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89-747: Sonoma State College was established by the California State Legislature in 1960 to be part of the California State College system, with significant involvement of the faculty from San Francisco State University . As with all California State Colleges, Sonoma State later became part of the California State University system. Sonoma opened for the first time in 1961, with an initial enrollment of 250 students. Classes offered took place in leased buildings in Rohnert Park where

178-624: A 65:35 ratio of female to male students. Sonoma State is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges . Several of the schools within Sonoma State also have additional accreditations, such as the School of Business and Economics, which is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business . The Mental Health Counseling masters degree program is accredited by

267-688: A $ 400 million donation to Cornell, to which he and his wife personally contributed $ 250 million. In June 2007, he endowed the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology at Cornell, housed in a new life science building named Weill Hall. On September 10, 2013, Joan and Sandy Weill and the Weill Family Foundation announced a $ 100 million gift to Weill Cornell. Weill is Chairman of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, having joined

356-425: A 27% share of Travelers Insurance , which had gotten into trouble because of bad real estate investments. In 1993, he reacquired his old Shearson brokerage (now Shearson Lehman ) from American Express for $ 1.2 billion. By the end of the year, he had completely taken over Travelers Corp in a $ 4 billion stock deal and officially began calling his corporation Travelers Group Inc. In 1996 he added to his holdings, at

445-857: A 380-bed specialty teaching hospital was scheduled to open in 2014 in Qatar. Sidra is supported by a $ 9 billion endowment from the Qatar Foundation. In addition, he is a Trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital; a Trustee of Hospital for Special Surgery; and a member of the Executive Council of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. In May 2003, he received the Baruch Medal for Business and Civic Leadership, presented by Baruch College for his work in public education and his accomplishments in business. A proponent of education, Weill instituted

534-612: A Class A director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . Class A directors are those elected by Federal Reserve member banks . Also in 2001, Weill established several offshore enterprises, including one through which he owned his yacht. These entities were identified in the Panama Papers . In 2002, the company was hit by the wave of Wall Street managerial restructuring that followed the stock market downturn of 2002 . In 2003, Weill sold 5.6 million shares of Citigroup back to

623-674: A brief period from 1995 to 1996, the Assembly has been in Democratic hands since the 1970 election. The Senate has been under Democratic control since 1970, except for a brief period from 1973 to 1975. Article IV of the 1849 California Constitution prescribed that the legislative power of the state is invested in an Assembly and a Senate which was to be designated as the Legislature of the State of California. Sessions were required to be annual and began on

712-526: A change in the law, Citigroup would have had to spin off its insurance businesses. Weill's office holds a wood etching of him engraved with the words "The Shatterer of Glass–Steagall". Weill denies that the repeal of Glass–Steagall played a role in the financial crisis of 2007–2008 . In 1998, Weill was the recipient of FinancialWorld Magazine ' s CEO of the Year Award and received the same honor from ChiefExecutive Magazine in 2002. In 2001, Weill became

801-453: A collection of writings and original letters from Jack London , as well as memorabilia relating to his works. The $ 41.5 million building is named after Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic cartoon, and his wife Jean, who donated $ 5 million to help build and furnish the structure. The Sonoma State Bookstore was operated by Sonoma State Enterprises, Inc. until the spring of 2006 when

890-420: A cost of $ 4 billion, the property and casualty operations of Aetna Life & Casualty . In September 1997 Weill acquired Salomon Inc., the parent company of Salomon Brothers Inc. for over $ 9 billion in stock. In April 1998, Travelers Group announced an agreement to undertake the $ 76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp , and the merger was completed on October 8, 1998. The possibility remained that

979-570: A joint program with the New York City Board of Education in 1980 that created the Academy of Finance, which trains high school students for careers in financial services. He serves as Founder and Chairman of the NAF , which oversees more than 100,000 students in 617 career-themed academies of finance, hospitality and tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences, in 35 states, as well as

