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State: California
Capital: Sacramento
Admission to Union: September 9, 1850
Nickname: Golden State

State Background:
California is a U.S. state spanning the southern half of the west coast. With a population of 37 million and an area of 158,402 square miles (410,000 km2), California is the largest U.S. state in population and the third largest in area.

The region was inhabited by Native Americans of Asian origin before European explorers started to make sporadic visitations during the 16th Century. California had the highest density and greatest diversity of indigenous peoples in what is now the United States. Spain colonized the coastal areas of the territory starting in 1769. As a result of the Mexican War of Independence, California became a part of the Mexican Republic in 1821. It was subsequently captured by the United States in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) which was concluded with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The California Gold Rush of 1848-1849 brought about 90,000 additional U.S. immigrants into the state, and California became the 31st state of the United States in 1850.

Although the state's sunny climate has given it a historic reputation for being laid back compared to the East Coast, the $1.55 trillion (as of 2005) California economy is larger than all but the top 7 national economies in the world and is responsible for 13% of the United States' $13 trillion gross domestic product (GDP). The state's major predominant industries include agriculture, entertainment, light manufacturing, and tourism. California is also the home of several significant economic regions such as Hollywood (entertainment), the California Central Valley (agriculture), Silicon Valley (computers and high tech), and the Wine Country (wine).
Sources: Wikipedia.com, May 2006

(183) Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Overall	Year	Name	Pos.	Drafted By	Birth City
2	3	17	1968	Loy Peterson	F	Chicago	Anaheim
1	5	5	1972	Freddie Boyd	G	Philadelphia	Bakersfield
2	6	23	1970	Pete Cross	F/C	Seattle	Bakersfield
2	27	56	1998	J.R. Henderson	SF	Vancouver	Bakersfield
2	8	25	1976	Lonnie Shelton	PF	New York	Bakersfield
1	12	12	2004	Robert Swift	C	Seattle	Bakersfield
2	3	32	1997	Charles O'Bannon	SF/SG	Detroit	Bellflower
2	8	37	2000	Eddie House	SG	Miami	Berkeley
1	15	15	1975	John Lambert	PF	Cleveland	Berkeley
2	5	13	1955	Jerry Mullen	F	New York	Berkeley
2	19	49	2006	Leon Powe	PF	Denver	Berkeley
1	11	11	1974	Keith Wilkes	SF	Golden St.	Berkeley
2	30	60	2005	Alex Acker	SG/PG	Detroit	Compton
2	4	33	2003	Jerome Beasley	PF/SF	Miami	Compton
1	28	28	1998	Corey Benjamin	SG	Chicago	Compton
