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  2. History of marriage in California - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, same-sex couples (including Davina Kotulski and Molly McKay) from Marriage Equality USA began asking for marriage licenses in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The issue of same-sex marriage reemerged in 2004, when Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom directed the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing the ...

  3. Domestic partnership in California - Wikipedia

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    For a month in early 2004, San Francisco issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Supreme Court of California halted that process and later declared the marriages void. Regardless, four separate groups began petition drives to amend the California Constitution to prevent same-sex marriage and repeal domestic-partnership rights.

  4. Same-sex marriage in California - Wikipedia

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    Same-sex marriage has been legal in California since June 28, 2013. The State of California first issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples from June 16, 2008 to November 5, 2008, a period of approximately 4 months and 20 days, as a result of the Supreme Court of California finding in the case of In re Marriage Cases that barring same-sex couples from marriage violated the Constitution of ...

  5. Salvatore Cordileone - Wikipedia

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    Salvatore Cordileone was born on June 5, 1956, in San Diego, California, and attended Crawford High School from 1971 to 1974. [4] He then studied at San Diego State University for a year before entering the University of San Diego, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1978.

  6. San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings took place between February 12 and March 11, 2004, after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom directed the city-county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer and a number of interest groups sued to end the practice. About 4,000 such licenses were issued ...

  7. San Ysidro McDonald's massacre - Wikipedia

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    The San Ysidro McDonald's massacre was a mass murder, which occurred at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984.The perpetrator, 41-year-old James Huberty, fatally shot 21 people and wounded 19 others before being killed by a police sniper approximately 77 minutes after he had first opened fire.

  8. Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk - Wikipedia

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    The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) is one of 37 departments in Los Angeles County, California which serves a population of over 10 million.The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is responsible for registering voters, maintaining voter files, administering federal, state, local and special elections and verifying initiatives, referendums and recall petitions.

  9. Los Angeles Chargers - Wikipedia

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    They spent their first season in Los Angeles before relocating to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The team joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 .