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Public Services Low Income
1,113 wordsPeter Schrag presents the ills of Californiafs current politics in an angry and persuasive tone. He says California used to be got model and magnet for the nation - in its economic opportunities, its social outlook, and its high-quality public services and institute; however, California started to fade after the passage of Proposition 13, the initiative of tax limits (7). Schrag work clearly shows what is the problem in today California, and it is easy to understand even for those who have littl...
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Secretary Of State Amount Of Time
1,460 wordsDirect democracy is a way for average people like you and I to take care of public issues rather than leaving it up to representatives. Direct democracy can be applied in three different forms. The first is known as the initiative. Regular people, the voters, can take the problems we are facing in society and create laws that may eventually end up on the ballot. First off, there has to be a petition that is developed and sent to the attorney general for approval. Then, within 150 days the petiti...
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Immigration And Naturalization Service Illegal Immigrants
903 wordsIn 1994 Californians passed Proposition 187, also known as the "Save Our State" initiative. Fifty-nine percent of California voters passed Proposition 187. The proposition called for denying illegal immigrants public social services, publicly-funded health care services (unless emergency under federal law), and public school education at elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels. The proposition also called for various state and local agencies to report persons that were suspected illegal ...
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Uv Radiation Food Source
618 wordsTigriopus californians is an amazing little marine crustacean that is classified as a Harpactacoid copepod. Harpactacoid meaning its class, and copepod meaning its order. Because of its size and abundance, T. californians is commonly regarded as the insect of the sea. This creature is generally very small, from 1 - 3 mm in size as adults. They are cylindrically shaped, and have a segmented body (head, thorax, abdomen) though no noticeable division between body regions (Powlik 1966). Each segment...
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Thirty Seven Power Plants
582 wordsOur world is evolving for the good and also the bad. California is progressing extremely rapidly and growing more quicker than anywhere else in the United States. Our resources, beautiful weather, job opportunities, and benefits lure in non-Californians. The population in California is dangerously increasing. Researchers predict that the states population will double in only thirty seven years. Thats sixty-five million by the year two thousand and thirty-seven. (www. Cap-s. org) A large populati...
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Influence Of Cold War In California
932 wordsInfluence of Cold War in California (1) The Cold War affected socio-political and cultural development of California to a large degree. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the ideological confrontation with Soviet Union has shaped California to what it remains now. It is well known that the 60 % of states economy is related to technological industries. The technological boom in California began in 1960 and it was closely associated with so- called Silicon Valley. It is now largely forgot...
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Environmental Protection Agency Bay Area
1,255 wordsHow many times have you been sitting in traffic with your engine running and on the right you see a factory letting off pollutants into the air? Well every time you do this and the company does this you and them are polluting are air and water, and leading to the destruction of the Bay Area. Unless we the people of the Bay Area and the factories do something to improve the pollution we are letting off then the Bay Area is in serious danger of losing the beauty of city. When is an area overpopula...
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U S History Grapes Of Wrath
646 wordsDuring the Dust Bowl, hundreds of thousands of southerners faced many hardships, which is the basis of the novel called The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinback wrote this fiction novel to portray the harsh conditions during the Dust Bowl. However, is the portrayal of the Dust Bowl in The Grapes of Wrath valid? When one considers the merit of this novel, one thinks, how can Americans treat other Americans so horribly. After reviewing American History, the mistreatment of the Okies in The Grapes of Wr...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Illicit Drug
521 wordsOn November 5, 1996, Californians voiced their honest opinion. Californians voted yes on a very controversial proposition proposition 215. This law allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with diseases that have severe symptoms. For example, cancer patients that undergo chemo-therapy and suffer from severe nausea and aching can benefit from smoking marijuana. Marijuana helps these patients get through these very painful symptoms by numbing the body and soothing the stomach. It also imp...
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Grapes Of Wrath Nebulous And Undefined Okies
465 wordsOkies Vs. Californians The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, is a novel depicting the Okies migration to California during the period in history known as The Dustbowl. In this novel Steinbeck attempts to display the tensions between the Okies and the Californians. This display can be closely compared to today s tensions between citizens born in the US and the Immigrants. Great pieces of literature are timeless in the lessons they teach and the controversy they portray. The tensions between the...
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Grapes Of Wrath Migrant Workers
896 wordsThe Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath has left much specifically untold about the authors true intentions on this book. His epic chronicle has been described as being " Written with passionate conviction" (Dorothy Parker). This passionate conviction has led John Steinbeck into mastering bold dramatization. His skills at the art of dramatization in literature was not solely used in The Grapes of Wrath, but also used in another of his twisted and possibly contro...
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Grapes Of Wrath Chopin The Awakening
2,575 wordsThe Folly of Oppression Oppression is one of the most barbaric traits that humans posses. Taking advantage of a another human for some sort of gain is just plain selfish. Those who are oppressed often look weak, meek and helpless in hindsight. Yet one truth remains, throughout human history oppression has ultimately failed. That leaves the question of why. In Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Toni Morisons Beloved, John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, groups are belittled in an effort to assert contr...
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