Increasingly, the state of California has taken to forming task forces in order to tackle new, wide reaching problems such as climate change. These problems often cut across many different agency jurisdictions; and as no one agency is big enough to ad . . .

This Project was prepared to recount and analyze my personal experience in acquiring, rehabilitating, leasing and disposing of a small income producing asset. The asset is a Victorian Italianate residential duplex, constructed in 1880 and located in m . . .

AB 2404, the Gender Equity for Community Youth Athletics Bill, dictates that California local governments and special districts comply with the mandated gender equity policy or else be subject to civil action for non-compliance. Currently, the City of . . .

Welfare reform and the subsequent reauthorization made a number of changes to the federalp rogram, emphasized work participationfo r recipients and establisheda minimum state participation requirement. The California Department of Social Services must . . .

Higher education institutions in the United States face a national imperative to boost student persistence and overall educational attainment amidst vacillating fiscal resources and growth in the non-traditional student body. According to Cominole, Ra . . .

This thesis explores the balance between equity and efficiency in government granting, particularly in regards to government grants to remediate environmental pollution. Through statistical analysis, I analyze California cities to see whether there is . . .

In recent years, gun control policy has dominated the American political agenda. Today, political pundits on both sides of the aisle regularly cite gun statistics supporting either a pro or anti-gun control stance. While billions of dollars are spent . . .

In 2008, the California Legislature passed SB 375, which required the state’s metropolitan planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through better land use and transportation planning. Their first milestone to reduce emissions was 202 . . .

California’s executive agencies continue to experience a growing number of older employees. The threat of these employees retiring and agencies experiencing the loss of their most trained and experienced staff presents a high risk for departments to i . . .

California is the most populous and one of the most racially diverse states in the country. To avert the potential problem of not covering enough medical services for the entire population, California integrated the services of Medi-Cal and Medicare a . . .