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California History1. expansiveEPIC is the Educational Participation in Communities. This organization involves students as volunteers in the fight against poverty and social neglect in local communities. The goal is social awareness and student involvement. It says that poverty, neglect, and social inequity are a growing reality for millions of people in America. Families are losing their homes, people cant find true(p) jobs, children go hungry, and education in the inner-city is a disaster. There is a is business because the public and community programs that serve as a safety net to assist such populations are strained beyond their capacity and are ordinarily understaffed and under-funded. Since they cannot do the job without help, EPIC helps. It recruits college students to do volunteer work in schools, hospitals, community centers, legal aid, probation, youth agencies, and other and public service programs. EPIC volunteers provide thousands of volunteer hours to the community . 2. Earl WarrenEarl Warren was a political leader. He was a governor of California, but he is remembered as the chief justice who guide the Supreme Court of the United States when it made big changes in civil rights laws and in criminal procedures. Warren was a liberal Republican, and he was born in Los Angeles, California. He was elective attorney general of California in 1938. During his four years in office he gained standing as a real enemy of racketeers. He was elected governor of California in 1942. His progressive policies won him bipartisan support and he was reelected as governor in 1946 and 1950. He was seen as an activist on the Supreme Court, as well as a liberal. 3. Pat BrownPat Brown was the governor of California. He was elected two times, for two terms (12 years total). He was a Democrat. He thought that nobody could beat him, but the Republican, Ronald Reagan, beat him in the 1966 election. Brown had good policies, and by 1962 California had a booming economy an d the largest population of any US state. Brown generously funded social programs that were a factor to the states prosperity. He magnified the University of California system, and he built many water projects. During Browns two terms a governor, the California legislature passed some of the most progressive civil rights laws in the US. 4. Ronald ReaganIn 1966 Ronald Reagan beat Pat Brown by a landslide in the election for California governor.