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    California Winter Effects

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    Studies show that in the 2011-2012 winter season, the state of California received nearly 300 inches less snowfall than it did the previous winter. While many of California’s dry winters are a direct result of ridges off of the west coast, climatologists suggest the drop in precipitation during the 2011-2012 winter was due to below average sea surface temperatures, or La Niña (Seager et al.). La Niña is the result of cooling sea surface temperatures that lead to an overall temperature of the…

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    Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California before…

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    San Francisco Earthquake

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    to protect yourself and your family. Per the U.S Geological Survey (2016) reported that earthquake preparedness helps to help reduce the number of hazards. On August 24, 2014, a large earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit the residents of Napa, California. The South Napa earthquake resulted in houses being moved from their original foundations and lead to damaged chimneys into fires. In addition to having the city’s water main broken. Having people trained in disaster preparedness will make it…

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    Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz in their journal The End of the 1824 Chumash Revolt in Alta California: Father Vicente Sarría 's Account state that Antonio Maria Osio, most likely relying on what had been told by his brother-in-law, Governor Luis Argilello, stated in 1851: They the Chumash had decided not to return to the missions and expressed the low regard in which they generally held the inhabitants of California. Yet, at the same time, they revered Reverend Father Vicente Sarria for his many…

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    Reason Foundation

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    Like California, Australia has a highly variable climate and has been plagued by droughts. Also like California, for most of its history successive Australian governments sought to address increases in demand for water through taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects and mandated diversions (for environmental…

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    River Restoration Project

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    doing different things, giving him more experience. Weintraub has worked with three different newspaper companies including the Sacramento Bee and as a political analyst. The article was published by the Sacramento Bee, located in the capital of California. Sacramento is a city where big businesses and politics are important; whereas in Fresno, they’re all for the people. Since there have already been multiple trials towards the restoration of the San Joaquin River, the money…

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    Al Young's Life And Work

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    Al Young was born on may, 15, 2005, in Ocean Spring, Mississippi, he is a American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor, he is currently 78 years old, on May, 15, 2005 he was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian-American actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder. Al Young grew up in the rural South of villages and small towns, and in urban, industrial…

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    In Rachel Symes essay “Walter White's Hometown” she Targets New Mexicans, outsiders, and also Fans of the television series Breaking Bad. Symes sheds light on the impact this show has had on New mexico and also brings awareness to the states positives and negatives. The main argument from the author is how Breaking Bad has affected the state and the money it has brought in. By filming in New mexico we have not only boosted out poverty rate, but put New Mexico on the map, Symes explains. She uses…

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    Homelessness is an issue that goes back as far as the 1640s. The County of Los Angeles has been trying to combat the issues of homelessness for decades. The total estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in “Los Angeles County” according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is “46,874, an overall increase of 2,515 people or 5.7% from 2015 (44,359)” LAHSA.ORG (2016). Although many programs have been developed over the years, the numbers continue to increase for…

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    Texas Got It Right

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    writer-businessman Sam and Andrew Wyly, the appropriate response is crystal clear in the book called “Texas Got It Right” published on October 16, 2012 by Melcher Media and foreword by Walter Isaacson. What’s more, exhausted, over-managed states like California, New York, and Illinois missed the…

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