2. Chapter 13: Arnold! The main point of this chapter is to explain the more recent events with California and are Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger Our current Governator is Arnold Schwarzenegger He came to California from Austria first as a competitive body builder Then he turned Hollywood film star and gain the admiration from thousands of fans Many years after the success as the hollywood film star he married a "Kennedy", Maria Schriever and then became a Republican politician as California's Governor. Arnold took office in 2003 after the governor at the time was recalled, Gray Davis. Arnold used his personal popularity to help stabilize the state California was the fifth largest economy in the world, but was overwhelmed with government spending, failing infrastructures, rising crime, overcrowded prisons, natural catastrophes, and taxpayers revolting against higher taxes. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is still in office.