California

Senators: AFRENCH F8 (R), CMCMAHON D4

Representatives: DCHEN F6 (I ), MCLARK D7 ( D), KBROOKS D1 (I), NGROTH D7 ( I) , ZSMIERCIAK D7 (I ), MMILNER D8 ( R),

CSULKOWSKI D8 (I ), DREESE D7 (D),

AKIMSON F6 (R), RPIGZA F4 (I), TLE F4 (D), ZNUTTING F4 (R), KFAYNE F1 (D), TTHOMAS F6 (R ), MKLINGER F6 (D),

BSLECHTA F4 (D), DLUDICK F1 (D), JCRAWFORD F4 (R), LTHOMPSON F4 (D) __California is home to Disney Land(Disney's Original park) and Disney's Califorian Adventure. Disney land is the 2nd most attended park in the world with 14,700,000 annual visits, behind Disney's Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. Califorina Adventure is Number thirteen in attedance with 5,950,000 visits. Other popular parks in Califorina are Universal Studios Hollywood( number 19), and Sea World San Diego(number 23). (David Ludick) Califorina is named after a imaginary queen's name in a famous spainish novel in the Sixteenth century. (David Ludick) State Animal:California Grizzly Bear. (Kendall Fayne) Counties-58. (Kendall Fayne) California was the 31st state.(Kendall Fayne) Nickname-Golden State. (Kendall Fayne) State song: I Love You, California. (Tyler Thomas) State Tree: California Redwood (Tyler Thomas) State Flower: Calfornia Poppy (Tyler Thomas) State Fish: California Trout (Tyler Thomas) State Colors: Blue and Gold (Tyler Thomas) U.S. Senators - Dianna Feinstein and Barbara Bover. Both are Democratic. (Z Smierciak) California has nineteen major league sports teams, more than any other state in the United States. (Z Smierciak) Examples of sports team - Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres (Z Smierciak) Famous landmark in California - The Golden Gate Bridge. (Z Smierciak) Population as of 2008 :36,756,666 (est.) (David Ludick) Capital City : Sacramento (David Ludick) Largest City: Las Angeles (David Ludick) Many urban California communities are among the poorest in the Western World. (AKimson) California is worth 55 electoral vote in the presidential election (AKimson) During the last five elections California has voted for the candidate from the Democratic Party (AKimson) The current governer of California is Arnold Shwarzenegger (AKimson) California produces about 17 million gallons of wine every year (AKimson State flower is the golden poppy (N Groth) 72% of people living in califronia are 18 and older, 10.6% are 60 and older, and 16% are under 18.(N Groth)__ __California has 16,874,892 (49.8%) Males and 16,996,756 (50.2%) females.(N Groth) California's Water area: 7,734 sq mi and costline is 840 miles(N Groth)__ __California is bigger than eighty-five of the smallest nations in the world.(N Groth) The width of California is 250 miles and its length is 770 miles(N Groth) Califonia's Mt. Whitney Measures as the highest peak in the lower 48 states (AFrench) One out of every eight United States residents lives in California (AFrench) California has the largest economy in the United States (AFrench) Largest county by population is Los Angelos: 4,065,585 (2009) (MMilner) California became 31st state on September 9,1850. It started out under Mexican power, but then became its own republic. (MMilner) 10 largest cities- Los Angelos, San Diego, San Jose, San Fransisco, Long Beach, Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, Santa Ana, Anaheim (MMilner) As of 2008, population of: Republicans- 4,902,278/ 37.10%, Democrats- 8,063,473/ 61.08% (MMilner) Population- 38,292,687 for January 1, 2009 (MMilner) The state fish is the California Golden Trouth (Zack Nutting) California covers 155.973 square miles (Zack Nutting) The Coastline covers 840 miles(Zack Nutting) California has 53 members in the House of Representatives, the most of any state in the country(Robert Pigza) State symbols are- Flower: Golden Poppy, Tree: California Redwood, Bird: California Valley Quail, Animal: California Grizzly Bear, Fish: California Golden Trout. (Robert Pigza) The Population of California is estimated to be 36,756,666 people, the highest state population in the country, increasing 397% from it's population when it first was admitted as a state in 1850. (Robert Pigza) The California government is a republic, with 48 democrats and 32 republicans in its assembly. Its judiciary branch has had a total of 1,600 judges, topping the number of any state and even the Federal government. (Robert Pigza) California has the San Andreas fault line. (Marty Klinger) California has the most earthquakes a year. (Marty klinger) Sacramento is the capital of California and other cities include long beach, los angeles and san diego. (KBrooks) Also, more Fortune 500 companies call California home than any other state in the nation—53 in 2003.(KBrooks)__ __Republicans dominated state government for much of the 1980s and 1990s.(KBrooks) California's economy is the largest in the United States and one of the ten largest in the world,(KBrooks)__ __with agricultural production contributing more than $20 billion to the state's economy in 2004.(KBrooks)__ california is well kown for its culture this includes music tv and film industries. these based on hollywood.[jeremy crawford] two well kown orchestra exist in calinfornia the san fransisco sympthothy orchestra and the los angelas philharmonic orchestra. (Jeremy Crawford) California has alot of rivers, like Sacramento River or Colorado River.(MClark) The state insect is the dogface butterfly, like the ladybug is the state insect for Ohio.(MClark) The Governor of California is Arnold Schwarzenneger. He will stop being goverrnor in Jan. 2011.(MClark) The Secy.of the State is Debra Bowen.(MClark) One of the state symbols is the Golden Poppy1903 it is a flower (MClark) The color of the state are blue and gold 1951. (MClark)

