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Stockton is the city and district seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the state of California in the US. Stockton was founded by Captain Charles Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it is the first community in California that has a name not from Spain or a Native American. It is located on the San Joaquin River north of San Joaquin Valley and has an estimated population of 320,554 by the California Treasury for 2017. Stockton is the 13th largest city in California and the 63rd largest city in the United States. It was named All-America City in 1999, 2004, 2015 and again in 2017.

Built during the California Gold Rush, Stockton Harbor serves as a gateway to Central Valley and beyond. It provides easy access to trade and transportation to the southern gold mines. The University of the Pacific (UOP), leased in 1851, is the oldest university in California, and has been located in Stockton since 1923. As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, Stockton is the second largest city in the United States to apply. for bankruptcy protection. Stockton managed to get out of bankruptcy in February 2015.

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Geography

Stockton is located in the middle of California's San Joaquin Valley farmland, a sub-region of Central Valley. In and around Stockton there are thousands of miles of water, forming the Delta California.

Interstate 5 and State Route 99, California's main north-south highway, pass through town. State Route 4 and the dredged San Joaquin River link the city with the San Francisco Bay Area to the west. Stockton and Sacramento are the only inland seaports in California.

According to the US Census Bureau, the city occupies an area of â€‹â€‹64.8 square miles (168Ãƒ, km ²), of which 61.7 square miles (160 km ²) is ground and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km ²) (4.76%) are water.

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History

When the Europeans first visited the Stockton area, Yatchicumne, a branch of the North Valley Indian Yokuts, occupied the Stockton area. They build their village on low bumps to keep their homes above regular floods. Yokuts village named Pasasimas is located on a mound between Edison and Harrison Streets in what is now Stockton Channel in downtown Stockton.

The Siskiyou Trail begins north of San Joaquin Valley. It's a centuries-old American trail that leads through the Sacramento Valley above the Cascades and into the present Oregon region.

19th century

Gold rush era

Europeans and Americans began to arrive in the area after gold was discovered in northern California, beginning with California Gold Rush in 1848. When Captain Charles Maria Weber, a German immigrant, decided to try his hand at gold mining in late 1848, he soon found a sell inventory to gold seekers is more profitable. As an alien, Weber could not get a land grant directly, so he established a partnership with William Gulnac. Born in New York, Gulnac had married a Mexican woman and swore loyalty to Mexico, which later ruled California. He applied to Weber to get the eleven league square land on the east side of the San Joaquin River.

Weber obtained a land grant from Rancho Campo de los Franceses Mexico and founded Stockton in 1849. Weber built the first permanent residence in the San Joaquin Valley on a plot of land now known as Weber Point.

During California Gold Rush, Stockton evolved as a river port, the center of the road to the golden settlement of the San Joaquin Valley and the north end of Stockton - Los Angeles Road. During the early years, Stockton was known by several names, including "Weberville," "Tuleburg," "Fat City," "Mudville," and "California's Sunrise Seaport." Weber decided "Stockton" to honor Commodore Robert F. Stockton. Stockton is the first community in California to have a name that is not Spanish or Native American.

Chinese Immigration

Thousands of Chinese came to Stockton from the province of Kwangtung in China in the 1850s due to a combination of political and economic unrest in China and the discovery of gold in California. After the gold rush, many work for railroad and land reclamation projects in the Sacramento River Delta-San Joaquin and remain in Stockton. In 1880, Stockton was home to the third largest Chinese community in California. Discriminatory laws, in particular the Chinese Exception Act of 1882, restricted immigration and prevented Chinese from buying property. The Lincoln Hotel, built in 1920 by the Wong brothers on South El Dorado Street, was considered one of Stockton's finest hotels at the time. Only after the Magnuson Act was lifted in 1962, American-born Americans were allowed to buy property and own buildings.

Merge

The city was officially established on July 23, 1850, by the county court, and the first city election was held on July 31, 1850. In 1851, the City of Stockton received its charter from the State of California. Early settlers included gold seekers from Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, the Pacific Islands, Mexico and Canada. The diversity of the historical population is reflected in the names of Stockton Street, architecture, many ethnic festivals, and in the faces and heritage of the majority of its citizens. In 1870, the Census Bureau reported Stockton's population as 87.6% white and 10.7% Asian. Many Chinese emigrate to California as workers in these years, especially for the Transcontinental Railway.

Benjamin Holt settled in Stockton in 1883 and with three brothers founded Stockton Wheel Co., and then Holt Manufacturing Company. On Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1904, Holt successfully tested the first workable tracking machine, hijacking the wet San Diego's Valley of San Joaquin farm. Corporate photographer Charles Clements has reportedly observed that the tractor is crawling like a caterpillar, and Holt uses metaphors. "Caterpillar, that's the name for it."

