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Douglas H. Bosco
Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946) is an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper owner from California. He is a former U.S. Representative, serving four terms as a Democrat from 1983 to 1991. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bosco attended Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California. He graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, D.C. in 1963, received a B.A. from Willamette University in 1968 and a J.D. from the Willamette University College of Law in 1971. Bosco was admitted to the California bar in 1971 and commenced practice in San Rafael. He served as director of the California Department of Human Relations in 1973, and became executive director of the Marin County (California) Housing Authority in 1974. Political career California State Assembly (1978-82) Bosco was elected to the California State Assembly in 1978 and was re-elected in 1980. In 1979 he wrote, with then-governor Jerry Brown, the Renewable Resources Investment Act, which set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Welfare Commission
The Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) was established in 1913 to regulate wages, hours and working conditions in California. It was defunded by the California legislature in 2004''Huntington Memorial Hospital v Superior Court'' (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 893, 902. but its regulations consisting of 18 "Wage Orders" remain in effect, enforced by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. IWC wage orders must be posted by all employers in an area frequented by employees, where they may be easily read during the workday. References External links * Government of California United States national commissions 1913 establishments in California Progressive Era in the United States {{US-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real (California), El Camino Real and U.S. Route 101 in California, Highway 101 and is bordered by portions of San Jose, California, San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield and NASA Ames Research Center to the northwest, Mountain View, California, Mountain View to the northwest, Los Altos, California, Los Altos to the southwest, Cupertino, California, Cupertino to the south, and Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara to the east. Sunnyvale's population was 155,805 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second most populous city in the county (after San Jose, California, San Jose) and the List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Area, seventh most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the major cities that make up California's High tech, high-tech area known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Hamburg
Daniel Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician in Northern California who was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party United States Congress, Congressman in 1992, serving one term from 1993 to 1995. In 1998, he was the Green Party (United States), Green Party gubernatorial candidate in California. He remains active in the Green Party. He had settled in Mendocino County, California after graduating from Stanford University. In Ukiah he founded an alternative school and was active for several years on the planning commission. In 1980 he was elected as a member of the Mendocino County (California) Board of Supervisors, serving to 1985. He later was elected again twice to the Board of Supervisors, in 2010 and 2014, and served two terms, from 2011 through 2018. Early life Hamburg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Jean (Milton) and Walter Hamburg. His family was Jewish. He attended Stanford University and graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace And Freedom Party
The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a socialist political party in the United States which operates mostly in California. It was formed in 1966 from anti–Vietnam War and pro–civil rights movements. PFP operates both as an organization unto itself and an umbrella organization in which socialist organizations compete to win PFP's ballot access. Notable past and present members include Bob Avakian, Emmy Lou Packard, Byron Randall, and (briefly) Murray Rothbard. Organization Members In January 2000, PFP had 75,277 registered voters. In February 2005, PFP had 67,238 registered voters. In January 2010, PFP had 55,036 registered voters. In January 2016, PFP had 75,579 registered voters. In February 2019, PFP had 76,784 registered voters. In February 2021, PFP had 105,535 registered voters. In January 2024, PFP had 133,914 registered voters. Preference primaries Like many minor parties, PFP holds a non-binding "preference primary" for President. The PFP presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( ; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who was the List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected U.S. House speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of United States Congress, Congress, heading the House Democratic Caucus, House Democrats from 2003 to 2023. A member of the House since 1987, Pelosi represents , which includes most of San Francisco. She is the dean of United States congressional delegations from California, California's congressional delegation. The daughter of congressman Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., Pelosi was born and raised in Baltimore. She graduated from Trinity Washington University, Trinity College, Washington, in 1962 and married businessman Paul Pelosi t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Boxer graduated from George W. Wingate High School and Brooklyn College. She worked as a stockbroker for several years before moving to California with her husband. During the 1970s, she worked as a journalist for the ''Pacific Sun (newspaper), Pacific Sun'' and as an aide to U.S. Representative John L. Burton. She served on the Marin County Board of Supervisors for six years and became the board's first female president. With the slogan "Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn", she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982, representing California's 6th district. Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Democratic National Convention
The 1980 Democratic National Convention nominated President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale for reelection. The convention was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City from August 11 to August 14, 1980. The 1980 convention was notable as it was the last time in the 20th century, for either major party, that a candidate tried to get delegates released from their voting commitments. This was done by Senator Ted Kennedy, Carter's chief rival for the nomination in the Democratic primaries, who sought the votes of delegates held by Carter. Notable speakers After losing his challenge for the nomination earlier that day, Ted Kennedy spoke on August 12 and delivered a speech in support of President Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Kennedy's famous speech eventually closed with the lines: "For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of State of California, secretary of state of California in 1970; Brown later served as mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California, attorney general of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office, Brown became the fourth List of longest-serving governors of U.S. states, longest-serving governor in U.S. history, serving 16 years and 5 days in office. Born in San Francisco, he is the son of Bernice Layne Brown and Pat Brown, who was the 32nd governor of California (1959–1967). After graduating from the University of California, Berke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature (the upper house being the California State Senate). The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, Sacramento. Neither house has been expanded since the ratification of the California Constitution, 1879 Constitution, and each of the 80 members represent at least 465,000 people, more than any other state lower house, and second largest of any lower house in the United States after the federal United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. Members of the California State Assembly are generally referred to using the titles Assemblyman, Assemblywoman, or Assemblymember. In the current legislative session, California Democratic Party, Democrats have a three-fourths supermajority of 60 seats, while California Republican Party, Republicans control a minority of 19 seats. Leadership The Speaker of the California Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin County, California
Marin County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael, California, San Rafael. Marin County is across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, and is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marin County's natural sites include the Muir Woods Sequoia sempervirens, redwood forest, the Marin Headlands, Stinson Beach, CA, Stinson Beach, the Point Reyes National Seashore, and Mount Tamalpais. Marin is one of the List of highest-income counties in the United States, highest-income counties by per capita income and median household income. The county is governed by the Marin County Board of Supervisors. The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and draws thousands of visitors a year to guided tours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rafael, California
San Rafael ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "Raphael (archangel), St. Raphael", ) is a city in and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 61,271, up from 57,713 in 2010. San Rafael was founded by the Spanish in 1817, when Vicente Francisco de Sarría established Mission San Rafael Arcángel, initially as an Asistencias, ''asistencia'' (sub-mission). San Rafael Arcángel was upgraded to full Spanish missions in California, mission status in 1822, a month before Alta California declared independence from Spain as part of First Mexican Empire, Mexico. Following the American Conquest of California, the community of San Rafael incorporated as a city in 1874. History San Rafael was once the site of several Coast Miwok villages: ''Awani-wi'', near downtown San Rafael, ''Ewu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
