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By Staff ofthe California Research Bureau, California State Library CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY F O UNDED 1 850 Prepared for The CAPITOL Institute California Research Bureau 900 N Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-0001 (916) 653-7843 phone STATE DEPOSITORY (916) 654-5829 fax LAWLIBPAPV MAY 1 4 2007
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CONTENTS
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY AND POPULATION...... 1
CALIFORNIA ECONOMY ...... 1 REGIONAL ECONOMY ...... 2 POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION ...... 2 TRIBAL ISSUES ...... 4 Related Web Sites ...... 4 LATINO lSSUES ...... 5 INCOME INEQUALITY ...... 5 AGING AND LONG TERM CARE COMMITTEE •..•.••...... •.••..•..••••••••....•...•..•...... •••.••.••••••.....•..••. 7
GENERAL ...... : ...... 7 IN-HOME AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES ...... 7 PHARMACEUTICALS ...... 7 LONG TERM CARE ...... 8 AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE ...... 11
GENERAL ...... 11 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY) ...... }} PESTICIDES ...... 12 Methyl Bromide ...... 12 Dursban ...... 13 ANIMAL WASTE(RUNOFF, WATERPOLLUTION) ...... 13 SEWAGE SLUDGE (BIOSOLIDS) ON FARMLANDS ...... 14 MILK PRICING AND REGULATION ...... 14 INVASIVE WEEDS ...... 15 EXOTIC/DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS ...... 16 Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (transmits Pierce's Disease) ...... 16 Other...... 17 CROP-RELATED ISSUES (SELECTED) ...... 17 ORGANIC PRODUCE ...... 17 AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION/CONVERSION ...... 18 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE ..•...••.....•.••••.••••.••..••..•••••••••••••.•.. 19
THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET ...... 19 COMPARATIVE STATE BUDGET lNFORMATION ...... 19 PERFORMANCE BUDGETING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING ...... 20 PROPOSALS FOR REFORM ...... 20 BANKING AND FINANCE COMMITTEE •••.•.••••••••••••••.•••...••.••••...... •.•••..•....•.•..••.••••••..•••.•.••••••.•.•••••• 21
BANKING ISSUES (GENERAL) ...... 21 WIRE-TRANSFERS ...... · ...... 21 BANKING PREDATORY LENDING ...... 21 FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT ...... 22 PRIVACY ...... 22 ATM ...... 23 BANKING AND E-COMMERCE ...... 23 MERGERS ...... 24 SECURITIES ...... 24 IMPORTANT SITES ON SECURITIES ...... 24 IMPORTANT SITES ON BANKING ...... 24 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE .•....••.••.••••••.••••.•..•••...••..•.••.••.•••...••.••.••.•.••.•••.•••..•••.••... 25
California Research Bureau, California State Library 1 Contents CONSUMER PROTECTION ...... 25 On-line Searchable Sources on Consumer Jssues ...... 25 SMALL BUSINESS ... ········································································ ·············· ...... 25 £-GOVERNMENT ...... 25 WORKFORCE PREPARATION, AND TRAINING ...... 26 Skills ...... 26 Information Technology Skills ...... 27 Training ...... 27 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS ...... 28 EDUCATION COMMITTEE ...... 31
ACCOUNTABILITY, ASSESSMENT, AND STANDARDS ...... 31 DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHILD INDICA TORS ...... 32 DISTRICT, SCHOOL, AND CLASS SIZE ...... 33 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION ...... 33 EDUCATIONAL GAP FOR ETHNIC GROUPS ...... •...... 34 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ...... 34 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ...... 35 GOVERNANCE ...... 35 MASTERPLAN FORK-16 ...... 36 SCHOOL CHOICE: CHARTERS, VOUCHERS, AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLING ...... 36 SCHOOL FACILITIES AND SCHOOL FINANCE ...... 37 SCHOOL REFORM ...... 38 SCHOOL SAFETY NIOLENCE ...... 3 8 SCHOOL-TO-CAREER ...... 39 SPECIAL EDUCATION ...... 40 TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ...... 40 ELECTIONS, REAPPORTIONMENT & CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMMITTEE ..43
CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT ETHICS ...... 43 REDISTRICTING, CENSUS AND GIS (GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM) DATA ...... 43 £-DEMOCRACY ...... 44 INITIATIVE PROCESS ...... 44 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS COMMITTEE ...... 47
GENERAL ...... 47 AIR POLLUTION ...... 47 Diesel Emissions ...... 48 Emissions Trading ...... 48 WATER POLLUTION ...... 48 Nonpoint Source Regulation ...... 49 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) ...... 49 DRINKING W A TER ...... 49 MTB£ ...... 50 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ...... , ...... 50 Regulation of Toxics ...... 50 Toxic Waste Disposal and Site Cleanup ...... 51 Lead ...... 51 Brownfields ...... 51 Environmental Justice ...... 51 PESTICIDES ...... , ...... 52 Methyl Bromide ...... , ...... 52 Food Quality Protection Act of 1996...... 53