20th century

On April 22, 1918, British Army officer Colonel Ernest Dunlop Swinton visited Stockton while on a tour of the United States. British and French troops used hundreds of Holt tractors to transport heavy weapons and supplies during World War I, and Swinton openly thanked Holt and his employees for their contributions to the war effort. During 1914 and 1915, Swinton advocated basing a kind of armored combat vehicle on a Holt caterpillar tractor, but to no avail. (Although the UK did develop tanks, they came from separate and indirect sources derived from Holt machines). After the emergence of tanks on the battlefield, Holt built a prototype, gas-electric tank, but did not enter production.

The vast network of waterways in and around Stockton is lured and navigated by the Miwok Indians for centuries. During the California Gold Rush, the San Joaquin River can be navigated by ships, making Stockton the natural land port and the point of supply and departure for prospective gold miners. From the mid-19th century onwards, Stockton became a transportation hub in the region, mainly dealing with agricultural products. In 1931, Stockton Electric Railway Company operated 40 carriages on over 28 miles of track.

Stockton is the site of the first Sikh temple in the United States; Stockton Gurdwara Sahib opened on 24 October 1912. It was founded by Baba Jawala Singh and Baba Wasakha Singh, a successful Punjabi immigrant who farms and owns 500 hectares (202 hectares) on the Holt River.

In 1933, the ports were modernized, and the Deepwater Stockton Channel, which increased waterways to San Francisco Bay, deepened and resolved. This creates a commercial opportunity that drives the growth of the city. Ruff and Ready Island The Naval Supply Depot was established, putting Stockton in a strategic position during the Cold War. During the Great Depression, the city's cannery industry became a battleground of labor disputes that resulted in Riot Spinach in 1937.

During World War II, the Stockton Assembly Center was built at San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, a few blocks from downtown. One of the fifteen temporary detention sites run by the Civil War Control Administration, the center accommodates about 4,200 Japanese Americans who were moved from their West Coast homes under the Executive Order of 9066, while they awaited transfers to camps more permanent and isolated in the interior of the country. The center opened on May 10, 1942 and operates until October 17, when the majority of its residents are sent to Rohwer, Arkansas. The previous detention site was named California Historical Landmark in 1980, and in 1984 a marker was set up at the entrance to the fairground.

In September 1996, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced the closing of Stockton's Navy Stock Center on Rough and Ready Island. Formerly known as Ruff and Ready Island's Naval Supply Depot, the island's facilities have served as the main communication post for submarine activities in the Pacific during the Cold War. The site is slowly being redeveloped as a commercial property.

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Economic history

Historically the agricultural community, Stockton's economy has diversified into other industries, including telecommunications and manufacturing.

Stockton's central location, relative to San Francisco and Sacramento, and its proximity to state and interstate toll road systems, along with relatively cheap land costs, have encouraged some companies to base their regional operations in the city.

Construction and public expenditure

Beginning in the late 1990s, under the mayor of Gary Podesto, Stockton has started several revitalization projects. Newly built or renovated buildings include Bob Hope Theater, Regal City Center Cinemas and IMAX, Downtown San Joaquin RTD Transit Center, Lexington Plaza Waterfront Hotel, Stockton Hotel, Stockton Arena, San Joaquin County Administration Building, and Stockton Ballpark.

The "sunken parking lot" in front of the Stockton Hotel changed in the late 1990s into a public space called "Dean DeCarli Waterfront Square." This area is designed to cover a variety of spaces and flexible uses: sunken plaza, shadow structures, lots of trees and planters, stadium seats, bench seats, platform viewing, weirs at the western end, and waterfalls flowing at the eastern end. DeCarli Square has become a popular urban venue for music, art and religious events, festivals, farmers' markets and social gatherings.

A new downtown marina and the adjacent Blood Promenade Joan were added along the south coast of the Stockton Water Strait during 2009. Public art projects are also installed throughout the area (see Stockton's public art section).

Other projects under consideration by the city council in January 2009 included South Shore housing, environmental revitalization of Robert J. Cabral Train Station, a bridge across Stockton's Inland Waterway and the new San Joaquin County Courthouse.

Real estate bubble

The Stockton real estate market is disproportionately affected by the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis, and the city leads the United States in foreclosure for the year, with one out of every 30 homes posted for foreclosures. From September 2006 to September 2007, the value of homes with average prices in Stockton fell 44%.

The Stockton neighborhood of Weston Ranch, a modest housing division built in the mid-1990s, has the worst foreclosure rate in the region according to ACORN, the national advocacy group now dying for low- and middle-income families. Stockton found himself right at the center of the speculative housing bubble of the United States in the 2000s. Real estate in Stockton more than tripled the value between 1998 and 2005, but when the bubble burst in 2007, the next financial crisis made Stockton one of the hardest hit cities in the United States.

