Xavier Becerra was born on January 26, 1958 in Sacramento, California. Becerra is the child of some working-class immigrants. He grew up in a one room house along with his three sisters hat he had. He graduated from C.K McClatchy High School in 1976 which is located in Sacramento. He was basically born and raised in Sacramento, California. Xavier was the first one of all four children to graduate from college. He graduated in 1984 from Stanford University, earning his J.D from Standford's Law School
In the 1850’s, Chinese immigrants began entering California in search of gold and the California dream. They had heard that California was the new frontier, a frontier that would provide them with the opportunity for economic riches. Young and ambitious, many of these Chinese immigrants quickly married in their homeland and set out for the gold rush, promising to return (with wealth). Likewise, in the 1880s, when the state of California was undergoing rapid economic transformation, Japanese immigrants
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1999 by Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA) and California Public Health Association-North (CPHA-N). CCPHA “raises awareness about critical public health issues and mobilizes communities to promote the establishment of effective state and local health policies (www.ccpha.org).” CCPHA focuses its advocacy mission on current public health problems facing the state of California
1960’s California experienced reverence through the reputation of being a promising great state. The increasing population as well as the massive publicity, contributed in highlighting this notion. However, in 2011, California no longer holds the same reputation in the eyes of its residents. With a current state deficit of $25.4 Billion, many Californians believe that the state is hopeless and can no longer regain to its past stardom. Famed Historian, Kevin Starr argues that California has lost
argues in his article “California Must Spend More on Prison Health Care,” that health conditions in prisons need to be dramatically improved. On the other hand, in her article “California Should Not Spend Excessively on Prison Health Care,” Debra Saunders debates that California should not spend too much on already improved prison health care. They both use a variety of effective argumentative strategies but their different methods also set them apart. In his article “California Must Spend More on Prison
1. Who were Hugh Allan, Dash Domi, Karlheinz Schreiber, Jacques Bureau, Pierre Sevigny, Wanda Liczyk, and Jacques Corriveau? Sir Hugh Allan Grant was a shipping magnate that was involved with bribery in The Pacific Scandal of the 1870s. He competed for the bid to the build the Canadian pacific railway and paid former Prime Minister, John A Macdonald a sum of $360,000 towards financing his party’s election campaign in exchange. The liberals discovered the scandal, which eventually led to the resignation
a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. So on January 8, 1863, with a ground breaking ceremony in Sacramento, Central Pacific Railroad started work on the western end of the Transcontinental Railroad. Two railway companies competed in this venture: The Central Pacific company laid track eastward from Sacramento, California and at the same time The Union Pacific company began laying track westward from Omaha, Nebraska and when the two lines met, the transcontinental
1. Considering my mother’s family was always residents of the state of California, my father’s side was the only part of my family to migrate to the state, although not from a different country. This began when my father Anthony Velasco traveled from Chicago, Illinois, with my grandparents and his siblings. My father came from a family of 8 children, so my grandparents lived a very frugal lifestyle. They had exactly what they needed to get by, but struggled at times to make ends meet. Living expenses
Throughout California there is a total of 1,404 dams(KQED). They can be small structures just holding back rivers and streams, or as big as lakes and reservoirs, supplying water to up to 20 different counties. Oroville dam is the largest dam in California and is located just outside of Oroville County near Sacramento. Construction began in the dam in 1961, and it finally opened 7 years later in 1968. The Oroville dam is a rock fill embankment dam, which means, a water barrier that is made with
Beside Kasson Road, ■ about one-quarter mile south of Durham Ferry Road, one can find a lonely brick pylon. At one time, a plaque memorializing California historic landmark number 777 was mounted on the pylon. However, like San Joaquín City, the place the marker commemorates, no trace remains today. In the spring of 1847, Captain Charles Imus and his family settled on this spot. Here, the West Side’s typography created an ideal site for a homestead. Elsewhere, a seasonal floodplain extended one-half
college located in Chico, California. Chico State was founded in 1887. “General John Bidwell, pioneer, statesman, and founder of Chico, donated eight acres of cherry orchard, and construction began on Chico State Normal School.”(“CSU History”). With out his donation, CSU would not be in existence. In 1890, the school finally opened with ninety student and five teachers. In 1935, Chico School became Chico State College. And then in 1972, Chico State College was changed to a California State University, hence
and water user requirements. These benefits of flood control, storage management, modification into Madera and Friant-Kern Canals, to stop salty water from abolishing thousands of lands in Sacramento and throughout San Joaquin Delta, as well as deliver masses of water into agricultural lands in 5other counties in the San Joaquin Valley. Furthermore, even though the Friend dam is the first primary purpose of it; it also follows a secondary purpose also. And that would be the Friend Power Authority
mining project would provide measurable benefits to the Shasta County economy. It would also provide much needed revenue to Shasta County, as well as its incorporated cities, and schools. Economic activity would be enhanced through expenditures for construction, maintenance, fees, taxes, capital expenditures, and general day to day operations. Spending by the mine during construction will give a large one time boost to the Shasta County economy, and annual operation costs will provided economic and
“The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County” is a short story by Mark Twain that deals with deception and cleverness. This story is a first person account of an incident in which the (nameless) narrator was tricked by a friend of his into listening to a lengthy story told by the monotonous and lethargic Simon Wheeler. Ironically, the story Wheeler tells regarding the “celebrated jumping frog” is about a man named Jim Smiley who, like the narrator, is beguiled and deceived by another individual. In
The Fascinating Town of San Rafael As a young child, I would visit my grandparents in Marin County often. My parents would pack my sister and me up in the car, and we would head north from San Francisco to the small town of Novato. The road to Novato took us through San Rafael, where I would always marvel at the one mile stretch of shopping mall that Highway 101 traversed. However, once we were into the hills of wine country and the shopping mall was a distant memory, so too became San Rafael
Pursuit of Happyness: Narrative Essay The movie Pursuit of Happyness shows how a person became a homeless then eventually how he survived from being a homeless. Then, to being a multi millionaire. Even though he experienced how hard life can be he still pursued to reach his goals in his life for his son. This movie shows how a homeless person stand up and pursue to be successful. Throughout the movie, the filmmakers showed a how a family struggle from their daily lives'. One example from the movie
Today in California we are blessed with such diversity and ethnical outlooks that make this state what it is today. However, the diversity didn't just popped up out of the ground and grows. It has come from along line of dedication and work, through community and most of all church. Churches like Saddleback, First A. M. E, and now more recently Dream Center and many others. Technology is helping lead the way for many of these churches both new and old. The new ideas of the Southern Californian Protestant
In Samuel L. Clemens' short story entitled, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", he reveals to us that he believes that everyone is susceptible to gullibility. Using not only humor and characters in the story, Clemens actually makes his point by drawing the reader into the story as unwitting victims as well. The story illuminates gullibility on three separate levels. First, the main character of the story within the story, Jim Smiley, is a victim to his own misguided ways. Then
Title- Adobe of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo In Santa Rosa California stands the Adobe of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo, known by many citizens of Sonoma County as the Carrillo Adobe. In the years of 1837-1838 a woman by the name of Maria Ygnacia de Carrillo built her home in what would become Santa Rosa, California. The foundation of her home was laid by Franciscan monks years earlier when they wished to build the 22nd mission in California, however they moved on to other sites in the surrounding area
Literary Analysis of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” The 1867 folktale, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, depicts the interesting events of Leonidas W. Smiley and his jumping frog through in depth detail which creates realistic imagery. The narrator tells of an inquiry that he receives, requesting information regarding Smiley. He goes about finding this information by tracking down a man named Simon Wheeler, Wheeler then goes to explain the story