The california leadership considered a proposal that would build a canal to bring water to the southern part of the state. the system of california leaders who carried out the work of the state government is known as a:
autocracy
legislature
bureaucracy

I believe the answer is: bureaucracy

bureaucracy in this case refers to the a system where the most important decisions within the government are made by state officials rather than the representatives that chosen by the people. This limit the influence of the representatives to actually fulfil the aspiration of the people in some extent.

pepin the short[a] (german: pippin der kurze, french: pépin le bref, c. 714 – 24 september 768) was the king of the franks from 751 until his death. he was the first of the carolingians to become king.[b][2]

the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.