Get Your Degree Online!

:: Information Systems

In an academic context, the Association for Computing Machinery defines IT as "undergraduate degree programs that prepare students to meet the computer technology needs of business, government, healthcare, schools, and other kinds of organizations .... IT specialists assume responsibility for selecting hardware and software products appropriate for an organization, integrating those products with organizational needs and infrastructure, and installing, customizing, and maintaining those applications for the organization’s computer users."

In a business context, the Information Technology Association of America has defined information technology as "the study, design, development, application, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems". The responsibilities of those working in the field include network administration, software development and installation, and the planning and management of an organization's technology life cycle, by which hardware and software are maintained, upgraded and replaced.

The business value of information technology lies in the automation of business processes, provision of information for decision making, connecting businesses with their customers, and the provision of productivity tools to increase efficiency.

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data,[1] or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. IT is considered to be a subset of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information system, a communications system or, more specifically speaking, a computer system – including all hardware, software and peripheral equipment – operated by a limited group of users.

Information systems (IS) are formal, sociotechnical, organizational systems designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. In a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people, structure (or roles), and technology.

A computer information system is a system composed of people and computers that processes or interprets information. The term is also sometimes used in more restricted senses to refer to only the software used to run a computerized database or to refer to only a computer system.

Information Systems is an academic study of systems with a specific reference to information and the complementary networks of hardware and software that people and organizations use to collect, filter, process, create and also distribute data. An emphasis is placed on an information system having a definitive boundary, users, processors, storage, inputs, outputs and the aforementioned communication networks.

Any specific information system aims to support operations, management and decision-making. An information system is the information and communication technology (ICT) that an organization uses, and also the way in which people interact with this technology in support of business processes.

Some authors make a clear distinction between information systems, computer systems, and business processes. Information systems typically include an ICT component but are not purely concerned with ICT, focusing instead on the end use of information technology. Information systems are also different from business processes. Information systems help to control the performance of business processes.

Alter argues for advantages of viewing an information system as a special type of work system. A work system is a system in which humans or machines perform processes and activities using resources to produce specific products or services for customers. An information system is a work system whose activities are devoted to capturing, transmitting, storing, retrieving, manipulating and displaying information.

As such, information systems inter-relate with data systems on the one hand and activity systems on the other. An information system is a form of communication system in which data represent and are processed as a form of social memory. An information system can also be considered a semi-formal language which supports human decision making and action.

Information systems are the primary focus of study for organizational informatics.

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively.[12] Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

State of California
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Golden State
Motto(s): Eureka[1]
State song(s): "I Love You, California"
Official language	English
Spoken languages	Language spoken at home[2] English 58.1% Spanish: 28.8% Chinese: 3.0% Tagalog: 2.2% Other: 7.9%
Demonym	Californian
Capital	Sacramento
Largest city	Los Angeles
Largest metro	Greater Los Angeles
Area	Ranked 3rd
• Total	163,696 sq mi (423,970 km2)
• Width	250 miles (400 km)
• Length	770 miles (1,240 km)
• % water	4.7
• Latitude	32°32′ N to 42° N
• Longitude	114°8′ W to 124°26′ W
Population	Ranked 1st
• Total	39,557,045 (2018 est.)[3]
• Density	240/sq mi  (92.6/km2) Ranked 11th
• Median household income	$71,805 (2017)[4] (9th)
Elevation
• Highest point	Mount Whitney[5][6][7][8] 14,505 ft (4,421.0 m)
• Mean	2,900 ft  (880 m)
• Lowest point	Badwater Basin[9] −279 ft (−85.0 m)
Before statehood	Mexican Cession (part)
Admitted to the Union	September 9, 1850 (31st)
Governor	Gavin Newsom (D)
Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Legislature	State Legislature
• Upper house	State Senate
• Lower house	State Assembly
U.S. Senators	Dianne Feinstein (D) Kamala Harris (D)
U.S. House delegation	46 Democrats 7 Republicans (list)
Time zones	Pacific Time Zone
• Standard time	PST (UTC−8)
• Summer time (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ISO 3166	US-CA
Abbreviations	CA, Calif., Cal.
Website	www.ca.gov

California state symbols
The Flag of California
The Seal of California
Living insignia
Amphibian	California red-legged frog
Bird	California quail
Fish	Fresh water: Golden trout Marine: Garibaldi
Flower	California poppy
Grass	Purple needlegrass
Insect	California dogface butterfly
Mammal	Land: California grizzly bear (State animal)[1] Marine: Gray whale
Reptile	Desert tortoise
Tree	Coast redwood & giant sequoia[10]
Inanimate insignia
Colors	Blue & gold[11]
Dance	West Coast Swing
Folk dance	Square dance
Fossil	Sabre-toothed cat
Gemstone	Benitoite
Mineral	Native gold
Rock	Serpentine
Soil	San Joaquin
Sport	Surfing
Tartan	California State Tartan
State route marker
State quarter
Released in 2005
Lists of United States state symbols

California's $3.0 trillion economy is larger than that of any other state, larger than those of Texas and Florida combined, and the largest sub-national economy in the world.[13] If it were a country, California would be the 5th largest economy in the world (larger than the United Kingdom, France, or India),[14] and the 36th most populous as of 2017.[15] The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and third-largest urban economies ($1.253 trillion and $907 billion respectively as of 2017), after the New York metropolitan area.[16] The San Francisco Bay Area PSA had the nation's highest GDP per capita in 2017 (~$94,000) among large PSAs,[16] and is home to three of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization[17] and four of the world's ten richest people.[18]

