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| Preface | |
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| California Government in Crisis | |
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| The California Dream? | |
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| The Crisis of California Politics | |
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| The Two-Thirds Requirement for Raising Taxes | |
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| Lack of Consensus in Fundamental Questions | |
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| The Ease of Passing Initiatives | |
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| Term Limits | |
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| The Safe-Seat Reapportionment | |
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| Reform Ideas | |
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| Why Study California Politics? | |
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| What Determines the Content and Character of California's Politics? | |
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| Underlying Socioeconomic Trends | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Guide to This Book | |
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| The Constitution and the Progressive Legacy | |
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| The Rules of the Game: California's Constitution | |
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| The 1849 Constitution | |
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| The 1879 Constitution | |
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| From 1900 to 1917: The Progressive Movement | |
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| From 1960 to the Present: Late Revisions | |
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| The Progressive Movement and Its Impact on California Politics | |
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| Local Politics | |
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| State Politics | |
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| Direct Democracy | |
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| Initiative | |
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| Referendum | |
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| Recall | |
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| Debating the Merit of Direct Democracy | |
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| California's Constitution: Where Are We Now? | |
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| Interest Groups and the Media in California Interest-Group Dynamics in Politics | |
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| Lobbying the Legislature | |
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| Diversity of Interest Groups | |
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| The Increase in Interest Groups | |
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| Weak Political Parties | |
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| Growth of Government | |
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| Term Limits | |
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| Public Interest Groups | |
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| Interest-Group Politics | |
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| Lobbyists | |
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| Lobbying | |
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| Campaign Contributions to Candidates | |
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| Regulating Interest Groups | |
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| Outside the Legislature | |
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| The Media | |
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| Television | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| The Internet | |
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| Media and Political Campaigns | |
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| Interest-Group Politics in California: Where Are We Now? | |
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| Parties and Elections in California | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Party Organizations | |
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| The Progressive Impact on Political Parties | |
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| Third Parties in California | |
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| Party Affiliation of California Voters | |
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| California's Local Political Cultures from Left to Right | |
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| Political Party Registration | |
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| Political Ideology | |
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| Political Protest and Voter Turnout | |
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| Support for Proposition 13 | |
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| Political Tolerance and Support for Racial and Cultural Diversity | |
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| The Presidential Election of 2008 | |
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| The Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate Elections of 2010 | |
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| The Presidential Election of 2012 | |
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| To Sum Up | |
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| Elections in California | |
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| The Battle over the Primary | |
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| Presidential Primaries: Maximizing California's Clout? | |
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| Initiative Campaigns: Direct Democracy or Tool of Special Interests? | |
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| The 2003 Gubernatorial Recall Election: A Perfect Political Storm | |
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| The 2008 Election: Demographic and Ideological Shifts | |
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| The 2010 General Election | |
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| The 2012 Primary Election | |
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| The 2012 General Election: More Demographic and Ideological Shifts | |
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| Campaigning in California | |
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| Money and Politics: California Style | |
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| Campaign Finance Reform in California | |
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| Campaign Contributions to Federal Candidates | |
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| Voting in California | |
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| How You Can Register to Vote | |
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| Who Votes in California? | |
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| Modernizing Voting Machines | |
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| What Reforms Are Needed? | |
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| The California Legislature | |
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| Functions | |
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| Representation | |
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| Policy Making | |
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| Members and Districts | |
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| Organization | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Committees | |
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| Staff | |
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| The Legislative Process | |
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| Differences from Congress | |
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| Term Limits | |
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| Item Veto | |
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| Apportionment and District Size | |
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| Media Visibility | |
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| Court Appointments | |
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| Filibusters | |
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| Initiatives | |
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| Seniority | |
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| Problems, Real and Perceived | |
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| Money | |
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| Term Limits/Lack of Experience | |
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| Partisanship | |
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| Gridlock, Minority Rule, and Lack of Accountability | |
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| Initiatives | |
