The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of its ten campuses at Berkeley,Davis,Irvine,Los Angeles,Merced,Riverside,San Diego,San Francisco,Santa Barbara,and Santa Cruz,along with numerous research centers and academic abroad centers. The system is the state's land-grant university. Major publications generally rank most UC campuses as being among the best universities in the world. Seven of the campuses,Berkeley,Davis,Santa Cruz,Irvine,Los Angeles,Santa Barbara,and San Diego are considered Public Ivies,making California the state with the most universities in the nation to hold the title. UC campuses have large numbers of distinguished faculty in almost every academic discipline,with UC faculty and researchers having won 71 Nobel Prizes as of 2021.
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University,Northridge,and the Northridge Fashion Center.
Glenard Paul (Glen) Lipscomb was a United States Congressman from the state of California from 1953 to 1970.
The San Fernando Valley,known locally as the Valley,is an urbanized valley in Los Angeles County,California. Located to the north of the Los Angeles Basin,it contains a large portion of the City of Los Angeles,as well as unincorporated areas and the incorporated cities of Burbank,Calabasas,Glendale,Hidden Hills,and San Fernando. The valley is well known for its iconic film studios such as Warner Bros. Studio and Walt Disney Studios. In addition,it is home to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
The Pomona Valley is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area between the San Gabriel Valley and San Bernardino Valley in Southern California. The valley is approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center,also known as County/USC,or by the abbreviation LAC+USC,is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located at 2051 Marengo Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles,California. As implied by the name,the hospital facility is owned by the Los Angeles County and operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services,while doctors are faculty of the Keck School of Medicine of USC,who oversee more than 1,000 medical residents being trained by the faculty.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private historically black graduate school in Willowbrook,California. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical access within the Watts region of Los Angeles,California. The university is named in honor of Charles R. Drew.
Matthew Gilbert "Marty" Martínez was a Congressional representative who was both a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party from California's 30th congressional district from 1982 to 1993 and California's 31st congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Martínez switched parties to become a Republican after being defeated in a 2000 primary.
Frederick Madison Roberts was an American newspaper owner and editor,educator and business owner;he became a politician,the first known man of African American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He served there for 16 years and became known as "dean of the assembly." He has been honored as the first person of African-American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast.
Henry Ward Wright was an American politician who served in the California State Assembly and as Speaker of the Assembly.
Mike Davis is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly. Davis was declared the fourth most loyal Democratic voter in the California State Legislature in the Sacramento Bee 2011–2012 listing. He voted against the Democratic Party only 2% of the time given over 3,500 of votes taken. Mike Davis currently serves as president pro tem of the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works.
Joe Russell Hicks was an African-American political commentator and community activist. He was vice president of Community Advocates Inc.,and served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission from 1997 to 2001,under Mayor Richard Riordan.
Isadore Hall III is an American politician and a former member of the California State Senate. He is a Democrat who represented the 35th district,encompassing parts of the South Bay. Prior to being elected to the state senate,he was the Assemblymember for the 64th district and a Compton city councilman.
Alphonse Gallegos,OAR,was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991. He was nicknamed the "Bishop of the Barrios."
Martin V. Biscailuz was an American attorney in Los Angeles,California,and a member of the Los Angeles Common Council. As a result of alcoholism,he later lost his fortune,spent time in jail,and died penniless. He was the father of Eugene W. Biscailuz,sheriff of Los Angeles County from 1932 to 1958.
Jimmy Gomez is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 34th congressional district since 2017. His district includes the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Eagle Rock,Boyle Heights,Downtown Los Angeles,Koreatown,and other communities. A member of the Democratic Party,Gomez served in the California State Assembly from 2012 to 2017.
Anthony Rendon is an American politician serving as the 70th and current Speaker of the California State Assembly since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the fifth-longest-serving speaker in California history. Since 2022,he has represented the 62nd district,located in the southeastern part of Los Angeles County,including the cities of South Gate,Lynwood,and Paramount. He previously represented the 63rd district from 2012 to 2022.
Shepherd Ivory Franz was an American psychologist. He was the first chairman of the psychology department at the University of California,Los Angeles and served as president of the American Psychological Association. Franz was the editor of multiple psychological journals and he contributed research to the concepts of neuroplasticity,afterimages and cerebral localization. He spent many years affiliated with George Washington University School of Medicine and the Government Hospital for the Insane,later known as St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Michael Nelson Feuer is an American politician and lawyer,who served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Feuer previously served three terms in the California State Assembly,representing the 42nd Assembly District,and as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1995 to 2001,representing the 5th Council District.
Percy Vernon Hammon was a politician who served in the California State Assembly from 1907 to 1913 and in the Los Angeles City Council for the 2nd Ward from 1904 to 1906. He also served as a Deputy City Attorney for 23 years.
