Hello have any of you thought through on how California is experiencing a serious drought and the state will be challenged to meet its water needs in the upcoming year? 2013 was the driest year in recorded history for many areas of California‚ and current conditions suggest no change is in sight for 2014.Water is always important in California‚ but this year no one in California can afford to waste any water. What is a Drought? If you say the word “drought‚” most people think hot‚ dry weather
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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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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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California Proposition 13 Name: Institution: California Proposition 13 What is proposition 13? Property taxes in California have been a controversial issue for very many years. In mid 1978‚ approximately ⅔ of voters in California passed proposition 13. Before it had been passed‚ property taxes increased almost annually according to the assessed value of the property. In the 1970s‚ there was a remarkable growth in the real estate market and the value of homes rapidly went up. Property values
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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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This week’s reading topic is about California secession. In the New York article “ Is California Really Going to Secede” by Ed Kilgore‚ it talks about the the Yes California campaign‚ or Calexit‚ which discusses about secession in the state of California. The whole Calexit movement is an act of defiance against the new president of the United States‚ Donald Trump. The arguments for Calexit are simple‚ which are drifting further away from the rest of the country in cultural attitudes and public policies
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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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Baja California‚ Mexico Baja California is one of the 31 states in Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. But before becoming a state in 1953‚ the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70‚113 km2 (27‚071 sq mi)‚ or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean‚ on the east by Sonora‚ the U.S. State of Arizona‚ and the Gulf
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1850. Yet the golden state finds itself combating the same issues for many years. California‚ with the largest population in the U.S.‚ has an economy that produces $1.8 trillion in Gross Domestic Products ever year. Despite being the desired location for business’s‚ Californias rate of unemployment and tax rates are the highest in the nation. Over the years the rich have become richer and the poor have become poorer. “Since 1995 ‚ incomes for the poorest 10% of California families have dropped
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will explore this law from its inception to the present time‚ its impact on the California state government‚ and propose a solution to this problematic law. The Three Strikes Rule states that any offenders that committed any violent or serious felony offense (after two or more of the same conviction) are sentenced 25 years to life. I will present how crime has either increased or decreased since the 1990’s. What the perceptions of crime have been in our society. What polices has California put into place
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