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148-638: A complete codification, and statutes on subject matter inappropriate for the four codes were simply not codified. In 1929, the Legislature finally established the California Code Commission as a permanent government agency (it had previously existed only intermittently on an ad hoc temporary basis), and it spent the next thirty years slowly codifying the rest of the California Statutes. Upon completing this task in 1953,

222-483: A criminal or civil action generally cannot be cited in any other action in any California court. Because the state supreme court was extremely overloaded with cases during its first half-century (resulting in the creation of the Courts of Appeal in 1904), a few hundred minor opinions that should have been published simply were not. In response, a small group of lawyers later undertook the tedious task of plowing through

296-456: A new section between two existing sections on similar subject matter. For example, the summary judgment statute in California is Section 437c of the Code of Civil Procedure. But alphabetical letters are traditionally used in the U.S. to designate subsections of statutes. To avoid confusion as to whether one is citing section 437c (that is, the section with number 437c) or 437(c) (subsection (c) of

370-526: A party submits a request to that effect. Legal treatises are one of the most important sources of secondary authority about California law. These texts are expressly recognized as a source of 'unwritten law' by California's Code of Civil Procedure. The two most influential treatises are published by The Witkin Legal Institute Summary of California Law and The Rutter Group . Both are divided into discrete volumes about specific areas of

444-537: A powerful tradition of popular sovereignty , which is reflected in the frequent use of initiatives to amend the state constitution, as well as the former state constitutional requirement (repealed in 1966 and enacted as Government Code Section 100) that all government process shall be styled in the name of "the People of the State of California". (Government Code Section 100 also expressly states that sovereignty resides in

518-406: A variety of alternative solutions. Even when a prior legal decision does not create a binding precedent, the text of the court's opinion may still help lawyers and judges understand California law. Some types of prior decisions may be cited as non-binding authority in California courts, while others can only be consulted informally. The most powerful form of non-binding authority in California are

592-558: Is a county located in the U.S. state of California . As of the 2020 census , the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland . Alameda County is in the San Francisco Bay Area , occupying much of the East Bay region. The Spanish word alameda means either "a grove of poplars...or a tree lined street". The name

666-581: Is a special district within Alameda County created to distribute water, but it is not operated by Alameda County administrators. It is operated by an elected board of directors. Alameda County Superior Court operates in twelve separate locations throughout the county, with its central René C. Davidson Courthouse located in Oakland near Lake Merritt . Most major criminal trials and complex civil cases are heard at this location or in courtrooms within

740-546: Is absent for a meeting, the vice president shall be responsible. A Board election occurs every two years for these positions. Supervisor Carson is serving currently as president; Supervisor Miley is vice president. The county's law enforcement is overseen by an elected Sheriff/Coroner and an elected District Attorney. The Sheriff supervises the deputies of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office , whose primary responsibilities include policing unincorporated areas of

814-574: Is below the national average of 12.8% (including Black Hispanics). The Black population peaked in the 1980 Census at 18.4%. Alameda county has the 2nd highest percentage of Black residents in California after Solano County at 13.4%. If Hispanics are treated as a separate category from race, Alameda County's population was 30.4% White , 30.9% Asian , 22.3% Hispanic-Latino , 10.3% Black or African American , 0.5% Some Other Race, 0.3% Native American and Alaskan Native , 0.8% Pacific Islander and 4.4% from two or more races . Asian Americans are now

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888-502: Is compiled and edited by the California Reporter of Decisions . The Reporter maintains a contract with a private publisher (as allowed by Government Code Section 68903) who in turn is responsible for actually publishing and selling the official reporters. The current official publisher is LexisNexis . In addition to the official reporters, published California cases are also printed in two Thomson West unofficial reporters:

962-617: Is not codified it does not exist), in contrast to the Federal Rules of Evidence , which has allowed a residual exception for continuous development of privileges under the common law. The huge concentration of celebrities in Hollywood has resulted in a large number of statutes custom-tailored to the needs of celebrities, such as the California Celebrities Rights Act , as well as the 1990 enactment of