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1068-434: A large swimming pool, completed in 1982, and the 500-seat Evert Person Theatre in 1989. Further enrollment increases and a new goal of movement toward a residential campus as opposed to a commuter campus facilitated the building of Verdot Village in 1995. In May 2001, the board of trustees approved a new master plan, which added 48 acres (19 ha) to the campus, located north of Copeland Creek. Rapidly accelerated growth of

1157-411: A new neuroscience institute. At the time, the gift was the largest donation in the school's history. The Weill Institute for Neurosciences is housed in a $ 316 million facility at UCSF's Mission Bay campus. The Weills hope the institute will develop more effective treatments for such diseases as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorders, autism, and other brain-related ailments. In 2019,

1246-474: A period in which it completed over 15 acquisitions to become the country's second-largest securities brokerage firm. The company became CBWL-Hayden, Stone, Inc. in 1970; Hayden Stone, Inc. in 1972; Shearson Hayden Stone in 1974, when it merged with Shearson Hammill & Co. ; and Shearson Loeb Rhoades in 1979, when it merged with Loeb, Rhoades, Hornblower & Co. With capital totaling $ 250 million, Shearson Loeb Rhoades trailed only Merrill Lynch as

1335-622: A record $ 60 million in one evening through a generous $ 30 million match by Weill and his wife for the Weill Music Institute, which established broad-reaching music education programs. Weill is also chairman of the Green Music Center Board of Advisors at Sonoma State University and a director of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. In September 2006, Joan and Sanford Weill Hall was dedicated at

1424-424: A statement of intent and evidence that the statement actually reflected the views of several of the legislators who voted for the bill (as opposed to just one). The most sought-after legislative committee appointments are to governance and finance, business and professions, and health. These are sometimes called "juice" committees, because membership in these committees often aids the campaign fundraising efforts of

1513-515: A troubled subsidiary, Commercial Credit, a consumer finance company. In 1986, Weill bought Commercial Credit for $ 7 million. After a period of layoffs and reorganization, the company completed a successful IPO . In 1987, he acquired Gulf Insurance. The following year, in 1988, he paid $ 1.5 billion for Primerica , the parent company of Smith Barney and the A. L. Williams insurance company. In 1989, he acquired Drexel Burnham Lambert 's retail brokerage outlets. In 1992, he paid $ 722 million to buy

1602-609: Is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup . He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively. Weill was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn , New York City, to Polish Jewish immigrants, Etta (Kalika) and Max Weill. He attended P.S. 200 in Bensonhurst. He also attended Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York , and then enrolled at Cornell University , where he

1691-774: Is an interdisciplinary learning community within the larger institution of Sonoma State University. HIPPS was under the direction of professor Francisco Vázquez for many years. Mario Savio 's final teaching post was in Hutchins. Stephanie Dyer was appointed director. Sonoma State's location in the California Wine Country allows the school to offer courses in viticulture including the Wine Business program. Courses are offered in wine marketing, wine finance and accounting, human resources management, wine business strategies, wine production, operations, and distribution. SSU has

1780-416: Is much more than just writing a check. It's donating your time, energy, experience, and intellect to the causes and organizations you are passionate about." In 2015, Joan Weill offered an additional $ 20 million to Paul Smith's College, but only if it changed its name to Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College, a change that would have violated the terms of the devise of the school's real property, which required that

1869-752: Is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California , consisting of the California State Assembly ( lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate ( upper house with 40 members). Both houses of the Legislature convene at the California State Capitol in Sacramento . The California State Legislature is one of ten full-time state legislatures in the United States . The houses are distinguished by

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1958-616: The District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ninety-nine percent of NAF's students graduate, with eighty-seven percent going on to post-secondary education – often as the first in their families to attend college. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Weill as a member of his New York Education Reform Commission. Weill has received honorary degrees from Howard University , Hofstra University , University of New Haven , The New School , and Sonoma State University . He previously served as

