The Gun Control Act of 1968 is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations,the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except by manufacturers,dealers and importers licensed under a scheme set up under the Act.
The San Gabriel Valley,often referred to by its initials as SGV,is one of the principal valleys of Southern California,with the city of Los Angeles directly bordering it to the west,and occupying the vast majority of the southeastern part of Los Angeles County. Surrounding landforms and other features include the following:
Pasadena City College (PCC) is a public community college in Pasadena,California.
Trinity International University (TIU) is an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Bannockburn,Illinois. It comprises Trinity College,a theological seminary,a law school,and a camp called Timber-lee. The university also maintains campuses in North Lauderdale,Florida and Miami,Florida;the camp is located in East Troy,Wisconsin. TIU is the only university affiliated with Evangelical Free Church of America in the United States and enrolls 1,242 students. On February 17,2023,TIU announced it was moving the undergraduate program to online modalities only and closed the residential campus at the end of the Spring 2023 semester. The online undergraduate program is ending at the end of the Spring 2024 semester.
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a private ecumenical liberal Christian seminary in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,affiliated with Columbia University. Columbia University lists UTS among its affiliate schools,alongside Barnard College and Teachers College. Since 1928,the seminary has served as Columbia's constituent faculty of theology. In 1964,UTS also established an affiliation with the neighboring Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Despite its affiliation with Columbia University,UTS is an independent institution with its own administration and Board of Trustees. UTS confers the following degrees:Master of Divinity (MDiv),Master of Divinity &Social Work dual degree (MDSW),Master of Arts in religion (MAR),Master of Arts in Social Justice (MASJ),Master of Sacred Theology (STM),Doctor of Ministry (DMin),and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont,California. It has a curricular emphasis on government,economics,public affairs,finance,and international relations. CMC is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium.
Leland Yin Yee is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8,which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.
Robert William Edgar was an American politician,administrator,and religious leader. A native of the Philadelphia area,he began his career as a Methodist pastor and chaplain. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987,representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 1986.
Philip Layton Barlow is a Harvard-trained scholar who specializes in American religious history,religious geography,and Mormonism. In 2019,Barlow was appointed associate director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Barlow was the first full-time professor of Mormon studies at a secular university as the inaugural Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University (USU),from 2007 to 2018.
Sean Burrage is an American attorney and politician who is the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education since 2024,and who served in the Oklahoma Senate representing the 2nd district from 2006 to 2014.
Scott Frederic Wildman is an American teacher,labor organizer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Carol Jean Liu is an American politician who is a former member of the California State Senate. A Democrat,she represented Senate District 25,which includes portions of the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys.
George Vernon Orr,Jr. was the 14th Secretary of the Air Force,appointed by President Ronald Reagan. From California,he was a businessman and educator who served in both state and national government positions.
In 1990 the California State Legislature passed SB 1990,enacting a Balloon Law to regulate the sales and use of helium-filled foil balloons. The law was passed in an effort to reduce power outages due to metallized Mylar or foil balloons.
Joseph Carl Hough Jr. was an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and served as the interim president of Claremont Graduate University in Claremont,California from 2009 to 2010. He was an author,coauthor,and editor of several books.
Michael Ryan Gottfredson is the former President of the University of Oregon,serving from August 1,2012 to August 6,2014.
Mark William Rocha is a former Chancellor of City College of San Francisco and a former Superintendent-President of Pasadena City College. He is an English professor and Fulbright scholar.
William Hoge is an American politician from California and a former member of the Republican Party.
Politicon was an annual,non-partisan political convention in the United States. Politicon's vision was to bring "Republicans,Democrats,and people of all political stripes together to banter and spar over the most topical issues in smart and entertaining ways that often poke fun at both sides of the aisle." It has been called the "Comic-Con of politics" and the "Coachella of politics".
