California

The drought, a problem that has gradually increased in severity over recent years. This problem has caused a small amount of discomfort for the growingly dissatisfied californians. With both state and county wide water consumption regulations gradually being put in place, like 30 million in rebates to update to more water conscious toiletry and turf. With few applicable solutions to this problem, many californians have started to ask themselves “when can I put my sprinklers back on”. However the…

have left” state's expert Nathan Halverson. In order to conserve and replenish our groundwater, California needs to regulate the use of groundwater, harvest stormwater, and desalinate. California's efforts on making laws about groundwater have failed, and they have not made regulations regarding the amount of groundwater that farmers…

When they graduate 50% of my friend and are going to california. I want to go travel the world and my first stop will be California because they have some amazing attractions. Cali has amazing beaches,beautiful palm trees,and the shops are to die for. Plus they have some good colleges to go to out there. I have family down there and they say that the food is out of this world. Do you like the beaches because I do. I agree that it has its pros and cons but in my opinion there are more pros…

I found Dr. Kurt Schwabe talk on water conservation to be very insightful. The drought is a hot topic all throughout California right now and Dr. Schwabe presented a new perspective that I had not heard before. I occasionally read literature on California drought, so I had some knowledge on this issue already. What I really enjoyed was that he went into detail explaining how municipalities are attempting to handle the water crisis. Dr. Schwabe information on the various pricing structures for…

animals is the California grizzly bear, but this animal has been extinct since 1922. This animal has been associated with California since people began moving to the west coast of the United States. As people began to move to California hoping to strike it rich during the gold rush, the bears stood their ground and lived around the advancing civilizations. The bears wreaked havoc for the new settlers, eating their livestock and stopping human expansion. The scientific name of the California…

The issue of the California drought is one that has recently become front and center on the minds of its citizens. For the last couple of years California has been experiencing a drought noticeably hotter and drier than anything that we who live here are used to. In fact, the first six months of 2014 were the hottest California has experienced since 1934, the previous “hottest year”, beaten out by a whole degree. In fact, the NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that…

Lucretius, Roman poet (99 BC-55AC) If California were a country, with its population of nearly 40 million, it would be among the 30 most populous countries. The economic, political and cultural impact of the rest of California in the United States is enormous. It is for this reason that citizens' initiatives that are submitted to a referendum there and state legislation, for that matter, are so important. Of the 11 initiatives presented to the voters of California in 2012, is likely to garner…

When people talk about the United States as a whole, one of the first things they talk about in particular is the great state of California. California is like the homecoming king of a high school dance in the sense that everyone has their eyes on California and everyone wants to be like California. There are literally thousands of books, songs, plays, museums, and monuments that show the many traits and characteristics of the Golden State, but out of all the things that portray California’s…

Life in a California Mission: The Journals of Jean François De La Pérouse gives an insight into the lives of Native Americans during the 18th century from a European perspective. This was a period referred as “Age of Discovery” since most people, cultures and societies, who dominated unexplored regions of the world, were now being discovered. In the same period, 1769 – 1833, several missions came up between San Diego and Sonoma that were each day’s journey estimated at 30 miles apart. Each…

Ans. 1. Governor’s ethical justification is driven by continued decrease in water resources in California due to unfavorable weather conditions. The executive order 2016 (in continuity to previous executive orders) states that the water levels have not crossed the required levels due to the limited amount of rain and snowfall. This had a direct impact on the state rivers, underground basins and reservoirs. The drought has increased the scarcity of drinking/ potable water. Agricultural production…