. California is also extraordinary than most other states because of its diversity in the people and climate. California’s diverse topographical features such as, the rainfall, temperature and sunlight vary throughout the state. The seasons also vary in California changing the areas climate. Since the beginning of European settlement in California, climate has become increasingly important in shaping the state’s economy (Osborne, 6). During World War II, California grew vastly in the agricultural industry. Many of the soldiers trained in California since it was the …show more content…
“Travel routes, refueling stops, supermarkets, and overnight accommodations for drivers and their passengers were all vestiges of southern California’s love affair with cars” (Osborne, 250). As well as car industry that arose in California, there was also a vital airline industry developed in and near Los Angeles and San Diego (Osborne, 250). Because of these industries taking off in California many other states wanted what that state had. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the women and minority groups of California became extremely confident in their own rights (Osborne, 313). Many white, middle class women focused on their freedom rather than their religious views. Because of this, this also started to happen in other states. They wanted people to listen so these groups made there way to Pat Brown’s office (Osborne, 313). These women would not back down and Browns journey to appreciate ethnic diversity and gender justice was a long one. Brown mocked the homosexuals in San Fransisco and he gave no “thought about women with respect to equal rights” (Osborne, 313). As times changed, so did his views on rights for minorities and women. The counterculture movement started in the 1960s causing California to start another trend. The countercultural movement rejected the “Establishment’s” business-world values, and urged a mix of non-materialism, Asian religions, “free love,” and experimentation
California’s climate emerged about a few thousand years ago. It rose from the interaction of the ocean currents and temperatures, air pressures, wind and storms patterns, and the location of mountains and valleys. The climate differs from its geographical landscapes and locations of neighboring states. This is largely because of its dominant maritime influence. Further climate diversity is found in the semiarid climates in much of the San Joaquin valley. California has four of the five major types of climate found around the world. California’s geographic diversity would begin to be matched by its human diversity. Earthquakes are another factor to why California is so diverse. People are always migrating into California from all over the world. Diversity effects many things in different kind of ways.
I.) Water and Drought in California: Facts and data show that the weather we are experiencing here in California is that there is a difference between La Niña that brings the ocean temperature down and making them cooler and El Niño brings much warmer ocean temperatures. Currently california is experiencing a weakened La Niña. With a 55% chance of this weather continuing for the next 3 months. La Niña affect patterns of rainfall, atmospheric pressure, and global atmospheric circulation. Even though California is in a severe drought, with coordination, modernization, and compromise, California should be able to provide enough water for a growing population and growing economy.
The drought is not a result of Global warming because the California drought is caused by a lack of Pacific subtropical storms and the Nina ocean current pattern. However, Global warming does make California’s drought more severe in effect due to the rise of temperature which only contributes to hotter days resulting in more inland water evaporating into the atmosphere. As global warming persist and increases California’s current or future droughts will only become more severe. The implications Globe warming causes in just one state’s drought should be a realization of what global warming can cause in areas of drought at a larger
The California Drought is one of the most catastrophic weather and climate related events in recent history. It has singlehandedly altered the geographic landscape of the state and brought down entire industries to a grinding halt. Not since global warming became a prominent fixture in the national spotlight has a climate issue so deeply challenged Californians to reconsider their lifestyles according to their climate conditions. This essay will examine the origins of climate change and the California Drought, how the two are related, the current state of California as a result of the drought, and the future outlook of California.
During the 1840’s, the United States saw a huge increase in pioneers, or people who left their homes in the east to settle in the West. Some people saw California as a place where they would be free to live in a fully
Because most greenhouse gases would remain in the atmosphere for a long period of time, the temperature of the earth will be continuously rising. If global heat-trapping emissions proceed at a medium to high rate, temperatures in California are expected to rise 4.7 to 10.5°F by the end of the century1. With the rise of temperature, the climate of California would also be changed. California has large area of forest and farmland, hundreds of miles of coastline, large amount of snowpack, and other natural wonders. And these special treasures of nature are especially at risk2. So it is very necessary to understand the strategies of California to combat climate change.
