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  2. Local government in California - Wikipedia

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    The last county in California to be established is Imperial County on August 7, 1907. Since 1911, counties in California have been allowed limited home rule, with the Government of Los Angeles County the first in the nation to be granted home rule by charter in 1912.

  3. Government of California - Wikipedia

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    Stanford Mansion is the official reception center for the California government and one of the workplaces of the governor of California.. All offices are elected separately to concurrent four-year terms, and each officer may be elected to an office a maximum of two times.

  4. Politics of California - Wikipedia

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    California's government consists of three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The California State Legislature is bicameral. The lower house, the California State Assembly, has 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, has 40 members. [2] The executive branch is led by the Governor of California. [3]

  5. Law of California - Wikipedia

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    California has a powerful tradition of popular sovereignty, which is reflected in the frequent use of initiatives to amend the state constitution, as well as the former state constitutional requirement [18] (repealed in 1966 and enacted as Government Code Section 100) that all government process shall be styled in the name of "the People of the ...

  6. California Codes - Wikipedia

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    In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were the basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. [11]

  7. Localism (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Localism in government structures, which can include: Tertiary government where small community councils make relevant decisions, with some degree of independence from local or national government. Workers' councils , where the employees of a particular workplace discuss and negotiate with their employer, rather have this done by a national ...

  8. Local Agency Formation Commission - Wikipedia

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    Local Agency Formation Commissions or LAFCOs are regional service planning agencies of the State of California.LAFCOs are located in all 58 counties and exercise regulatory and planning powers in step with their prescribed directive to oversee the establishment, expansion, governance, and dissolution of local government agencies and their municipal service areas to meet current and future ...

  9. Indigenization - Wikipedia

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    Indigenization is seen by some as less of a process of naturalization and more of a process of culturally relevant social work. Indigenization was not the standard, but it was a way to accustom others to a surrounding point of view but also to help understand where the people came from and their heritage. [7]