The anticipated resignation of Senator Emmerson will change some of the recently compiled resignation statistics. These statistics will be accurate after December 1st. The 2013-14 Session has seen the most Assembly resignations since 1966. Emmerson’s resignation brings the total number of Senate resignations to five, making 2013 the Senate’s most resignation-heavy year in the past […]
California Citizenship Day
One of those little-known California holidays, California Citizenship Day was proclaimed by Governor Pat Brown in 1965 as “an appropriate time for the reaffirmation of and rededication to, the high ideals, rights and traditions of citizenship, both in California and the nation.” The resolution, from the book The Original Constitution of the State of California; […]
Bear Flag Revolt
Just a FYI for you. The history of the California Bear flag is this; in 1846, soldiers captured Mexico’s military commander for northern California and proclaimed an independent nation, the California Republic. The new republic lasted a few weeks until the land was captured by American forces at the start of Mexican-American War. The original […]
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