Governor of California

began with Spanish colonial Governor, Felipe de Neve. Felipe, along with 44 other settlers from Mexico, created a Pueblo nearby river Porcuncula. They called the Pueblo, El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porcuncula (Our Lady the Queen of the angels of Porcincula). Furthermore, the motive for establishing the Pueblo was to stress the Spanish’s declaration over the territory. As a matter of fact, the Pueblo assisted with keeping Spain’s California military supplied as well

Against: California Church IMPACT As I am sure you are aware, the 2014 General Elections are quickly approaching. While there are many interesting initiatives on the ballot, there is one initiative in particular that could benefit from your support, as you can from it. Proposition 2 is a bill supported by not only the Democratic and Republican caucuses, but also by countless organizations and newspapers, including the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, California Chamber of Commerce, La Opinion

deadline for Governor Jerry Brown to sign or veto any bills sent to his desk. A handful of those bills came from the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), which represents employees in a wide range of employment cases. The governor signed the majority, all but two, of CELA’s workplace bills. Some of the signed bills include: SB 1241: Forced Arbitration Outside of California Employers can no longer require employees to litigate or arbitrate employment issues outside of California, under the

After 4 years of intensive drought, California declared a state of emergency in January 2015 and California water crisis has been one of the biggest environmental issues in America (US. Geological Survey, 2015). On April 1, 2015, the governor of California, Jerry Brown, visited Sierra Nevada to measure the amount of snowpack, which has been done annually, and a formidable result came out. The measurement of snowpack of Sierra Nevada of this year met only 5 percent of the April 1 average. According

Being the third largest state, California contains many cities within its borders. Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, and many more are just a few of the most famous cities in the entire world. However, most cities in California “incorporate” when residents of the city want their own local government (Field 2013,115). Most of the time, this occurs when the county government is too far area or unresponsive. In addition, California has special districts throughout the state. Examples include water

An Issue for California’s Water Supply Now and in the Future: Educating Urban Consumer’s to Reduce Consumptive Usage Michael McCullough California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Introduction Water is essential to sustain life. It is becoming an ever more valuable resource every year as it becomes scarcer. The general problem is that California is in the midst of a severe drought. The specific problem is that the typical urban consumer has little knowledge of how to reduce their

Under new legislations, both New York and California are willing to increase the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour. Although this will be a slow process, as an increase immediately will put an economic risk on business, especially for small business, this increase in minimum wage will be beneficiary and advantageous for individuals with low pay and with those who have families. In fact, in the article “$15 minimum wage coming to New York, Calif.”, by John Bacon, it states “The increase will

My Book Report on California Government and Politics Find out more about California Government and Politics by Larry N Gerston, Terry Christensen. Originally published: 1991 The main purpose of this book report to is to identify the objective of California's government, people, economy, and politics. Some of the learning objectives are to describe changes in California population 18th and 19th centuries. But let first look into California's Economy and the agriculture elements. We have a

Governor Jerry Brown was on the Sierra Nevada Mountains and noticed that there was not snow on the mountains. And after seeing that is when he knew we had to start water restrictions in the state of California. The State Water Resources Control Board said that as California residents we must consume or limit water use by 25%. And Governor's plan of saving water would also include golf courses, replacing about 50 million square feet of lawn with drought-tolerant landscaping which would help everyone

California suffered the driest year in its recorded history in 2013 (Erdman, 2014). In January of 2014 Governor Jerry Brown identified the drought as a State of Emergency for California and asked that all state officials take actions to help the communities hit the hardest and asked all Californians to cut their water usage by at least 20 percent (Governor Brown Signs Drought Legislation, 2014). The governor and lawmakers in California put together a relief program that gives 687 million in relief