California is considered a global trendsetter in popular culture, innovation, environmentalism and politics. It is considered the origin of the American film industry, the hippie counterculture, fast food, the Internet,[19] and the personal computer,[20] among others.[21][22] The San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area are widely seen as global centers of the technology and entertainment industries, respectively. California has a very diverse economy: 58% of the state's economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services.[23] Although it accounts for only 1.5% of the state's economy,[23] California's agriculture industry has the highest output of any U.S. state.[24][25][26][27]

California is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south (with the coast being on the west). The state's diverse geography ranges from the Pacific Coast in the west to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, and from the redwood–Douglas fir forests in the northwest to the Mojave Desert in the southeast. The Central Valley, a major agricultural area, dominates the state's center. Although California is well-known for its warm Mediterranean climate, the large size of the state results in climates that vary from moist temperate rainforest in the north to arid desert in the interior, as well as snowy alpine in the mountains. Over time, drought and wildfires have become more pervasive features.[28][29]

What is now California was first settled by various Native Californian tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its successful war for independence but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. The western portion of Alta California then was organized and admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. The California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom.

The educational system in California consists of public and private schools in the U.S. state of California, including the public University of California, California State University, and California Community Colleges systems, private colleges and universities, and public and private elementary, middle, and high schools.

The main state research university is the University of California (UC). The University of California has ten major campuses.[16] Each major UC campus is headed by a chancellor that is appointed by the Regents of the University of California.[17]

The ten major campuses of the University of California are located in Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Davis, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Riverside, Merced and San Francisco. The University of California, San Francisco, teaches only graduate health-sciences students. The UC Hastings College of the Law, also in San Francisco, is affiliated with UC, but is not administered by the UC Regents. The UC system was originally intended to accept students from the top one-eighth (1/8th) of California high school graduates, however several of the schools in the UC system have become even more selective. The awarding of doctoral degrees from California public universities was originally intended to be the sole domain of the UC system, however several doctoral degrees are now also awarded by the Cal State system.

The University of California also administers one national laboratory directly for the United States Department of Energy: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The university indirectly manages Los Alamos National Laboratory through Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory through Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.

The California State University (CSU) system describes itself as the largest four-year public university system in the United States.[18] The CSU was originally intended to accept students from the top one-third (1/3rd) of California high school graduates, however several of the schools in the CSU system have become much more selective. Many of the larger campuses, such as Cal Poly, Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Bernardino, Fresno State, Sacramento State, San Francisco State, San Diego State, and San José State (the oldest public university in California) have become more research oriented than they were in the past. A marked change and a shift from the California Master Plan for Higher Education began in 2007 with the CSU gaining the ability to grant doctoral level degrees in education (Ed.D.). The CSU has since gained the authority to grant many other Doctoral degrees, such as the Doctor of Nursing Practice, the Doctor of Physical Therapy, and the Au.D.. The CSU also has the ability to grant joint Ph.Ds with other universities. Kevin Starr (State Librarian emeritus) and others have argued that this small change is the beginning of a larger reorganization of higher education in California.

The California Community Colleges system provides lower division "General Education" courses, whose credit units are transferable to the CSU and UC systems, as well as vocational education, remedial education, and continuing education programs. It awards certificates and associate degrees. It is composed of 112 colleges organized into 72 districts, serving a student population of over 2.9 million. The system also provides the education certification, basic training, and some advanced training to all police officers, fire fighters and Emergency Medical Tech's in the state either directly (via on campus academies) or indirectly (via affiliations with police / sheriff department's and fire department's "in house" academies).

Notable private universities and colleges include Stanford University, Loyola Marymount University, the University of Southern California (USC), the University of San Francisco (USF), Santa Clara University, Pepperdine University, St. Mary's College, the University of the Pacific, Thomas Aquinas College, Touro University California, the Claremont Colleges, Occidental College, Westmont College, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Southern California Institute of Technology (SCIT).

California has hundreds of other private colleges and universities, including many religious and special-purpose institutions. This leads to many unique entertainment and educational opportunities for residents. For example, Southern California, with one of the highest densities of post-secondary institutions in the world, has a very large base of classically trained vocalists that compete in large choir festivals. In the Bay Area and near Los Angeles, there are numerous art and film schools, including the California College of the Arts and the CalArts Institute.

• "Chapter 2 of Division 2 of Tutle 1 of the California Government Code". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

• "Language in California".

• "California: Population estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

• "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

• "Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2011.

• "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

• Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

• The summit of Mount Whitney is the highest point in the Contiguous United States.

• "USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) – National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

• "California Government Code § 422". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

• "California Government Code § 424". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

• Bureau, U.S. Census. "American FactFinder – Results". factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved October 24, 2017.

• "GDP by State | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)" (PDF). www.bea.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

• "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". www.imf.org. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

• "World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations". esa.un.org. Retrieved October 24, 2017.

• "GDP by Metropolitan Area | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)". www.bea.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2018.

• "Global Top 100 Companies 2018". PwC Global.

• "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 24, 2017.

• "Happy 25th anniversary, World Wide Web". CalWatchdog.com.

• https://www.businessinsider.com/most-important-invention-from-each-state-2017-6

• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/southern-california/10-inventions-from-southern-ca/

• https://matadornetwork.com/read/15-things-world-needs-thanking-california/

• "California Gross domestic product (GDP) (millions of current dollars)". U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

• "Fruits and Vegetables, America Eats, from Life in the USA: The Complete Guide for Immigrants and Americans". Life in the USA. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

• Palmer, Brian (July 10, 2013). "The C-Free Diet" – via Slate.

• Agriculture, California Department of Food and. "CDFA > STATISTICS". www.cdfa.ca.gov.

• "California farms produce a lot of food – but what and how much might surprise you". July 27, 2017.

• Bettina Boxall and Paige St. John (November 10, 2018). "California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

• "Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation". National Integrated Drought Information System. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

• Stewart, George (1945). Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States. New York: Random House. pp. 11–17.

• Gudde, Erwin G. (2010). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-520-26619-3.

