2. State Facts

1. Government—all data from:

1. Executives

1. Governor Gray Davis.
2. Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante.
3. United States Senator Dianne Feinstein and United States Senator Barbara Boxer.
4. Congressmen—all data from:

*Vacancy due to the death of George E. Brown, Jr., July 15, 1999.

1. The California State Legislature has two houses:

Legislative Counsel of California. Official California Legislative

Sergeant at Arms Ronald Pane

1. State Records

1. Current state of my Public Record Request:

Sjoberg, Kurt R. and David Madrigal "Audit Report Order Form." California State Auditor Bureau of State Audits. 7 Oct 1999. http://www.bsa.ca.gov/bsa/ord_form.html (10 Oct 1999).

I found a form at the California State Auditor’s web page which would allow me to request a copy of a public record online. I filled out the form and hit submit, and got an error message. Knowing how forms worked, I checked the source and lucked out—there was an email address listed. So I composed the following email:

To: kathym@bsa.ca.gov

Subject: Record Request, form not working

I got an error message when I submitted the Audit Report Order Form (http://www.bsa.ca.gov/bsa/ord_form.html), so I checked the source and found this email address. I'm hoping you'll get this and either get the form working, or send me the info I need. Here's my request:

Agency/Department: California State University

Report Title: California State University:

Evaluation of a Contractor Dispute at

the Fullerton Campus

Number of Copies Needed: 1

Report Number: 96113

My info:

Jason Morrison

740-368-2284

pjmorris@cc.owu.edu

address:

HWCC Box 811

Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH, 43015

When I submitted the above information, I got this error message:

Server Error

This server has encountered an internal error which prevents it from fulfilling your request. The most likely cause is a

misconfiguration. Please ask the administrator to look for messages in the server's error log.

Thanks for your help.

Jason

This is the reply I received two days later:

Return-path: <KathyM@bsa.ca.gov>

Delivery-receipt-to: KathyM@bsa.ca.gov

Content-return: allowed

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:50:25 -0700

From: KathyM@bsa.ca.gov

Subject: RE: Record Request, form not working

To: pjmorris@CC.OWU.EDU

Thank you for letting us know that our form was not working. I will get

report # 96113 in the mail to you today.

For the full record, see Figure IIB1a.

2. Current state of Vital Record Request:

1. Charities--all data from:

Philanthropic Research, Inc. "Charity Search." GuideStar. 1999. http://www.guidestar.org/search/ (2 Nov 1999).

The most successful, by 1997 income ($321,104,364), was the

Jewish Community Federation of

SF Marin Peninsula & Sonoma Counties

121 Steuart St, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Please note: Guidestar’s site has been altered between the times I found the following data and the previous.

2. Nonprofit Organizations—all data from:

Philanthropic Research, Inc. "Charity Search." GuideStar. 1999. http://nonprofit.guidestar.org/search/search.cfm (10 Oct 1999).

Please note: the following are all hospitals because the search page required a category to narrow the search with.

City of Hope

Duarte, CA 91010-0269

The City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research

Institute is dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of

cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases

through innovative research and patient care.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital

Los Angeles, CA 90026

Barlow Respiratory Hospital provides charity care to indigent

patients and recipients of governmental subsidies. Services are

often provided below cost. The hospital offers special health

promotion programs, including smoking cessation. The hospital joint

Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope

Duarte, CA 91010-0269

The City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research

Institute is dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of

cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases

through innovative research and patient care.

California College of Podiatric Medicine, Inc.

San Francisco, CA 94115

California College of Podiatric Medicine, Inc. offers courses leading

to a Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine. Also operates a 28-bed

licensed acute care hospital and various outpatient clinics that

provide podiatric care to the community while providing trat

Children's Hospital Medical Center Foundation

Oakland, CA 94609

From the organization's Form 990: Support of children's hospital

medical center. An organization exempt from taxation under IRC

section 501(c)3.

