Living in a Recession is hard on everyone, even on the bears living high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Ranger W.Dan helps his friend Griz understand why a lot of state parks are closed, and how it’s linked to the state’s Super Rich.
September 24th, 2011
Living in a Recession is hard on everyone, even on the bears living high in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Ranger W.Dan helps his friend Griz understand why a lot of state parks are closed, and how it’s linked to the state’s Super Rich.
In 1900, California bore little resemblance to what it has become today, the most populous State in the Union and arguably the most dominant when it comes to defining the American experience. But the state’s population of a hundred years ago mirrors the modern California in that 25% of the population, then and now, was born outside the United States. The only difference—the countries the immigrants come from.
In 1900, 1 in 4 Californians were foreign born.
In 2000, 1 in 4 Californians were foreign born.