2	7	37	2006	Bobby Jones	SG	Minnesota	Compton
2	9	38	2002	Tito Maddox	PG	Houston	Compton
1	23	23	2002	Tayshaun Prince	SF	Detroit	Compton
2	8	19	1965	John Fairchild	F/C	LA Lakers	Encinitas
2	24	53	2000	Dan McClintock	C	Denver	Fountain Valley
2	28	57	1998	Torraye Braggs	PF	Utah	Fresno
1	27	27	2002	Chris Jefferies	SF	LA Lakers	Fresno
2	14	38	1983	Chris McNealy	SF	Kansas City	Fresno
1	16	16	1974	Cliff Pondexter	PF	Chicago	Fresno
1	23	23	2000	Deshawn Stevenson	SG	Utah	Fresno
1	10	10	1991	Bison Dele	PF/C	Orlando	Fresno
2	10	34	1986	Johnny Rogers	PF	Sacramento	Fullerton
1	2	2	1997	Keith Van Horn	SF	New Jersey	Fullerton
2	18	47	1995	Tyus Edney	PG	Sacramento	Gardena
1	22	22	2002	Casey Jacobsen	SG	Phoenix	Glendora
2	21	48	1991	Isaac Austin	PF/C	Utah	Gridley
1	2	2	2001	Tyson Chandler	PF/SF	LA Clippers	Hanford
1	6	6	2004	Josh Childress	SF/SG	Atlanta	Harbor City
1	8	8	1950	George Yardley	F	Fort Wayne	Hollywood
1	12	12	1995	Cherokee Parks	PF/C	Dallas	Huntington Beach
2	16	40	1985	Mark Acres	C	Dallas	Inglewood
2	24	54	2006	Hassan Adams	SG	New Jersey	Inglewood
2	12	37	1988	Greg Butler	C/PF	New York	Inglewood
1	17	17	1988	Eric Leckner	C	Utah	Inglewood
1	12	12	1992	Harold Miner	SG	Miami	Inglewood
2	18	47	2002	Jamal Sampson	PF/C	Utah	Inglewood
2	6	36	2006	Craig Smith	PF	Minnesota	Inglewood
1	9	9	1978	Reggie Theus	SG	Chicago	Inglewood
1	10	10	1992	Adam Keefe	PF	Atlanta	Irvine
1	1	1	1974	Bill Walton	C	Portland	La Mesa
2	2	32	2004	Jackson Vroman	PF	Chicago	Laguna
2	22	51	2003	Kyle Korver	SF	New Jersey	Lakewood
2	10	20	1966	Erwin Mueller	F	Chicago	Livermore
1	3	3	1979	Bill Cartwright	C	New York	Lodi
2	2	31	2003	Jason Kapono	SF	Cleveland	Long Beach
2	6	35	2001	Brian Scalabrine	PF	New Jersey	Long Beach
2	16	29	1972	Chuck Terry	F	Milwaukee	Long Beach
2	9	34	1988	Tom Tolbert	SF	Charlotte	Long Beach
2	16	39	1980	Michael Wiley	PF	San Antonio	Long Beach
2	2	31	2001	Gilbert Arenas	PG	Golden State	Los Angeles
2	16	45	1998	Toby Bailey	SG	LA Lakers	Los Angeles
1	4	4	1977	Greg Ballard	PF	Washington	Los Angeles
1	27	27	1990	Elden Campbell	PF/C	LA Lakers	Los Angeles
1	24	24	1989	Anthony Cook	PF	Phoenix	Los Angeles
2	4	33	1997	James Cotton	SG	Denver	Los Angeles
1	12	12	1997	Austin Croshere	SF/PF	Indiana	Los Angeles
1	3	3	1999	Baron Davis	PG	Charlotte	Los Angeles
1	22	22	1991	LeRon Ellis	C	LA Clippers	Los Angeles
1	26	26	2006	Jordan Farmar	PG	LA Lakers	Los Angeles
2	25	54	1998	Tremaine Fowlkes	SF	Denver	Los Angeles
3	15	65	1988	Corey Gaines	PG/SG	Seattle	Los Angeles
2	13	38	1988	Dean Garrett	C	Phoenix	Los Angeles
1	10	10	1965	Gail Goodrich	G	LA Lakers	Los Angeles
1	10	10	1979	Roy Hamilton	PG	Chicago	Los Angeles
2	2	16	1968	Art Harris	G	Seattle	Los Angeles
2	1	28	1993	Lucious Harris	SG	Dallas	Los Angeles