3. Businesses—all data in sections a, b and d are from:

1. Recent Articles:

Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1999, Monday, Home Edition, Page

3, 34 words, MONDAY BUSINESS; PREVIEW: SOME OF THE

MAJOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR

THIS WEEK; ALSO. . .

The New York Times, October 11, 1999, Monday, Late Edition -

Final, Section C; Page 4; Column 5; Business/Financial Desk, 295

words, I.B.M. to Take Part in Alliance With Other Computer Giants

To Better E-Commerce Security, Bloomberg News, ARMONK,

N.Y., Oct. 10

2. see figure IIB5i, note 3;

1. see figure IIB5ii, note 1;
2. see figure IIB5ii, note 2;
3. Recent Articles:

The San Francisco Chronicle, OCTOBER 5, 1999, TUESDAY,

FINAL EDITION, BUSINESS;, Pg. C1, 1266 words, Pension

Dissension; Veteran employees battle companies threatening to

introduce new benefits plans, Arthur M. Louis, Chronicle Staff Writer

The San Francisco Chronicle, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, THURSDAY,

FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg. A1, 3768 words, Breaking the

Bank; The untold story of how David Coulter lost BofA, Sam

Zuckerman, Chronicle Staff Writer

4. see figure IIB5ii, note 3;

1. see figure IIB5iii, note 1;
2. see figure IIB5iii, note 2;
3. Recent Articles:

Financial Times (London), October 11, 1999, Monday, LONDON

EDITION 1, FT GUIDE TO THE WEEK;, Pg. 56, 1118 words,

Nobel prize week

New Straits Times - Computimes (Malaysia), October 11, 1999, IT

society; Pg. 24, 78 words, HP contest winner receives prize

4. see figure IIB5iii, note 3;

DISNEY (WALT) COMPANY, (THE)

1. see figure IIB5iv, note 1;
2. see figure IIB5iv, note 2;
3. Recent Articles:

THE KANSAS CITY STAR, October 11, 1999 Monday,

METROPOLITAN EDITION, Pg. F10;, 124 words, Remote patrol,

AARON BARNHART, The Kansas City Star

The New York Times, October 11, 1999, Monday, Late Edition -

Final, Section E; Page 3; Column 4; The Arts/Cultural Desk, 508

words, MUSIC REVIEW; Disney 'Millennium Symphonies', By

PAUL GRIFFITHS

4. see figure IIB5iv, note 3;

1. see figure IIB5v, note 1;
2. see figure IIB5v, note 2;
3. Recent Articles:

The Washington Post, September 28, 1999, Tuesday, Final Edition,

STYLE; Pg. C01, 634 words, Zuckerman Sells Prized Magazine;

National Journal Exec Buys Atlantic Monthly, Howard Kurtz,

Washington Post Staff Writer

The Washington Post, September 21, 1999, Tuesday, Final Edition,

FINANCIAL; Pg. E03; DEALS, 843 words, Chandlers Again

Avoiding Taxes Through a Times Mirror Maneuver, Allan Sloan

4. see figure IIB5v, note 3;

1. General Facts—all facts in sections 1-6 from:

1. Flag:

On June 14, 1846, a small band of settlers marched on the Mexican garrison

at Sonoma and took the commandant, Mariano Vallejo, prisoner, They issued

a proclamation which declared California to be a Republic independent of

Mexico. This uprising became known as the Bear Flag Revolt after the

hastily designed flag depicting a grizzly bear and a five pointed star over a red bar and the

words "California Republic." The grizzly bear was a symbol of great strength while the lone star made reference to the lone Star of Texas. The flag only flew until July 9, 1846

when it was learned that Mexico and the United States were already at war. Soon after,the

Bear Flag was replaced with the American flag. It was adopted as the State Flag by the

State Legislature in 1911.