• Gudde, Erwin G. and William Bright. 2004. California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. pp. 59–60

• Lavender, David (1987). California: Land of New Beginnings. University of Nebraska Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-8032-7924-7. OCLC 15315566.

• "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. June 24, 1957. Retrieved July 2, 2010.

• "What bizarre error gave California its name? - Everything After Z by Dictionary.com". Everything After Z by Dictionary.com. December 27, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

• Putnam, Ruth (1917). "Appendix A: Etymology of the Word "California": Surmises and Usage". In Herbert Ingram Priestley. California: the name. Berkeley: University of California. pp. 356–361.

• Vogeley, Nancy (April 20, 2001). "How Chivalry Formed the Myth of California". Modern Language Quarterly. 62 (2): 165–188. doi:10.1215/00267929-62-2-165.

• Forsyth, Mark (2011). The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language. New York NY: Penguin Group/Berkley Books. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-425-26079-1.

• Putnam, 1917, p. 306

• Starr 2007, p. 13.

• "Page 1580 of the 1778 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (second edition)". Hyzercreek.com. July 15, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  Carlson, Jon D. (2011). Myths, State Expansion, and the Birth of Globalization: A Comparative Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-137-01045-2. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  Brooke Hoover, Mildred; Kyle, Douglas E., eds. (1990). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-8047-1734-2. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

• Tillman, Linda C.; Scheurich, James Joseph (August 21, 2013). The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity. Routledge. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-135-12843-2.
  Huping Ling (April 29, 2009). Asian America: Forming New Communities, Expanding Boundaries. Rutgers University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-8135-4867-8.

• "California as an Island in Maps – Online Exhibits". Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

• "California Indian History – Native American Caucus". www.nativeamericancaucus.org.

• Historical Atlas of California

• source: Encyclopædia Britannica 7th edition, 1842, "Mexico"

• "Introduction". Early History of the California Coast. National Park Service. Retrieved August 26, 2012.

• Altman, Linda Jacobs (2005). California. Marshall Cavendish. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7614-1737-8. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  Testimonios: Early California Through the Eyes of Women, 1815–1848. Heyday. 2006. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-59714-033-1. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

• Starr, Kevin (2007). California: A History. Modern Library. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-8129-7753-0.
  Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Kyle, Douglas E., eds. (2002). Historic Spots in California. Historic Spots in California. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-8047-7817-6. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  Conway, J.D. (2003). Monterey: Presidio, Pueblo, and Port. Arcadia Publishing. The Making of America Series. pp. 53–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-2423-8. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

• Billington, Ray Allen; Ridge, Martin (2001). Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier. University of New Mexico Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-8263-1981-4. Retrieved February 16, 2013.

• Hart, James David (1987). A Companion to California. University of California Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-520-05544-5. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  Harlow, Neal (1989). California Conquered: The Annexation of a Mexican Province, 1846–1850. University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-520-06605-2. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

• Lyman, George D. and John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers, pp. 237–39, The Chautauqua Press, Chautauqua, New York, 1931.

• Lyman and Marsh, pp. ix, 209, 231, 238–39, 246–51, 266–67, 268–71.

• Lyman and Marsh 1931, pp. 250–62.

• "William B. Ide Adobe SHP". California State Parks. Retrieved December 25, 2009.

• "Bear Flag Revolt". History.com. 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  "The United States and California". Early California History: An Overview. Library of Congress. 1998. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

• "The U.S. Mexican War". The Border. KPBS. 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  Matthew Kachur; Jon Sterngass (July 1, 2006). The Mexican-American War. World Almanac Library. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-0-8368-7290-3.
  Thomas M. Leonard (2001). James K. Polk: A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 141–143. ISBN 978-0-8420-2647-5.

• Spencer Tucker (Militärhistoriker) (2013). The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1-85109-853-8.

• The Quarterly. Historical Society of Southern California. 1907. pp. 199–201.
  Hunt Janin; Ursula Carlson (April 20, 2015). The California Campaigns of the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846–1848. McFarland. pp. 149–151. ISBN 978-1-4766-2093-0.

• Osborne, Thomas J. (November 29, 2012). Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-29217-4.

• "California Gold Rush, 1848–1864". Learn California.org, a site designed for the California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2008.

• "1870 Fast Facts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• Wilson, Dotson; Ebbert, Brian S. (2006). California's Legislature (PDF) (2006 ed.). Sacramento: California State Assembly. OCLC 70700867.

• 10 Facts: California during the Civil War Civil War Trust. Downloaded September 9, 2017.

• "Destruction of the California Indians". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

• "INDIANS of CALIFORNIA – American Period". Cabrillo.edu. Retrieved March 21, 2012. [unreliable source?]

• "California Militia and Expeditions Against the Indians, 1850–1859". Militarymuseum.org. Retrieved March 21, 2012.

• see also Benjamin Madley, American Genocide: The California Indian Catastrophe, 1846–1873, Yale University Press, 2012. Archived May 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

• "California – Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.

• Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p. 111

• "Shipbuilding Essay—World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov.

• "Richmond Shipyard Number Three: World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov.

• "Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Kaiser Shipyards" (PDF).

• KQED (August 11, 2010). "Saving the Bay – The Greatest Shipbuilding Center in the World" – via YouTube.

