California

**California** is one of the eight orange states in Laurie Keller's *Scrambled States of America* series.

## Role

### The Scrambled States of America

When the states move to another location, California moves northeast next to Wisconsin. However, when Wisconsin offers him some cheese, California says that he's lactose intolerant.

When the states move back to their proper location, California sends Nevada the cheese from Wisconsin.

### The Scrambled States of America: Talent Show

California takes the part of the show as a member of the Jolly Jugglers. He calls Marty when he tries to help Georgia.

Later, when Georgia pictures the audience in their underwear just for fun, California gets pictured, and he calls Marty and yells at him that he never told him there was going to be an underwear shot.

## Largest Cities

1. Los Angeles
2. San Diego
3. San Jose
4. San Francisco
5. Fresno
6. Sacramento
7. Long Beach
8. Oakland
9. Bakersfield
10. Anaheim

## Celebrities Born In California

* Adam Levine
* Cary and Michael Huang
* Katy Perry (Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson)
* Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
* Becky Gomez
* Billie Eilish
* Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
* Kim Kardashian
* Billie Joe Armstrong
* Mike Dirnt
* John Kiffmeyer
* G-Eazy (Gerald Earl Gillum)
* Doja Cat (Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini)
* Roddy Ricch (Rodrick Wayne Moore, Jr.)
* Scatman John (John Paul Larkin) (RIP)
* N.W.A. (Group)
* Will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.)
* Shirley Temple (RIP)
* Tony Hawk
* Steve Jobs (RIP)
* Mark Hamill
* Tom Brady
* Alex Hirsch
* Merv Griffin (RIP)
* Susan Wojcicki
* Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
* Mayim Bialik
* Jose Moreno Hernandez
* Sally Ride (RIP)
* John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (RIP)
* Charles Martinet
* Kamala Devi Harris
* John Milton Cage Jr. (RIP)
* Alfred Matthew **"Weird Al"** Yankovic
* Jordan Alexander Feliz
* Benjamin Géza Affleck
* Philip David Wickham
* Anna May Wong (RIP)
* Norman Yoshio Mineta (RIP)
* Evan Kenneth Craft
* Alexandra Dawn **“Ali”** Wong
* Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
* Richard Milhous Nixon (RIP)
* Robert Lee Frost (RIP)
* Gordon Earle Moore (RIP)
* Drew Blythe Barrymore
* Mel Blanc (Melvin Jerome Blank) (RIP)
* Phillip LaMarr
* Lauren J. Faust
* M.C. Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell)
* Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.)
* The Pointer Sisters (Ruth, Issa, and Sadako)
* Hanni El Khatib
* Glen William Bell Jr. (RIP)
* Cameron Mica Boyce (RIP)
* Nicholas Scott “Nick” Cannon
* Mary Kay Bergman (RIP)
* Grey DeLisle
* Vin Diesel (Mark Sinclair)
* Maria Bamford
* Nadya Suleman and the Suleman Octuplets
* Florence Griffith Joyner (RIP)
* Taran Hourie Killam
* Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
* Maria Branyas
* Jack Webb (RIP)
* Kendall Nicole Jenner
* Colbie Marie Caillat
* Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods
* Mike Richards
* America Georgina Ferrera
* Alessandro Liborio **"Al"** Madrigal
* Thomas Jacob **“Jack”** Black
* Randall Park
* Jeremy Shu-How Lin
* Joshua Hong
* Jessica Jung
* Krystal Jung
* Tiffany Hwang
* Soon-kyu **"Sunny"** Lee
* Amber Josephine Liu
* Bill Fagerbakke
* Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (RIP)
* Gavin Christopher Newsom
* Mark Yien Tuan
* Nicole Jung
* Jinny Park
* Nancy Yang
* Eric Scott Schwartz
* Stanley Lloyd Miller (RIP)
* Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
* Steven Scott Harwell (RIP)
* Lynsi Lavelle Snyder
* Richard Stockton Rush III (RIP)
* Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy
* Emilio Ernest Delgado (RIP)
* Eugene Merle Shoemaker (RIP)
* David Feiss
* Sean Robert Charmatz

## Favorite Dish

The fruit salad was California's favorite dish.

## Trivia

* He can be seen wearing sunglasses in the card game and in the puzzle.
* In the first book, it's revealed that California is allergic to dairy products when he says he's lactose intolerant.
* He can be seen wearing a sleep mask in both books.
* He is the largest of the orange states.
* He is the only Jolly Juggler state who isn't purple.
* He is the most populated state in America.
* His name means "Island of Queen Califia".
	+ His name is originated from the Arabic term, "caliph".
	+ He is named after either the Gulf of California or the mythical "California Island", along with the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.
	+ His old Chinese name is Jiazhou, which means "plus state".
* He's the first U.S. state to have a same-sex civil union legal right.
* California is the only state in the Pacific coast to have changed his capital city at least once.
* He is the only state admitted in the month of September; September 9th otherwise called as Admission Day.

## Quotes

* Wisconsin: "Want some cheese?"
* California: "Eeeooo! Get it away! I'm lactose intolerant!"

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* California: "I brought you some cheese!"
* Nevada: "Thanks!"

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* "Yeah, Marty, it's California. Listen, you never told me there was going to be an underwear shot!"

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* "Look, Marty - you're supposed to get me movie deals, not puzzles!"

## Relationships

### Georgia, Idaho, and Massachusetts

In the second book, California performs as the Jolly Jugglers with Georgia, Idaho, and Massachusetts.

### Nevada

Nevada borders California in the east. In the first book, California gives Nevada some cheese from Wisconsin.

### Oregon

Oregon borders California in the north. In the second book, she tells him they should go on tour.

### Wisconsin

In the first book, California moves next to Wisconsin. She asks to sing a song at first. But, when she asks California if he wants some cheese, he denies because he is lactose intolerant. He gives the cheese to Nevada in their proper locations.

## Real-world History

During the 18th century, California was discovered by the Spanish, claiming it as a part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. In 1821, California, as Alta California, became a part of the Mexican Empire.

During the Mexican-American War, the Americans purchased California from Mexico. In 1848, California became a part of the Unorganized Territory (1848). California gained statehood in 1850.

### Future prediction

It's predicted that the Gulf of California will expand through California for about 20 million years from now.

## Gallery

"I can't work with this!"Wisconsin: "Wanna sing a song?" California: "Sure!""Totally!""Eeeooo!""California, here I come!"