Proposition 13 Proposition 13 was placed on the California ballot in the 1970’s in reaction to the rise in California’s property values and property taxes. The values of homes in California by the mid 1970’s rose from 50 to 100 percent within one year. This rise caused a financial strain on California. Because of the strain California was ready for a change. The change was proposed by two individuals who were antitax activists: Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann.…
Suppose that all 50 states turned against each other and broke out in war. Who would be victorious? Many would say that the winner would be Texas, considering their state motto “Don’t mess with Texas”. Others might say that the winner would be New York, because of the attitude that several of their citizens have. Despite these great candidates, the obvious winner would be California, because of its location, its size, and its giant naval base in San Diego.…
The Mayor’s Speech A mayor is in charge to help change and solve problems within their city and country. We as citizens and residences should make our voices be heard so we can also help improve our home. In Mayor Eric Garcetti’s speech, he talks about many events that has happened over the years in California.…
Introduction California’s sanctuary state status has created a stark divide between those in support of undocumented immigrants and those against them. Those against California’s sanctuary state status see this legislation as an overreach that infringes on their individual liberties and disregards federal laws. A growing number of California’s cities and counties have filed multiple lawsuits against the state. California’s sanctuary state status has become national news and provoked unnecessary attention from the Trump’s Administration. At the core of the issue is the notion of sanctuary state status.…
As the 8th of November dawned on the nation, voters across the nation lined up at the polls to cast their vote in the election. While most state ballots simply contained presidential candidates and state representatives, the California ballot was a bit more unique. There were severely options on the ballot that voters could mark either yes or no to certain choices simply called propositions. This begs the question, “What exactly are these California propositions?”. The California propositions are essentially state-wide initiatives that directly voted by the California voters rather than the state legislature.…
The United States was founded on the basis of representative democracy. We vote officials into office that we trust to make legislation for the people. They do their best as leaders to take into account the wants and needs of the constituents. Although many people feel as if the use of direct democracy can help the constituents be happy and get what they want. However, the use of ballot initiatives are not the best option due to the fact that they will result in a mess in the American political system.…
Worldwide population growth is an issue that grows more and more urgent with each passing day. Our earth is nearing its capacity, and its important that we address this issue to avoid a worldwide state of emergency. Garrett Hardin and Clark Wolf both discuss this issue in detail, and offer their own solutions on how we should solve this problem. However, while Hardin presents a valid view of our world population problems, Wolf provides a more well rounded argument, and goes further to provide reasonable, effective solutions that target the true source of the issue. Garrett Hardin, in his essay “Lifeboat Ethics,” describes the problem of current world population growth, and how we are making this already very serious issue even worse by living…
California is the privileged place of nature, there is always sunny, liberty, strong economic development and is also one of the 6 strongest economies worldwide. After President trump winner, then many movements are rising. One of them is “Calexit” which makes about 1/3 of Californian want California break away from the United States. According to the LA Times newspaper, 'Calexit' would be a disaster for progressive values by Conor Friedersdorf, the writer states, “Californians are better educated, wealthier, more liberal, and value healthcare and education more than the rest of the country.” Based on that, more Californian want to involve into the movement.…
Bell California is known as the worst corruption scandal in California history. (Mcgrath, 2013). In this community the officials manipulated the local charter and subverted the electoral process to give themselves hefty salaries and other forms of payment. These corrupt officials were using provision of their home rule charter without the knowledge of voters. By using a system of patronage, they were able to corner and manipulate member of high society and the government.…
An essential key to life is reproduction. Though out the last couple of years, the world population has expanded in great amounts. There are many factors which are allowing approximately 7.3 billion people to survive on one earth. Some believe that in the upcoming years, we are inviting trouble for ourselves. Our world population is expanding every day and the earth is unable to keep up with all our every day activities.…
California currently has a large percentage of hispanics living in the state, many of them illegally. It has been said that in time the minority will soon become the minority, in other words, the amount of hispanics living in California will become so huge it will outnumber the amount of whites living the state. However, what many forget is that largest number of immigrants living in California originate from Mexico, Philippines and China. Since the start of the 2016 U.S election the question of immigration has been such a hot topic, it has raised a lot of questions such as what will happen to those who are in the country illegally.…
These alarming numbers have caused great concern with Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (LAC-BOS), prompting them to take an aggressive approach to finding a solution. In 2015, the BOS, in collaboration with the…
Effects on our Environment Explanatory Synthesis In the articles “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem” by Erle C. Ellis, “Overpopulation Is Not the Problem? Really?” By Robert Walker, “Overpopulation Is Still the Problem” by Alon Tal and “The Overpopulation Myth” by Fred Pearce each author discusses the issue of overpopulation and how it has become a debate among many as to whether it really is as big of an issue as some may think. All four authors have strong opinions on whether or not they believe that the increase in overpopulation is a more substantial issue than consumption.…
1. Hi my name is Taylor and I chose to study the serve water crisis happening in California. This water crisis has a start date of 2012 but in reality has been going on for much longer than that.…
Space exploration is a vital part to how the world is today. People believe that it is just a waste of money, but in truth it could save the entire human race in the future. Without space exploration, we will overpopulate the earth. The earth does not have enough space for the rate of people being born. Also with overpopulation, means that we will also use up all of our natural resources.…