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practices we have in California. Compared to most other states in America, California has much less regulation on land use and residential construction. This leaves California cities to be essentially free to set their own rules, with little oversight from regional or state authorities. John M. Quigley, a professor of economics at California Berkeley, wrote a paper analyzing the effect of regulations on land use and residential construction in regards to housing prices in California. In…

living situations or the pursuit of new opportunities, California has attracted many hopeful migrants from all across the globe. They all share one thing in common and that is to comment a new chapter in their life. California, in general, has always been publicized as the Golden State: home of the intelligent, famous and the wealthy. Many immigrants are deluded into thinking the vast population typically fall under that stereotype. The California Dream isn’t easily accessible to immigrants as…

employees to meet cutbacks, instead small businesses will maintain the same employment rates, or provide new opportunities for young adults to become employed. Again, for this to come about, the $15 minimum wage bill needs to be repealed, because the California Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) that represents small and independent businesses, since 1943, uncovered an alarming risk on SB 3, which could potentially hurt small businesses. Before I describe the…

First of all, study in American university is the one of my dream, when I were in my home country, I expected to study in American, because I like the teaching methods and teaching system. Finally, this year my dream is come true, I came to ASU this spring semester. I came to ASU have many reasons. Primarily, the school gives me offer in May. Time back to last year, I still studying in Seattle. After the English program in Seattle, I have been looking for universities for few months, I did lot…

Since 2012 the drought has infected California with the most intense dry period in the last 1,200 years. The drought is becoming a major problem in California. The current drought occurring since 2012 has shown up negative five on the Palmer Drought Index Severity. The Palmer Drought Index Severity is a scale to record droughts where, a zero represents normal conditions, a negative one is a drought, and a negative four is an extreme drought. Even though many might think the drought is only going…

Dayana Acevedo is a small town girl from Lahaina, Maui and a graduate of Lahainaluna High School. Born in the state of California, and moved to Hawaii at the age of three. Her life was not just sunshine and rainbows. She is a daughter of two immigrants from Mexico. To get to college it took hard work, determination and independence. She was extremely fierce and committed to prove people wrong. She did not self pity herself, instead she found ways to get out of tough situations. Her…

employee of California State University, Monterey Bay my objective is to engage the students in a way that stems success in their chosen fields. Today’s job market is rigorous and many graduates are often left unemployed or underemployed. My desire to pursue the Instructional Science and Technology master 's program will help me create a stronger work environment for any students who may pass through my doors. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from University of California,…

California, and for all Californians, are experiencing a major drought and it can affect the state economically, politically, and socially. With this horrid condition, many of the helpless citizens and farmers of the California state are expecting a movement and California Emergency Drought Relief Act to be signed by Governor Brown of California to approve of the change to have a progressive time consumption for agricultural scholars to propose a transformation for the drought presently because…

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…

Island has a rather distinct past. Even though Alcatraz sits in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the island seems distant, as if it were miles out of sea. The appeal to Alcatraz is uninviting, since it had played an important role in the history of California. Imagine being imprisoned in one of the world’s most disreputable prisons. However, not only is the island well known as the prison, but it was much more than a prison going back in time. Alcatraz was a prison for the worst criminals in…