2	20	49	2000	Jason Hart	PG	Milwaukee	Los Angeles
2	12	39	1993	Thomas Hill	SG	Indiana	Los Angeles
2	27	54	1990	Sean Higgins	SF	Portland	Los Angeles
1	13	13	1984	Jay Humphries	PG	Phoenix	Los Angeles
1	13	13	2001	Richard Jefferson	SF	Houston	Los Angeles
2	26	56	2005	Amir Johnson	PF	Detroit	Los Angeles
1	18	18	1973	Raymond Lewis	G	Philadelphia	Los Angeles
1	9	9	1971	Stan Love	F	Baltimore	Los Angeles
2	6	28	1978	Charles Matheney	PF	Houston	Los Angeles
1	8	8	1999	Andre Miller	PG	Cleveland	Los Angeles
1	22	22	1993	Chris Mills	SF	Cleveland	Los Angeles
1	18	18	1992	Tracy Murray	SF	San Antonio	Los Angeles
2	1	19	1973	Louie Nelson	G	Capital	Los Angeles
2	6	15	1953	Chet Noe	F/C	Boston	Los Angeles
1	9	9	1995	Ed O'Bannon	SF/PF	New Jersey	Los Angeles
2	20	43	1982	Jose Slaughter	SF	Indiana	Los Angeles
1	16	16	2004	Kirk Snyder	SG	Utah	Los Angeles
1	15	15	1984	Terence Stansbury	SG	Dallas	Los Angeles
2	1	11	1951	Jack Stone	F/G	Baltimore	Los Angeles
2	20	47	1990	Derek Strong	PF	Philadelphia	Los Angeles
2	19	44	1988	Anthony Taylor	SG	Atlanta	Los Angeles
2	24	54	2005	Dijon Thompson	SG/SF	New York	Los Angeles
2	7	36	2001	Jeff Trepagnier	SG	Cleveland	Los Angeles
1	27	27	1997	Jacque Vaughn	PG	Utah	Los Angeles
1	2	2	1971	Sidney Wicks	F	Portland	Los Angeles
1	8	8	1978	Freeman Williams	SG	Boston	Los Angeles
2	10	34	1983	Guy Williams	PF	Washington	Los Angeles
1	12	12	1986	John Williams	PF	Washington	Los Angeles
1	22	22	2006	Marcus Williams	PG	New Jersey	Los Angeles
2	10	33	1981	Sam Williams	PF	Golden State	Los Angeles
1	11	11	1984	Kevin Willis	PF	Atlanta	Los Angeles
2	9	36	1990	Trevor Wilson	SF	Atlanta	Los Angeles
1	19	19	2004	Dorell Wright	SG/SF	Miami	Los Angeles
1	2	2	1979	David Greenwood	PF	Chicago	Lynwood
1	5	5	1996	Ray Allen	SG	Minnesota	Merced
1	25	25	1993	Corie Blount	PF	LA Lakers	Monrovia
2	24	53	2001	Jarron Collins	PF/C	Utah	Northridge
1	18	18	2001	Jason Collins	C	Houston	Northridge
2	28	57	1996	Drew Barry	SG	Seattle	Oakland
1	21	21	1992	Jon Barry	SG	Boston	Oakland
2	18	45	1990	Antonio Davis	PF	Indiana	Oakland
2	3	13	1966	Joe Ellis	F	San Francisco	Oakland
2	8	35	1990	Greg Foster	PF	Washington	Oakland
1	4	4	2002	Drew Gooden	PF	Memphis	Oakland
1	12	12	1950	Don Lofgran	F	Syracuse	Oakland
2	4	33	1998	Jelani McCoy	PF/C	Seattle	Oakland
1	2	2	1990	Gary Payton	PG	Seattle	Oakland
1	10	10	1998	Paul Pierce	SG/SF	Boston	Oakland
1	5	5	1993	J.R. Rider	SG	Minnesota	Oakland
1	11	11	1979	Cliff Robinson	PF	New Jersey	Oakland
2	29	58	1996	Darnell Robinson	PF/C	Dallas	Oakland
1	24	24	1988	Brian Shaw	PG	Boston	Oakland
2	2	31	1999	Rico Hill	SF	LA Clippers	Oceanside
2	14	43	2001	Eric Chenowith	C	New York	Orange County
1	14	14	1970	John Vallely	G	Atlanta	Orange County
1	11	11	1999	Trajan Langdon	SG	Cleveland	Palo Alto
