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  San Jose, California Encyclopedia Article @ TXbase.com (TX Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Connecticut to San Jose and began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy the lives of carpenters and craftsmen until her death: the house was continually under construction for thirty-eight years.
San Jose is a charter city under California law, giving it the power to enact local ordinances that may conflict with state law, within the limits provided by the charter.
San Francisco, which is exposed to the ocean or Bay on three sides and whose temperature therefore varies relatively little year-round and overnight, San Jose lies more inland, protected on three sides by mountains.
www.txbase.com /encyclopedia/San_Jose,_California   (3807 words)

  
 San Francisco Mayors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
San francisco history material for the city and county of san francisco, california.
City mayors: san francisco election In san francisco and houston by nick swift two mayors named brown found themselves out of term time in the united states in late 2003, and both were replaced in ‘runoff’ elections by their own
Mayors gather for climate change summit - environment - msnbc Mayors from some of the world's biggest cities are gathering in san francisco to e guidelines for sustainable living as part of the united nations environment day.
www.sanfranciscopro.com /san_francisco_mayors.html   (781 words)

  
 cheap accommodation in San Francisco
The City and County of San Francisco (population 776,773), the fourth-largest city in the state of California, United States, is a consolidated city-county situated at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula that forms San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, from NASA Landsat 7San Francisco lies near the San Andreas Fault; a major source of earthquake activity in California.
San Francisco is both a city and a county, and is governed by a mayor, who runs the executive branch of the city, and a Board of Supervisors, who are elected to represent 11 districts in the city.
www.dancinglessonsfromgod.co.uk /cheap-hotel-san-francisco.php   (3062 words)

  
 San Jose, California
San José (officially the City of San José; prounounced [sæn hoʊˈzeɪ] (see IPA) or, in rapid speech, [sænəˈzeɪ]) is the third largest city in the U.S. state of California and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.
The San Francisco Bay Area, of which San Jose forms part, is the fourth largest in the U.S. San José was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (later Alta California), founded in 1777 as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations.
Like all California cities except San Francisco, both the levels and the boundaries of what the city government controls is determined by the local county Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).
www.creekin.net /c7431-n208-san-jose-california.html   (3631 words)

  
 City Mayors: San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco City Hall, which opened in 1916 after the old City Hall was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, is one of the best examples of Beaux Arts architecture in the world, and it is considered to have one of the most important interior spaces in the United States.
San Francisco City Hall was built in the spirit of ‘The City Beautiful’ movement in the early 20th century.
Therefore San Francisco City Hall may be the biggest building in the world that is actually not attached to the ground.
www.citymayors.com /cityhalls/sanfrancisco_cityhall.html   (1324 words)

  
 Top20SanFrancisco.com - Your Top20Guide to San Francisco, CA.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
San Francisco's charisteristic foggy weather and geography led early European explorers, including Juan Cabrillo and Sir Francis Drake (who would instead land a few miles north in Point Reyes), to pass by the Golden Gate and miss the San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco's frontier spirit and wild and ribald character caused it to become known as a gay mecca beginning in the nineteenth century.
San Francisco exercises jurisdiction over the Hetch Hetchy Valley and watershed, in Yosemite National Park, pursuant to a perpetual leasehold granted by Act of Congress in 1913, the Raker Act.
top20sanfrancisco.com   (6730 words)

  
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San Francisco Is First City to Consider Impact of Its Purchases In June, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to take public health and environmental stewardship into consideration when purchasing products -- from toilet paper to computers.
Mayor Gavin Newsom made it official with his signature during a ceremony in his office attended by environmentalists and public health advocates.
From now on, San Francisco will look at such things as whether products can be recycled, whether they pollute the air or water, their energy efficiency and whether they emit toxic substances that have been found to endanger public health.
www.precaution.org /lib/05/ht051102.htm   (2499 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of San Francisco
Mayor Newsom would probably rather be remembered for his other policies, a major plank of which formed his programme for office when standing for mayor was the ‘Care Not Cash’ programme which sought to emulate Mayor Guiliani’s measures to tackle homelessness in New York.
San Francisco is one of California’s Charter Cities, whose code of governance is laid down in a separate city constitution rather than state law.
You decide who are the mayors who have the vision, passion and skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, work in and visit.
www.citymayors.com /mayors/sanfrancisco_mayor.html   (1412 words)

  
 Ask Us A Question -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
San José (IPA: [sæn hoʊˈzeɪ]) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States.
She moved from Connecticut to San Jose and began a construction project of such magnitude that it was to occupy the lives of carpenters and craftsmen until her death: the house was continually under construction for thirty-eight years.
San Jose was the host of ArenaBowl XVI on August 18, 2002 in which the San Jose SaberCats defeated the Arizona Rattlers, 52-14.
www.sanpablocaus.com /details/San_Jose,_California   (7265 words)