• Bill Watkins (October 10, 2012). "How California Lost its Mojo". Fox and Hound Daily. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  Nancy Kleniewski; Alexander R. Thomas (March 1, 2010). Cities, Change, and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life. Cengage Learning. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-495-81222-7. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

• Rosa Maria Moller (May 2008). "Aerospace States' Incentives to Attract The Industry" (PDF). library.ca.gov. California Research Bureau. pp. 24–25. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  Robert A. Kleinhenz; Kimberly Ritter-Martinez; Rafael De Anda; Elizabeth Avila (August 2012). "The Aerospace Industry in Southern California" (PDF). laedc.org. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013. In 1987, California accounted for one in four aerospace jobs nationally, and in Los Angeles County, the share was one in ten. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the Department of Defense (DOD) sharply curtailed procurement spending. In 1995, DOD spending fell below $50 billion for the first time since 1982. Nowhere in the country were the changes in Pentagon outlays more apparent than in Southern California.
  Eric John Heikkila; Rafael Pizarro (January 1, 2002). Southern California and the World. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-275-97112-0. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  James Flanigan (2009). Smile Southern California, You're the Center of the Universe: The Economy and People of a Global Region. Stanford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-8047-5625-9. Retrieved June 25, 2013.

• Markoff, John (April 17, 2009). "Searching for Silicon Valley". The New York Times. Retrieved February 26, 2011.

• Cohen 2003, pp. 115–116.

• Clark Davis; David Igler (August 1, 2002). The Human Tradition in California. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4616-4431-6.
  Treanor, Jill (July 17, 2001). "Pink slip season in Silicon Valley". The Guardian. United Kingdom. Retrieved April 22, 2015. This micro-economy – the world's fifth largest economy in its own right – started to feel the pain of the new technology meltdown first.

• Taylor, Lisa (March 30, 1997). "Getting Out: The Great California Exodus : Remember us? We left Southern California looking for cheaper housing, employment opportunities and a better way of life. Well ... We're Ba-aack!". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

• Krech III, Shepard; Merchant, Carolyn; McNeill, John Robert, eds. (2004). Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. 3: O-Z, Index. Routledge. pp. 540–. ISBN 978-0-415-93735-1. Retrieved November 23, 2012.

• Riedel, Monique (2009). Best Easy Day Hikes Ventura. Falcon Guides. Pages 35–38. ISBN 978-0-7627-5121-1.

• "2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). US Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 29. Retrieved December 25, 2009.

• "Figures Show California's Motoring Supremacy". Touring Topics. 8 (2): 38–9. March 1916.

• Cooley, Timothy J. (2014). Surfing about Music. University of California Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-520-95721-3.

• Morgan, Neil (April 19, 1963). "Westward Tilt: Northern California". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

• John E. Kent, eds. (1917). Kent Guide Manual (Harrison Narcotic Law) and Professional Registry. San Francisco: The Service Press. p. 6.

• Laaksonen-Craig, Susanna; Goldman, George; McKillop, William (2003). Forestry, Forest Products, and Forest Products Consumption in California (PDF). Davis, California: University of California – Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-60107-248-1.

• Lanner, RM (2007). The Bristlecone Book. Mountain Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-87842-538-9.

• "Oldlist". Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research. Retrieved January 8, 2013.

• "Frequently Asked Questions". Seismo.berkeley.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

• El Fadli, KI; et al. (September 2012). "World Meteorological Organization Assessment of the Purported World Record 58 °C Temperature Extreme at El Azizia, Libya (13 September 1922)". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 94 (2): 199. Bibcode:2013BAMS...94..199E. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00093.1. (The 136.4 °F (58 °C), claimed by 'Aziziya, Libya, on September 13, 1922, has been officially deemed invalid by the World Meteorological Organization.)

• "World Meteorological Organization World Weather / Climate Extremes Archive". Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

• "California climate averages". Weatherbase. Retrieved January 26, 2018.

• "Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm" (PDF). digitalcommons.unl.edu (University of Nebraska State: Papers in Entomology). 2003. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

• David Elstein (May 2004). "Restoring California's Native Grasses". Agricultural Research Magazine. 52 (5): 17. Retrieved December 25, 2009.

• "The California Invasive Species List" (PDF). iscc.ca.gov (California Invasive Species Advisory Committee). April 21, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

• "California: flora and fauna". city-data.com. 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2010.

• "Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl". fed.us (U.S. Forest Service). Retrieved October 7, 2010.

• "Life Zones of the Central Sierra Nevada". sierrahistorical.org. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

• "California Condor". The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2010.

• "CalPhotos: Browse Mammal Common Names". calphotos.berkeley.edu (BSCIT University of California, Berkeley). October 2, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.

• "Quail Ridge Reserve: UC Davis Natural Reserve System". nrs.ucdavis.edu (University of California at Davis: Natural Reserve System). April 5, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

• "Black-tailed Deer of California". westernhunter.com. 2000. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

• "California's Endangered Insects – Formally Listed Insects". berkeley.edu. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

• California, State of. "Threatened and Endangered Invertebrates – California Department of Fish and Wildlife". www.dfg.ca.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife. "Species Search Results". ecos.fws.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• "U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Species Reports: Listings and occurrences for California". ecos.fws.gov. September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2010.

• "California Grew By 356,000 Residents in 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2016.

• "1990 Census of Population and Housing, Unit Counts, United States, 1990 CPH-2-1" (PDF). Population and Housing Unit Counts, Population Estimates 1790–1990, pages 26–27. United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration. August 20, 1993. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

• "California QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". US Census Bureau. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "American Indian Civics Project: Indians of Northern California: A Case Study of Federal, State, and Vigilante Intervention, 1850–1860". Americanindiantah.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.

• California, Department of Finance State of. "Demographic Projections". www.dof.ca.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2017.

• "Table 4. Cumulative Estimates of the Components of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009". US Census Bureau. December 22, 2009. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 9, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "E-4 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State, 2001–2009, with 2000 Benchmark". Sacramento, California: State of California, Department of Finance. May 2009. Archived from the original on November 22, 2009. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

• Gray, Tom; Scardamalia, Robert (September 2012). "The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look". Manhattan-institute.org. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

• "Censo 2010: população do Brasil é de 190.732.694 pessoas". Retrieved September 19, 2011.

