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Please make sure to familiarize yourself with Chapter 14 first in your “AG” textbook on “State and Local Government” before responding to the below question prompts.  Chapter 14 will give you the proper orientation for understanding how we are governed in the U.S. by many layers of political authority.  Then answer the questions below by using at least one outside “scholarly” peer-reviewed source and your “AG” textbook to back up your information.  Make sure that you apply APA “in-text” citations within your paragraph structures and don’t forget to include a Reference List at the end of your responses to account for your sources.

https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/14-1-state-power-and-delegation 
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/14-2-state-political-culture
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/14-3-governors-and-state-legislatures
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/14-4-state-legislative-term-limits
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/14-5-county-and-city-government
 

1.   Choose one contentious issue in California politics (e.g. welfare policy, health policy, higher education, etc.) and explain how diversity complicates its resolution.  Write a response that is at least 200 words.  

2.   Recently the Hispanic/Latino population in California surpassed the Anglo population.  What are the consequences of this demographic shift for California politics?  Write a response that is at least 200 words.

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