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California Faces A Nation Wide Impacts From Population Shifts
The piece surveys California's growth since World War II, its rapid population rise to 20 million by 1970, and ongoing strains. It notes migration to other states, a slowdown in job growth, high unemployment near 10 percent, and environmental challenges from smog and development. Cited voices include Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and city librarian Kevin Starr.
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California
Mison
Mexico
Mother Lode
Brown
U.S
Kevin Starr
San Francisco
Herman Muller
San Jose
Muller
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Portland
Nels Rasmussen
State Department of Finance
Asia
Roberto Lopez
Delano
Lopez
America
House of Representatives
Florida
Arizona
Utah
Southern
Burke