• Template:Cite web a

• "Table A.1. Total Population by Sex in 2009 and Sex Ratio by Country in 2009" (PDF). World Population Prospects: The 2008 Edition, Highlights. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2009. pp. 31–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "About Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services". Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. December 2005. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• Barrett, Beth (September 19, 2003). "Baby Slump in L.A. County". Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles Newspaper Group. pp. N4. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "Population and Population Centers by State: 2000". United States Census 2000. US Census Bureau Geography Division. May 20, 2002. Archived from the original (TXT) on June 22, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "CA Codes (gov:34500-34504)". California State Senate. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "Instant City: Sacramento". California State Library. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "San Jose at a Glance". City of San Jose. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "A History of San Diego Government". City of San Diego. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "California State Parks: 1846 to 1854". California State Parks. May 23, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "Jurupa Valley Becomes California's 482nd City". League of California Cities. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

• Stokley, Sandra (June 14, 2011). "Jurupa Valley: Rushing to meet a July 1 incorporation". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

• "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015". US Census. May 7, 2016. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

• "OMB Bulletin No. 17-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. August 15, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

• "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016 – United States – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". 2016 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

• "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 – United States – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018.

• Teresa Watanabe; Hector Becerra (April 1, 2010). "Native-born Californians regain majority status". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 19, 2013.

• "Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less" (PDF). Pew Hispanic Center. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

• Stephen Magagnini; Phillip Reese (January 17, 2013). "Census shows Asians eclipse Latino arrivals to California". Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.

• "Latino mojo". The Economist. June 20, 2015.

• "Unauthorized Immigrants: 11.1 Million in 2011". Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project. December 6, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

• California's Illegal Immigrant Shortage, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, May 3, 2012

• Slevin, Peter (April 30, 2010). "New Arizona law puts police in 'tenuous' spot". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. pp. A4.

• Michael Gardner (April 19, 2011). "Cutting services to illegal immigrants isn't easy". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

• Johnson, Hans; Hill, Laura (July 2011). "Illegal Immigration" (PDF). Publications. Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved January 15, 2013.

• 2016 U.S. Census QuickFacts, United States Census Bureau, 2016.

• as quoted in Clark, Donald T. (2008). Santa Cruz County Place Names p.442, Scotts Valley, California, Kestrel Press.

• Exner, Rich. "Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot". cleveland.com. Advance Ohio. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

• "California – ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006–2008". American Fact Finder. US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

• "Whites in state 'below the replacement' level". San Francisco Chronicle. June 5, 2010.

• Wendell Cox. "Asians: America's Fastest Growing Minority". NewsGeography. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

• Campbell Gibson; Kay Jung (September 2002). "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States". Population Division. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

• "California: 2000" (PDF). Census 2000 Profile. United States Census Bureau. August 2002. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

• "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". 2010 Census Summary File 1. United States Census Bureau. 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2014.

• "Total Ancestry Reported". 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. United States Census Bureau. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

• "Total Population". 2010 Census, United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2013.

• "California". Modern Language Association. Retrieved August 11, 2013.

• Hyon B. Shin; Robert A. Kominski (April 2010). "Language Use in the United States: 2007" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

• "What other languages is the written or audio test available in?//Driver License and Identification (ID) Card Information". California Department of Motor Vehicles.

• Wesson, Herb (July 17, 2001). "AB 800 Assembly Bill – Bill Analysis". California State Assembly. p. 3. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2009. In 1986, California voters amended the state constitution to provide that the: The [sic] Legislature and officials of the State of California shall take all steps necessary to insure that the role of English as the common language of the State of California is preserved and enhanced. The Legislature shall make no law which diminishes or ignores the role of English as the common language of California."

• Hull, Dana (May 20, 2006). "English already is "official" in California". San Jose Mercury News. San Jose, California.

• "MLA Data Center". Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2013.

• Native Tribes, Groups, Language Families and Dialects of California in 1770 (Map) (1966 ed.). Coyote Press. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

• California Indians Root Languages and Tribal Groups (Map) (1994 ed.). California State Parks. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

• "Indigenous Farmworker Study – Indigenous Mexicans in California Agriculture. Section V. Language and Culture" (PDF). 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

• Bucholtz, Mary; et all (December 2007). "Hella Nor Cal or Totally So Cal? : The Perceptual Dialectology of California". Journal of English Linguistics. 35 (4): 325–352. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.516.3682. doi:10.1177/0075424207307780. Retrieved November 4, 2010.

• Park, Bborie (December 2003). "A World of Opportunity – Which New Languages Davis Students Would Like to Study and Why" (PDF). UC Davis Student Affairs Research and Information. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

• "America's Changing Religious Landscape, Appendix D: Detailed Tables" (PDF). Pew Research Center. May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

• "Religious Affiliation by State in the U.S" (PDF). U.S Religious Landscape Study. Pew Research Center. p. 103. Retrieved June 24, 2010.

• Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, "Jewish Population of the United States, 2006", American Jewish Year Book 2006, Volume 106 [1]

• "The Association of Religion Data Archives | State Membership Report". thearda.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.

• Helfand, Duke (June 24, 2008). "State has a relaxed view on religion – Survey finds Californians are less certain about the existence of God than others in the U.S". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

• Naranjo, Candice. "The Super Bowl is Coming to Levi's Stadium in 2016". KRON 4. Retrieved March 28, 2014.

• Nagourney, Adam; LONGMAN, JERÉ (July 31, 2017). "Los Angeles Makes Deal to Host the 2028 Summer Olympics". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017.

• "Proposition 98 Primer". Legislative Analyst's Office of California. February 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "Education Spending Per Student by State". Governing. June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018. NOTE: Adult education, community services and other nonelementary-secondary program expenditures are excluded.