2047-463: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission . For weeks his only client was his mother, Etta, until his later to be wife, Joan, persuaded an ex-boyfriend to open a brokerage account. While working at Bear Stearns, Weill was a neighbor of Arthur L. Carter who was working at Lehman Brothers . Together with Roger Berlind and Peter Potoma, they formed Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill in May 1960. In 1962

2136-627: The University of Michigan . The building is home to the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy . Weill donated $ 5 million towards the construction of the building and an additional $ 3 million to endow the position of the dean of the school. Joan and Sanford Weill have been co-chairs, of the annual " Louis Marshall Award Dinner ", from 2000 to 2010. In 2002, the Joan Weill Adirondack Library and Joan Weill Student Center were dedicated at Paul Smith's College . The Weills are recipients of

2225-449: The "several counties and districts" according to the white population of said areas. Section 25 imposed a single-subject rule on legislative bills, Section 26 prohibited the legislature from granting a divorce , Section 31 prohibited the legislature from establishing a corporation with a special act (similar to a private bill ), Section 34 prohibited the legislature from granting a charter "for banking purposes" while Section 35 required

2314-509: The 1879 Constitution explicitly stated that the Senate has 40 members and that the Assembly has 80 members. The constitution also explicitly provides that Senators terms are four years and the terms of members of the Assembly are two years. New legislators convene each new two-year session, to organize, in the Assembly and Senate chambers, respectively, at noon on the first Monday in December following

2403-458: The 1990s. Since 1993, the Legislature has hosted a web or FTP site in one form or another. The current website contains the text of all statutes, all bills, the text of all versions of the bills, all the committee analyses of bills, all the votes on bills in committee or on the floor, and veto messages from the governor. Before then, committees occasionally published reports for significant bills, but most bills were not important enough to justify

2492-698: The 2009 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Award. Sanford I. Weill was the 2015 recipient of the Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence. In 2010, the Weills bought a 362-acre estate in Sonoma County, California . In March 2011, the Weills announced a $ 12 million gift to Sonoma State University , providing the funds to complete the Donald and Maureen Green Music Center concert hall for a fall 2012 opening. The facility, inspired by Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood , has been named

2581-458: The 2017–2018 session to require a vote. Across the country, pocket veto powers are not uncommon in legislatures; in Colorado, the power was notably repealed in a citizen initiative constitutional amendment in 1988 driven by various reform groups. A bill is a proposal to change, repeal, or add to existing state law . An Assembly Bill (AB) is one introduced in the Assembly; a Senate Bill (SB), in

2670-438: The 21st century, housing more than 400,000 volumes in its stacks. The center also houses an advanced Automated Retrieval System (ARS) which contains an additional 750,000 volumes in a computer-managed shelving system in the library wing. A large portion of the funding to build the information center was donated by Charles Schulz , cartoonist and author of the popular Peanuts comic series, and his wife Jean. In January 2005,

2759-498: The Assembly are elected from 80 districts and serve two-year terms . All 80 Assembly seats are subject to election every two years. Members of the Senate are elected from 40 districts and serve four-year terms . Every two years, one half of the Senate (20 seats) is subject to election, with odd-numbered districts up for election during presidential elections , and even-numbered districts up for election during midterm elections . Term limits were initially established in 1990 following

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2848-523: The California Channel and local Public-access television cable TV . Due to the expense and the obvious political downside , California did not keep verbatim records of actual speeches made by members of the Assembly and Senate until the video feed began. As a result, reconstructing legislative intent outside of an act 's preamble is extremely difficult in California for legislation passed before

2937-589: The California Institute for Human Services (CIHS), a unit closed by SSU in 2007. The two top CIHS administrators were dismissed at that time. A new social center for the university gained approval in April 2011. Students voted to raise their fees by $ 150 a semester to cover the cost of the $ 65 million facility. The Office of the President began with the university's founding in 1960 when Ambrose R. Nichols, Jr. became