1036-517: Is renowned for its innovations in tort law, including strict liability for defective products , insurance bad faith , market-share liability , negligent infliction of emotional distress , and wrongful life . The California three strikes law (codified in the Penal Code) has resulted in severe penalties in some cases and has been somewhat controversial in its application. Proposition 13 , passed by California voters in 1978, created one of

1110-431: Is that California is the only state that always precedes a citation to statute subsections with the word "subdivision" (abbreviated in some contexts to "subd."). The reason is that the Legislature often failed to leave gaps in the section numbering in the California codes for future expansion, and then occasionally resorted to the shortsighted technique of appending an alphabetical letter to a section number in order to insert

1184-620: Is the local government for all unincorporated areas, and provides services such as law enforcement to some incorporated cities under a contract arrangement. It is composed of the elected five-member Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) as the county legislature, several other elected offices and officers including the Sheriff , the District Attorney , Assessor , Auditor-Controller/County Clerk/Recorder , Treasurer/Tax Collector , and numerous county departments and entities under

1258-893: Is the supreme law of the land. Pursuant to the state constitution, the California State Legislature and the Governor have enacted the California Statutes , which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes . The first four codes, enacted in 1872, were the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Penal Code, and the Political Code (which much later would become the Elections Code). However, these did not constitute

1332-573: Is unusual in that like Texas and New York, and unlike 46 other states, it has separate subject-specific codes rather than a single code divided into numbered titles. (Louisiana is a hybrid that uses both.) During the state's first century, the California Legislature was rather sloppy in drafting statutes. This has resulted in two bizarre anomalies in California statutory law. First, some acts are designated as "Acts" and others are designated as "Laws", with no coherent distinction between

1406-686: The California Code of Regulations (CCR) and carry the force of law to the extent they do not conflict with any statutes or the state or federal Constitutions. Pursuant to the California Administrative Procedure Act , a "Notice of Proposed Action" is published in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Notice Register) and at least 45 days are required for public hearings and comment before being reviewed and approved by

1480-916: The California Code of Regulations . California's legal system is based on common law , which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court of California , California Courts of Appeal , and Appellate Divisions of the Superior Courts of California , and published in the California Reports , California Appellate Reports , and California Appellate Reports Supplement , respectively (among others). Counties and incorporated cities may promulgate local ordinances which are usually codified in county or city codes, respectively. There are also several sources of persuasive authority, which are not binding authority but are useful to lawyers and judges insofar as they help to clarify

1554-922: The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and codified in the CCR. The Judicial Council of California has also promulgated the California Rules of Court, which includes such publications as the Standards of Judicial Administration and the Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitrations, under the authority of article VI, section 6, of the Constitution of California. California has several different types of local governments throughout

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1628-677: The Diablo Range , containing the county's highest peaks, cover the very sparsely populated southeast portion of the county. The Hayward Fault , a major branch of the San Andreas Fault to the west, runs through the most populated parts of Alameda County, while the Calaveras Fault runs through the southeastern part of the county. The areas near the Bay itself have a maritime warm-summer Mediterranean climate , whereas behind

1702-564: The Hayward Fault . The county seat was then re-established in the town of Brooklyn from 1872 to 1875. Brooklyn is now part of Oakland , which has been the county seat since 1873. Much of what is now an intensively urban region was initially developed as a trolley car suburb of San Francisco in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Key System moved commuters to and from the Key System Mole , where ferries bridged

1776-598: The Judicial Council of California identifies a significant defect in California civil procedure, it must lobby the Legislature and the Governor to change the statutes, rather than merely promulgating a simple rule change. This can be problematic as even noncontroversial technical amendments may be stalled due to unrelated disputes between the Legislature and Governor. A recent example is the California Electronic Discovery Act, which

1850-499: The San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area . The county was formed on March 25, 1853, from a large portion of Contra Costa County and a smaller portion of Santa Clara County . The county seat at the time of the county's formation was located at Alvarado , now part of Union City . In 1856, it was moved to San Leandro , where the county courthouse was destroyed by the devastating 1868 quake on

1924-417: The census of 2000, there were 1,443,741 people, 523,366 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living within them, 47.0% married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1998-617: The ACFD over the years. 1993 brought in the Castro Valley and Eden Consolidated FD, and the County Fire Patrol. San Leandro joined in 1995, Dublin in 1997, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2002, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2007, The Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center in 2008, and Newark and Union City in 2010. Emeryville joined the ACFD in 2012. The Alameda County Water District