• Gordon, Tracy; Iselin, John (January 1, 2017). "What Everyone Should Know about Their State's Budget". Urban Institute. Retrieved July 16, 2018. This chart includes two places, District of Columbia, and the US average, so the number rankings rank 52 total entities; this needs to be understood when viewing these rankings.

• Gordon, Tracy; Iselin, John (January 1, 2017). "What Everyone Should Know about Their State's Budget" (PDF). Urban Institute. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2018. For state and local government spending, we rely primarily on the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances for fiscal year 2012, as revised and released on October 23, 2015.1 For state and local government employment and payroll, we draw from the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Government Employment and Payroll survey for full-time equivalent employees in March 2012.

• Woolfolk, John (January 15, 2018). "Why do Californians pay more state and local taxes than Texans?". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018. California spending per resident on K-12 schools was about average among the states, but while teacher pay was among the highest, the state trailed others in teachers and support staff per student.

• Marshall, Carolyn (March 16, 2007). "Report Says Public Schools in California Are 'Broken' – New York Times". The New York Times. California. Retrieved August 23, 2011.

• "About the University of California".

• "America's Best Hospitals 2007". U.S. News & World Report. July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on July 11, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.

• Gilmore, Janet (December 19, 2016). "85,000 students seek admission to Berkeley's 2017–18 freshman class". Berkeley News. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• Kendall, Rebecca. "UCLA breaks several records with 2017 freshman applications". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• Powell, Farran. "California Students Face Competition for College Options." U.S. News & World Report. N.p., February 6, 2017. Web. May 7, 2017.

• "Rising number of rejections raises fears that Long Beach is becoming 'elite' university". EdSource. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• "Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 71". Senate Office of International Relations.

• "California's Sister State Relationships | Senate Office of International Relations". Soir.senate.ca.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2018.

• http://economic.alberta.ca/documents/California-AB.pdf?0.8097911507356912

• "GDP by State – U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)" (PDF). www.bea.gov.

• Analysis, US Department of Commerce, BEA, Bureau of Economic. "Bureau of Economic Analysis". bea.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

• Comparison between U.S. states and countries by GDP (nominal)

• "California Poised to Move Up in World Economy Rankings in 2013" (PDF). Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. July 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

• "Calif. retains economy that would be 8th largest". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. December 2, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

• "GDP, PPP (current international $)". World Bank, International Comparison Program database. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

• "2011 CalFacts". Lao.ca.gov. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

• "Trade Statistics". California Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "Cal Facts 2006 State Economy". Legislative Analyst's Office of California. August 6, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "California Agricultural Production Statistics 2009–2010". cdfa.ca.gov (California Department of Food and Agriculture). 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.

• "California Agricultural Production Statistics 2011". cdfa.ca.gov (California Department of Food and Agriculture). 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.

• Venton, Danielle (June 5, 2015). "A Better Way for California to Water Its Farms". Wired. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

• Vic Tolomeo; Kelly Krug; Doug Flohr; Jason Gibson (October 31, 2012). "California Agricultural Statistics: 2011 Crop Year" (PDF). National Agricultural Statistics Service. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.

• "State Personal Income 2006" (Press release). Bureau of Economic Analysis. March 27, 2007. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• Cowan, Tadlock (December 12, 2005). "California's San Joaquin Valley: A Region in Transition" (PDF). Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• Berlinger, Joshua (November 12, 2012). "A New Poverty Calculation Yields Some Surprising Results". Business Insider. Retrieved October 7, 2013.

• Scott, Walter (May 2, 2010). "Personality Parade". Parade Magazine. p. 2.

• Bukszpan, Daniel (March 29, 2012). "States With the Best Credit Scores".

• "SAGDP2N Gross domestic product (GDP) by state". Bureau of Economic Analysis. Retrieved 21 Dec 2018.

• https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=69&pr.y=15&sy=2018&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512%2C672%2C914%2C946%2C612%2C137%2C614%2C546%2C311%2C962%2C213%2C674%2C911%2C676%2C193%2C548%2C122%2C556%2C912%2C678%2C313%2C181%2C419%2C867%2C513%2C682%2C316%2C684%2C913%2C273%2C124%2C868%2C339%2C921%2C638%2C948%2C514%2C943%2C218%2C686%2C963%2C688%2C616%2C518%2C223%2C728%2C516%2C558%2C918%2C138%2C748%2C196%2C618%2C278%2C624%2C692%2C522%2C694%2C622%2C142%2C156%2C449%2C626%2C564%2C628%2C565%2C228%2C283%2C924%2C853%2C233%2C288%2C632%2C293%2C636%2C566%2C634%2C964%2C238%2C182%2C662%2C359%2C960%2C453%2C423%2C968%2C935%2C922%2C128%2C714%2C611%2C862%2C321%2C135%2C243%2C716%2C248%2C456%2C469%2C722%2C253%2C942%2C642%2C718%2C643%2C724%2C939%2C576%2C644%2C936%2C819%2C961%2C172%2C813%2C132%2C199%2C646%2C733%2C648%2C184%2C915%2C524%2C134%2C361%2C652%2C362%2C174%2C364%2C328%2C732%2C258%2C366%2C656%2C734%2C654%2C144%2C336%2C146%2C263%2C463%2C268%2C528%2C532%2C923%2C944%2C738%2C176%2C578%2C534%2C537%2C536%2C742%2C429%2C866%2C433%2C369%2C178%2C744%2C436%2C186%2C136%2C925%2C343%2C869%2C158%2C746%2C439%2C926%2C916%2C466%2C664%2C112%2C826%2C111%2C542%2C298%2C967%2C927%2C443%2C846%2C917%2C299%2C544%2C582%2C941%2C474%2C446%2C754%2C666%2C698%2C668&s=NGDPD&grp=0&a=

• Nunes, Devin (January 10, 2009). "California's Gold Rush Has Been Reversed". The Wall Street Journal. p. A9. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "California's Brown proposes 'painful' budget cuts". Reuters. January 10, 2011.