  
 Smythe: History of San Diego
After these troubles, he was the mainstay of the citizens in preserving the peace, at the time when the San Francisco "Hounds" were terrorizing the town, and was seriously wounded in the discharge of his duty, as has been related.
The people of San Diego were at a loss to understand why their almost unanimous petition passed unheeded, and it remained a mystery until Sloane himself told the story, years after.
He was a stockholder and director of the early banks of San Diego, and in 1879, upon the consolidation of the Bank of San Diego and the Commercial Bank, he was chosen president of the new institution and served several years.
www.sandiegohistory.org /books/smythe/2-12.htm   (10320 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Mayors of San Francisco, California
Mayors of San Francisco: Events and Candidates of the 1900's (may be incomplete!)
Mayors of San Francisco: Events and Candidates of the 1950's (may be incomplete!)
Mayors of San Francisco: Events and Candidates of the 1970's (may be incomplete!)
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/CA/ofc/sanfrancisco.html   (337 words)

  
 Matt Irvine San Francisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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www.irvinecentral.com /matt_irvine_san_francisco.html   (604 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: San Francisco city & county, Calif.
Judge of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1942.
U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.
Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and died in San Francisco, Calif.,
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/CA/sf.html   (1862 words)

  
 Report on the Causes of Municipal Corruption in San Francisco - 1909
Nor is it to be inferred that San Francisco alone is a victim of the malady.
The history of municipal wickedness in San Francisco dates back to the days of the discovery of gold and its population by gold seekers and adventurers from all parts of the world.
While occupying the position in their governing body to which these gentlemen had elected him, the whole state arose in arms and, after a violent campaign in which was exposed the daily toll of embezzlement, suicide and ruin he caused, compelled the legislature to pass a law aimed at closing his gambling stands.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist5/graft1.html   (4840 words)

  
 San Francisco Hosts U.N. Conference Green agenda for world's urban mayors
San Francisco plays host this week to mayors from around the globe who will be attending a United Nations conference dedicated to adopting sound environmental practices for urban centers -- where the majority of the world's population lives.
The theme of the conference is "green cities,'' and the mayors will hammer out an accord on ways to improve energy use, recycling, environmental health, urban design, transportation, metropolitan parks and water quality and supply.
San Francisco was picked by the United Nations, the mayor said, because the city embraces environmentally sound policies.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1412708/posts   (1000 words)

  
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12, 2000 — At a joint press conference today in San Diego with the Better Business Bureau, Microsoft Corp. announced that it has taken legal actions against five computer resellers across the state of California.
California is one of five U.S. states that have issued anti-piracy executive orders mandating the legal use of software in state government agencies.
Furthermore, the mayors of San Diego and San Francisco have led the way in expressing their support for anti-piracy efforts by issuing "No Piracy" proclamations.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2000/Sept00/SanDiegoPR.mspx   (1172 words)

  
 Oakland, California
It was not long after the Mexican War that the area of California was taken over by the United States.
With close proximity to San Francisco, the area flourished with businesses locally and within its vicinity.
The estate was purchased by the City of Oakland in the early 1960s with the intent of using the grounds and mansion as a conference center.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2381.html   (537 words)

  
 2005 Hydrogen Road Rally
SB 975 by Senator Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) that encourages use of biodiesel and permits public agencies and utilities to use biodiesel fuel in retrofitted vehicles.
California is recognized as being in the forefront of clean air and one of Governor Schwarzenegger's soapbox issues is the hydrogen highway.
And if you were in Northern California this week, you would have seen a convoy of fuel cell vehicles traversing the highways and byways of California.
www.carlist.com /autonews/2005_hydrogen_road_rally.html   (1596 words)

  
 Governor's Committee -- Local Mayors' Committees
California has over 30 affiliated community/mayors' committees located throughout the state to promote the efforts of the California Governor's Committee at the local level.
Foothill Mayors' Committee for the Employment of the Disabled
San Joaquin Mayors' Committee for Employment of the Disabled
www.disabilityemployment.org /loc_comm.htm   (471 words)

  
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In 2004, the mayors of several cities, beginning with San Francisco, issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples (Sandoval County, New Mexico; New Paltz, New York, and Multnomah County, Oregon).
California – September 6, 2005: The legislature becomes the first in the nation to pass a law mandating legalization of homosexual “marriages.” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) vetoes the bill, but proponents say they’ll be back.
Thus, if either state begins issuing marriage licenses to couples from the other 49 states, the recipients will return to their own states and file lawsuits challenging not only their state laws but the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
www.afa.net /senatorsopposefcma.asp   (438 words)

  
 NBG Photo Gallery :: * San Francisco
San Francisco City Hall Steps with San Francisco City Officials and riders
Leah Schaum, executive director of the San Francisco Bike Coalition, (SFBC) farthest right, arrived as several other new faces from the Mayor's office came and went for the photo op
Patrick Thomas, San Francisco Schoolteacher & Chicago bound unicyclist
www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com /gallery/SanFrancisco2004   (160 words)

  
 National Bicycle Greenway Mayors' Ride: and Recumbent, HiWHeel, Trikes
National Bicycle Greenway Mayors' Ride: and Recumbent, HiWHeel, Trikes
City Hall to end 5th Annual National Mayors' Ride
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom w/NBG Director, Martin Krieg
www.bikeroute.com   (37 words)

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