2. Seal:

The Constitutional Convention of 1849 adopted the Great Seal of the State of

California. The seal was designed by Major R. S. Garnett of the United

States Army, and proposed by Caleb Lyon, a clerk of the convention. The

Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva, has at her feet a grizzly bear and

clusters of grapes representing wildlife and agricultural richness. A miner

works near the busy Sacramento River, below the Sierra Nevada peaks. The

Greek word "Eureka" meaning "I have found it", probably refers to the miner's discovery

of gold. Near the upper edge of the seal are 31 stars representing the number of states with California's anticipated admission. Just as Minerva sprung full-grown from the head of

Jupiter, California became a state on September 9, 1850, without having to go through a

territorial stage.

3. Tree:

The California redwood was designated the official State Tree of California by

the State Legislature in 1937. Once common throughout the Northern Hemisphere,

redwoods are found only on the Pacific Coast. Many groves and stands of the

towering trees are preserved in state and national parks and forests. There are

actually two species of California redwood: the coast redwood (Sequoia

sempervirens) and the giant sequoia (Sequoia gigantea). The coast redwoods are the

tallest trees in the world - one reaching over 360 feet tall grows in the Humboldt

Redwoods. One giant sequoia, the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, is 272 feet high and more than 36 feet in diameter and is widely considered to be the world's

largest tree overall.

4. Flower:

California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil

extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was

given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian

Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a

bay surrounded by hills of the golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower,

la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It

became the state flower in 1903. Every year April 6 is California Poppy Day, and

Governor Wilson proclaimed May 13-18, 1996, Poppy Week.

5. Song—"I Love You, California", written by F.B. Silverwood.
6. Bird—California quail (Lophortyx californica), also known as the valley quail.
7. Famous Women

From:

University of Maryland. "75 Suffragists." Women’s Studies Database. 1 Sept 1999. http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/History/Vote/75-suffragists.html (11 Oct 1999).

MAUD YOUNGER (San Francisco, CA) Jan. 10, 1870 - June 25, 1936, inherited fortune but lived in NYC College Settlement for 5 years, took job as waitress to understand lives of working women, helped form and lead union, called "the millionaire waitress," lobbied and organized, helped win 8-hour-day labor law for California women, spoke all over California in 1911 campaign, drove a team of six horses pulling a suffrage float down San Francisco's Market Street in Labor Day Parade, organized Wage Earners Equal Suffrage League, became Alice Paul's lieutenant and chief lobbyist, headed National Woman's Party Congressional Committee which emphasized local pressure on Congressmen rather than cordial relations, compelling speaker, toured country defending suffrage hunger strikers, helped initiate and fought for Equal Rights Amendment.

From:

Wright, Natasha. "Women's History Encyclopedia Entry [Dian Fossey]." Encyclopedia of Women's History. Feb 1999. http://www.teleport.com/~megaines/fossey.htm (11 Oct 1999).

Dian Fossey was born in 1932 in San Francisco. She was an American

zoologist who became famous for her studies on Mountain gorillas in

Africa. She was sent to Africa in 1967 by Dr. Louis Leakey, because he

thought that the study of Mountain gorillas would help to find out more

about human evolution. She spent the next 18 years living at the

Karisoke Research Centre in Rwanda.

From:

Wright, Parker. "Women's History Encyclopedia Entry [Sally Ride]" Encyclopedia of Women's History. Feb 1999. http://www.teleport.com/~megaines/fossey.htm (11 Oct 1999).

Sally Ride How would you like to be the first woman to go into space? Sally Ride was. She went up in space in 1983. Just think of everything now, woman are a lot more active then they were back then. If it weren't for Sally Ride now woman wouldn't be going into space .She was born in 1951 in Los Angeles. She earned a Ph.D in pysicsat Stanford Universityin 1977. Later Sally Ride became an astronaut. In 1983 Sally Ride took off on her journey into the gaaxy. She was in a space shuttle called the Challeger. A year later after her first journey she went up into space again. On both flights Sally and crew carried important experiments. In 1987 Sally Ride went back to Stanford to find a position.