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GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE ...... 55
GAMING AND HORSE RACING ...... , ...... 55 Related Web sites ...... 56 LIQUOR LICENSING ...... , ...... 56 OPEN MEETING ACT ...... , ...... 56 VETERANS ...... 56 HEALTH COMMITTEE ...... ;...... 59
ACCESS TO CARE ...... 59 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH ...... 59 IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ...... 60 Distance Medicine ...... 61 Genetics ...... 61 LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS ...... 61 MANAGED CARE ...... 62 MENTAL HEALTH ...... 62 ORAL HEALTH ...... 63 PATIENT RIGHTS ...... 63 PHARMACEUTICALS ...... 64 PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ...... 64 QUALITY OF CARE ...... 65 SUBSTANCE ABUSE ...... 65 IDGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE ...... 67
GENERAL ...... 67 Facts and Figures ...... 67 The Value ofHigher Education ...... 67 DISTANCE/ONLINE EDUCATION ...... 67 THE MASTER PLAN/STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ...... 67 ACCESS ...... 68 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS ...... 69 K-12 ANDHIGHEREDUCATION ...... 69 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES ...... 70 ENTRANCE EXAMS ...... 70 REMEDIATION ...... 70 FINANCE ...... 70 FACULTY AND STAFF ...... 71 FACILITIES AND GROWTH ...... 71 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PATENT OWNERSHIP ...... 71 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ...... 73
MARKETS ...... 73 AFFORDABILITY ...... 73 REDEVELOPMENT ...... 7 4 CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LITIGATION ...... , ...... 74 IMPORTANT WEB SITES FOR HOUSING: ...... 75 HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE ...... 77
CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ...... 77 CHILD CARE ...... 77 CHILD WELFARE SERVICES ...... 78 Child Protection (Child Abuse and Neglect) ...... 79 Foster Care...... 79 Adoption ...... 80 ADULT AND SENIOR SERVICES ...... 80
California Research Bureau, California State Library 111 Contents INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ...... 80 FAMILY STRESS ...... 81 Substance Abuse ...... 81 FAMILy ECONOMIC SUPPORTS ...... 82 Child Support ...... 82 Work Incentives ...... 83 WELFARE REFORM ...... 83 CalWORKs ...... 83 COLLABORATION AND INTEGRA TED SERVICES ...... 84
INSURANCE COMMITTEE ...... 85
AUTOMOBILE ...... 85 EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE ...... 85 FLOOD INSURANCE ...... 86 LONG-TERM CARE ...... 86 PROPERTY ...... 86 REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT ...... 86 WORKERS COMPENSATION ...... 87 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ...... 88
JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ECONOMY COMMITTEE ...... 89
ON-LINE SEARCHABLE SOURCES OF CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC DATA ...... 89 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ...... 89 ON-LINE SOURCES ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ...... 90 REGIONAL ECONOMIC INITIATIVES AND COLLABORATION ...... 90 HIGH TECHNOLOGY ...... 91 E-COMMERCE ...... 92 FOREIGN TRADE POLICY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ...... 92 NAFTA AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ...... 93 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ...... 94 GENETIC ENGINEERING AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD ...... 95
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ...... 97
ON-LINE SEARCHABLE CODES AND JUDICIAL OPINIONS ...... 97 CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTIONAL AND JUDICIAL HISTORY ...... 97 ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ...... 97 "DEATH WITH DIGNITY" ...... 98 DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS ...... 98 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ...... 98 JURY REFORM ...... 99 MENTAL HEALTH COMMITMENT ...... 99 REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN ...... 1 00 PRIVACY ...... 100 TORTREFORM ...... 101
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE ...... 103
0CCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ...... 103 INCOME (MINIMUM WAGE, LIVABLE WAGE, 0VERTIME) ...... 1 03 FARM LABOR ...... 104 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ...... 105
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE\••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 107
