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  2. California State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    April 3, 1973. References. [2] [3] [4] The California State Capitol is the seat of the California state government, located in Sacramento, the state capital of California. The building houses the chambers of the California State Legislature, made up of the Assembly and the Senate, along with the office of the governor of California.

  3. Sacramento, California - Wikipedia

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    The California State Capitol is the seat of the governor of California and the California State Legislature, and the city is home to numerous California state agencies. The Supreme Court of California is headquartered in San Francisco but maintains one of its two branch offices in Sacramento, where it shares a courtroom with the Court of Appeal ...

  4. California - Wikipedia

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    California's capital, Sacramento, is located in the Central Valley. Prior to European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire.

  5. Sacramento declares itself a sanctuary city for transgender ...

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    March 27, 2024 at 1:15 PM. Allison Dinner. The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to declare the California capital a “sanctuary city for transgender people.”. The ...

  6. History of Sacramento, California - Wikipedia

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    The history of Sacramento, California, began with its founding by Samuel Brannan and John Augustus Sutter, Jr. in 1848 around an embarcadero that his father, John Sutter, Sr. constructed at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers a few years prior. Sacramento was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border.

  7. History of California - Wikipedia

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    California's first State Capitol building in San Jose, which served as the capital of California 1850–51. The Pueblo de San Jose was chosen as the first state capital (Article XI Sec. 1). Soon after the election they set up a provisional state government that set up the counties, elected a governor, senators, and representatives, and operated ...

  8. California State Capitol Museum - Wikipedia

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    capitolmuseum .ca .gov. The California State Capitol Museum consists of a museum in and grounds around the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, United States. The building has been the home of the California State Legislature since 1869. The State Capitol Museum has been a property in the California State Parks system since 1982.

  9. Government of California - Wikipedia

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    The government of California is the governmental structure of the U.S. state of California as established by the California Constitution. California uses the separation of powers system to structure its government. It is composed of three branches: the executive, consisting of the governor of California and the other constitutionally elected ...