2. California was nicknamed the Golden State due to the fact it was home to the California Gold Rush in the 1800's and there were fields of golden poppies that could be seen. (L. Thompson) 3. Lassen Peak, of California, is one of the two active U.S. volcanoes outside of Alaska and Hawaii. The last recorded eruption was in 1917. (L. Thompson) 4. There are 18 national forests in California. (L. Thompson) 5. California became a U.S. territory in 1847 when Mexico surrendered it to John C.** **Frémont. ( L. Thompson)**
 * 1. California is home to the lowest point in the nation - Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level. (L. Thompson)

Some major geographical features of California are the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, the Mojave desert in the southeast, and the Redwood Douglas fir forests in the northwest. (T Le) The middle of California is dominated by the Central Valley, which is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It alone annually produces about 8% of the U.S.'s agricultural output value and is an important part of California's economy. (T Le) California leads the United States in developing renewable resources and working on the energy crisis. Two reasons why is because it has the largest group of geothermal power plants and the largest solar power installation in the world. (T Le) A current issue in California is human rights, because the government allows capital punishment and has the greatest "Death Row" population in the U.S.(T Le) California faced a $40 billion budget deficit in 2008, and state spending increased from $56 billion in 1998 to $131 billion. (T Le) __1.____**California is nicknamed The Golden State and its motto is Eureka. (DChen) 2.Before statehood California was known as the California Republic and used a Bear symbol as its flag.(DChen) 3.California is the most populous state in the U.S.A and has 8 cities in the top 50 cities in terms of population.(DChen) 4.California contains approx. 4.5 million Asian people which is a third of the total asian population in the U.S.A (DChen) 5.California has the largest minority population in the U.S.A which consists of around 55 percent of its population. (DChen)**

1.) california is the third largest state, the first and second is Alaska and Taxes (B.Slaechta) 2.) Ios Angeles is the most populated city counting 37million (B.Slechta) 3.) The state had been republican from 1980-1990 and know is democraic (B.Slechta) 4.) The state has 55 electral votes, this is because it has alot of representatives (B.Slechta) 5.) It is mostly know for its film, televisin, and music industry (B.Slechta)__

1. __California's gross state product is nearly $1.5 trillion, making it one of the world's largest economies. California accounts for over 13 percent of the nation's output, and trails only Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. __ __Our nation's next largest state economy--New York--is about 60 percent the size of California's. The state's economy is highly diversified, with workers and businesses in virtually every industry sector. (CM) __ 2. __ In 2002, the U.S. government adopted an updated system of classifying economic activities (called the North America Industry Classification System, or NAICS), to better reflect today's economy. Under NAICS, the state's largest sector is trade, transportation, and utilities, which encompasses everything from major retail outlets, to import-export businesses, to transportation and warehousing. Other major nongovernmental industries include professional and business services, educational and health services, and manufacturing. A new industry classification is information, which includes motion picture production, broadcasting, and Internet businesses. California has added about 2.4 million jobs over the past decade, an annual growth rate of 1.8 percent.(CM)__

1. Mount Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states. The summit is 14,495 ft. (DReese) 2. More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state. (DReese) 3. One out of every 8 United States residents lives in California. (DReese) 4. California Caverns is known to be the most extensive system of caverns and passage ways in the mother Lode region. (DReese) 5. Death Valley is recognized as the hottest driest place in the USA. It isn't uncommon for the summer temperatures to reach more than 115 degrees. (DReese) 6. Yearly 300,000 tons of grapes grow here. Some of these are used to make 17million gallons of wine. (DReese)