California DMV In 1987‚ the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) embarked on a major project to revitalize their driver’s license and registration application process. DMV’s project was supposed to deliver everything that the department was looking for: ability to track of the state’s 31 million drivers’ licenses and 38 million vehicle registrations. By 1993‚ after $45 million dollars had already been spent‚ the project was canceled. The San Francisco Chronicle described the situation as
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Recently‚ in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and
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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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California Milk Advisory Board Real California Cheese The “Happy Cows” campaign has been so successful because it gives people the reassurance of where there cheese is coming from. By labeling products that use California Cheese‚ it gives the people of the images in their commercials of happy cows on rolling plains enjoying their life. Today many animals are caged‚ mistreated‚ and hormone injected‚ so the commercials used in the campaign help give people the image that these California cows
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The last time I was at the California Academy of Science Museum in Golden Gate Park‚ we all had to hold hands while the teacher led us through the halls of this great museum. Yes there was that huge‚ (scary)‚ dinosaur skeleton in the lobby‚ there were hundreds of different fish I had never seen in my local pet store‚ and the diorama’s in the African Hall were so realistic we thought for sure the Zebras had moved! The little girls screamed as I shouted "THERE!" and pointed at one of the Zebras. For
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Proposition 8 California Proposition 8 (California Marriage Protection Act) was a state-wide ballot proposition passed in the November 4‚ 2008 state election that made same sex marriage illegal in California. The vote which won by 52% adds exactly 14 words to the California State Constitution‚ "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." To qualify for the ballot‚ Proposition 8 needed 694‚354 valid petition signatures‚ equal to 8% of the total votes cast for
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Autism in CaliforniaThere ’s autism in California too? Yep. And if you haven ’t discovered IHSS or SSIit ’s time to check that out. California has an early intervention program for children with disabilities ages birth to 3. Actually‚ in reality‚ it serves ages birth to 2.99. It ’s called Early Start. This program aligns with I.D.E.A. Part C Regulations. It ’s a federal program but individual states can opt out. Fortunately‚ the Golden State hasn ’t opted out‚ but the current economic crisis may
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There was a race car driver named Jeff .He took a vacation at California beach because he was injured and out of races for a few days and when he was driving on the beach he hit Something. the impact flattened his tire.jeff went to the mechanic and got a new wheel for his car. Jeff went back to see what he hit and it was a piece of metal sticking out of the ground. Jeff went to his friend’s house. He wanted his friend to come help him and bring a shovel‚and his friend said why‚jeff said
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Did you know that nearly 5.5 million people‚ over 1 million seabirds‚ and 100‚000 sea mammals die each year due to pollution? California itself has 21‚000 annual deaths caused by air pollution. Pollution makes up 40% of all the deaths caused worldwide. This is why I believe that we should keep our environment clean. Reducing pollution can lower death rates and reduce our risks of global warming. People should reduce their pollution causing habits to lower death rates. Several people are dying each
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the bottom quarter of family income went to one of the 238 most selective colleges‚ compared with 78 percent of students from the top quarter (Markell). Certainly‚ these numbers show that students that come from low income families aren’t getting the opportunities that they deserve. With college costs going nowhere but up‚ students from low-income families face tough decisions. Some students choose to attend community college while some make the decision to take out additional loans. There are also
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