California
- Moniker: The Golden State
- Vicinity: West coast of United States
| Y/M/D | Description | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/09/26 | Governor Jerry Brown signs Assembly Bill No 1678 a law directing the PUC to require Public Utilities and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to implement a program to encourage, recruit and utilize LGBT business. | California State Capitol | Sacramento | |||
| 2022/04/27 | "UC to pay full tuition for Native American students from federally recognized tribes" - La Times. "The University of California is committed to recognizing and acknowledging historical wrongs endured by Native Americans." - UC President Michael V Drake | California State Capitol | Sacramento | |||
| 2022/07/01 | Gov Gavin Newsom signs a $307.9 billion budget that includes extending its Medicaid program to illegal immigrates, making California the first state in the nation to do so. | California State Capitol | Sacramento | |||
| 2024/07/00 | California Democrat governor Gavin Newsom hires, at California taxpayers' expense, celebrity photographer Charles Ommanney at a salary of $200,000 to take pictures of him. The current state deficit is about $37.9 billion. | California State Capitol | Sacramento | |||
| 2025/12/03 | California's bloated state bureaucracy continues to expand with each passing year. From January 2022 to June 2024, 96.5 percent of the state's employment growth resulted from the hiring of new state government employees. - Washington Examiner | California State Capitol | Sacramento | |||
| 2026/02/11 | Governor Newsom signs SB 106 giving $90 million in funding for Planned Parenthood after Trump defunds group. The funding is an increase from the $60 million Newsom has asked for in January and supplements the $140 million passed by lawmakers in October. | California State Capitol | Sacramento |
| Physiographic Data | |
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| Highest Point: | Mount Whitney: 4,421 m |
| Lowest Point: | Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park: -86 m |
| Area: | 424,000 sq km |
| Physiographic Features | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Channel Islands of California | Archipelago | |
| Lake Tahoe | Lake | |
| Mount Lassen | Volcano | |
| Mount Shasta | Mountain | |
| Mount Whitney | Mountain |
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| Particulars for California: | |
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| Locale Type | US State |
| Data | |
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| Demonym: | Californian |
| Motto: | Eureka (I have found it) |
| Population: | 37253956 |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Gothic (album) | Album | David Ackles | "Oh, California!" is on "American Gothic" | |
| Assembling California (book) | Science Book | John McPhee | ||
| California Dreamin' | Song | The Mamas and The Papas | ||
| Detour | Film | Edgar G Ulmer | ||
| Hotel California (album) | Album | The Eagles | Welcome to the "Hotel California" | |
| Hotel California (song) | Song | Don Henley The Eagles | Welcome to the "Hotel California" | |
| Moran of the "Lady Letty": A Story of Adventure Off the California Coast | Book |
|
Frank Norris | |
| The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches | Short Story Collection |
|
Bret Harte | |
| The Mark of Zorro (1920) | Film | Fred Niblo Douglas Fairbanks Sr | "The Mark of Zorro" is set in old California, early 19th century | |
| The Mark of Zorro (1940) | Film | Rouben Mamoulian | "The Mark of Zorro" is set in old California, early 19th century |
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