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AND POWERS ...... 107 Local Agency Formation Commission ...... 107 Special Districts ...... 107 iv California Research Bureau, California State Library Contents [October 2000]
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES WEB SITES ...... 107 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ...... 108 Proposition 3 7 ...... 109 Proposition 218 ...... 109 Local Government Finance Web Sites ...... 109 Fiscalization ofLand Use ...... 110 PROPOSALS FOR RESTRUCTURING GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND STRUCTURE ...... 11 0 Related Web Sites ...... 111 INFRASTRUCTURE ...... 111 Related Web Sites ...... 112 LAND UsE AND SMART GROWTH ...... 112 Related Web Sites ...... 113 Agriculture Land and Open Space Preservation ...... 114 Regional Collaboration and Governance ...... 114 NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE ...... 117
GENERAL ...... 117 ELECTRICITY ...... 117 RELATED INTERNET SITES ...... 118 NATURAL GAS ...... 119 HYDROPOWER ...... 119 SOLID WASTE ...... 120 Tire Disposal ...... 120 Recycling ...... 120 AIR POLLUTION ...... 120 Diesel Emissions ...... 121 Emissions Trading ...... 121 FORESTRY ...... 122 General ...... 122 Forest Management ...... l22 Clear Cut ...... 123 COASTAL ISSUES ...... 123 Regulation ofDevelopment ...... 124 Coastal Erosion and Hazards ...... 124 Marine Protected Areas ...... 124 San Francisco Bay ...... 124 Polluted Runoff...... 125 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) ...... 125 WETLANDS CONSERVATION ...... 125 MITIGATION & MITIGATION BANKS ...... 126 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ...... 126 LAND CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ...... 126 TAKINGS ...... 127 GENETICALLY MODIFIED 0RGANISIMS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS) ...... 127 MOTORIZED RECREATION ...... 128 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT, AND SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE ...... 129
STATE GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE lSSUES ...... l29 BENEFITS, PENSIONS, AND SOCIAL SECURITY ...... 129 Benefits ...... 129 Pensions ...... 129 Social Security ...... 130 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ...... 131
DNA AND FORENSIC-RELATED RESEARCH ...... 131
California Research Bureau, California State Library v Contents HATE CRIMES AND SEXUALLY VIOLENT OFFENDERS ...... 131 FIREARMS AND GUN CONTROL ...... 131 DRUG COURT AND DRUG TREATMENT ...... 132 JUSTICE !NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ...... 132 MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS ...... •...... 133 YOUTH GANGS ...... 133 CORRECTIONS, PROBATION AND PAROLE ...... 133 VIOLENCE PREVENTION ...... 134 SCHOOL VIOLENCE ...... 135 CRIME PREVENTION AND RACIAL PROFILING IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES ...... •...... 135 INTERNET CRIME AND IDENTITY THEFT ...... 135 REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE ...... 137
GENERAL ...... 137 GASOLINE TAX ...... 137 INTERNETTAXATION ...... 138 PROPOSITION 13 ...... 13 8 VEHICLE LICENSE FEE ...... 138 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE...... 141
MOBILE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION ...... 141 Diesel Emissions ...... 141 Emissions Trading ...... 142 Zero- and Low-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs and LEVs) ...... 142 Smog Check 11...... 142 FINANCING ...... 142 MASS TRANSIT AND PASSENGER RAIL ...... 143 HOV Lanes ...... 144 Buses ...... 144 Light Rail ...... 144 Commuter and Heavy Rai/...... 144 High Speed Rail and Maglev ...... 145 Ferries ...... 145 TRAFFIC SAFETY ...... ······· ...... ········· ...... 145 Child Safety...... 146 School Buses ...... 146 Teens ...... 146 Elderly ...... 146 Driving Under the Injluence ...... 147 Pedestrian Safety ...... 147 Trucks ...... 147 Oversized Loads ...... 148 Cell Phones ...... 148 Aggressive Driving and Road Rage ...... 148 Grade Crossings ...... 149 CONGESTION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT ...... 149 Severity of Congestion ...... 149 Policy Solutions ...... 149 Technical Solutions ...... l49 TOLL ROADS, HOT LANES, AND CONGESTION PRICING ...... 150 Transportation Corridor Agencies ...... 150 91 Express Lanes ...... 151 AIRPORTS ...... 151 General Aviation...... 151 Los Angeles International...... 152
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Ventura County ...... 152 El Toro ...... I52 San Francisco /nternational ...... 152 San Diego/Lindberg Field ...... 152 GOODS MOVEMENT ...... 153 Alameda Corridor Program ...... 153 Alameda Corridor Program East ...... 153 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) ...... 154 MTA Vs Bus Riders' Union ...... 154 Rail Safety ...... 154 BICYCLES ...... 155 NEW TECHNOLOGY ...... 155 UTILITIES AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE ...... 157