Stockton housing prices fell 39% in fiscal 2008, and the city has the highest foreclosure rate in the country (9.5%) as well. As the economy shrank, Stockton also had a 13.3% unemployment rate in 2008, one of the highest in the United States. Stockton was rated by Forbes in 2009 as the fifth most dangerous city in America because of its crime rate. In 2010, mainly because of these factors, Forbes named it one of the three worst places to live in.

City bankrupt

Following the regional losses to the economy due to the financial crisis of 2008, in July 2012, Stockton became the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy protection. It was surpassed by Detroit in July 2013. The city approved a plan to exit bankruptcy in October 2013, and voters approved a sales tax on November 5, 2013 to help fund the exit.

The collapse in real estate valuation has a negative effect on the city's revenue base. On June 28, 2012, Stockton filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. On April 1, 2013, a federal judge accepted a bankruptcy application. On April 1, 2013, judge Christopher M. Klein, US Bankruptcy Court, California District Easter, Sacramento Division, ruled that Stockton was eligible for bankruptcy protection.

Stockton's bankruptcy case lasted more than two years and received national attention. While there are many possible factors causing Chapter 9 submissions including real estate accidents and failed city projects, Stockton is jointly monitored with Detroit to see if federal judges will override state laws and decide that retirement for city employees can be risky. In question is the contractual obligation to CalPERS that cities throughout California have been undertaken. Pensions in California are protected by the so-called "California Rules," which says that public employees are guaranteed to retire on the spot on the day they are hired.

On October 4, 2013, Stockton City Council approved a six-zero bankruptcy exit plan to be filed to the US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento. Voters approve sales tax of 3/4 cents, which will help fund bankruptcy, on November 5, 2013.

If a federal court regulates this aspect of an exit bankruptcy plan could set a precedent for the country with one of the largest municipal bond markets in the country. According to the US Constitution and laws passed by the US Congress all bankruptcies in the US are administered by federal courts under federal law with some allowances for state law.

On October 30, 2014, a federal bankruptcy judge approved the city's bankruptcy recovery plan, allowing the city to proceed with the planned pension payments for retired workers.

The city is out of Chapter 9 bankruptcy on February 25, 2015.

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Climate

Stockton has a Mediterranean summer climate (KÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â¶ppen Csa ), with hot and dry summers and mild winters. In an average year, about eighty percent of 13.8 inches or 350.5 millimeters of rain fall from October to April. Located in Central Valley, the temperature range is much greater than in the nearby Bay Area. Tule fog blankets this area for several days in winter. Stockton is located in the heart of the delta desert Mediterranean Mediterranean climate of California, about the same distance from the Pacific Ocean and Sierra Nevada.

At the airport, the highest temperature was recorded at 115Ãƒ, Ã‚ Â° F (46.1Ãƒ, Ã‚ Â° C) on July 23, 2006, and the lowest was 16Ãƒ,Ã‚ Â° F (-8.9Ãƒ, Ã‚ Â° C) on January 11, 1949. There was flat at 82 pm every year with a high temperature of 90 Ã‚ Â° F or 32.2 Ã‚ Â° C or higher, and 18 from 100 Ã‚ Â° F or 37.8 Ã‚ Â° C or more; 19 am see low temperatures at or below freezing. The wettest "rainy days" are from July 1982 to June 1983 with 27.89 inches (708.4 mm) and dried from July 1975 to June 1976 with 5.71 inches (145.0 mm).

The highest rainfall in one month was 8.22 inches (208.8 mm) in February 1998 and the most rainfall in 24 hours was 3.01 inches (76.5 mm) on 21 January 1967. There was an average of 55 days with measurable rainfall. Only snow was recorded; at most 0.3 inches (0.0076 m) in February 1976.

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Demographics

Census AS 2010

The US Census 2010 reported that Stockton had a population of 291,707. Population density is 4.50.0 people per square mile (1,739.4/km Ã‚Â²). Stockton's stock race was 108,044 (37.0%) white (22.1% non-Hispanic whites), 35.548 (12.2%) African American, 3,086 (1,1%) Native American, 62.716 (21.5 %) Asia (7.2% Philippines, 3.5% Cambodia, 2.1% Vietnam, 2.0% Hmong, 1.8% China, 1.6% India, 1.0% Laotian, 0.6% Pakistan, 0.5% Japan, 0.2% Korea, 0.1% Thailand), 1,822 (0.6%) Pacific Islands (0.2% Samoa, 0.1% Tongan, 0.1% Guamanian) 60.332 (20.7%) of other races, and 20.159 (6.9%) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 117,590 people (40.3%). 35.7% of the population of Stockton is of Mexican descent, and 0.6% of Puerto Rico.

Census 2010 reported that 285,973 people (98.0% of the population) live in households, 3,896 (1.3%) live in unembienced groups, and 1,838 (0.6%) are institutionalized.

