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The California National ___MASK64___ is a federally funded California ___MASK25___ force , part of the National ___MASK64___ of the United States . It comprises both ___MASK36___ and Air National ___MASK64___ components and is the largest national guard force in the United States with a total authorized strength of 22 , 900 soldiers and airmen . , California National Guardsmen have been deployed overseas 38 times since 2001 , of which twenty - nine have been killed in Iraq and two have died in Afghanistan . The State of the State Address is a speech customarily given once each year by the governors of each of the states of the United States ( although the terminology for this speech differs for some states : in Iowa , the speech is called the Condition of the State Address ; in Kentucky , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , and Virginia it is called the State of the Commonwealth Address .). The speech is customarily delivered before both houses of the state legislature sitting in joint session , with the exception of the Nebraska Legislature , which is a unicameral body . The speech is given to satisfy a constitutional stipulation that a ___MASK98___ must report annually , or in older constitutions described as being " from time to time ", on the state or condition of a U . S . state . The ___MASK98___ of California is the chief executive of the California state government , commander - in - chief of the California National Guard and the California State Military Reserve , whose responsibilities also include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature , submitting the budget , and ensuring that state laws are enforced . The position was created in 1849 , the year before California became a state . The current ___MASK98___ is Jerry Brown , a Democrat who was inaugurated January 3 , 2011 , and who had previously served as ___MASK98___ from 1975 to 1983 . In October 2013 , Jerry Brown surpassed Earl Warren for the longest cumulative period of time served as ___MASK98___ . The California State ___MASK25___ Reserve ( CSMR ) is the state defense force of California , and one of three branches of the Active Militia of the State . The ___MASK25___ reserve was formed to provide California a trained and organized ___MASK25___ force in the event of a state security emergency when the National Guard is deployed . Its current mission is articulated in CA ___MASK25___ & Veteran ' s Code § 550 : A commander - in - chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation ' s ___MASK25___ forces or significant elements of those forces . In the latter case , the force element is those forces within a particular region , or associated by function . As a practical term ; it refers to ___MASK25___ competencies that reside in a nation - state ' s executive leadership  either a ___MASK95___ , a head of government , a minister of defence , a national cabinet , or some other collegial body . Often , a given country ' s commander - in - chief ( if held by an official ) need not be or have been a commissioned officer or even a veteran . This follows the principle of civilian control of the ___MASK25___ . Nevada ( Spanish for " snowy "; see pronunciations ) is a state in the Western , ___MASK81___ West , and Southwestern regions of the ___MASK57___ . Nevada is the 7th most extensive , the 34th most populous , and the 9th least densely populated of the 50 United States . Nearly three - quarters of Nevada ' s people live in Clark County , which contains the Las Vegas  Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state ' s four largest incorporated cities are located . Nevada ' s capital is Carson City . Nevada is officially known as the " Silver State " because of the importance of silver to its history and economy . It is also known as the " Battle Born State ", because it achieved statehood during the Civil War ( the words " Battle Born " also appear on the state flag ); as the " Sage - brush State ", for the native plant of the same name ; and as the " Sage - hen State ". Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest , Idaho to the northeast , California to the west , Arizona to the southeast and Utah to the east . Henry Harrison Markham ( November 16 , 1840 -- October 9 , 1923 ) was a Republican United States Representative from California from March 4 , 1885 to March 3 , 1887 . Declining to run for re - election to Congress in 1886 , he ran four years later to become the 18th ___MASK98___ of California , serving from January 8 , 1891 until January 11 , 1895 . Markham was born in Wilmington , New York . During the Civil War , he enlisted as a private in Company G , 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment ; he was promoted to second lieutenant . Markham was part of General William Tecumseh Sherman ' s March to the Sea in 1864 . He was wounded at the battle of Whippy in 1865 , and discharged . After the war Markham returned to Wisconsin and settled in Milwaukee , where he studied law and passed the bar in 1867 . He practiced law in Milwaukee in the state and federal courts . Markham moved with his family to Pasadena in 1879 and continued to practice law . In Pasadena Markham was on the school board and was one of the founders of the Pasadena public library . He was also part of the Calico Union Mining Company . During his run for ___MASK98___ he was referred to as `` the dashing colonel from Pasadena . '' He died in his adopted hometown of Pasadena and is interred in Mountain View Cemetery in nearby Altadena . Los Angeles ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of Los Angeles County . Situated in Southern California , Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic ___MASK34___ , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American ___MASK35___ industry . Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . Edmund Gerald " Jerry " Brown Jr . ( born April 7 , 1938 ) is an American ___MASK42___ and lawyer who has served as the 39th Governor of California since 2011 . A member of the Democratic Party , Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983 , and is the longest - serving governor in California history . Prior to and following his first governorship , Brown served in numerous state , local and party positions , including three times a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States . Earl Warren ( March 19 , 1891  July 9 , 1974 ) was an American ___MASK65___ and ___MASK42___ , who served as the 30th Governor of California ( 1943  1953 ) and later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States ( 1953  1969 ). California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most populous city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The state also has the nation ' s most populous county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated ___MASK88___ city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , ___MASK72___ , technology , education , and ___MASK35___ , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Arizona ( O ' odham : " Al onak " [ ai onak ]) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is also part of the Western United States and the ___MASK81___ West states . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states . Its capital and largest city is Phoenix . Arizona is one of the Four Corners states . It has borders with New Mexico , Utah , Nevada , California , and Mexico , and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado . Arizona ' s border with Mexico is 389 miles ( 626 km ) long , on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California . Baja California , officially the Free and ___MASK30___ State of Baja California , is a state in Mexico . It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which , with Mexico City , comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Before becoming a state in 1953 , the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (" El Territorio Norte de Baja California "). It has an area of , or 3 . 57 % of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula , north of the 28th parallel , plus oceanic Guadalupe Island . The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean , on the east by Sonora , the U . S . State of Arizona , and the Gulf of California ( also known as the " Sea of Cortez "), and on the south by Baja California Sur . Its northern limit is the U . S . state of California .