Edmund Gerald "Jerry” Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician, author and lawyer serving as the 39th and current Governor of California
California since 2011, previously holding the position from 1975 to 1983, making him the state's longest-serving Governor. As a consequence of the 28-year gap between his second and third terms, Brown is both the oldest and sixth-youngest California
California Governor. His father, Edmund "Pat" Brown, served as the 32nd Governor of California
California from 1959 to 1967. Jerry Brown, after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley and Yale University, began his political career as a member of the Los Angeles
Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees (1969–1971)
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The California
California Cadet Corps (CACC), originally called the California High School Cadets, is a paramilitary youth organization in California open to students in the college, high school, middle school and elementary school grades.Contents1 Role and purpose 2 History of the California
California Cadet Corps 3 Authorization 4 Organiz
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The history of California
California can be divided into: the Native American period; European exploration period from 1542 to 1769; the Spanish colonial period, 1769 to 1821; the Mexican period, 1821 to 1848; and United States statehood, which continues to this present day. California
California was settled from the North by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years. It was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. After contact with Spanish explorers, most of the Native Americans died out from European diseases. After the Portolá expedition
Portolá expedition of 1769–70, Spanish missionaries began setting up 21 California
California Missions on or near the coast of Alta (Upper) California, beginning in San Diego. During the same period, Spanish military forces built several forts (presidios) and three small towns (pueblos)
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A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin
Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both. Bachelor of Arts programs generally take three to four years depending on the country, institution, and specific specializations, majors, or minors
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The Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (Latin: Legum nrm Baccalaureus; LL.B. or B.L.) is an undergraduate degree in law (or a first professional degree in law, depending on jurisdiction) originating in England
England and offered in Japan and most common law jurisdictions—except the United States and Canada—as the degree which allows a person to become a lawyer.[1] It historically served this purpose in the U.S. as well, but was phased out in the mid-1960s in favor of the Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor degree, and Canada followed suit. Historically, in Canada, Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws was the name of the first degree in common law, but is also the name of the first degree in Quebec civil law awarded by a number of Quebec universities. Canadian common-law LL.B. programmes were, in practice, second-entry professional degrees, meaning that the vast majority of those admitted to an LL.B
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CaliforniaCSA San Jose–San Francisco–OaklandMetro San Francisco–Oakland–HaywardMission June 29, 1776[1]Incorporated April 15, 1850[2]Founded by José Joaquín Moraga Francisco PalóuNamed for St
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The Los Angeles
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California, United States
United States and some of its neighboring cities and certain unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Its headquarters are in Downtown Los Angeles.[1] Over the past seventy-seven years LACCD has served as educator to more than three million students. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. Indeed, over half of all LACCD students are older than 25 years of age, and more than a quarter are 35 or older. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations
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A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases. Those exempt from the new rule are said to have grandfather rights or acquired rights, or to have been grandfathered in. Frequently, the exemption is limited; it may extend for a set time, or it may be lost under certain circumstances. For example, a "grandfathered power plant" might be exempt from new, more restrictive pollution laws, but the exception may be revoked and the new rules would apply if the plant were expanded. Often, such a provision is used as a compromise or out of practicality, to allow new rules to be enacted without upsetting a well-established logistical or political situation. This extends the idea of a rule not being retroactively applied
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Majority (50) Republican (50)Minority (49) Democratic (47) Independents (2) caucusing with the DemocratsVacant (1) Vacant (1)Length of term6 yearsElectionsVoting systemFirst-past-the-post; nonpartisan blanket primary with a majoritarian second round in 3 states.Last electionNovember 8, 2016 (34 seats)Next electionNovember 6, 2018 (33 seats)Meeting placeSenate chamber United States
United States Capitol Washington
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The incumbent is the current holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). For example, in the Hungarian presidential election, 2017, János Áder was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the term before the term for which the election sought to determine the president
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The California
California Gold
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Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall
James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill
Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.[1] The news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California
California from the rest of the United States
United States and abroad.[2] The sudden influx of immigration and gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy, and California
California became one of the few American states to go directly to statehood without first being a territory, in the Compromise of 1850. The Gold
Gold Rush had severe effects on Native Californians and resulted in a precipitous population decline from disease, genocide and starvation
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In the United States, a district attorney (DA) is the chief prosecutor in a local government area, typically a county. The exact name of the office varies by state. Except in the smallest counties, a district attorney leads a staff of prosecutors, who are most commonly known as assistant district attorneys (ADAs)
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This is the list of mayors of the city of Oakland, California, which was founded in 1852. It was incorporated as a city in 1854. Until the early 20th century, all Oakland mayors served terms of only one or two years each.Contents1 Terms 2 List of mayors 3 See also 4 References 5 SourcesTerms[edit]Office terms:1 year 1854 – mayor elected by fellow city council members 2 years 1893 – mayor elected by fellow city council members 4 years 1953 – mayor elected by popular voteList of mayors[edit]This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)Number Term start Name Notes1st April 17, 1854 Horace W
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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University (also referred to as Santa Clara) is a private Jesuit
Jesuit university located in Santa Clara, California. It has 5,435 full-time undergraduate students, and 3,335 graduate students. Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California,[5] and has remained in its original location for 166 years. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara
Mission Santa Clara de Asis, which traces its founding to 1776
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The Secretary of State of California
California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015. The Secretary of State is the California's Chief Elections Officer, overseeing all federal and state elections in the state and maintaining a database of registered voters.[1] They are also responsible for disclosure of campaign and lobbyist financial information, under the California
California Political Reform Act of 1974. The Secretary of State's office also has a number of responsibilities related to corporations; the largest portion office is the Business Programs Division, which handles corporate filings
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Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League
Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States
United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges
Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.[6] Chartered by Connecticut
Connecticut Colony, the "Collegiate School" was established by clergy in Saybrook Colony
Saybrook Colony to educate Congregational ministers. It moved to New Haven
New Haven in 1716 and shortly after was renamed Yale College
Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale
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