OVERVIEW ...... 157 DIGITAL DIVIDE ...... 157 FOREIGN TRADE POLICY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ...... 157 NAFTA AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ...... 158 ELECTRICITY ...... 160 RELATED INTERNET SITES ...... 161 NATURAL GAS ...... 162 PETROLEUM ISSUES ...... : ...... l62 Related Web sites ...... 163 HYDROPOWER ...... 163 PRIVACY ...... 163 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ...... 164 WEB SITES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ...... 165 WATER, PARKS, AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE ...... I67
GENERAL ...... 167 CALFED ...... l67 WATER RESOURCES ...... 167 Water Resources Planning ...... 168 Water and Land-Use Planning ...... 168 Groundwater ...... 168 Water Transfers ...... 169 Water Recyc/ing!Reclamation ...... 169 Droughts ...... 170 Colorado River ...... 170 State Water Project ...... 170 Central Valley Project ...... 171 WATER AGENCIES ...... 171 Metropolitan Water District and San Diego County Water Authority...... 171 East Bay Municipal Utility District and The American River ...... 172 Westlands Water District ...... l72 FLOOD MANAGEMENT ...... 172 LAND CONSERV ATION ...... 173 ENDANGERED SPECIES ...... 173 Law ...... l73 Status ofSpecies ...... 174 Multiple Species Conservation Plans (NCCPs, HCPs) ...... 174 INTRODUCED SPECIES ...... 175 Effects ...... 175 Policies/Programs ...... 175 Specific /nvaders ...... 175
California Research Bureau, California State Library Vll Contents FISHERIES ...... l76 FERRETS ...... 177
Vlll California Research Bureau, California State Library Contents Please Note
I. Items of relatively wide interest, including introductory and overview treatments, are marked by a pointer(>-) and grouped at the top of their respective sections or subsections.
2. Some entries - usually at the end of the relevant section or subsection - list World Wide Web sites related to the topic. These are aids for additional and ongoing inquiry and do not necessarily have a corresponding printed document in the file.
3. Square brackets around a Web URL mean that the URL was checked during the editing process and was found to be correct at that time. (For example, [http://www.ca.gov].) Web addresses (URLs) sometimes change; documents may have been moved or removed or otherwise have become inaccessible on the Web after the preparation of this bibliography. Some were not checked during editing.
4. This edition has been slightly reorganized from its original October 2000 version. As it reflects the work of many contributors, there may be some remaining format inconsistencies within the document.
5. A few sections or subsections appear under more than one Committee, where the subject is pertinent to multiple jurisdictions. [October 2000]
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY AND POPULATION
California Economy
)> "Performing Miracles." The Economist, June 7, 2000.
)> Blinder, Alan S. The Internet and the New Economy. Policy Brief no 60. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, June 2000.
)> Dhawan, Rajeev. "The California Long Term Outlook: Growth Will Occur, But we will Have to Work Hard to House it." In The UCLA Anderson Forecast for the Nation and California. September 2000.
)> Dhawan, Rajeev. "The Future is Bright, But Don't Get Blinded by the Light." In The UCLA Anderson Forecast for the Nation and California. September 2000.
)> Levy, Stephen and Robert K. Arnold. "The Outlook for the California Economy." Palo Alto: Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, Summer 2000.
)> Mitchell, Daniel J.B. "Productivity in the 'New Economy."' In The UCLA Anderson Forecast for the Nation and California. March 2000.
Brady, Mick. "Reality Check: The State ofE-Commerce." E-Commerce Times. July 11, 2000.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). "Perspectiveson the Economy and Demographics." The 2000-01 Budget: Perspectives and Issues. (Sacramento, California) [2000]: 15-34.
Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. California Economic Growth. Palo Alto: Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, 2000.
Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. California County Projections. Palo Alto: Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, 2000
Lieser, Tom. "California: Domestic Slowdown Will Be Balanced by an International Rebound." In The UCLA Anderson Forecast for the Nation and California. June 2000.
