List of Occupy movement protest locations in California
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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.
List
City
Date protest began
Larger crowd size estimates
Refs
Notes
Alameda
[ 1]
Amador County
[ 2]
Anaheim
Oct. 7, 2011
75
[ 3] [ 4]
Arcata
Oct. 7, 2011
[ 5]
Auburn
Nov. 17, 2011
150
[ 6]
Placer 99% on Facebook
Bakersfield
Oct. 7, 2011
[ 7]
Berkeley
Oct. 8, 2011
[ 8]
Occupy Berkeley as well as Occupy Cal and Occupy the Farm at University of California, Berkeley
Camarillo
Oct. 5, 2011
[ 9]
Chico
[ 10]
Coachella Valley
Oct. 11, 2011
[ 11]
Culver City
[ 12]
Davis
5,000
[ 13] [ 14]
Occupy Davis and Occupy UC Davis at the University of California, Davis
Encinitas
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 15]
Escondido
Nov. 5, 2011
[ 16]
Eureka
Oct. 13, 2011
[ 17] [ 18]
Fontana
[ 19] [ 20]
Fresno
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 21]
Gilroy
[ 22]
Grass Valley
[ 23] [ 24]
Half Moon Bay
Oct. 4, 2011
Huntington Beach
Mar. 9, 2012
20
[ 25]
Vandalized bank building.[ 26]
Irvine
Oct. 15, 2011
1200
[ 27]
Continuous 24-hour presence since 10/15; continuous 24-hour encampment since 10/25; also protests at UCI
Lompoc
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 28]
Long Beach
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 29]
Los Angeles
Oct. 1, 2011
[ 30] [ 31]
Occupy Los Angeles ; Cost to city: $200,000[ 32]
Marysville
[ 33]
Merced
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 34]
Monterey
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 35]
Nevada City
[ 36]
Oakland
50,000
[ 37]
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[ 32] [ 38]
Ojai
[ 39] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
Oxnard
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 43]
Palo Alto
[ 44]
Including a protest movement at Stanford University
Pasadena
[ 45] [ 46]
Occupy Rose Parade (a separate protest from Occupy Pasadena)
Petaluma
Oct. 29, 2011
[ 47]
Redding
Oct. 6, 2011
[ 48]
Redlands
[ 19]
Redwood City
Oct. 28, 2011
[ 49]
Riverside
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 50]
Sacramento
Oct. 7, 2011
[ 51]
Occupy Sacramento
Salinas
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 35]
San Diego
Oct. 7, 2011
[ 52]
Occupy San Diego
San Francisco
Sept. 17, 2011
[ 53]
Occupy San Francisco
San Jose
[ 54]
Occupy San Jose
San Luis Obispo
Oct. 5, 2011
[ 55]
San Marino
Oct. 5, 2011
[ 56]
San Rafael
[ 57]
Santa Ana
Oct. 22, 2011
[ 58] [ 59]
Santa Barbara
Oct. 8, 2011
[ 60] [ 61]
Santa Cruz
Oct. 6, 2011
[ 62]
Including protest at University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 63]
Santa Monica College
[ 12]
Santa Rosa
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 64]
Sebastopol
[ 65]
Stockton
Oct. 12, 2011
[ 66]
Temecula
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 67]
Torrance
Oct. 15, 2011
[ 68]
Van Nuys
Oct. 28, 2011
[ 69]
Venice
Oct. 9, 2011
[ 70]
Ventura
Oct. 14, 2011
[ 71]
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See also
Other U.S. protests
Other international protests
Related articles
References
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