There were 90,605 households, of which 41,033 (45.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 41,481 (45.8%) were heterosexual couples living together, 17,140 (18.9%) had female households without husbands present, 7,157 (7.9%) had male households without a wife. There are 7,123 (7.9%) unmarried heterosexual partnerships, and 720 (0.8%) of the same married couples or registered domestic partnerships. 19,484 households (21.5%) consisting of individuals and 7,185 (7.9%) had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size is 3.16. There were 65,778 families (72.6% of all households); the average family size is 3.69.

The population is spread by 87,338 people (29.9%) under the age of 18, 34,126 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 76,691 people (26.3%) aged 25 to 44, 64,300 persons (22.0% aged 45 to 64 years. , and 29,252 persons (10.0%) aged 65 years or older. The median age was 30.8 years. For every 100 women, there are 96.1 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 92.5 men.

There are 99,637 housing units with an average density of 1,538.7 per square mile (594.1/kmÂ²), of which 46,738 (51.6%) are occupied owners, and 43,867 (48.4%) are occupied by tenants. Homeowner vacancy rate is 3.2%; rental vacancy rate is 9.4%. 146,235 people (50.1% of the population) live in housing units occupied by owners and 139,738 people (47.9%) live in rental housing units.

2000 US Census

In the 2000 census, there were 243,771 people, 78,556 households, and 56,167 families living in the city. Population density is 1,720.4/km Ã‚Â² (4,455,7/miÃƒ,Ã‚Â²). There are 82,042 housing units with an average density of 579,0/kmÃ‚Â² (1,499.6/miÃƒ,Ã‚Â²). City's racial makeup is 43.26% white, 11.25% African American, 1.12% Native American, 19.90% Asian, 0.40% Pacific Island, 17.31% of other races, and 6.76% % of two or more races. 32.50% of the population is Hispanic or Latino from any race.

There were 78,556 households where 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 17.3% had non-husbands female households, and 28.5% were not family. 22.9% of all households were individuals and 8.6% had a living person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.59.

In the city, the population is spread by 32.4% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% years or more. The average age is 30 years. For every 100 women, there are 95.0 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 91.0 men.

The average income for households in the city is $ 35,453, and the average income for families is $ 40,434. Men have an average income of $ 35,181 compared to $ 26,602 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 15,405. 23.9% of the population and 18.9% of families are below the poverty line. 32.8% of those under the age of 18 and 11.9% of those aged 65 and older live below the poverty line.

Negative rating

Due to a number of socio-economic issues, Stockton has experienced a series of negative national ratings:

In the Gallup 2010 poll, Stockton is tied to Montgomery, Alabama for the heaviest metro area in the US with a 34.6 percent obesity rate.
In the February 2012 edition of Forbes , this magazine ranked Stockton the most miserable US city of eight, largely as a result of the sharp decline in home values â€‹â€‹and high unemployment.
In 2012, the National Crime Insurance Bureau placed Stockton seventh in the per capita car theft rate in the US.
In 2012, Stockton was ranked the 10th most dangerous city in America and second most dangerous in California (behind Oakland).
In 2013, Stockton was ranked third as the least educated city in the United States in a study by Central Connecticut State University, with less than 17% of adults holding college degrees, and ABC.com placed the city as the third lowest. educated from all cities in the US with a population of over 250,000 behind Bakersfield, California, and Corpus Christi, Texas.

Top entrepreneur

According to the comprehensive annual financial report of 2017 in the city, top employers in the city are ^a:

a. ^ San Joaquin County works both inside and outside the city. Distribution details are not available and San Joaquin County has been removed from the list.

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Culture

Performing arts

Music

Stockton Symphony is the third oldest professional orchestra in California (founded in 1926), after the San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The University of the Pacific is known for its musical conservatory and home to the Brubeck Institute, named after Dave Brubeck, a Pacific alumnus and jazz piano legend. The institute stores the archives of Brubeck's work and offers a scholarship program for young musicians. The Brubeck Institute The Jazz Quartet is comprised of Pacific students and a widespread tour.
San Joaquin Delta College has a thriving jazz program and is home to some official and unofficial jazz bands composed of Delta and Pacific students and faculty. Christian Life College offers Associate and Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Music.
Stockton is Chris Isaak's birthplace.

Stockton hosts several live music venues, including:

Stockton Arena, home to several sports teams, has hosted nationally renowned entertainers such as Gwen Stefani, Rob Zombie, Ozzy Osbourne, Josh Groban, Carrie Underwood and Bob Dylan. The annual Apollo Night talent show attracted about 1,500 people to the Stockton Independence Memorial Auditorium (1925) to watch performances by candidates of Northern California musicians.

