It was built in 1938 to 1945 and forever changed the state of california and beyond. The Central Valley of california runs right here from redding, california, 450 miles to bakersfield. It is about 50 miles wide and it is a big, flat valley. Historically, century after century we had some very wet years and dry years. In the wet years, we get about 75 of the states precipitation right up here. All that rainfall and snow melt when washed down into the valley and cause massive flooding. The native americans that lived here prior to us would live by the river and go to Higher Ground during flood seasons. As floodwater would received, it deposited rich soil throughout the valley and decade after decade after decade of this happening you got a very thick layer of good soil and fairly flat because as water receipts, so youived receeds, have this big valley with wonderful soil, and long growing years, so the missing part was reliable water source and that is where shasta dam came into play. T
Move to continue number one and items number 12 ab for one week second. Thank you commissioners on probation officer motion to continue items as proposed commissioner fong commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commissioner moore commissioner Vice President richards and commissioner president hillis so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero. Jonas i think as acting da ill request for variance one week also. Thank you acting Zoning Administrator. Commissioners under our consent calendar commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission, the public, or staff so requests in which event the matter shall be removed from the consent calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing. We have one item under content case 2 this is the baby diaper changing accommodations planning code amendment. There are no speaker cards. Any Public Comment on item number 2 proposed to be approved by content seeing non
Disruptions of any kind. Proceedings. And when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Id like to call roll at this time. Commissioner president hillis commissioner Vice President richards commissioner fong commissioner koppel commissioner melgar and commissioner moore. Commissioners, that places you under your is consideration of items proposed for continuance number 1888 tennessee street large project authorization is proposed for continuance to april 27, 2017. Commissioners further under our discretionary review calendar items 12 ab 659 guerrero street discretionary review and variance staff is prop a one week continuance commissioners sort of oddly enough 4 drs with filed during the notification period we received a 5 dr requester that was filed on valentines day february 14th that dr requester is unable to attend todays hearing to afford that person due process i think we have at least continue is one week. I do know that the dr requester
Government. The book is called bureaucrat king origin and underpinning of america bureaucratic state and paul hills dale college is the author. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Welcome to tucson on booktv located 60 miles north of the u. S. Mexico border. It was founded by spanish missionaries in the 1600s. Today it is a population of over half a million people, and is home to the university of arizona and the national park. With help of our Cox Communication cable partner for 90 minutes explore with local authors. There are a number of misconceptions about arizona and history an one of them is that all of the mexicans here are immigrants from mexico. But like the out of town people, people say we didnt cross the border, the board or crossed us. The city destroyed 80 acres this is the most densely populated area in the city of tucson
Community and later in and the states of sonora. There are mexican families here who has been here seven or eight generations some more with the original group were soldiers who came up in 1776 and founded the community. The u. S. Has always been a very racial society. And then if we think of the of blackwhite relations after the mexican war all of a sudden white americans had to deal with mexican people. And they didnt consider the of mexicans to beat you white that they were inferior they did not know where to place them in the ratio of hierarchy that existed in the country at that time. They were not sleeves slaves or african but definitely they were not white. Sometimes they were referred to as the race of mongols between natives and the europeans like the spaniards. So almost from the very beginning there were these patterns of the anglo newcomers tried to dominate the mexicans that were already living here. It wasnt quite as bad as it was in parts of california and texas primaril