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Originally conceived by William Mulholland and designed by Chief Engineer Frank E. Weymouth of the MWD, it was the largest public works project in southern California during the Great Depression. The project employed 30,000 people over an eight-year period and as many as 10,000 at one time. [66]
The California agricultural strikes of 1933 were a series of strikes by mostly Mexican and Filipino agricultural workers throughout the San Joaquin Valley.More than 47,500 workers were involved in the wave of approximately 30 strikes from 1931 to 1941.
History portal; North America portal ... Pages in category "1930s in California" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
To satisfy California water law, LADWP set up a fish hatchery on Hot Creek, near Mammoth Lakes, California. [33] Tufa towers in Mono Lake were exposed by water diversions. The diverted creeks had previously fed Mono Lake, an inland body of water with no outlet. Mono Lake served as a vital ecosystem link, where gulls and migratory birds would ...
The strike wave culminated with the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike, the largest strike in the history of American agriculture. More than 47,500 farmworkers participated in the 1933 strikes. Twenty-four of these strikes, involving approximately 37,500 workers, were under the leadership of the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union ...
The camp is significant in the history of California for the migration of people escaping the Dust Bowl. During the 1930s around 400,000 people without jobs migrated from their homes to find a better life in California. These migrants were known by the derogatory term of Okie and were the subject of discrimination from the local population. [5 ...
The California State Legislature cut funding for female students at Cal Poly, beginning in 1930. Even though it repealed the law in 1937, the school would not again admit women until 1956.
The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. [10] The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 M w, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Damage to buildings was widespread throughout Southern California. It resulted in 115 to 120 fatalities and an estimated $40 million worth ...