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According to the film "California Dry," Long Beach wants to get how much of its water from desalination?

15%

According to Figure 2.1 in Pastor page 30, what share of US population was California's population in 1900 and 2000?

2% and 12%

According to the film "California Dry," how much of the state's total energy production does it take to pump water all over the state?

20%

According to the film "California Dry," how long has Rita been at it?

27 years

How much "unimpaired runoff" becomes available for water management and use?

75 million acre feet

What was the result of social movement momentum in LA around 1996?

A living wage campaign

California has the highest grossing agriculture sector in the nation, but ...

All of the above: ...it's value is small relative to the state's overall economy. ....the value-add of crop production in the state totals about $22 billion. ...it accounts for 1.2 percent of the state's GDP

According to our readings, what did the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 mean?

All of the above: Property tax rates were no longer set locally, and were fixed at 1% of assess value. Property values are reassessed to current market value only upon sale of the property. Property taxes were no longer distributed by the counties, but by the state.

Our readings and the videos this week are about social movements, one of which are unions. What are other social movements described in the readings?

All of the above; The Black Panther Party The United Farm Workers Free Speech Movement

According to the film "California Dry," what is the "doomsday scenario" for the delta?

An earthquake destroying the levies.

According to the film "California Dry," what is the delta?

An inland estuary

Landscaping accounts for how much water use?

At least half.

Using the EdWeek web link, what is the overall grade of California public K-12 education rank among the 50 states?

C+

California relies most heavily on what kind of tax?

California relies most heavily on what kind of tax?

Using the PPIC.org website, find public opinion polls about how Californians feel about the state budget (it's process and contents)?

Californians complain that the sheer complexity of process and contents defeat their understanding

Total gross agricultural and urban water use has been....

Decreasing since 1995

According to the film "California Dry," what is Rita trying to do?

Educate people

What takes up over hald of all General Fund expenditures in California?

Education

Prop 140 was about term limits for state (Sacramento) and national (Washington D.C.) legislators.

False

According to Figure 2.2 in Pastor on page 37, what is the demographic trend in California?

Increase in the share of non-white population

In the 1st video and in the Pastor readings, the SEIU chose to stage peaceful marches in Century City, an office district on the west side of Los Angeles. Why?

It's an affluent area

Who is responsible for crafting the state budget?

Legislature and governor

Hanak says that water users pay too little for water. What comparison is made to illustrate this point?

Monthly cell phone bill

In the 1970s, labor work cleaning buildings changed significantly. What was the MAIN reason according to the 2nd video?

National companies owned the buildings.

The LA civil unrest of 1992 in the wake of the King beating and the acquittal of the officers involved and the racialized politics of the 1990s in the state (e.g. Prop 187) contributed to innovative organizing efforts. What page does Pastor list numerous organizations involved?

Page 140

Most of California's water supply originates from what?

Precipitation

According to Pastor, what was the big appeal of Proposition 13?

Roll back property assessments to 1975

What union are the first two videos in the Weekly Folder about? (union. quiz)

SEIU

Pastor says unions supported immigration reform.

TRUE

Why was the "racial generation gap" a problem in California beginning in the 1960s?

The children of the state were now starting to look fairly different than the taxpayers and particularly the seniors who voted.

What effect did Proposition 25 - The On-Time Budget Act - passed by the voters in 2010 have on the budget process?

The measure reduced the number of votes necessary in the legislature from two-thirds supermajority to a simple majority for passing the budget.

According to the film "California Dry," what is true about California?

The state is one of the driest on the continent.

The state of California is the largest energy consumer in the state. Why?

all of the above

According to the film "California Dry," the levies are made of what?

dirt

According to the film "California Dry," California has a plan to save the delta.

false

According to the film "California Dry," California has a quick fix for drought because we have the Pacific Ocean.

false

According to the film "California Dry," California is doing nothing to address the delta problems.

false

According to the film "California Dry," desalination is simple.

false

According to the film "California Dry," it was an easy sell to get desalination in San Diego County.

false

According to the film "California Dry," more people live in Canada than California.

false

According to the film "California Dry," most people believe water shortages exist in California.

false

According to the film "California Dry," the SurfRider Foundation supports desalination.

false

Pastor says that Clintion for sure failed to capture white working class voters in 2016.

false

Prop 187 in 1994 had no effect on California.

false

Prop 25 in 2010 required a 2/3 majority to pass a state budget.

false

Where is California's rainfall heaviest, in what part of the state?

north

According to the film "California Dry," H2O is blue gold.

true

According to the film "California Dry," Long Beach gets water from NorCal

true

According to the film "California Dry," Orange County has successfully taken water from toilet to tap

true

According to the film "California Dry," delta smelt are saved by catching them in a giant bucket and putting them back in the delta

true

According to the film "California Dry," delta smelt are saved by catching them in a giant bucket and putting them back in the delta.

true

According to the film "California Dry," desalination has negative environmental impacts on the ocean.

true

According to the film "California Dry," desalination takes a lot of energy.

true

According to the film "California Dry," every drop of water in San Diego county is imported.

true

According to the film "California Dry," over half of household water is used outside the house not inside.

true

According to the film "California Dry," the delta is more vulnerable than New Orleans was during Hurricane Katrina.

true

According to the film "California Dry," the delta smelt is the canary in the coal mine.

true

According to the film "California Dry," there are H2O vigilantees.

true

According to the film "California Dry," who cares about toilet to tap! All the water in the world has been reused.

true

Another part of the Repubican turn, and prominent in Nixon's campaign, were blatant attempts to lure southern white voters from the Democratic due to the party's support of civil rights.

true

Gov Jerry Brown represented his times in 1975 in part because he dated singer Linda Ronstadt.

true

Gov Schwarzenegger interpreted his election as a broad mandate and was later suprised by a slip in popularity.

true

In 1994, "it seemed like CA was going to hell." (Riots, Northridge earthquake, immigration surge).

true

In California today, overall demand exceeds the supply of developed water.

true

Itzel grew up fearing police.

true

Latinos of a certain generation were famous for delaying obtaining US citizenship because they intended to return to Mexico.

true

Pastor says that Clintion perhaps undermobilized voters of color in Philidelphia, Milwaukee and Detroit.

true

Prop 11 in 2008 created a citizens redistricting committee.

true

Prop 13 was a shipwreck to local and state finances, and ultimately caused the jacking up of fees to attend California's (once inexpensive) public colleges and universities.

true

Prop 14 in 2010 eliminated partisan primaries.

true

Prop 187 was intended to "save" California from a "certain population.

true

Prop 30 in 2012 raised taxes.

true

Reagan used the law and order platform to shore up the concerns of anxious conservatives, much as Trump did in 2020.

true

The battles of immigrants today are similar to the battles of 25 years ago with Prop 187.

true

Trump rescinded DACA in 2017.

true