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Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
Forty-seven counties have an appointed county administrative officer, while five counties have a more powerful official such as a county manager, chief executive officer, or county mayor, and five rural counties do not have a full-time county administrative officer. [10] All counties elect their district attorneys and their sheriffs.
There are 58 counties, 482 California cities, [26] about 1,102 school districts, [27] and about 3,400 special districts. [28] Counties and incorporated cities may promulgate local ordinances, which are usually codified in county or city codes, respectively, and are misdemeanor crimes unless otherwise specified as infractions. [29]
The Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) is the county-managed public assistance eligibility and enrollment system, e.g., the case management system for county eligibility staff providing CalWORKs, Welfare to Work, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance, County Medical Services Program, and General Assistance/General Relief. [17]
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census , the population was 2,418,185, [ 3 ] [ 5 ] making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the United States.
Immigrants are California's lifeblood. ... More than half of California, and 62% of L.A. County, is either foreign-born or has at least one immigrant parent, according to a Pew Research Center ...
Orange County, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990 [81] Pop 2000 [82] Pop 2010 [75] Pop ...
Tulare County (/ t ʊ ˈ l ɛər i / ⓘ tuu-LAIR-ee) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 473,117. [4] The county seat is Visalia. [6] The county is named for Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.