Monroe, Tapan. California Economic Outlook 2000. San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, January 2000.
"The New Economy." Special Report. Business Week. January 21, 2000, p. 73.
California Research Bureau, California State Library California's Economy and Population [October 2000]
Rudebusch, Glenn, D. "How Fast Can the New Economy Grow?" Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Number 2000-05, February 25,2000.
Regional Economy
Bay Area Economic Forum. Bay Area Council. "An Economic Report on the Nine County Bay Area." Bay Area Economic Pulse 5, no. 2 (Spring 2000).
Bay Area Economic Forum. Bay Area Council. The Bay Area: Winning in the New Global Economy. A Profile of Comparative Economic Performance. September 1999.
Collaborative Economics for New Valley Connexions. The Economic Future ofthe San Joaquin Valley. January 2000.
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). 2000-2001 Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook for the Los Angeles Five-County Area. Los Angeles: LAEDC, July 2000.
Peirce, Neal, and Curtis Johnson. "The Future is Here." San Diego Magazine. October 1999.
Peirce, Neal, and Curtis Johnson. "The Millennium Project. Tear Down This Wall?" San Diego Magazine, October 1999.
San Diego Association of Governments. San Diego Regional Economic Prosperity Strategy. Toward a Shared Economic Vision for the San Diego Region. San Diego: July 1998.
Schniepp, Mark. "The Greater Los Angeles Regional Economies: The Southern California Economy is Healthy, but so is the Rest of the State." In The UCLA Anderson Forecast for the Nation and California. December 1999.
Southern California Association of Governments. The State ofthe Region 2000. The Region at the Dawn ofthe 21st Century. May, 2000.
Southern California Association of Governments. New Solutions for a New Economic Environment. August, 2000.
Population and Immigration
~ California. Department ofFinance, Demographic Research Unit. "California's Annual Population Growth Exceeds Half a Million for Third Year in a Row." Press Release, May 3, 2000.
~ Healy, Melissa, and Robert Rosenblatt. "California and the West; State Leads as Home to Immigrants." Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2000.
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~ Lochhead, Carolyn. "Stage Set for Vote on High-Tech Worker Visas." The San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, 2000.
~ McCormick, Erin. "The Great California Exodus of the '90s: Studies Shows 2 Million More Left Than Arrived from Other States." The San Francisco Examiner, September 18, 2000.
~ RAND Institute on Education and Training. New Immigrants, New Needs: The California Experience. Policy BriefRB-8015 (1997). http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB80 15/
Boxall, Bettina, and Ray F. Herndon. "Far from Urban Gateways, Racial Lines Blur in Suburbs." Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2000.
Clark, William A. V. The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities. New York: The Guilford Press, 1998. Chapters 1 & 3.
"Debate Over Immigration: Does the U.S. Admit Too Many Newcomers?" Congressional Quarterly Researcher 10, no. 25, July 2000.
Johnson, Hans P. "Movin' Out: Domestic Migration to and from California in the 1990s." California Counts: Population Trends and Profiles (Public Policy Institute of California) 2, no. 1 (August 2000).
Johnson, Hans P., and others. Taking the Oath: An Analysis ofNaturalization in California and the United States. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1999.
Kennedy, David M. "Can We Still Afford To Be a Nation oflmmigrants?" The Atlantic Monthly, November 1996, 52-68.
McDonnell, Patrick J. "Immigrants a Net Economic Plus, Study Says." Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1997.
Nakao, Annie. "Homing In On Japan; Cultural Rituals Help American Japanese Hang Onto Their Roots." The San Francisco Examiner, September 10, 2000.
Peterson, Peter G. "Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?" The Atlantic Monthly, May 1996, 55-86.
Slater, Bryon. "Does America Really Need Even More Foreign Workers?" The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 7, 2000.
United States. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. "Census Bureau Releases 1999 State and County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin." Press Release announcing information available on web site, August 30, 2000. [http://www. census. gov /populationlwwwI estimates/popest.html]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 3 California's Economy and Population [October 2000]
United States. Department of Commerce, Bureau ofthe Census. The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: Population Characteristics, March 1999. Issued August 2000.
United States. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. "Foreign-Born Residents as Likely as Native Population to Be College Grads, But Lag at Lower Educational Levels, Census Bureau Reports." Press Release, September 12, 2000.