Theater

The Bob Hope Theater, formerly known as the Fox California Theater in downtown Stockton, built in 1930, is one of several movie palaces in Central Valley. Bob Hope often came to Stockton to visit close friends and tycoon billionaire Alex Spanos, who donated a lot of money to revitalize the theater after Hope's death. The University of the Pacific The Faye Spanos Concert Hall often hosts public performances, as does the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium. The Warren Atherton Auditorium at the Delta Art Center on the San Joaquin Delta College campus is a 1,456 seater with 60-foot proscenium (18 m) and a full grid system. The Stockton Empire Theater is an art deco movie theater that has been revitalized as a place for live music.

Founded in 1951, the Stockton Civic Theater offers an annual series of musical, comedy, and drama. It retains 300 theater seats in the Venetian Bridge neighborhood. The company also hosts an annual Willie award for local performing arts.

Other art organizations and venues include:

Stockton Opera
Faye Spanos Concert Hall at the University of the Pacific
Tillie Lewis Theater at Delta Delta Community
KUDOS Children Theater
Stockton Performing Arts School
Stockton Ballet School
New Dance Company
Rhythm Inc.
Jagged Lines of Imagination Academy
Stockton Bukkyo Taiko (Japanese drum group affiliated with Stockton Buddhist Temple)

Visual arts

Museums and galleries

Stockton is home to several museums.

Haggin Museum - a private, non-profit, private art and history museum, built at Victory Park in 1931. The museum features 19th and 20th century artworks and exhibits local historical exhibitions. Stockton grew rapidly as one of the largest cities in California, the third largest during the Golden Rush years and the 19th century ago. The Haggin Museum displays collections and exhibits relating to the history of the local Valley and California history.

In addition to its historical gallery, the Haggin Museum displays fine art artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries such as Jean BÃƒÆ'Ã‚ raud, Albert Bierstadt, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Paul Gauguin, Jean-LÃƒÆ' Â© Â© in GÃƒÆ'Ã… Â© rÃƒÆ''me , Childe Hassam, George Inness, Daniel Ridgway Knight, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jehan-Georges Vibert, and Jules Worms. It also hosts temporary exhibition tours and has important works by late 19th and early 20th century artists. Notable among them is the painting by Albert Bierstadt, whose interpretation of the natural splendor of the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite Valley, and other internationally renowned landscapes of California.

Reynolds Gallery, and the Horton Gallery - the University of the Pacific Reynolds Gallery, and the San Joaquin Delta College Horton Gallery, both featuring contemporary works by known national and local students and artists.
The Stockton Children's Museum - housed in a former warehouse in the Downtown Waterfront District, features many interactive exhibits.
Elsie May Goodwin Gallery - operated by Stockton Art League.
The Philippine National Historical Society of America has proposed the construction of the National Pinoy Museum in the Little Manila district. The museum will be dedicated to the history of Filipino Filipinos. Stockton has historically owned one of the largest Filipino immigrant populations and US citizens in the United States. In 2015, the museum opened after two decades of planning.
The San Joaquin Art Expression - artist's cooperative, founded by photographer Arturo Vera, features works by local artists - with the current gallery at Miracle Mile and ongoing performances at the Hilton Hotel, District Administration Building and Stockton Metropolitan Airport.
The Stockton Field Aviation Museum - sponsored by the Aeronautical Education Foundation, features World War II era memorabilia.
Mural - depicting the history of the city adorns the exterior of many buildings in the city center.

Stockton Art Commission

The Stockton Art Commission, an advisory body for the City Council, oversees the city's endowment funds that provide grants to local artists and art and cultural organizations. It sponsors an annual art award. The Commission also serves as an advocate of information and advocacy for the arts and culture community.

Stockton's public art project includes:

Kinetic Statue in the South and North Coast of the Stockton Canal, Downtown (2008-2009); "Airbourne" - a 32-foot (9.8 m) kinetic statue, stainless steel, at North Point by Moto Ohtake, Santa Cruz; A group of five stainless steel and kinetic aluminum sculptures at South Point by Mark White, Santa Fe, NM.
Stainless steel and bronze images embedded on the Downtown Stockton (2004-2009) walkway - designed and installed by Dan Snyder, Berkeley. Stockton's first public public/private art partnership commissioned by Guaranty Bank, Weber Avenue, Hunter Street, San Joaquin Street and Downtown Marina.
Water creature elements are incorporated in staircases, bicycle racks, and lamp posts (2009) - designed by Wayne Chabre, Walla Walla, WA, Downtown Marina.
Stockton Rising (2006) - a concrete with a bronze statue by Scott Donahue between the Stockton Arena and Lexington Plaza Hotel.
Stockton Arena features garage parking entries (2005) - collage by Napa artist Gordon Huether featuring 22,000 toy cars Mattell, Fremont Street.
Ed Coy Garage Installation (2005) - medals and columns light up LEDs by David Griggs in Edward "Ed" Coy Garage, N. Hunter Street.
Care of the Opening Hole Downtown (2004) - by local artist Molly Toberer. The cover represents 17 unique designs representing topics such as Work, Taste Grow, Invent, and more. The design brings a unique aesthetic legacy from the American style of the 1930s.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue (2004) - bronze statue by Rafael Arrieta-Eskarzaga on the east side of the MLK Square, El Dorado Street.
Memorial to Mexican Braceros (2002) - bronze, cement and stone sculpture by Rafael Arrieta-Eskarzaga, McLeods Park, Fremont Street.
Fire Fighter Memorial (1998) - bronze statue, McLeods Park, Fremont Street.
Ethnic Diversity Sculpture (1989) - a concrete post created by Eric Lee on the corner of San Joaquin Street and Weber Avenue.
Confucius Monument - a six-foot-tall, ceiling-high monument of red and green tiles is a gift to Stockton Town of the Chinese Community for a two-century celebration.

