If you didn’t know California is in a major drought. It isn’t like half of California it’s 100% of California. It is so bad that farmers have stopped receiving water to water their plants. Even most of the reservoirs in California are only half full. This is the third year with a California drought. A lot of the food we make like tomatoes‚ almonds‚ and broccoli are being affected too. California produces 90% of all the United states tomatoes‚ 95% of the Nation’s broccoli‚ and 99% of the Nation’s
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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threats which have existed or currently exist in Southern California and how these problems shape the way we live today and in the imminent future as well. Although Davis did not really provide us with any remedies for the problems facing Southern California‚ this book made it very clear to the readers that problems do still exist‚ although at times they may sound subtle in nature. Of the numerous problems which do exist in Southern California‚ I will discuss only a handful of the problems that Davis
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Air Pollution in California In the 1940’s California was supporting a population of seven million people and contained 2.8 million registered vehicles. Within the next twenty years the population more than doubled to reach 16 million while the number of registered vehicles all but tripled increasing to eight million. This has been a common trend in California’s documented history from the early twentieth century to today. There have been many historical and environmental factors that have assisted
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ENGL 1301 Research Paper The California Highway Patrol Post 9/11‚ I was given the opportunity to work in partnership with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) department. I always had the utmost respect for personnel in uniform and being able to work side by side with police officers has made me respect them even more. To me‚ the CHP is one of the most elite forces that existsthroughout California and our nation. Their history and ability to provide so much security and protection for the citizens
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Voters in California sent a clear and strong message to human traffickers and their victims when they elected to impose severe sentences on those convicted of the crime on the November 6‚ 2012 ballot. 81.1 percent of voters approved of Proposition 35‚ Human Trafficking. Penalties. Initiative Statute‚ which intended to bring state human trafficking laws up to par with federal laws. Under federal law‚ a convicted sex trafficker receives a sentence of 15 years to life in prison‚ whereas under California
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Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation Michael P. Wilson with Daniel A. Chia and Bryan C. Ehlers Prepared for: The California Senate Environmental Quality Committee The California Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials CALIFORNIA POLICY RESEARCH CENTER U N I V E R S IT Y O F CA L I FO R N I A Copyright© 2006 by the Regents of the University of California All rights reserved California Policy Research Center
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California Over October break in 2015 I went to California for my second time. I love going out of state. My family and I went in car‚ so it took us longer to get to California. It takes about 6‚ 7‚ or 8 hours in car depending on how many stops you take along the way. Now the first time I went to California was in car as well‚ but that time my older sister came with her husband and my newborn niece at the time. That time seemed like it took forever. During October break‚ my dad decided to take my
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The California Court System California is home to one of the largest court systems in the United States. Filing nearly nine million cases in its lifetime‚ the system has served over 37 million people (Darling). The California system can be separated into three branches. The first branch is known as the Supreme Court of California‚ and they are the state’s highest court. They review cases involving judgments of death and misconduct among attorneys. They also have the power to review cases
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The Death Penalty in California Since 1872‚ California used the death penalty for capitol offenses. Execution methods for the death penalty range from hangings‚ to gas chambers‚ and lethal injections. California abandoned hanging as a execution method on May 1st 1942. They began to rely solely on gas chambers and lethal injections. However‚ on February 18th‚ 1972‚ the California Supreme Court declared the death penalty a form of cruel and unusual punishment in accordance with he 8th Amendment.
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