1	19	19	1992	Don MacLean	PF	Detroit	Palo Alto
2	2	20	1974	Jan van Breda Kolff	PF	Portland	Palos Verdes
2	3	26	1981	Brian Jackson	PF	Portland	Palos Verdes
1	9	9	1991	Stacey Augmon	SF	Atlanta	Pasadena
2	20	50	2006	Ryan Hollins	PF/C	Charlotte	Pasadena
1	7	7	1994	Lamond Murray	SF	LA Clippers	Pasadena
3	1	51	1988	Robert Lock	C	LA Clippers	Reedley
1	22	22	1997	Ed Gray	SG	Atlanta	Riverside
1	14	14	1993	Scott Haskin	PF/C	Indiana	Riverside
1	11	11	1987	Reggie Miller	SG	Indiana	Riverside
2	17	46	1998	Andrae Patterson	SF/PF	Minnesota	Riverside
2	1	18	1971	Steve Patterson	F	Cleveland	Riverside
1	6	6	1952	Ralph Polson	C/F	New York	Riverside
2	7	19	1967	Bob Rule	F	Seattle	Riverside
1	8	8	1971	Darnell Hillman	F	San Francisco	Sacramento
1	2	2	1951	Mel Hutchins	F	Tri-Cities	Sacramento
1	7	7	1987	Kevin Johnson	PG	Cleveland	Sacramento
2	10	22	1950	George Stanich	G	Rochester	Sacramento
2	12	34	1978	Greg Bunch	SF	New York	San Bernardino
2	18	45	1993	Byron Russell	SF	Utah	San Bernardino
2	11	39	1990	Jud Buechler	SF	Seattle	San Diego
1	9	9	1982	Cliff Levingston	PF	Detroit	San Diego
2	12	41	1995	Erik Meek	PF	Houston	San Diego
1	2	2	1975	David Meyers	PF	LA Lakers	San Diego
2	3	32	2003	Luke Walton	SF	LA Lakers	San Diego
1	24	24	2001	Brandon Armstrong	SG	Houston	San Francisco
1	2	2	1994	Jason Kidd	PG	Dallas	San Francisco
1	4	4	1955	Jim Loscutoff	F	Boston	San Francisco
1	10	10	1950	John McNamee	F/C	Rochester	San Francisco
2	6	18	1967	Bob Netolicky	F	San Diego	San Francisco
1	11	11	1950	Kevin O'Shea	G	Minneapolis	San Francisco
1	7	7	1969	Bob Portman	F	San Francisco	San Francisco
2	9	24	1969	Gene Williams	F	Phoenix	San Francisco
1	3	3	1960	Darrall Imhoff	C	New York	San Gabriel
2	2	19	1976	Bayard Forrest	C	Seattle	San Jose
1	22	22	1982	Mark McNamara	C	Philadelphia	San Jose
2	4	31	1992	Reggie Smith	PF	Portland	San Jose
1	22	22	1978	Ray Townsend	PG	Golden St.	San Jose
1	13	13	1969	Carlos Ogden	F	Philadelphia	San Luis Obispo
1	7	7	1975	Rich Kelley	C	New Orleans	San Mateo
2	8	32	1985	Nick Vanos	C	Phoenix	San Mateo
2	9	32	1982	Richard Anderson	C	San Diego	San Pedro
2	7	25	1975	Bob Gross	SF	Portland	San Pedro
2	17	46	2002	Matt Barnes	SF	Memphis	Santa Clara
2	22	49	1991	Greg Sutton	SG	San Antonio	Santa Cruz
2	27	56	1999	Tim Young	C	Golden State	Santa Cruz
2	2	11	1962	John Rudometkin	F	New York	Santa Maria
2	14	41	1991	Sean Green	SG/PG	Indiana	Santa Monica
2	11	28	1970	Paul Ruffner	C	Chicago	Santa Monica
2	7	20	1972	John Gianelli	C	Houston	Stockton
2	3	18	1969	Ron Taylor	C	Seattle	Torrance
1	10	10	1972	Paul Westphal	G	Boston	Torrance
1	15	15	1989	Todd Lichti	SG	Denver	Walnut Creek
1	29	29	2000	Mark Madsen	PF	LA Lakers	Walnut Creek
1	5	5	1955	Ken Sears	F	New York	Watsonville
1	15	15	2005	Antoine Wright	SG/SF	New Jersey	West Covina