With over 77,000 trees, Stockton City has been labeled Tree City USA about 30 times according to Arborday.org.

Stockton has over 275 restaurants that vary in diverse population demographics. A mix of American, African American, BBQ, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Italian, Mexican and Vietnamese restaurants abound in communities reflecting the diverse cultures of the city. The Cantonese On Lock Sam restaurant is still there and has been around since 1895.

Festivals

Stockton hosts many annual festivals celebrating the city's cultural heritage, including:

Shopping

The town of Stockton has two shopping centers, located adjacent to each other: Weberstown Mall and Sherwood Mall.

Sports

Stockton is home to three small league franchises:

Stockton Heat - (AHL ice hockey team, affiliate of the Calgary Flames)
Stockton Kings - (The NBA G League basketball team, an affiliate of the Sacramento Kings)
Stockton Ports - (California-A-California High baseball team; affiliate of Oakland Athletics)

The Stockton Ports Baseball team played their home game at Banner Island Ballpark, a 5,000-seat facility built for the team in downtown Stockton. The harbors played their home game at Billy Hebert Field from 1953-2004. The Port has been a sole A team at Stockton since 1946 in the California Minor League. Stockton has a minor league baseball since 1886. The Port has produced 244 Premiership players including Gary Sheffield, Dan Plesac, Doug Jones, Pat Listach, and Stockton own Dallas Braden amongst others. Ports has eleven championships and is currently a class A team for Oakland Athletics. Ports had the best win-lose percentage in all Minor League Baseball in the 1980s.

The 10,000-seat arena, Stockton Arena, located in Downtown Stockton, opened in December 2005 and is home to Stockton Thunder (ECHL) professional hockey team for 10 years. The team has moved to the East Coast in the reorganization of the American Hockey League and Arena is now home to Stockton Heat, an affiliate of the Calgary Hashes of the National Hockey League.

Stockton is home to the oldest NASCAR certified race track in Western Mississippi. The Stockton 99 Speedway opened in 1947 and is a quarter mile paved lane with a tribune that can accommodate 5,000 spectators.

The appointment of Stockton for Little League Baseball is District 8, which has 12 team leagues inside the city. Stockton also has several softball leagues including the Stockton Girls Softball Association, and the Port City Softball League, each with several hundred members.

Rowing Regatta features Junior, Collegiate, and Master Level Rowing & amp; The Sculling Competition is organized by the University of the Pacific annually at Deep Water Channel Stockton. Teams from all over Northern California compete in this Olympic sport which is also the oldest sports college in the United States.

Stockton hosts a variety of sporting events every year: from hockey, baseball and soccer games to basketball at the University of the Pacific and at Stockton Arena; The golf championships are in two 18-hole programs and the Par 3 Executive Course; rowing, sailing, and fishing in Delta and Channel Stockton; martial arts and battle cages. There are four public golf courses open all year round, Van Buskirk, Swenson, and The Reserve at Spanos Park and Elkhorn Golf Course. Private courses include The Stockton Golf & amp; Country Club, Oakmoore, and Brookside Golf & amp; Country Club.

Stockton is one of the few cities that claim to be the inspiration for Casey in Bat. The University of the Pacific is the summer home of the San Francisco 49ers Summer Training Camp from 1998 to 2002.

Stockton is also the base fighter of UFC Nick and Nate Diaz. Nick, the middle class at UFC, is a former WEC champion and Strikeforce Welterweight, while Nate is one of the top 5 UFC lightweights and the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 5. Both siblings are the black belt of Japanese jujutsu under Cesar Gracie and operate the school in Stockton who teaches juvenile jiu-jitsu to children and teenagers.

Garden

The town of Stockton has a small children's playground, Pixie Woods. Pixie Woods opened in 1954 and has since received over one million visitors.

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City government

On November 8, 2016, Michael D. Tubbs was elected mayor. Tubbs, 26, is the first African-American mayor of Stockton. Mayor Tubbs took office on January 1, 2017. He is the youngest mayor in a US city that has more than 100,000 inhabitants.

City council

The City Council consists of the following members on January 1, 2017:

Michael D. Tubbs - Mayor
Elbert Holman - Deputy Mayor, District 1
And Wright - District 2
Susan Lofthus - District 3
Susan Lenz - District 4
Christina Fugazi - District 5
Jesus Andrade - District 6

The current form of government is the council of city managers:

Stockton is also a part of San Joaquin County, where the San Joaquin County government is defined and authorized under the California Constitution and the law as common jurisdiction. Local governments provide local services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, prisons, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. The regional government consists primarily of five elected members of the Supervisory Board and other elected offices including the Sheriff, District Attorney and Assessor, and many departments and local entities under the supervision of the District Administrator.

Police Department

19th century history

The Stockton Police Department was established on August 14, 1850. The first police chief was City Marshal W. W. Willoughby. City marshales are authorized to employ no more than 20 people as police day and night. He was asked to draft his department with a police captain, an assistant captain and two sergeants. The first station house is located on the corner of Center Street and Market Street. In February 1861, the city council created the position of Chief of Police. His annual salary is $ 900 and the head will be chosen by the public. On May 6, 1862, George E. Taber was elected the first Chief of Police for the town of Stockton.

In 1886, Stockton police officers were asked to wear blue uniform and a six-point star badge. In October 1889, a new uniform was decided by the chairman. The uniform skirt coat worn by Oakland police officers costs around $ 50 or $ 60 each. The San Francisco style star was chosen as a badge and made of silver. Each badge costs $ 5.

In 1907 the department had grown to 18 members, which included heads, officers and clerks. The population is around 25,000 and the police department handles about 600 cases per year. In 1908, the police chief required all police officers to perform for one day of field efficiency testing; this includes every officer running 100 meters and a 50-yard revolver exercise.

Modern history

On March 1, 2012 Eric Jones was sworn in as Chief of Police. The city cut its police force by more than 20% during the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, but voters approved a sales tax on November 5, 2013 that provided funds to hire 120 additional police officers.

Crime

Stockton has a reputation as a dangerous place to live. In 2012, the City of Stockton is the 10th most dangerous city in America, reporting 1,417 violent crimes per 100,000 people, well above the national average, and 22 murders per 100,000 (above average 4.7). In 2013, violent crimes were reduced to 1,230.3 crimes per 100,000 population, making it 19th in the list of most dangerous cities. Stockton has experienced high levels of violent crime, reaching a record high of 71 murders in 2012 before dropping to 32 for the whole of 2013.

Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones acknowledged the decline in murder in 2013 for the Armistice Operation, a strategy of armed violence intervention pioneered in Boston and implemented in Stockton in 2012, combined with federal weapons and drug operations.

Cleveland Elementary School Shot

On January 17, 1989, the Stockton Police Department received threats against the Cleveland Elementary School from an unknown. Later that day, Patrick Purdy, later found mentally ill, opened fire in school playgrounds with semi-automatic rifles, killing five children, all Cambodian or Vietnamese refugees, and injuring 29 others, and a teacher, before taking his own life. Cleveland Elementary School shooting received national news coverage and is sometimes referred to as the Cleveland School massacre.

Then-Mayor Barbara Fass' subsequent work on gun control received national attention and sparked a national effort that sought to ban the semi-automatic rifle as used in the shootings.

Fire Department

The Stockton Fire Department was first rated as a Class 1 fire extinguisher by the Office of Insurance Services in 1971. In 2005, all 13 municipal stations met the National Fire Protection Association standard of 5 minutes response time. In 2009, he has 13 fire stations and more than 275 career personnel. Due to part of the staffing level that puts five staff on the ladder company and four staff on the machine, it is one of only 57 departments among 44,000 to receive Class 1 rankings in 2010.

The Department maintained this rating until 2011, during the bankruptcy process of Chapter 9 of the city and after the investigation of the Attorney General's Jury, the city reduced staffing levels from 220 full-time staff to 177, and the 2011 budget from $ 59 million to $ 40 million. Department cut by 30%. The bankruptcy was in part due to a 1996 decision made by the city to provide firefighters with free health care after retirement, which was then extended to all city employees. The benefits gradually grew into a $ 417 million liability.

In 2016, the department consists of 12 firehouses which house 12 Engine Companies and three Trucking Companies. By 2015, the Fire Department responded to over 40,000 emergency calls for services, including over 300 workplace structure fires. This department is one of the busiest in the United States.

Public Finance

According to the latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city reported a significant deficit with US $ 443.9 million in revenue and US $ 485.4 million in expenditures. The report mentions total assets of US $ 1,903.5 million and total liabilities of US $ 679.9 million, with $ 203.5 million in cash and investments.

