California Broadcasting Corporation (Closed)

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The California Broadcasting Corporation currently is a state-owned broadcasting corporation operating in the Republic of California. It currently has 5 stations throughout the Republic of California, broadcasting 4 hours, 5 days a week. Its operation is supported by the Government of California and its finance is assisted by the Federation of Eminral Republic through the National Commission on Development Assistance (NCDA). Former stations of the PBS operated by the United States were seized by California National Militia following the secession of California from the rest of the United States. Today, the CBC stands as the voice of the Californians.

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Republic of California
1st General Elections
May 6, 2013

Presidential Race

Candidate	Party	Popular Vote	Percentage
Helen Earnest	Californian Liberal Party	2,280,787	27%
Taylor Parson	Nationalist Party of California	4,679,091	55%
Robert Ford	Californian Conservative Party	1,563,231	18%

Registered Voters: 8,523,109

Legislative Race

Party	Leader	Seats won (House)	Seats won (Senate)
Californian Liberal Party	John Crawford	79	5
Californian Conservative Party	William Von Bernelle	28	1
Nationalist Party of California	Harry Clinton	23	3
Libertarian California Party	Benson Taylor	2	0
Labour Party	Juan McConnell	13	3

House Seats: 145 (74 for Majority)
Senate Seats: 12 (7 for Majority)


Election Updates

• Provincial and prefectural elections moved to May 6th, 2013. Municipal and city elections moved at May 7th, 2013
• Intense security around polling stations.

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Californians celebrate as the Constitution is approved overwhelmingly.

The Californian Constitution have been approved by the people of California after a day of voting. Tears of joy, people dancing and hugging filled the streets of major cities as noise have filled Sacramento's downtown. The election count have been televised by the California Broadcasting Corporation, with the results overwhelmingly supports the Republic of California. In the Provisional Assembly, pictures of politicians from different party hugging each other became common as they celebrated the official declaration of the Republic of California.

"I am very happy, as a homegrown Californian, that I can still see a better future, without anyone taking my rights because of who I am and what I believe." said Mary, an Inyo resident who travel all the way to Los Angeles to witness the historical event. Following the announcement, the Electoral Commission have announced the opening of the candidacy filing for the May 5 general election.

The whole Sunday, the Armed Forces have been patrolling the streets to ensure a peaceful referendum. By the time they announced the birth of the constitution they also have a way of celebrating it. The Army fired 21 cannons facing the US, celebrating the official independence of California. They were celebrating too, like millions of Californians looking towards the future with their new country.

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The filing of candidacy is here. This is a requirement by the California Elections. All citizens can run for candidacy, but they must met certain requirements. One of the most closely watched is the Presidential Race. Currently, there are 3 dominant parties, all with some common platforms but have separate policies regarding some political issues. There are 5 more minor parties that already filed registration from the Election Board and submitted form for their candidates. Here are one of the 3 candidates for the President of California:

Helen Earnest, Californian Liberal Party

Former Sacramento Councilor and 5 year lawyer Helen
Earnest, CLP.

Helen Earnest is a 3-term Sacramento City Councilor. On her term, she focused on boosting tourism in the city by supporting different city ordinances regarding city cleanliness and orderliness. She mastered the Sacramento 2020 Plan, wherein the city will focus more on green energy and crime reduction. One of her main priorities as councilor is the growing problem of transportation. In order to reduce private vehicles slowing down the streets, she focused on Sacramento's transportation. She proposed a new transit system with lower fares, better service and violence reduction within public transport.

The Californian Liberal Party is a center-left party. Some says it is the successor of the Democratic Party. Most of its members are politician from cities and often times counties. The CLP have several plans for several issues. On the issue of deficit, they are planning to increase taxes and cut funding for the social services like financial assistance. On education, the CLP introduces e-Vocation or Technology and Vocational Skills Enrichment (TVSE). In this plan, students have to take one course from Technology and one from Vocational Skills. This they say will promote alternative income as a source of profit for their families.

The military is one of their center agendas. They laid out a plan called California-Strong, which calls for estimated 67 trillion Californian Pesos spending on military for the next 5 years. This will include acquisition of second handed vessels, air crafts and other equipment. In this plan, cooperation with coalition forces, especially the EAF, is needed to maintain California's security for the next 5 years. The plan also includes Youth Education, which trains the youth for basic military training.