From:

Takacs, Bill. "Gracie Allen [Biography]." Internet Movie Database. 1999. http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Allen,+Gracie (11 Oct 1999).

Biography for Gracie Allen

Mini biography

She and her husband-to-be became the comedy team of Burns &

Allen in 1922. (A daft one, she was.) They remained spouses and

performing partners until her passing.

8. Famous Men

From:

Dicker, Matt. "Ted Williams (II) [Biography]." Internet Movie Database. 1999. http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Williams,+Ted+(II) (11 Oct 1999).

Biography for Ted Williams (II)

Mini biography

 

Theodore Samuel Williams was born in San Diego, California, on

August 30, 1918. He signed a contract at the age of 18 in 1936 with

the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He was assigned to their farm

team in San Diego. In 1939 he made his Major League Baseball

debut, where he set the record for most runs batted in by a rookie

with 145. Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941, placing him with baseball's

all-time elite. In 1942 Ted won the American League Triple Crown

and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he would serve

through 1945. In 1946, on his return to baseball, lead the Red Sox to the American League Pennant. The next year he won his 2nd Triple Crown. In 1957 he became the oldest player in history to win a batting crown. Ted retired as a player in 1960, amd hit a homerun in his last at bat. 6 years later he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He became the manager of the Washington Senators in 1969, and resigned three years later in 1972. He is considered by many to be the best hitter in baseball history.

From:

Takacs, Bill. "Gracie Allen [Biography]." Internet Movie Database. 1999. http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Blanc,+Mel (11 Oct 1999).

Biography for Mel Blanc

Mini biography

Voice specialist from radio, movies and TV rarely seen by his

widespread audience. On 40's radio, for example, his voice

supplied the soundeffects for the comedian Jack Benny's antique Maxwell automobile's gasp-ing and wheezing and struggling to crank up.

More widely recognized asthe voice of virtually every major

character in the Warner Bros. cartoon pantheon, including Porky

Pig, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety & Sylvester both, Yosemite

Sam et al. Since Blanc's death, 'Mel Blanc Jr.' has taken up some

of his father's mantle.

From:

Who 2?. "Who 2: George Lucas Profile." Who 2 Home Page. 1998. http://who2.com/georgelucas.html (11 Oct 1999).

George Lucas is one of the most successful movie makers in history. He

is the writer and director of American Grafitti (1973) and the creator of

the Star Wars series of movies. As a producer, his credits include

Raiders of the Lost Ark (and its sequels) and the animated feature The

Land Before Time. He is also the head of LucasFilms and special

effects studios Industrial Light & Magic. In 1992 he received the Irving

G. Thalberg Award for Lifetime Achievement.

9. What is Unique—all info from:

Johnson, Hans. "A Brief Look at the People of California." The California Home Page. March 1995. http://library.ca.gov/california/people_1.html (17 Oct 1999).

Today, one out of every eight United States residents is a Californian, and the

state's population has reached approximately 32 million residents. Even with the current slowdown in California's population growth due to the recession, the state added almost 400 thousand new residents in fiscal year 1993-94. The California Department of Finance projects that by the year 2040, 63 million people will reside in California.

10. Admitted to Union—info in 10, 11 and 12 from:

Weber Publications. "California." 50states.com. 1999. http://50states.com/californ.htm (17 Oct 1999).

September 9, 1850

11. Population and Rank

32,268,301; 1st, 7/97

12. Land Area

1. Physical Facts

1. Rivers—info from:

Exploration.net. MyTravelGuide.com. 2 Nov 1999. http://www.mytravelguide.com/. (2 Nov 1999).

Sacramento (longest), San Joaquin, Feather, American, Salinas, Santa Maria, San Diego, Klamath, Pit, etc.

2. Mountains—info from:

Rowlett, Roger E. "Mount Whitney, California." America’s Roof. 1998. http://www.americasroof.com/ca.html. (2 Nov 1999).

Mount Whitney is the highest at 14,494 feet. Others include Mount Langley and much of the Rockies.

3. Lakes—info from: