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California State University, Sacramento, popularly known as Sacramento State and formerly CSUS, is a public university located in the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the California State University system. The university has a total enrollment of approximately 29,000 students making... it the fourth largest university of the California State University system, and one of the largest comprehensive universities in California. The campus is known as the most diverse campus in the CSU system. Sacramento State awards 7,000 degrees annually. The efforts to get a four-year university in Sacramento date back to the 1920s; however, Bay Area politics prevented the founding until 1947 . The University's colors green and gold symbolize the green of the foothills and trees, and gold for discovery. The university was founded as Sacramento State College in 1947 during a time of intense demand for higher education after World War II. At the time of its founding, Sac State shared space at Sacramento Junior College.
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Cypress is a suburban city located in the northern region of Orange County within Southern California. Its population was 47,802 at the 2010 census. The first people living in the area now known as Cypress were the Gabrieleno, a Native American tribe of the Tongva people, who were displaced soon... after the arrival of the Europeans. The government of Spain then possessed the land until Mexico gained its independence in 1821. Mexico then lost Alta California to the United States during the period following the Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican-American War. The original Spanish dons held immense tracts of land throughout California, which were given in lieu of pay to Spanish soldiers. Manuel Nieto was one of the early Spanish dons or landowners in the area. After his death in 1804, his sons retained title to Rancho Los Nietos, but these lands were eventually broken up and distributed among them in 1833 by a grant from the Mexican governor, José Figueroa. Manuel's son, Juan José Nieto, retained the title to a large portion of his father's original properties in southern California that included the present-day area of Cypress.
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