3026-630: The Chairman of the Board of Carnegie Hall until 2016, and is an avid champion of classical music in the United States. Since 1986, one of the three performance halls in Carnegie Hall has been named after Weill and his wife, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall . The 1997 recipient of the New York State Governor's Art Award, Weill has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall since 1991. For Weill's 70th birthday, Carnegie Hall raised

3115-496: The Democratic Clinton Administration ) whom Weill was close to. With both Democrats and Republicans on their side, the law was taken down in less than two years. Many European countries, for instance, had already torn down the firewall between banking and insurance. During a two-to-five-year grace period allowed by law, Citigroup could conduct business in its merged form; should that period have elapsed without

3204-598: The Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement . His Golden Plate was presented by Awards Council member General Colin Powell . Weill served as a Cornell Trustee. In 1998, he endowed Cornell's medical school , now known as Weill Cornell Medicine . As chairman of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College and an emeritus member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, Weill orchestrated

3293-569: The Green Music Center is a 1,400-seat concert hall featuring precision engineered acoustics, named the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall. The entire rear wall of the hall opens to lawn seating for a total of 4,000 additional guests. The Hospitality Center, which includes a restaurant/executive conference center, opened in 2010. A $ 12 million donation from Joan and Sandy Weill, announced in March 2011, provided

3382-694: The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall. "We love to be involved in the communities where we spend time," Sandy Weill commented to an interviewer. In 2011, Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel and the American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center announced that Joan and Weill and the Weill Family Foundation made a donation of $ 10 million. In addition, the money was intended to support the Israeli-Palestinian Friendship Center and enable

3471-650: The Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC). Sonoma State University is the only California school that belongs to the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges . Art from the Heart, an annual art auction, has been held at the university since 1984 to raise funds for the art gallery's display, advertising, and lecture program by selling invited artists' work. Sonoma State teams compete in intercollegiate athletics as

3560-419: The Senate. Bills are designated by number, in the order of introduction in each house. For example, AB 16 refers to the 16th bill introduced in the Assembly. The numbering starts afresh each session. There may be one or more "extraordinary" sessions. The bill numbering starts again for each of these. For example, the third bill introduced in the Assembly for the second extraordinary session is ABX2 3. The name of

3649-804: The Sonoma State Seawolves. Sonoma State University is an NCAA Division II member and part of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) and the Pacific West Conference (PacWest). Ten of SSU's sports are in the CCAA, water polo is in the WWPA, and men's and women's tennis are in the PacWest. Sonoma State athletics began in 1964 with the school's first men's basketball team. Through

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3738-679: The State Senate. The proceedings of the California State Legislature are briefly summarized in regularly published journals, which show votes and who proposed or withdrew what. Reports produced by California executive agencies, as well as the Legislature, were published in the Appendices to the Journals from 1849 to 1970. Since the 1990s, the legislature has provided a live video feed for its sessions, and has been broadcast state-wide on

3827-447: The attention of any individual community representative, it would also in turn make it harder for these representatives to get the attention of their state legislators. The measure failed to acquire enough signatures to qualify as a proposition for the 2016 November elections ballot. Sanford I. Weill Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill ( / w aɪ l / ; born March 16, 1933) is an American banker, financier, and philanthropist . He

3916-504: The author, the legislator who introduced the bill, becomes part of the title of the bill. The legislative procedure , is divided into distinct stages: From December 4, 2023, members of the California State Legislature receive an annual salary of $ 128,215. The Assembly Speaker, Senate President pro tempore, and minority floor leaders receive salaries of $ 147,446. Majority floor leaders and second ranking minority leaders receive salaries of $ 137,832. As of 2023, California legislators are paid

4005-453: The board in 1982 and becoming chair in 1995. Weill Cornell established the first American medical school overseas in Doha, Qatar , in 2001. This was made possible through a special partnership between Weill Cornell and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Weill Cornell's inaugural class in Qatar graduated in 2008. Weill also serves on the Board of Governors of Sidra,