Former Fairfield, California City Manager Kevin O'Rouke was hired as Interim City Manager after Palmer's retirement, until Stockton City Council announced that former County Administrator Sonoma Bob Deis was a permanent replacement and took up positions in July 2010. Deis had a difficult time while Manager City. He mentioned the last three years and four months as "an exciting journey," making an unpopular decision but praised by some critics. Deis retired to Santa Rosa, CA. The city council appointed former City Deputy Manager Kurt O. Wilson as City Temporary Manager on November 1, 2013, and he was appointed City Manager in January 2014.

Education

Primary and secondary

Stockton is part of four public school districts: Stockton Unified School District, Lincoln Unified School District, the Lodi Unified School District, and the Manteca Unified School District. There are over 40 private primary and secondary schools, including Saint Mary's College. Stockton is also home to the public charter school system including Aspire Public School, Stockton Collegiate, Stockton Unified Academy Academy Academy, and Venture Academy.

Post-secondary

The University of the Pacific moved to Stockton in 1924 from San Jose. The University is the only private school in the United States with fewer than 10,000 registered students offering eight different professional schools. It also offers a large number of degree programs relative to the student population. The Pacific Tigers men's basketball team has been on the NCAA Tournament nine times. The Tigers have played their home games at the Alex G. Spanos Center since 1982, before playing at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium since 1952. The campus has been used in the filming of a number of Hollywood movies (see below), partly because of their resemblance to East University Coast Ivy League.

Also located in Stockton are:

National University (the second largest private university in the state);
San Joaquin Delta College, has a Distance Learning Education and Internet Classroom. Additional sites are being prepared to expand access to education in remote locations;
California State University Stanislaus founded the Stockton campus on the grounds of Stockton State Hospital. The hospital is the first state mental institution in California;
Higher Education Humphreys is a nonprofit private institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees; including Doctor Juris from Laurence Drivon Law School
Kaplan College of Stockton;
Christian Life College is a private four-year Bible college offering Associate and Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and Theology or Christian Music;
MTI Business College;
UEI College

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Transportation

Stockton is centrally located with access to:

Port of Stockton - international deepwater port.
Amtrak rail system
Intrastate and Interstate shortcut systems.
Stockton Metropolitan Airport

Roads and trains

Due to its location at the "crossroads" of Central Valley and its relatively large road system, Stockton is easily accessible from anywhere in California. Interstate 5 and State Route 99, the main north-south California highway, cross the city limits. The east-west Highway State Route 4 also passes through the city, providing access to the San Francisco Bay Area as well as the Sierra Nevada and the foothills. Stockton is the western terminal of State Route 26 and State Route 88, which extends to the Nevada border. In addition, Stockton is within one hour of Interstate 80, Interstate 205 and Interstate 580.

Stockton is served by San Joaquin Regional Transit District

Stockton is also connected to the entire nation through the rail network. Stockton has two passenger train stations, on San Joaquin Street, which provides services to Oakland on Amtrak's San Joaquin route, and at Robert J. Cabral Station, which provides services to Sacramento at Amtrak and to San Jose at Altamont Corridor Express.

Union Pacific and BNSF Railway, the two largest rail networks in North America, both serve Stockton and its ports through connections with Stockton Terminals and Eastern Railroad and Central California Traction Company, providing local services and interconnections between railways. Recently, BNSF Railway opened a much-needed $ 150 million intermodal freight transport facility in southeast Stockton, which meets the needs of long-haul transport.

Air

Stockton is served by the Stockton Metropolitan Airport, located on the county ground just south of the city limits. The airport has been designated as a Foreign Trade Zone and is mainly used by manufacturing and agricultural companies for shipping purposes. Since the deregulation of airlines, passenger services have come and gone several times. Domestic service continued on June 16, 2006, with service to Las Vegas by Allegiant Air. The days of service/number of flights expanded a few months later due to demand. Air service to Phoenix began in September 2007.

On July 1, 2010, Allegiant Air implemented a non-stop service to and from Long Beach, California. In connection with international services, in 2006 Aeromexico had plans to provide flights to and from Guadalajara, Mexico, but the airport plan to build an customs office at the airport was initially rejected by customs services. However, the possibility of building this station is currently a matter of ongoing negotiations between the airport and the customs service, and Aeromexico has indicated an ongoing interest in ultimately providing the service. Land transportation is available from Hertz, Enterprise, Yellow Cab, and Aurora Limousine.

Port

Port of Stockton is a fully operational harbor approximately 75 nautical miles (86 miles, 139 km) east of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Located on the San Joaquin River, the port operates a 4,200 acre (17 km) transportation center with a vacuum for 17 ships up to 900 feet in length. In 2014, Port of Stockton has 136 tenants and is serviced by BNSF & amp; UP Railroads. The port also includes 1.1 million square feet (102,000 mÃƒ,Ã‚Â²) dock transit pier and side railway tracks and 7.7 million square feet (715,000 mÃƒ, Â²) of warehousing.

Adjacent to the harbor were Rough and Ready Islands, which served as naval naval bases of World War II until it was disabled during the Rearranging and Closing process in 1995.

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