On poverty and unemployment, the CLP will introduce Alternative Income Education Program. The AIEP will educate disadvantaged people by giving them knowledge about farming and other alternative income. This will not only slash unemployment, according to them, but also boost country's economy. On the other hand, they also have the Californian Natural Preservation Program, which will preserve California's environment by regulating the size of farmlands and industrial complexes, protecting endangered species and their habitat and gradual transition to renewable energy.

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Taylor Parson, Nationalist Party of California

Taylor Parson, Nationalist Party of California

Taylor Parson is the leader of the Californian Nationalist Militia. He once served under the American Republican Party and become a representative of the 1st District of California. Under some circumstances, he was arrested by the Savage Police and put on prison for 5 months. Inside the prison, he formed his goal of building a new California through Nationalist means. During the coalition take-over of the California, he was freed by the Bushwicklandian military from the prison. From there, he formed the Californian Nationalist Militia, gaining 300 men at first, but rapidly grew to 1,500 men, most of whom are his supporters.

The Nationalist Party of California aims to build a stronger California under center-conservative principles. His party's platform is the introduction of military conscription and massive arming of the Californian Armed Forces. His plan, called 1Cali, will dissolve all militias and its members be given option to serve in the military of the civil service. All boys aged 12-17 will also be part of the conscription process, where they will be trained for basic training for readiness in case of emergency.

The Nationalist Party also advocates giving youth voice over the politics. Under their Youth Plan, Californian Government will form the Californian Youth Union (CYU), wherein all teens aged 12-17 will all be part of. The student councils and schools will also become actively involve with this union. Regarding fiscal policies, they encouraged abolition of social services and replacing it with Temporary Assistance Project. Universal Healthcare and public education will also be the priority of the NPC.

Robert Ford, Californian Conservative Party

Robert Ford, Californian Conservative Party

Robert Ford is a former Republican politician and current mayor of Los Angeles. He was relieved of his duty 2 months after the revolution of Michael Savage. He spent the next months in his home in a distant rural area in California. In this months, he wrote a book called American Downfall: End of the legacy. In this book, he wrote about the collapse of the democratic government originally invented by the founding fathers. He also proposed a statewide revolution to overthrow Michael Savage and recreate USA.

The Californian Conservative Party advocates the repeal of abortion rights and the maintenance of the Proposition 8. The CCP advocates drastic cutting of the budget to save more money for the security of California. The CCP also advocates closing down relations between USA and California and take measures to isolate California from the rest of USA. It is not clear up to this moment their specific platforms.

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Californian Youth Union established; mandatory membership to boost
youth education.

The Government of California have announced that it has laid the groundwork for the Californian Youth Union. Provisional President John Harper have announced that such measures have to be taken to ensure the future of California's Youth and the existence of the republic. The CYU's main goal is to develop physical health, cooperation, patriotism and sense of brotherhood within its organization.

"I am very glad that the framework for the Californian Youth Union have been established. This will ensure the security of the state of our youth as well as to teach the future generations patriotism for the Republic of California." President John Harper said on the interview. All children within the age bracket of 7-18 will have to serve in the CYU. They will be though some basic military drills as well as physical activities to keep them in shape.

The management of the CYU will be under the supervision of the Department of Education, who will oversee the goals and other cases related to the CYU. They are also expecting CYU to help the youth become more involved in the state of governance and make them aware of politics. They expect the organization to provide additional lessons that the school do not normally teach such as political science and other education like vocational and technical.

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President Parson pushes for military buildup

President Taylor Parson yesterday stressed California's need to establish the military. He delivered the message in his address to Joint Californian-Eminrallian troop assembly in Port Loma near San Diego. This came after the Government of California announced several measures to ramp up Californian defense. This includes introduction of conscription and acquisition of second hand military equipment.

"One of the core values of the Republic of California is freedom and liberty. We shall ensure that this values and our country shall be protected through a strong military backed by the people of California. We must all work hard to develop a strong Republican Armed Forces, capable of defending the republic and its people." President Parson said on his speech. He also echoes the importance of the Eminrallian troops within California's borders, describing them as allies.

After the establishment of California, the Republican Navy only have 56 vessels, mostly Defender Class ships from Coast Guard. The Eminral Navy donated almost 23 cruisers and old battleship to help the Republican Navy increase its naval protection. Eminral and California signed a treaty where Eminral is obliged to help California with defense missions. This treaty will expire in 10 years.

One of the series of Californian Defense Initiative is signing the treaty with several other nations, creating the Tristain Alliance. President Parson said that multinational cooperation through this alliance will be beneficial to Californians in the long run. Aside from defense, the Government announced sweeping measures to enact rehabilitation of public buildings such as hospitals and schools and investment in law and order.