• "California's Greek Tragedy". The Wall Street Journal. March 13, 2012.
  Del Beccaro, Thomas (August 19, 2014). "California's Economic Collision Course: Immigration and Water". Forbes. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

• Michael Gardner (July 28, 2012). "Is California the welfare capital?: Delving into why California has such a disproportionate share of the nation's recipients". U-T San Diego. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

• "How much does California owe?". San Francisco Chronicle. January 19, 2011.

• Gov. Brown proudly signs balanced state budget. SFGate (June 27, 2013). Retrieved July 29, 2013.

• "California's current debt load: $132 billion".

• "California Proposition 30, Sales and Income Tax Increase (2012)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

• Mufson, Steven (February 17, 2007). "In Energy Conservation, Calif. Sees Light". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

• "California – U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". Tonto.eia.doe.gov. October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

• California OKs new transmission for renewables Reuters, December 17, 2009.

• Mark Z. Jacobson et al.: A roadmap for repowering California for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight. In: Energy 73 (2014), 875–889, doi:10.1016/j.energy.2014.06.099.

• Doyle, Jim (March 9, 2009). "Nuclear power industry sees opening for revival". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. p. A-1. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• Brunswick, Mark (April 30, 2009). "Minnesota House says no to new nuclear power plants". Star Tribune. Minnesota: Chris Harte. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• Mieszkowski, Katharine (September 2, 2010). "California Is Tops in Worst Roads – Pulse of the Bay". The Bay Citizen. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

• "A bridge too far gone". The Economist. August 9, 2007.

• "19th Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems (1984–2008)" (PDF).

• "The San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge Facts at a glance". California Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

• Pool, Bob (June 25, 2010). "Pasadena Freeway getting a new look and a new name". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

• "L.A.'s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, 'The Stack,' Turns 58". KCET. September 22, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

• Chawkins, Steve (July 18, 2005). "Stockton Seeking to Capture Battleship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 7, 2016.

• "State of California – Department of Motor Vehicles, Statistics for Publication, January Through December 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2011.

• "California new-car sales up 13.1 percent in 2010". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

• Cabanatuan, Michael (January 8, 2011). "Calif. Amtrak ridership rising on state trains". The San Francisco Chronicle.

• Cabanatuan, Michael (August 17, 2010). "Plan for high-speed rail system released". The San Francisco Chronicle.

• "2016 Draft Business Plan" (PDF). www.hsr.ca.gov. California High Speed Rail. Retrieved July 19, 2017.

• Hundley, N. (2001). The great thirst: Californians and water. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.

• Reisner, Marc (1993). Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water. Penguin.

• "Why California Is Running Dry". CBS News. December 27, 2009.

• "§ 2 of Article III of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• "§ 1 of Article V of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• "§ 1 of Article IV of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• "§ 1 of Article VI of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• "Article II of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

• Bowen, Debra. "Voter-Nominated Offices Information" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

• Bowen, Debra. "Voter-Nominated Offices Information". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

• "Article V of the California Constitution". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

• "California Civil Code § 22.2". California Office of Legislative Counsel. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

• Thompson, Don (December 8, 2007). "Calif. Struggles with sentencing reform". USA Today. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

• "Death Row Inmates by State and Size of Death Row by Year | Death Penalty Information Center". deathpenaltyinfo.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• "State Execution Rates | Death Penalty Information Center". deathpenaltyinfo.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

• Baldassare, Mark (1998). When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy. Public Policy Institute of California/University of California Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-520-21486-6. LCCN 97032806.

• Janiskee, Brian P.; Masugi, Ken (2011). Democracy in California: Politics and Government in the Golden State (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4422-0338-9. LCCN 2011007585.

• Baldassare 1998, p. 50.

• Individual State Descriptions: 2007 (PDF), 2007 Census of Governments, United States Census Bureau, November 2012, pp. 25–26

• Mizany, Kimia; Manatt, April. What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (PDF) (3 ed.). California Senate Local Government Committee.

• "Directory of Representatives". House.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2014.

• "California Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

• "Table 508. Military and Civilian Personnel in Installations: 2009" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

• "Military recruitment 2010". National Priorities Project. June 30, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

• Segal, David R.; Segal, Mady Wechsler (2004). "America's Military Population" (PDF). Population Bulletin. 59 (4): 10. ISSN 0032-468X. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

• "California – Armed forces". city-data.com. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

• "Table 7L: VETPOP2011 Living Veterans By State, Period of Service, Gender, 2010–2040". Veteran Population. Department of Veterans Affairs. September 30, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

• "pdf Report of Registration as of January 2, 2018 Registration by County" (PDF). Retrieved March 12, 2018.

• "California Is A Political Trendsetter". CBS News. October 30, 2006. Retrieved February 22, 2011.

• "2016 Presidential General Election Results".

• "2016 Presidential General Election". www.ocvote.com. Retrieved 2016-11-10.

• Thornton, Paul (10 November 2018). "RIP Republican Orange County". Los Angeles Times.

• "Study Ranks America's Most Liberal and Conservative Cities". Bay Area Center for Voting Research. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

• "California During the Revolution". Americanrevolution.org. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

• "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

• Harrow, Neal; "California Conquered: The Annexation of a Mexican Province, 1846-1850"; p. 14-30; University of California Press; 1989; ISBN 978-0-520-06605-2

• "San Francisco News and Tall Tales, Ship Passengers and Sea Captains. 1846-1899". Maritimeheritage.org. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

• 2000 Congressional Record, Vol. 146, Page S2337 (April 6, 2000)

• Deborah Reed. "Educational Resources and Outcomes in California, by Race and Ethnicity" (PDF). Ppic.org. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

• "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-11-19.

