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There was a concern in the 1970s that residential housing construction was declining as people moved from New York City to the suburbs. [8] In response to this trend, the state passed the original 421-a tax exemption program in 1971, with the goal of encouraging the construction of more residential housing in the city. [9]
The Florida “no-surcharge” law was found unconstitutional in Dana’s Railroad Supply v. Bondi, [10] and the California “no-surcharge” law was found unconstitutional by a federal district court in Italian Colors Restaurant v. Harris. [11] The Texas “no-surcharge” law faces a pending legal challenge. [12]
California is the only state with extensive deployment of wind, solar, and geothermal energy. California's venture capital investments in sustainable energy are greater than the other 49 states combined, at $2.2 billion in 2012. [109]
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.Its densely populated coastal region includes Greater Los Angeles (the second-most populous urban agglomeration in the United States) [4] [5] and San Diego County (the second-most populous county in California).
Still, California's market share was 4.7 times higher than the U.S. market (0.66%), and registrations of plug-in electric cars in the state in 2015 represented 54.5% of total plug-in car sales in the U.S. that year. [77] California's plug-in car market share rose to 3.5% of new car sales in 2016, while the U.S. take-rate was 0.90%.
With a Cook Partisan Voter Index rating of D+40, the 12th district is the most Democratic district in both California and the United States, giving nearly 90% of its vote to Democrats in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
2022 United States Senate elections in California ← 2016 November 8, 2022 2028 → Candidate Alex Padilla Mark Meuser Party Democratic Republican Regular election 6,621,616 61.06% 4,222,025 38.94% Special election 6,559,303 60.89% 4,212,446 39.11% Special election county results Regular election county results Regular election congressional district results Padilla: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80 ...
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.