2072-779: The Charter of the County of Alameda. Much of the Government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments such as the Government of Alameda County, while municipalities such as the City of Oakland and the City of Berkeley provide additional, often non-essential services. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, and public health. In addition it

2146-746: The Code Commission was replaced by the California Law Revision Commission . Strangely, although there is a Code of Civil Procedure, there was never a Code of Criminal Procedure; California's law of criminal procedure is codified in Part 2 of the Penal Code. The newest code is the Family Code, which was split off from the Civil Code in 1994. Pursuant to certain broadly worded statutes, state agencies have promulgated an enormous body of regulations, which are codified in

2220-486: The Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of this State, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this State." This statute was signed into law on April 13, 1850, after several months of debate over whether California should adopt common law, civil law , or a hybrid of both. Governor Peter Hardeman Burnett touched off the debate by recommending to California's first state legislature that

2294-797: The County Administration Building across the street. In the California State Assembly , Alameda County is split between five districts: In the California State Senate , the county is split between three districts: In the United States House of Representatives , the county is split between four districts: Since 1932, Alameda County has been a stronghold of the Democratic Party, with Dwight Eisenhower being

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2368-664: The Judiciary Committee in its report to the Senate in February 1850. All statutes, regulations, and ordinances are subject to judicial review . They can be overturned by any state court of record if they impermissibly amend an initiative statute, are unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution or the California Constitution, or be overturned by a federal court if they are unconstitutional under

2442-660: The U.S. Constitution. Pursuant to common law tradition, the courts of California have developed a large body of case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court of California and the California Courts of Appeal . The state supreme court's decisions are published in official reporters known as California Reports . The decisions of the Courts of Appeal are published in the California Appellate Reports . Both official reporters are now in their fourth series. The content of both reporters

2516-566: The United States Supreme Court. Unpublished decisions from California courts are also an important source of information about state law, even though they cannot be cited in future cases. Technically, the Court of Appeal is obligated to publish any opinion that materially contributes to the development of California caselaw, but this rule is not strictly followed, and the Court of Appeal often fails to publish opinions until

2590-521: The appellate divisions of the superior courts (which hear appeals from infractions, misdemeanors, and "limited civil" cases) occasionally certify opinions for publication, which appear in a "Supplement" to the California Appellate Reports . The California Court Case Management System (CCMS) is the court case management and electronic court filing (e-filing) system intended for use by the several courts, though development has been stalled since 2012. Since then, all courts not yet on CCMS have resorted to

2664-690: The celebrities whose marital disputes were litigated before the Supreme Court of California. Celebrities' spouses often attempt to establish California jurisdiction over marital disputes, since the state's community property system (under which a 50/50 split of marital assets is strictly mandated by statute) is more favorable to the noncelebrity spouse who earned less during the marriage than the celebrity spouse. The widespread distribution of Hollywood motion pictures and television shows has given millions of media consumers worldwide some degree of superficial familiarity with California law. For example,

2738-464: The county and cities within the county which contract with the Sheriff's Office for police services; providing security and law enforcement for county buildings including courthouses, the county jail and other county properties; providing support resources, such as a forensics laboratory and search and rescue capabilities, to other law enforcement agencies throughout the county; and serving the process of

2812-570: The county on the north. Stanislaus County borders the county on the easternmost end of its southern boundary for 250 feet (76 m). A 2014 analysis by The Atlantic found Alameda County to be the fourth most racially diverse county in the United States, in terms of closest to equal representation of each racial and ethnic group,—behind Aleutians West Census Area and Aleutians East Borough in Alaska, and Queens County in New York—as well as

2886-438: The county was $ 55,946, and the median income for a family was $ 65,857 (these figures had risen to $ 66,430 and $ 81,341 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $ 47,425 versus $ 36,921 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 26,680. About 7.7% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over. In 2000,

