Headlamps for use in left-traffic countries have low-beam headlamps that dip to the left; the light is distributed with a downward/leftward bias to show the driver the road and signs ahead without blinding oncoming traffic.
2000 Census, the 2008 Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) Projections, the. California Department of Finance (DOF), and the County of Monterey. Setting. Based on 2007 data from DOF, Monterey County had a population of approximately 425,960 people. The Countyâs population has grown at an overall rate of 1.1 percent annually since 2000. However, the. majority of Monterey Peninsula communities have seen decreased population levels during the same time. period, largely as a result of the closure of the Fort Ord military base.
By the 1990 census, Monterey Park became the first city with an Asian descent majority population in the continental United States. Timothy P. Fong, a professor and director of Asian American studies at California State University, Sacramento, describes Monterey Park as the First Suburban Chinatown .n 1988, the City of Monterey Park passed an ordinance declaring a moratorium on new building, in an attempt to regulate the rapid growth the city experienced as a result of the influx of Asian immigrants.