Brown’s 1954 success in highlighting the nation’s racial caste system gave encouragement to a wave of freedom rides to desegregate interstate transportation, to national support for Rosa Parks’ determination to desegregate local buses and other public facilities, to lunch counter sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and other public accommodations, to heroic efforts to register African Americans in the Deep South to vote, and to confrontations over admission of African Americans to southern universities. It also spurred civil rights legislation in 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965, and 1968 that, in combination, undid the nation’s legal support for race-based status. None of this would have taken place without Brown (2).
The Central Valley of California dominates in the field of agriculture by being the most productive in the world. The valley has also been in the news for being highly involved in crime and violence, which shows a negative side of such prosperous region. There are various factors that contribute to central valley not considered the safest place to live.
I have researched the effect of climate change on California’s natural water supply. California has a diverse climate throughout, being a large state with sixteen different climate zones recognized. These can be subdivided into four major climatic zones as follows: North Coast, South Coast, Central Valley, and Desert/Mountain.
U.S. Secretary John Kerry calls, ” climate change can now be consider another weapon of mass destruction, perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction” (Arshad Mohammed,2014). In fact, many scientists say that today in California’s drought get worse on the record, for example in 2015, more than 97 percent of California was involved in an average drought or worse. (Stephan Feller, 2016).I try to find some reaches about California’s drought because my family and I are living in California, where it is a significant state in economy and politics. In addition, California’s drought has an effect on everything our life and environment. For example, in 2015, my family felt the weather was too hot, dry and intense, so some of us were more stressed and got sick. Moreover, according to the article “Global Climate Change” heat waves cause more deaths in the USA every year than hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes combined. For example, in the summer of 1995, according to Eric, Kleinberg (1995) reported” in Chicago , over seven hundred people had perished-more than twice the number that died in the Chicago Fire of 1871, twenty times the number of those struck by Hurricane Andrew in 1992—in the great Chicago heat wave, one of the deadliest in American history.” Drought in California affects us in many ways; as a result, we should know cause, effect and what to do about California’s drought.
The history in the fight for gender equality in America is one that started long ago and is not yet finished. Individually, California has always been ahead of the rest when it comes to gender equality and rights. California has come a long way from the times where women couldn’t vote, get certain jobs and were actively discriminated against. The success and accomplishments that the state of California has seen in terms of gender equality have not been met without opposition, doubt and setbacks. Through the different waves of feminism, women and the LGBT community have gained rights that were once never extended to them and now have protections to protect them from discrimination that was once legal. The early 1900’s were a significant time
California feature is that it has almost all of climate types such as: windy, hot, cold, and etc. What’s the impact of climate variability and change? Well according to the (sciencedirect). There is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security and livings of the world's 36 million fisher folk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for more than 20% of their dietary animal protein. With mounting evidence of the impacts of climate variability and change on aquatic ecosystems, the resulting impacts on fisheries livings are likely to be significant, but remain a neglected area in climate adaptation policy. Drawing upon our research and the available literature,
The time period in which this counterculture movement occurred is very important. In the 1950's, middle-class American life was focused on consumerism. After World War II, the nation was experiencing economic prosperity. Most families were moving into homes in the suburbs.
It seems as humans evolve and advance, we also use nature to our advantage, and do not use any of our new-found technology to find ways to replenish those supplies which we so willingly take. Today, California is a test of our capability to adapt to human caused climate change. California’s first efforts to adapt started with the Assembly Bill 32 (the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act), which has goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Then the state later drafted its first climate
Despite our best attempts to be civil and mature adults, there will always be a rebellious part of us that hates being told what to do. According to the New World Encyclopedia, the term counterculture refers to any group whose beliefs, social norms, or behaviors are practiced in direct defiance of mainstream culture (“Counterculture”). The most renowned examples of counterculture took place in the 1960s and 1970s and include classic stereotypes such as hippies, feminism, opposition of the Vietnam War, and, of course, Woodstock. These events and groups evolved out of a need for change and served as an outlet for individuality, disobedience, and exploration of alternative approaches to society’s problems. As a result, counterculture movements are often a vital component of preventing stagnation in society and, quite literally, shaking things up. Many aspects of counterculture have historical value and are archived, including important communal studies such as The Farm, Padanaram, and Morning Star Ranch, paintings, and digital collections of significant past events.