4094-578: The board of trustees in 2000 is also the site of the Donald and Maureen Green Music Center, funded by private donors. A component of the Green Music Center, Music Education Hall, was state-funded. The center contains the 1,400-seat Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall, which was completed in 2012. Its resident orchestra is the Santa Rosa Symphony. In May 2007, SSU faculty voted no confidence in President Armiñana based upon financial issues surrounding

4183-405: The broader membership. In California, as of 2019 this was governed by Senate Rule 28 which requires 21 members and Assembly Rule 96(a) which requires 41 members; the procedure was notably used in 1998. In 2019, a rule change in the Assembly allowed committee chairs to avoid considering bills, which effectively kills the proposal. A proposed amendment to the constitution (ACA-23 ) was proposed for

4272-401: The building of the Green Music Center and faculty allegations that the building of the center took money away from academic programs. The center, originally intended to be a US$ 10 million project, grew into a $ 120 million complex as additional venues and features were added to the original plan. The construction of the center was initially funded by bond measures, loans, and private donations as

4361-537: The college offered its first four-year Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education . The small first graduating class received their degrees in the parking lot of the temporary campus. With the completion of its two main classroom halls, Stevenson Hall, named for politician Adlai Stevenson II , and Darwin Hall, named for Charles Darwin , the college moved to its permanent campus 215 acres (87 ha) in 1966 where

4450-501: The colors of the carpet and trim of each house: the Senate uses red and the Assembly uses green, inspired by the United Kingdom 's House of Lords and House of Commons respectively. The Democratic Party currently holds veto-proof supermajorities in both houses of the California State Legislature. The Assembly consists of 62 Democrats and 17 Republicans , while the Senate is composed of 31 Democrats and 9 Republicans. Except for

4539-415: The committee members because powerful lobbying groups want to donate to members of these committees. The legislature can " pocket veto " laws by avoiding consideration and thus avoiding a vote. The Appropriations "Suspense File", which was created in the mid-1980s, is a popular way to avoid a vote. When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a discharge petition can typically be passed by

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4628-629: The corporation. AS also encompasses two smaller divisions, Associated Students Productions (ASP), which plans and produces on-campus concerts and student events, and Join Us Making Progress (JUMP), which organizes community service programs. . 38°20′23″N 122°40′25″W  /  38.33972°N 122.67361°W  / 38.33972; -122.67361 California State Legislature 38°34′36″N 121°29′36″W  /  38.576572°N 121.493411°W  / 38.576572; -121.493411 The California State Legislature

4717-515: The election. After the organizational meeting, both houses are in recess until the first Monday in January, except when the first Monday is January 1 or January 1 is a Sunday, in which case they meet the following Wednesday. Aside from the recess, the legislature is in session year-round. Since California was given official statehood by the U.S. on September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 ,

4806-452: The expense of printing and distributing a report to archives and law libraries across the state. For bills lacking such a formal committee report, the only way to discover legislative intent is to access the state archives in Sacramento and manually review the files of relevant legislators, legislative committees, and the Governor's Office from the relevant time period, in the hope of finding

4895-449: The financial institution for nearly $ 264 million and relinquished the title of CEO to Charles O. Prince . He remained Chairman of Citigroup until 2006. On July 25, 2012, Weill reversed course on the financial supermarket, saying, "What we should probably do is go and split up investment banking from banking, have banks be deposit takers, have banks make commercial loans and real estate loans, have banks do something that's not going to risk

4984-469: The firm became Carter, Berlind & Weill after the New York Stock Exchange brought disciplinary proceedings against Potoma. In 1968, with the departure of Arthur Carter, the firm was renamed Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt ( Marshall Cogan , Arthur Levitt ), or CBWL jokingly referred to on Wall Street as "Corned Beef With Lettuce". Weill served as the firm's Chairman from 1965 to 1984,

