CA State & Local Gov Prep Test Questions And 100% Complete Answers.
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Annexation - Answer process by which a city adds territory by absorbing adjacent unincorporated areas
At-large elections - Answer city council elections in which all candidates are elected by the community as a whole rather than by districts
Attorney general - Answer elected top law ...
CA State & Local Gov Prep Test
Questions And 100% Complete Answers.
Annexation - Answer process by which a city adds territory by absorbing adjacent unincorporated areas
At-large elections - Answer city council elections in which all candidates are elected by the community
as a whole rather than by districts
Attorney general - Answer elected top law enforcement officer and legal counsel; the second-most
powerful member of the executive branch (was kamala harris, now xavier becerra)
Bicameral legislature - Answer organization of state legislature into 2 houses: senate (40, 4 yr terms)
and assemby (80, 2 yr terms)
Big Five - Answer governor, assembly speaker, assembly minority leader, senate president pro tem,
senate minority leader
Board of Equalization - Answer the 5 member state board that maintains uniform property tax
assessments and oversees the collection of sales, gas, and liquor taxes. members elected by district, part
of executive branch
Board of Supervisors - Answer 5 member governing body of counties, elected by district for 4 yr terms
Bonds - Answer subject to voter approval, used by state/local gov to borrow money (which is repaid,
w/ interest) from the general fund budget or from specials taxes or fees
Barbara Boxer - Answer badass, first elected 1992, a legend, most recently elected in 2002, iconic, now
retired
Jerry Brown - Answer democrat, longest-serving governor. 1975-1983 + 2007-present
, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown - Answer prominent democratic governor 1959-1967, responsible for
construction of major infrastructure projects and state university system
CA Dream Act - Answer legislation that allows illegal immigrants attending public colleges/unis to
receive state financial aid
Central committees - Answer political party organizations at county/state levels; weakly linked to one
another
charges for services - Answer local gov fees for services (garbage, sewage, building permits, rec
facilities, etc); major source of income for cities and counties since passage of Prop 13 in 1978
Charter - Answer equivalent of a constitution for a local gov, includes gov structures, election system,
powers of officeholder, conditions for employing local gov works, etc.
charter city or county - Answer local gov that drafts its own structures and organization through a
document like a local constitution, subject to voter approval
Citizens Redistricting Commission - Answer enacted by voters in Prop 11 in 2008, responsible for
determining the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts and Board of Equalization
districts
city council - Answer governing body of a city, members elected at large or by district for 4 yr terms
city manager - Answer top administrative officer in most ca cities; appointed by city council
civil service system - Answer system for hiring and retaining public employees on the basis of their
qualifications or merit; replaced by political machine's patronage
Closed primary - Answer election of party nominees in which only registered party members may
participate
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