He appointed all the wrong people for his cabinet was a major reason, he was also rather clumsy people made fun of him because of it.
This excerpt reveals a continued clash between conservative and liberal ideology in the courts because according to the writer he agrees with the majority ruling that the idea of reverse discrimination is an invalid claim, as he said in the excerpt: "I<span> do not believe that anyone can truly look into America's past and still find that a remedy for the effects of the past is impermissible.".</span>
Grape farms ... National Farm Workers Association
Cesar Chavez was a powerful force in the organization of farm workers in the 1960s. The strike against the grape growers in California was a cooperative effort by the National Farm Workers Association, led by Chavez, along with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee. Those two organizations merged in 1966 to form the United Farm Workers labor union.
I don't have the entire answer, but I do know that the freedom of the state (as in acceptance towards people of color) and the several gold rushes and general resource deposits in California drew in pioneers, gold panners, and simple citizens looking to settle down in a high income area.