5073-476: The first master's degrees in biology and psychology were offered. The new cluster school concept, coupled with a more intense focus on the surrounding rural environment, influenced the new physical master plan. The first facility built under the new plan was the Zinfandel residence area. The new Student Health Center used a primarily redwood façade with a landscaped ground cover of wild roses and poppies. Sonoma State

5162-410: The first Monday of the January after the previous election unless if the Governor called an extraordinary session by proclamation . The terms of Assembly members lasted for one year while the terms of Senators lasted for two years. The 1849 Constitution did not prescribe the size of either house, but it did require that the Senate was to be composed of no less than one third but no more than one half of

5251-498: The founding president of the university. As of 2024 there have been eight presidents of Sonoma State University. In May 2023, the California State University Board of Trustees appointed Ming-Tung "Mike" Lee as Sonoma State's newest permanent president. In May 2024, Lee was placed on administrative leave, following an unauthorized agreement he had made with campus protestors , and he retired the next day. Nathan Evans

5340-727: The funds to complete the concert hall for the fall 2012 opening. The 250-seat Schroeder Recital Hall opened in 2014. Sonoma State offers 46 majors and 49 minors at the undergraduate level as of 2017. The school features a joint master's degree program in mathematics with San Francisco State University and a wine-business program. Popular majors for undergraduates in 2018 included Business Administration ( Management and Operations ) at 18.43%, Psychology (General) at 9.02%, and Sociology at 7.05%. Popular majors for graduates were Business Administration (Management and Operations) at 24.70%, Education (General) at 16.33% and Student Counseling and Personnel Services at 11.95%. SONOMA State has

5429-399: The graduating class became the first to receive their degrees at the new campus. As enrollment increased, Sonoma State built more on-campus facilities, including Ives Hall for performing arts, The University Commons for dining, a small library, and a gymnasium. These buildings followed the physical master plan of the school which stated that the facilities would be urban in character, defining

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5518-617: The highest transfer graduation rate in the CSU System. The 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking system ranks Sonoma 15 among public colleges and universities in the "Regional Colleges West", 36 on Top Performers on Social Mobility , and 247 in Nursing (tie). There are more than 65 departments and academic programs divided into six schools. Each school offers major and minor courses for undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees The Hutchins School of Liberal Studies

5607-470: The hospital to better serve patients from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank by making residential hostel facilities available to their families while providing advanced medical training to Palestinian residents, fellows, and nursing staff. In 2012, Weill was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In September 2013, Weill and his wife wrote an op-ed for CNBC stating that philanthropy goes beyond just money. "For us, philanthropy

5696-434: The largest securities broker . In 1981, Weill sold Shearson Loeb Rhoades to American Express for about $ 915 million in stock. In 1982, he founded the National Academy Foundation with the Academy of Finance to educate high school students. Weill began serving as president of American Express Co. in 1983 and as chairman and CEO of American Express's insurance subsidiary, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company , in 1984. Weill

5785-400: The legislature to enact a statute which prohibited any person or corporation from "..exercising the privileges of banking or creating paper to circulate as money", and Section 38 required all votes in the legislature to be conducted via voice vote. In its original form, Article IV of the 1879 California Constitution structured the legislature in a similar way to the 1849 Constitution. However,

5874-490: The main campus is Wolf's Den Plaza, a frequent hangout and eating area for SSU students. As of fall 2018 Sonoma State had the third-largest white enrollment percentage of Americans in the California State University system. The three-story, 215,000-square-foot (20,000 m) library is separated into two wings housing different areas on each floor. The building has a total of 5 acres (2.0 ha) of indoor floor space and 50,000 feet (15,000 m) of shelving. The library houses

5963-527: The merger would run into problems connected with federal law. Ever since the Glass–Steagall Act , banking and insurance businesses had been kept separate. Weill and John S. Reed bet that Congress would soon pass legislation overturning those regulations, which Weill, Reed and a number of businesspeople considered not in their interest. To speed up the process, they recruited to the Board of Directors former President Gerald Ford (Republican) and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (who served during