2960-679: The county's Superior Court system. The District Attorney's office is responsible for prosecuting all criminal violations of the laws of the state of California, the county, or its constituent municipalities, in the Alameda County Superior Court. The current Sheriff is Yesenia Sanchez , who was elected in 2022, succeeding Greg Ahern , who had served in the post for 16 years. The Sheriff's Office operates two jails: Santa Rita Jail in Dublin , and Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility in downtown Oakland . In 2009, Nancy E. O'Malley

3034-509: The first anti- stalking law anywhere in the United States (which inspired the enactment of similar laws across the country). Celebrities' marital problems (and their ability to pay to litigate them thoroughly) have resulted in a very detailed Family Code, a rich corpus of family case law, and a large number of family law specialists officially certified by the State Bar of California. Lee Marvin , Barry Bonds , and Frankie Valli are among

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3108-435: The first in the United States to begin carving out exceptions to at-will employment , in 1959. The California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sec. 21000, et seq. ) (CEQA) has far more lenient standing requirements than the federal National Environmental Policy Act , with the result that it is much easier for California landowners to sue each other than comparable landowners in other states. California

3182-484: The gap across San Francisco Bay . The historical progression from Native American tribal lands to Spanish then Mexican ranches, then to farms, ranches, and orchards, then to multiple city centers and suburbs, is shared with the adjacent and closely associated Contra Costa County . The Government of Alameda County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution , California law , and

3256-427: The general statutory law, and most state agency regulations are available in the California Code of Regulations . The Constitution of California is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted within the California Statutes , which in turn have been codified into the 29 California Codes . State agencies promulgate regulations with the California Regulatory Notice Register , which are in turn codified in

3330-600: The largest denominational group was the Catholics (with 306,437 adherents). The largest religious bodies were the Catholic Church (with 306,437 members) and Judaism (with 32,500 members). Racial Makeup of Alameda County (2019) Racial Makeup of Alameda County excluding Hispanics from racial categories (2019) NH=Non-Hispanic Racial Makeup of Hispanics in Alameda County (2019) According to 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, Alameda County's population

3404-866: The largest racial/ethnic group at 30.9% (excluding Asian Hispanics). White Non-Hispanic Americans are the largest minority group at 30.4% of the population. By ethnicity, 22.3% of the total population is Hispanic-Latino (of any race) and 77.7% is Non-Hispanic (of any race). If treated as a category separate from race, Hispanics are the third largest minority group in Alameda County. The largest ancestry group of Hispanics in Alameda County (2018) are of Mexican descent (72.9% of Hispanics) followed by Salvadoran descent (5.5% of Hispanics), Guatemalan descent (3.9%), Puerto Rican descent (3.4%), Spaniard descent (2.0%), Nicaraguan descent (1.7%), Peruvian descent (1.4%), Cuban descent (1.2%), Colombian descent (1.1%), and those of other Hispanic ethnicity or of mixed Hispanic ethnicity (6.9%). The following table includes

3478-421: The law, and each of the volumes is authored by a panel of judges and lawyers with special expertise in the particular topic. Collectively, these volumes have been cited thousands of times in judicial opinions. Because California law is enormous, it is necessary to focus only on a few features which are unique to California law, when compared to the laws of its sister states as well as federal law. California has

3552-538: The majority of states, contract law is fully codified in the Civil Code (which even includes details such as a definition of consideration ). However, the Restatement of Contracts (Second) is also used by California courts. Non-compete clauses are automatically void except for a small number of exceptions. Evidence privileges are fully codified in the California Evidence Code (meaning if it

3626-430: The most diverse county in California. The 2020 census shows Alameda as having one of the highest Asian percentages and being the only county in the continental US, along with neighboring Santa Clara County, California , to have an Asian plurality - consisting largely of Chinese, Indian and Filipino ancestry. The 2010 United States Census reported that Alameda County had a population of 1,510,271. The population density

3700-433: The mountains, summers are significantly warmer. The climate charts below are for Oakland and inland Livermore . The City and County of San Francisco, California , borders the county on the west, and has a small land border with the city of Alameda, California due to land filling. Santa Clara County borders the county on the south. San Joaquin County borders the county on the east. Contra Costa County borders

3774-599: The number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense. The Alameda County Office of Education oversees seventeen K–12 school districts and one K–8 district in Alameda County. In all, there are approximately 10,000 teachers serving 225,000 students. The ACOE also services three community college districts with a total enrollment of approximately 55,000 students. California law The law of California consists of several levels, including constitutional , statutory , and regulatory law , as well as case law . The California Codes form