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| California Legislature: Where Are We Now? | |
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| The Governor and the Executive Branch | |
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| The Invisible Governor? | |
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| Formal Powers of the Governor | |
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| Organizing and Managing the Executive Branch | |
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| Independent Executive Actions | |
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| Commander in Chief | |
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| Appointments | |
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| Legislative Powers | |
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| Budget | |
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| Veto and Line-Item Veto | |
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| Legislative Recommendations | |
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| Judicial Powers | |
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| Public Roles of the Governor | |
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| Jerry Brown as Governor | |
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| Structure of the Executive Branch | |
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| Personal Staff | |
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| The Cabinet and Agency Heads | |
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| The Plural Elected Executive | |
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| Agencies and the Bureaucracy | |
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| California Executive Branch: Where Are We Now? | |
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| The California Judiciary | |
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| Judges and State Government | |
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| Federalism and the California Courts: The Case of Medicinal Marijuana | |
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| How Are the California Courts Structured? | |
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| Judicial Selection | |
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| Removing Judges from the Bench | |
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| Who Has Access to the Court? | |
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| Judicial independence versus Judicial Accountability | |
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| The Politicization of the Judiciary | |
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| Judicial Review and the Statewide Initiative | |
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| California Courts: Where Are We Now? | |
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| The State Budget and Budgetary Limitations | |
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| Why Does Student Tuition Keep Rising? | |
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| How Is the Budget Formed? | |
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| Executive Proposal | |
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| Legislative Adoption | |
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| Gubernatorial Action | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Other Groups Involved in the Budget Process | |
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| What Is in the Budget? | |
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| Revenues | |
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| How Well Does the Taxing System Function? | |
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| Is California Overtaxed? | |
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| Expenditures | |
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| Why Do Revenues Vary So Much? | |
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| Budgetary Limitations | |
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| Recent California Budgets and the Budget Process | |
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| The California Budgetary Process: Where Are We Now? | |
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| Local Government | |
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| The Legal Framework: Dillon's Rule, Home Rule, and Local Powers of Governance | |
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| County Governments | |
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| Legal Framework | |
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| Government Organization | |
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| County Government Functions and Responsibilities | |
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| Local Agency Formation Commissions | |
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| City Governments | |
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| Legal Framework | |
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| Incorporation: How Cities Are Born | |
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| City Government Functions and Responsibilities | |
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| City Government Revenues and Expenditures | |
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| Forms of City Government and the Legacy of Progressive Structural Reforms | |
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| Special Districts | |
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| School and Community College Districts | |
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| Nonschool Special Districts | |
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| Legal Framework | |
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| How Special Districts Are Created | |
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| The Advantages and Disadvantages of Special Districts | |
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| Regional Governments | |
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| Regulatory Regional Governments | |
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| Advisory Regional Governments | |
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| California's Community Redevelopment Agencies, R.I.P. | |
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| Two Case Studies in Local Government Revolt | |
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| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The San Fernando Valley Secession Movement | |
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| The Great Redevelopment Agency Massacre of 2011 | |
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| Local Government: Where Are We Now? | |
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| The Great Recession and Its Impact on Local Governments | |
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| "Where Politicians Fear to Tread": GASB and Pension Reform | |
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| On the Brighter Side | |
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| But Local Governments Cannot Do It Alone: The State, the Feds, and the Occupy Movement | |
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| Public Policy in California | |
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| Duroville | |
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| Health Insurance in California | |
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| Employer-Sponsored Insurance | |
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| Individual Health Insurance Marketplace | |
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| Medi-Cal | |
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| Medicare | |
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| TRICARE | |
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| Uninsured | |
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| Immigrants in California | |
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| Work Issues | |
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| Campaign Issues | |
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| School Issues | |
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| Costs of State Welfare and Health Programs | |
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| Driver Licenses | |
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| Voting | |
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| California's Infrastructure | |
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| Highways | |
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| Fire Prevention | |
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| Levees | |
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| The Future of California's Infrastructure | |
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| Indian Gaming in California | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Notes | |