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  2. Colonia, Oxnard, California - Wikipedia

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    The Colonia (/ k ə ˈ l oʊ n i ə / ⓘ; or La Colonia) is a neighborhood (Spanish: barrio) located in the central portion of the city of Oxnard, California, USA.The neighborhood was laid out by the Colonia Land Improvement Company in close proximity of the sugar factory and beet fields to house workers just east of the city's downtown business district.

  3. Homemaking - Wikipedia

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    Home makers decide the market goods that the household will buy, such as the groceries which have been bought at a grocer's. Another important purchase handled by homemakers is the power source used for appliances. Home or other building heating may include boilers, furnaces, and water heaters.

  4. List of California state agencies - Wikipedia

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    The Government of California's executive branch includes numerous types of entities such as departments, commissions, boards, panels, bureaus, and offices. The generic term for any entity is "department".

  5. Proposition 6 to end forced labor in prisons failed in ... - AOL

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    In Stanislaus County, about 65% of voters rejected a ballot measure in the Nov. 5 election that sought to end forced labor in prisons and jails in California. Proposition 6, which was defeated ...

  6. Opinion - California’s ‘slavery loophole’ is about more than ...

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    She referred to the defeat of California’s Proposition 6, which aimed to remove the so-called “slavery loophole” — the clause that allows forced labor as punishment for a crime — from ...

  7. Home birth - Wikipedia

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    The word combination "home birth" arose some time in the middle of the 19th century and coincided with the rise of births that took place in lying-in hospitals. [4] Since women around the world left homes to give birth in clinics and hospitals as the 20th century progressed, the term "home birth" came to refer to giving birth, intentionally or otherwise, in a residence as opposed to a hospital.

  8. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  9. California Labor Code - Wikipedia

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    California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]