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Sacramento is the seat of the California Legislature and the governor of California. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Greater Sacramento area, which at the 2020 census had a population of 2,680,831, [8] the fourth-largest metropolitan area in California. [11]
Sacramento County (/ ˌ s æ k r ə ˈ m ɛ n t oʊ / ⓘ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. [6] Its county seat is Sacramento, [7] which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the central county of the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area.
California State University, Sacramento main entrance. Sacramento's preeminent university, California State University, Sacramento (alias Sac State), was founded in 1947. In 1966, Sacramento was the endpoint of a civil rights march of the United Farm Workers led by Cesar Chavez.
The Greater Sacramento area refers to a metropolitan region in Northern California comprising either the U.S. Census Bureau defined Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade metropolitan statistical area or the larger Sacramento–Roseville combined statistical area, the latter of which consists of seven counties, namely Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Sutter, Yuba, and Nevada counties.
The Sacramento International Airport is within the bounds of Natomas as defined by Sacramento County, but it is several miles away from the largely populated area of Natomas. Since Natomas is the closest portion of the city to the airport, there are many hotels located throughout the Natomas area.
John Bigler – Governor of California, Ambassador to Chile; Betsy Butler - member of the California State Assembly; Nathaniel Colley – first African American male lawyer in Sacramento [58] [59] [60] Ward Connerly – founder of American Civil Rights Institute; Edwin B. Crocker – California Supreme Court Justice, founder of Crocker Art Museum
The Mayor of Sacramento is the presiding officer of the city, [1] and is elected for a four-year term. [2] Under the California Constitution, all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. [3]
Charles C. Hughes Stadium (commonly referred to as Hughes Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in the Western United States, located at Sacramento City College in Sacramento, California. The stadium opened in 1928 and was initially known as "Sacramento Stadium" and "Sacramento College Stadium". [2]