• Jerry Brown & Neel Kashkari (2014). California Gubernatorial Debate (video). C-SPAN. Event occurs at 41:50. Retrieved 7 September 2014. I think that will building for the future because so many of our kids almost about 30% are either undocumented or don't speak English.

• "Education Spending Per Student by State". Governing. 2018-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-07-18. NOTE: Adult education, community services and other nonelementary-secondary program expenditures are excluded.

• Gordon, Tracy; Iselin, John (2017-01-01). "What Everyone Should Know about Their State's Budget". Urban Institute. Retrieved 2018-07-16. This chart includes two places, District of Columbia, and the US average, so the number rankings rank 52 total entities; this needs to be understood when viewing these rankings.

• Gordon, Tracy; Iselin, John (2017-01-01). "What Everyone Should Know about Their State's Budget" (PDF). Urban Institute. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-07-16. For state and local government spending, we rely primarily on the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances for fiscal year 2012, as revised and released on October 23, 2015.1 For state and local government employment and payroll, we draw from the US Census Bureau's Census of Governments Government Employment and Payroll survey for full-time equivalent employees in March 2012.

• Woolfolk, John (2018-01-15). "Why do Californians pay more state and local taxes than Texans?". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-07-16.

  ... California spending per resident on K-12 schools was about average among the states, but while teacher pay was among the highest, the state trailed others in teachers and support staff per student.

• "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

• "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

• Kozol, Jonathan (2006). The Shame of The Nation; The Restoration Of Apartheid Schooling In America. New York: Broadway Paperbacks. pp. 176–179. ISBN 978-1-4000-5245-5.

• "University of California - Campuses - The University of California campuses provide environments that foster world-class educational and research opportunities, generating a wide range of public benefits and services". Universityofcalifornia.edu. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

• "University of California News Room". Universityofcalifornia.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-10.

        School Description

Choose the education that's right for YOU!               

Code	Concentration	More Info
CA/IS	Computer Information Systems (CIS)
School: DeVry University Program: Today's computer information systems (CIS) professionals provide invaluable and highly specialized computer systems expertise, helping companies stay competitive in the global marketplace. These experts harness technology and enable organizations to use information to the fullest. In short, CIS experts are vital to the bottom-line success of every enterprise. The CIS program is composed of coursework in communication skills, humanities, social sciences, personal and professional development, mathematics and science, business and accounting, systems concepts, programming, and systems development. :: Concentration: Information Systems :: Campus    ::  Location: Fremont, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: Long Beach, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: Pomona, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: West Hills, CA ::  more info

top

Code	Concentration	More Info
CA/IS	Information Technology (IT)
School: DeVry University Program: The Information Technology (IT) program is designed for the baccalaureate-level college graduate seeking to pursue a career in IT. The program is structured around a core of technology-oriented specialty courses with emphasis on applying computer technology to solve business problems. Students draw on their college and business backgrounds as they work in teams to develop solutions to case studies. Project management, communication skills and ongoing IT administration, all of which are critically important in today's rapidly changing business environment, are integrated across the program. :: Concentration: Information Systems :: Campus    ::  Location: Fremont, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: Long Beach, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: Pomona, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: West Hills, CA ::  more info

top

Code	Concentration	More Info
BA/IS	Information Technology
School: University of Phoenix Program: The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) program is focused on the acquisition of theory and technical competencies associated with the information technology profession. The courses provide fundamental knowledge and application in both the information systems function and in system development. :: Concentration: Information Systems :: Campus    ::  Location: Gardena, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: Sacramento, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: San Diego, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: San Jose, CA ::  more info

top

Code	Concentration	More Info
MS/IS	Master of Computer Information Systems
School: University of Phoenix Program: The Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (MSCIS) program is focused on the acquisition of information technology theory and the application of theory and practice to real world business opportunities and challenges. The course provide current theory and knowledge of essential information technology components, as well as interpersonal and intra-organizational communication. While courses examine a broad range of information technology resources, the courses emphasize the management of such resources in order to meet an organization's challenges and goals. The program has six main threads: Business Management; Business Systems Analysis and Development; Programming Management; Databases, Network and Telecommunications; and the Web. :: Concentration: Information Systems :: Campus    ::  Location: Sacramento, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: San Diego, CA ::  more info     ::  Location: San Jose, CA ::  more info

top

Information Systems - Select a State
Alabama	Massachusetts	Ontario
Arizona	Winnepeg, MB	Oregon
Vancouver, BC	Maryland	Pennsylvania
California	Michigan	Quebec
Colorado	Missouri	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Mississippi	Texas
Florida	New Jersey	Utah
Georgia	New Mexico	Virginia
Hawaii	Nevada	Washington
Idaho	New York	Wisconsin
Illinois	Ohio	West Virginia
Louisiana	Oklahoma	Online Programs

School Description

information systems

California Listing

The Information Technology (IT) program is designed for the baccalaureate-level college graduate seeking to pursue a career in IT. The program is structured around a core of technology-oriented specialty courses with emphasis on applying computer technology to solve business problems.

Students draw on their college and business backgrounds as they work in teams to develop solutions to case studies. Project management, communication skills and ongoing IT administration, all of which are critically important in today's rapidly changing business environment, are integrated across the program.

top

"Information Systems" Sponsors

| Technical and Non-Technical Degrees | Chubb Institute | DeVry University | University of Phoenix | DeVry Keller University | College Searching

College Searching Sponsors

debt consolidation | University Online Degree | Home Remodeling | debt help | General Links |

about | contact | sitemap

College Searching and Online Degrees offer Associate, Bachelor, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in automotive, teaching, finance, internet technology, accounting, marketing, Information Systems, nursing, computer science, fashion and graphic design, and much more!