6052-400: The nation as of 2015, according to Niche Rankings. Sonoma State University has over one hundred chartered student organizations, including fraternities and sororities, and over twenty sports clubs. Several teams, run by students, compete regionally and in national tournaments. Associated Students (AS) is a student organization. The AS Senate is the student government and board of directors of

6141-465: The number of members in the Assembly, with half of the Senators being up for election each year while requiring the legislature to fix the number of Senators and Assemblymembers, with there to be no less than 24 and no more than 36 members in the Assembly until the population of the state reached 100,000 residents, upon which the number of members in the Assembly was to be no less than 36 and no more than 80. Legislative districts were to be apportioned among

6230-547: The operation was outsourced to Barnes & Noble College Booksellers , despite some opposition from faculty members. In addition to the main campus, the university also owns and operates two off–campus study sites for students of the natural sciences. The first site is the 411-acre (166 ha) Fairfield Osborn Preserve , located on nearby Sonoma Mountain . The second site is the 3,200-acre (1,300 ha) Galbreath Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County . Both offer opportunities for research and hands-on education to students of

6319-417: The passage of Proposition 140. In June 2012, voters approved Proposition 28, which limits legislators to a maximum of 12 years, without regard to whether they serve those years in the State Assembly or the State Senate. Legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012, are restricted by the previous term limits, approved in 1990, which limited legislators to three terms in the State Assembly and two terms in

6408-411: The physical master plan, using primarily redwood and preceded the similarly built Carson Hall, an art building, a childcare center, additional parking, and a computer center which was added onto the library. In 1978, Sonoma State College became Sonoma State University when the school officially gained university status, after which the surrounding community provided funds for the new university to build

6497-446: The residential student body was alleviated by the construction of the third phase of on-campus housing named Sauvignon Village, offering housing to non- freshman students. In the same year, the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center was completed to accommodate the expanded needs of the library and computing services. The facility was built as a prototype library and information complex for

6586-480: The school be "forever known" as Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences. Paul Smith's applied to the New York Supreme Court for a release from the naming clause of the donor's will, arguing that its continued financial survival depended on receipt of Mrs. Weill's $ 20 million gift. Notwithstanding that argument, there was considerable opposition to the requested name change from alumni and others. The college

6675-761: The second highest salary of any state. Senators receive per diem of $ 211 and Assembly members receive per diem of $ 214. The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act In July 23, 2015, then former Republican presidential primary candidate John Cox submitted a ballot measure named "The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act" which proposed that the Legislature's districts be subdivided into "neighborhood districts" of approximately 5000 people within each Assembly district and 10000 people within each Senate district. The representatives of these "neighborhood districts" within each district would then elect 40 Senate members and 80 Assembly members by majority vote. It has been argued that while this proposal would make it easier for citizens to get

6764-505: The state capital was variously San Jose (1850–1851), Vallejo (1852–1853) and Benicia (1853–1854), until Sacramento was finally selected in 1854. The first Californian State House was originally a hotel in San Jose owned by businessman Pierre "Don Pedro" Sainsevain and his associates. The State Legislature currently meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Members of

6853-448: The taxpayer dollars, that's not too big to fail," Weill said on CNBC. "If they want to hedge what they're doing with their investments, let them do it in a way that's going to be mark-to-market so they're never going to be hit." Weill married Joan Mosher on June 20, 1955. The couple live in Sonoma, California . They have two adult children and four grandchildren. In 1997, Weill received

6942-429: The university began the renovation of Darwin Hall, the university's science building, which had been built in 1967. The new building was designed to provide efficient academic classrooms and study areas for faculty and their students. The renovated structure was completed and re-opened in fall 2006 and provided new laboratories and classrooms to support the needs of a modern science curriculum. The new property approved by

