Part of the Occupy movement that started as Occupy Wall Street, the Occupy movement in California has had several protests which have reached mainstream media for their involvement including: Occupy Oakland, Occupy San Francisco, Occupy San Jose and Occupy Sacramento. Several universities took part in the protests as well, including notable protests Occupy UC Davis and Occupy Cal. Below are some of the protest locations in California within the larger list of locations in the United States. It is the state with the most community protests, manifesting in over 50 cities and also on many college campuses.
See main article: List of Occupy movement protest locations and List of Occupy movement protest locations in the United States.
City | Date protest began | Larger crowd size estimates | Refs | Notes | |
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Alameda | |||||
Amador County | |||||
Anaheim | Oct. 7, 2011 | 75 | |||
Arcata | Oct. 7, 2011 | ||||
Auburn | Nov. 17, 2011 | 150 | [1] | Placer 99% on Facebook | |
Bakersfield | Oct. 7, 2011 | ||||
Berkeley | Oct. 8, 2011 | Occupy Berkeley as well as Occupy Cal and Occupy the Farm at University of California, Berkeley | |||
Camarillo | Oct. 5, 2011 | ||||
Chico | |||||
Coachella Valley | Oct. 11, 2011 | ||||
Culver City | |||||
Davis | 5,000 | Occupy Davis and Occupy UC Davis at the University of California, Davis | |||
Encinitas | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Escondido | Nov. 5, 2011 | ||||
Eureka | Oct. 13, 2011 | [2] | |||
Fontana | |||||
Fresno | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Gilroy | |||||
Grass Valley | |||||
Half Moon Bay | Oct. 4, 2011 | ||||
Huntington Beach | Mar. 9, 2012 | 20 | [3] | Vandalized bank building.[4] | |
Irvine | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1200 | Continuous 24-hour presence since 10/15; continuous 24-hour encampment since 10/25; also protests at UCI | ||
Lompoc | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Long Beach | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Los Angeles | Oct. 1, 2011 | [5] | Occupy Los Angeles
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Marysville | |||||
Merced | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Monterey | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Nevada City | |||||
Oakland | 50,000 | Occupy Oakland (Timeline of Occupy Oakland); This Occupy, like many others in urban areas, was victim to a lot of police violence. However, at this Occupy, a protestor, Scott Olsen, was non-fatally shot in the head by police. Cost to city: $2.4 million[7] | |||
Ojai | |||||
Oxnard | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Palo Alto | Including a protest movement at Stanford University | ||||
Pasadena | Occupy Rose Parade (a separate protest from Occupy Pasadena) | ||||
Petaluma | Oct. 29, 2011 | ||||
Redding | Oct. 6, 2011 | [8] | |||
Redlands | |||||
Redwood City | Oct. 28, 2011 | ||||
Riverside | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Sacramento | Oct. 7, 2011 | Occupy Sacramento | |||
Salinas | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
San Diego | Oct. 7, 2011 | Occupy San Diego | |||
San Francisco | Sept. 17, 2011 | Occupy San Francisco | |||
San Jose | Occupy San Jose | ||||
San Luis Obispo | Oct. 5, 2011 | ||||
San Marino | Oct. 5, 2011 | ||||
San Rafael | |||||
Santa Ana | Oct. 22, 2011 | ||||
Santa Barbara | Oct. 8, 2011 | ||||
Santa Cruz | Oct. 6, 2011 | Including protest at University of California, Santa Cruz | |||
Santa Maria | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Santa Monica College | |||||
Santa Rosa | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Sebastopol | |||||
Stockton | Oct. 12, 2011 | ||||
Temecula | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Torrance | Oct. 15, 2011 | [9] | |||
Van Nuys | Oct. 28, 2011 | ||||
Venice | Oct. 9, 2011 | ||||
Ventura | Oct. 14, 2011 |
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