Welcome to the Northern California JSA Website

This is all of our outdated information. If you need ideas for writing a flier or advertisement for JSA or need debate resolutions, check it out.

Everything will be in order.

Be prepared for what we're debating this year at fall state.

 

1. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government impose “green” taxes upon American industries to discourage enviornmentally damaging practices.

2. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government no longer grant citizenship to children of illegal immigrants based solely on their domestic birth.

3. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government institute a maximum wage directly proportional to the minimum wage.

4. Resolved: That the term of each Supreme Court Justice be limited to ten years.

5. Resolved: That California public high school students within the top four percent of their class be accepted into the University of California as per the UC Merit Scholars program proposed in 1998.

6. Resolved: That Brethalyzer tests be administered upon entry and exit at all public high school dances.

7. Resolved: That Congress ban websites explicitly promoting anorexia.

8. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government place a tarrif upon goods from nations who allow and utilize sweatshop labor.

9. Resolved: That the implementaiton of the REAL ID Act is necessary for national security.

10. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government establish a universal health care system.

11. Resolved: That the U.S. Federal Government legalize prostitution for willing adults.

12. Resolved: That abortion is murder.

13. Resolved: That state and federal farm subsidies be abolished.

14. Resolved: That the Electoral College be abolished.

15. Resolved: That religious clubs be prohibited on public high school campuses.

16. Resolved: That gambling be abolished indefinitely throughout the United States.

17. Resolved: That the United Nations forcefully shut down Iran’s nuclear program.

18. Resolved: That all insurance companies covering United States citizens fully cover the cost of the HPV vaccination. 

Thought Talks 

1. Can the War on Terror ever be won?

2. Does America take the availability of water for granted?

3. Is nuclear power a safe and effective source of alternative energy?

4. Does the concentration of media power in the hands of tycoons, such as Rupert Murdoch, compromise the American democracy?

5. Has American news and media lost its credibility?

Event : 2007 Northern California One Day Event "An Eye for An Eye: Is America Blind?"

This event is being hosted by the Golden Gate, Greater California, and East Bay Regions at will be held at The University of California, Berkeley on October 27, 2007. Registration will run from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and take place in Morgan Hall in Room 101.  "An Eye for an Eye" will provide new members and prospective Chapter Presidents an excellent hands-on introduction to the Junior State of America; returning students are encouraged to attend this kick-off event to the 2007-2008 year!

We will be discussing a myriad of current and controversial topics ranging from Constitutional rights and privacy laws to the relationship between poverty and crime and the effect that video games have on youth violence.  

While the event itself and registration are free, please remember to bring money for lunch.

For more information about this upcoming conference, please feel free to contact Northern California Governor Anne-Marie Mitchell at amitchell@jsa.org, Golden Gate Region Mayor Jaya Wen at Jwen2008@yahoo.com, Greater California Region Mayor Rena Wang at Rena.lea.wang@gmail.com, East Bay Region Mayor Arting Chang at Arting_Hl@hotmail.com. You may also reach Program Director David Beiser at Dbeiser@jsa.org. The California office of the Junior State of America can also be reached at 800-334-5353.

We hope to see you at what promises to be an exciting and educational event!

Directions to The University of California, Berkeley:

 

From San Francisco, the San Francisco airport, and points south on northbound Highway 101:

• Follow U.S. 101 north and then switch to I-80 east, and take it across the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
• Stay left as you get off the Bay Bridge and take I-80 east heading to Berkeley & Sacramento
• Exit I-80 onto University Avenue
• Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street at the western edge of the campus

From Oakland, the Oakland airport, Hayward or San Jose on northbound I-880:

• Stay in left center lanes on I-880 when you reach downtown Oakland
• Exit I-80 east (to Berkeley)
• Exit I-80 at University Avenue
• Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street

From the East Bay on eastbound Highway 24:

• From Highway 24 exit at Telegraph Ave. and take a right on Telegraph.
• Continue on Telegraph until it ends at the southside of campus on Bancroft.
• Make a left on Bancroft
• Make a right on Fulton, which will become Oxford Street in two blocks
• Continue on Oxford to University.

From the East Bay on northbound Highway 13:

• Highway 13 ends and becomes Tunnel Road
• Continue on Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road becomes Ashby Avenue near the Claremont Hotel. Continue on Ashby.
• Turn right at Shattuck Avenue
• Turn right at University Avenue and continue east one block to Oxford Street and the western edge of the campus

From the East Bay on I-80 bound either east or west

• Exit University Avenue
• Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street

From the East Bay on westbound I-580:

• Exit I-80 East (to Berkeley & Sacramento)
• Exit at University Avenue
• Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street

For additional directions or a printable map, please visit UC Berkeley's webpage.