7031-543: The university. Sonoma State also offers students the opportunity to obtain their bachelor's degree in liberal arts partly through classes offered at Napa Valley College and the Vallejo Satellite Campus of Solano Community College . Music Education Hall (one of 4 components of the Green Music Center) opened its doors in 2008 to students taking classes in the two 60-person classrooms. The focal point of

7120-532: The use of academic funds for other uses is illegal. The board of trustees continued to support Armiñana despite the vote. In February 2010, the FBI and investigators from the Sonoma County District Attorney's offices raided the campus's administrative and finance offices seizing dozens of boxes from a storage area, and examined computers. The operation focused on an alleged misuse of federal grant money by

7209-462: The use of smooth concrete building façades with landscaped courtyards. Among the landscaping features added with these facilities were the "Campus Lakes", two small reservoirs located behind the Commons next to Commencement Lawn, the site of the university's annual commencement ceremonies, as well as one lake near a housing facility, Beaujolais Village; the lakes are home to local waterfowl . In 1969,

7298-566: The west of California, but one in the south and the other in the north, Sonoma and Dominguez Hills have competed heavily as conference rivals in soccer. In the spring of 2020, it was announced that men's tennis, women's tennis, and women's water polo would be disbanded due to insufficient funding. Sonoma State provides suite, apartment, and townhouse style housing. There are six villages on campus, named after wines: Cabernet, Zinfandel, Verdot, Sauvignon, Beaujolais, and Tuscany. There are two swimming pools/spas. Sonoma State's dorms are ranked #25 in

7387-610: The years, the Seawolves have had various successes including national championships in 1990 ( women's soccer ), 2002 ( men's soccer ), and 2009 (men's golf ). The school's traditional colors are navy, Columbia, and white. SSU athletic teams participate in the CCAA, an association within the NCAA 's Division II. The SSU Athletic Department offers nine NCCAA women's sports teams and five men's teams. Women's track and field has recently been re-added to university's program. Besides both being located in

7476-460: Was 21 I could choose whatever middle name I wanted. In 1955, shortly after graduating from Cornell University , Weill began his first job on Wall Street , serving as a runner for Bear Stearns . In 1956, he became a licensed broker at Bear Stearns . Rather than making phone calls or personal visits to solicit clients, Weill found he was far more comfortable sitting at his desk, poring through companies' financial statements and disclosures made to

7565-474: Was active in the Air Force ROTC and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. In 1955, Weill graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Cornell. Weill's middle initial of "I" is not an abbreviation for anything. In 2002, he said: My mother wanted to name me after somebody whose name started with an "I", but she couldn't think of a name she liked. So she gave me the initial with the idea that after I

7654-460: Was closed from May 7–11, 1970, after Governor Ronald Reagan ordered that all California colleges and universities shut down due to anti-war protests and rallies after the shootings of four students at Kent State University . Early development of the modern campus came to a close in 1976 when the Student Union was constructed between the main quad and the lakes. This building continued the use of

7743-516: Was named acting president while a search for a new president began. The United States Census Bureau has designated the Sonoma State University campus as a separate census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 U.S. Census with a population of 2,679. Sonoma State occupies approximately 269 acres (109 ha) on the east side of the main suburban area of Rohnert Park. Directly adjacent to

7832-428: Was originally funded by the will of Paul Smith's son, Phelps Smith, who specified that the institution should be "forever known" by his father's name. In light of the potential donation, the college petitioned to be released from the will's conditions, but their appeal was denied by Judge Ellis. In 2016, Sandy and Joan Weill announced a $ 185 million contribution to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for

7921-510: Was succeeded by his protégé, Peter A. Cohen , who became the youngest head of a Wall Street firm. While at American Express, Weill began grooming his newest protégé, Jamie Dimon , the future CEO of JPMorgan Chase . Weill resigned from American Express in August 1985 at age 52. After an attempt to become the CEO of BankAmerica Corp. , he persuaded Minneapolis -based Control Data Corporation to spin off

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