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3848-491: The only Republican presidential nominee to have carried the county since. Prior to 1932, the county had been a Republican stronghold. Piedmont resident William F. Knowland was the Republican U.S. Senate Leader from 1953 to 1959. Even when Ronald Reagan won the national popular vote by an 18.3% margin in 1984 , Walter Mondale won Alameda County by a larger margin. In 2004 it voted for John Kerry , who won over 75% of

3922-401: The ordinances are misdemeanor crimes, unless otherwise specified as infractions . California's legal system is based on common law . Like all U.S. states except Louisiana , California has a reception statute providing for the "reception" of English law . California Civil Code Section 22.2 is as follows: "The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with

3996-732: The out-of-state decisions disagree with one another. However, this occurs less in California than in smaller jurisdictions, because the state's tremendous size guarantees that most legal issues have already been decided by some prior California court. Decisions from federal courts are also frequently cited as a source of persuasive authority about California law, even by the California Supreme Court. Although California courts have no obligation to follow federal precedents about matters of state law, they generally follow federal decisions on issues of federal law, even though they are only required to do so when an issue has been settled by

4070-604: The people. ) This means that all criminal prosecutions and all enacted laws are done in the name of "the People", rather than "the State" or "the Commonwealth" as in much of the United States. The preambles of the state's two open meeting laws, the Brown Act and the Bagley-Keene Act , both contain the sentence: "The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them." California

4144-439: The portions of appellate opinions known as dicta , in which a court discusses legal issues that it is not obligated to decide in the case before it. Dicta from the California Supreme Court is entitled to great weight, and the Court of Appeal rarely exercises its power to disregard the high court's gratuitous statements about California law. Cases from other states are often cited in California appellate opinions, particularly when

4218-522: The regional Pacific Reporter and the state-specific California Reporter (both now in their third series). All Supreme Court decisions are published, but less than 10% of Court of Appeal decisions are published. "Unpublished" decisions handed down after 1980 are generally available through the LexisNexis and Westlaw databases, but are useful only for academic researchers or as an aid in finding relevant published decisions. An unpublished decision in

4292-420: The section numbered 437), the "subdivision" prefix must be used when citing any subsection of all California statutes. Similar to New York, but unlike most other states and the federal judiciary, nearly all of California civil procedure law is located in the Code of Civil Procedure (a statute) rather than in the California Rules of Court (a set of regulations promulgated by the judiciary). Therefore, whenever

4366-587: The section numbers of the California Penal Code have become familiar to viewers around the world. Section 187 (murder) is probably the most well-known. The Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act are among the most powerful civil rights laws in the United States. Both offer much broader coverage and more generous remedies than their federal equivalents. California appellate courts were

4440-407: The sixth highest "no" vote, by percentage, of all California counties, and was the second largest county, by total voter turnout, to vote against it. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 821 square miles (2,130 km ), of which 739 square miles (1,910 km ) is land and 82 square miles (210 km ) (10%) is water. The San Francisco Bay borders the county on

4514-482: The state archives to recover and compile such opinions, which were published in a separate reporter called California Unreported Cases starting in 1913. Despite the reporter's name, those decisions are also citable as precedent, since they would have been published but for the court's severely disorganized condition at the time they were issued. The orders and decisions of the Superior Courts of California in their capacity as trial courts are never published. However,

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4588-475: The state of the law. These include opinions by federal courts on state law, and opinions of other state courts on relevant issues. The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of California , which like other state constitutions derives its power and legitimacy from the sovereignty of the people . The California Constitution in turn is subordinate to the Constitution of the United States , which

4662-405: The state should borrow Louisiana's Civil Code and Code of Practice (that state's name for a code of civil procedure) and use the common law for everything else. A minority of lawyers led by John W. Dwinelle wanted to adopt the civil law, but the majority of lawyers and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Elisha Oscar Crosby wanted to adopt the common law, and the latter position was duly adopted by

