The most notable and organized session took place on March 7 when 20, 000 people descended on the Bixby Knolls section of Long Beach to glimpse the monolith.
As Robert Bixby, the head of the Concord Coalition, points out, legislators this year have also agreed to increases in mandatory spending (for example, improved medical benefits for retired soldiers and sailors).
The project was part of a Street View "refresh" of California that involved a trip down Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast, including the famous Bixby Creek Bridge that spans the mouth of a coast-hugging canyon.