Governor of California

To: Governor Rick Scott From: Caroline Cooper Re: Outdoor water use controls in Florida Water availability of both surface and ground water has become a major problem due to high demand. On average, 320 gallons of water are used per day by each household in America, 30 percent of which is used outdoors (EPA, 2015). In Florida alone, total water withdrawals are expected to increase by almost 21 percent by the year 2030 (Water use trends in Florida, 2014). I believe the high volume of water being

students to be proficient in reading, writing and mathematics. Though we have a long way to go, we have seen progress: as a result of standards and testing regimes, elementary schools are focused more on bringing all students to proficiency, and California kids’ * An earlier version of this memo was prepared as an exercise for a high school reform workshop sponsored by the Aspen Institute’s Program on

anti-Chinese racism occurred in California. In 1867, members of several San Francisco trade unions formed the Anti-Coolie Association to protect whites from job competitions from Chinese immigrants. A convention was later held in San Francisco for all anti-Chinese organizations in the state. At the convention, they called for the end to all Chinese immigration and the removal of all Chinese people in the state. In his inaugural speech in 1867, incoming Governor of California, Henry H. Haight, who ran

55 will also support education and health care by giving them funds. We should always put the children's education and safety as our priority. California brought in prop 30 to help out with the funding of schools, shrink class sizes and healthcare in Smith director of communications at the California Labor Federation "Labor's Edge: Views from the California Labor Movement" article . If the proposition doesn’t pass there would be weeks cut off from schools, it would make learning difficult for the

Vanderbilt blogger Emily Hughes states that video games have been around for over 50 years, starting as coin-operated console and computer games. Video games have progressed from simple 2-dimentional videos with simple controller actions to realistic and 3-dimentional videos that involve full attention mentally and physically. The first video game launched was Spacewar in 1962 where the objective of the game was for spaceships to battle to the death in space. The theme of fighting to the death has

cover his personal life and highlights of his presidency. This book does cover a large time frame of Reagan’s life from his Hollywood days to his final days of life. This book begins at the end of Reagan’s life while he is laying in bed at his California residence. Moments before his death it

government, prison overcrowding has exposed that the U.S. government will need to take measures to combat the flaws in the prison and criminal justice system. Restructuring the government to combat the danger of prison overcrowding, specifically in California, thus requires reforms that reestablishes the penal codes, increases the state’s budget, and develops

A Spanish conquistador is that of a conqueror, and explorer, especially one of Mexico and Peru. The beginning of the 16th century was deemed the commencement of the Spanish conquistadors in which was named ‘The Age of Discovery’, where the conquistadors of places such as Spain and Portugal explored the new world and conquered various territories. Looking at military defenses, secrecy and disinformation, financing and governance, and their way of life people can begin to grasp a comprehension of the

full legalization of cannabis in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska (as well as the district of Columbia), is a recent phenomenon that started in 2012. In all cases the process was triggered by ballot system, following the path inaugurated by California in 1996 where the medical use of cannabis was approved (Anderson and Rees, 2014). However, in some states like Oregon and Alaska, the process have started earlier with two previous failed attempts, where the same proposition was defeated by ballot

Marriage is assumed by United States citizens to be a basic human right. When asked, a child will usually say that yes, they do plan to one day be happily married. As we grow older, we realize that it is not that simple; that there are many stigmas placed on “nontraditional” marriages. Throughout the history of the United States, minorities have had to battle for their right to marry whomever they choose. Interfaith, interracial, and same-sex couples have discovered the hard way that the same