4736-973: The state. California is divided into 58 counties , including San Francisco (a consolidated city–county with the powers of both types of entities) and municipal areas incorporated as cities . All of the state's territory is within one of the counties, but not all of it is within the boundaries of a city; the areas not under city control are called unincorporated areas and are directly managed by county governments. School districts , which are independent of cities and counties, handle public education. Many other functions, especially in unincorporated areas, are handled by special districts , which include municipal utility districts , transit districts , vector control districts, and geologic hazard abatement districts. Counties and incorporated cities may promulgate ordinances which are usually codified in county codes and city codes, respectively. Every act prohibited or declared unlawful, and every failure to perform an act required, by

4810-617: The supervision of the County Administrator. In addition, several entities of the government of California have jurisdiction conterminous with Alameda County, such as the Alameda County Superior Court . The current supervisors are: The Board elects a president who presides at all meetings of the Board and appoints committees to handle work involving the major programs of the county. If the president

4884-406: The two. A typical example of this problem was in California consumer law, where an injured consumer previously could attempt to sue on behalf of all similarly injured consumers under the Unfair Competition Law and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act until 2004 when voters enacted Proposition 64 requiring the person filing suit to claim to be aggrieved by the alleged violation(s). The second oddity

4958-408: The vote. Every city and town voted Democratic. George H.W. Bush in 1988 was the last Republican to break 30% of the county's vote and Ronald Reagan in 1984 was the last to break 40% of the vote (carrying 40.01%). On November 4, 2008, Alameda County voted 61.92% against Proposition 8 , which won statewide, and which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage . The county garnered

5032-401: The west. The crest of the Berkeley Hills forms part of the northeastern boundary and reaches into the center of the county. A coastal plain several miles wide lines the bay; and is Oakland's most populous region. Livermore Valley lies in the eastern part of the county. Amador Valley abuts the western edge of Livermore Valley and continues west to the Pleasanton Ridge. The ridges and valleys of

5106-570: Was 2,047.6 inhabitants per square mile (790.6/km ). The racial makeup of Alameda County was 649,122 (43.0%) White , 190,451 (12.6%) African American , 9,799 (0.6%) Native American , 394,560 (26.1%) Asian (9.7% Chinese, 5.5% Filipino, 4.8% Indian, 2.0% Vietnamese, 1.2% Korean, 0.8% Japanese, 2.2% Other Asian), 12,802 (0.8%) Pacific Islander , 162,540 (10.8%) from other races , and 90,997 (6.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 339,889 persons (22.5%): 16.4% Mexican, 0.8% Puerto Rican, 0.2% Cuban, 5.1% Other Hispanic. As of

5180-410: Was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.31. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males. The median income for a household in

5254-689: Was 38.8% White (30.4% Non-Hispanic White and 8.4% Hispanic White ), 10.7% Black or African American , 31.1% Asian , 11.5% Some Other Race, 0.8% Native American and Alaskan Native , 0.8% Pacific Islander and 6.4% from two or more races . The White population continues to remain the largest racial category in Alameda County and includes the 37.7% of Hispanics who self-identify as White. The remainder of Hispanics self-identify as Other Race (49.2%), Multiracial (8.7%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.9%), Black (1.5%), Asian (0.9%), and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (0.2%). The Black population continues to decline and at 10.7% (including Black Hispanics )

5328-416: Was appointed Alameda County district attorney after Tom Orloff retired. She served two terms and did not run for reelection in 2022. Pamela Price was elected as district attorney in 2022. The Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) was formed on July 1, 1993, as a dependent district, with the Board of Supervisors as its governing body. Municipal and specialized fire departments have been consolidated into

5402-584: Was originally used to describe the Arroyo de la Alameda; the willow and sycamore trees along the banks of the river reminded the early Spanish explorers of a road lined with trees. Although a strict translation to English might be "Poplar Grove Creek", the name of the principal stream that flows through the county is now simply " Alameda Creek ". Alameda County is part of the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area , and

5476-475: Was vetoed in October 2008 (along with many other bills) by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger simply as his expression of disgust with the Legislature's inability to fix the state's dysfunctional budget, rather than because of any substantive defect in the bill itself. The Electronic Discovery Act had to be reintroduced in the next legislative session and was finally signed by the Governor on June 29, 2009. Unlike

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