Walters, Dan. The New California: Facing the 21st Century, 2nd ed. Sacramento: California Journal Press, 1992.
Woolfolk, John, and Jessie Mangaliman. "State Turns a Frisky 150; But Problems of 1850 Remain in Forefront." The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 10, 2000.
Tribal Issues
>- "Elements of the Conflict." Department ofFisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota. [http://www. fw. umn.edu/indigenous/sovreign.htm]
>- National Conference of State Legislatures. Excerpts from Government to Government: Understanding State and Tribal Governments. October 2000. [http://www .ncsl. org/programs/ESNR/govtogov .htm]
"American Indian Housing." Policy and Research Report (Urban Institute). Spring 1996.
Kaufmann, L. Jeanne. Native American Issues: 1999 State Legislation. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2000.
McDaid, Farrah M. "Tribal Teen Pregnancies Raise Red Flag." California Journal, May2000.
Simmons, William. "Indian Peoples in California." California History 76 (Sumrner/Fall1997), 48.
Stockes, Brian. "Congress Considers New Process for Tribal Recognition." Indian Country Today Newspaper, May 27,2000.
Wilson, Diana Drake. "California Indian Participation in Repatriation. Working toward Recognition." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 21, no. 3 1997
Related Web Sites
Bureau of Indian Affairs, [http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html].
Indian Law: [http://www.pechanga.net/indian law.htm].
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Treaty Rights, Understanding the Conflict (University of Minnesota): [http://www.fw.umn.edu/indigenous/].
Latino Issues
>- Lopez, Elias, Ph.D.; Ginny Puddefoot, M.P.P.; and Patricia Gandara, Ph.D., A Coordinated Approach to Raising the Socio-Economic Status ofLatinos in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2000.
Carnevale, Anthony P. Education=Success: Empowering Hispanic Youth and Adults. Educational Testing Service, 1999.
Lopez, Elias, Ph.D.; Enrique Ramirez, Ph.D.; and Refugio Rochin, Ph.D. Latinos and Economic Development in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1999.
Rodriguez, Gregory. "The Latino Century: Will Latinos be the Dominant Force of California Politics?" California Journal, January 2000.
Stiles, Jon; Jonathan Cohen; Zachary Elkins; and Fredric Gey. "California Latino Demographic Databook." California Policy Seminar Brief Series, October 1998. [http://www.ucop.edtL1cprc/demodatabrief.html]
Takash, Paule Cruz. "Remedying Racial and Ethnic Inequality in California Politics." California Policy Seminar Brief Series, July 1999. [http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/Takash.html]
Income Inequality
>- Lee, Louise. "The Shine is Off the Golden State: As the Rest ofthe Nation Booms, Some Californians Fall Behind." Business Week, September 11, 2000, 44.
>- Reed, Deborah. California 's Rising Income Inequality: Causes and Concerns. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California. 1999. Executive summary.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). California's Changing Income Distribution. Sacramento: LAO, August 2000.
Daly, Mary C., and Heather N. Royer. "Cyclical and Demographic Influences on the Distribution of Income in California." FRSB Economic Review 2000 (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), 2000. [http://www.sf.frb.org/econrsrchleconrev/2000/articlel.pdfl
Daly, Mary. "Have Californians Kept Up in the 1990s?" Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Number 2000-25, August 25, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 5 California's Economy and Population [October 2000)
Reed, Deborah. California's Rising Income Inequality: Causes and Concerns. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1999. Pages vii-xxv.
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AGING AND LONG TERM CARE COMMITTEE
General
RAND. Trends in Functional Limitations: Are Older Americans Living Longer and Better? Santa Monica: RAND, 1998. Research Brief.
Schaffer, Jane. "The Aging Demographic." Continuing Care, June 1999.
Scheider, Edward L. "Aging in the Third Millennium." Science, February 5, 1999.
In-Home and Protective Services
).>- Bathan, Sigrid. "Taking Care of Our Elderly." California Journal, March 1999.
Baron, Sandra, and Adele Welty. "Abuse and Neglect of Older Persons." In Lawrence A. Frolik, ed., Aging and the Law: An Interdisciplinary Reader, 582-84. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
California. Department of Social Services. Disability and Adult Programs Division. Implementing Public Authorities and Nonprofit Consortia to Deliver In-Home Supportive Services. Report to the Legislature. Sacramento: the Department, July 2000. Executive summary and charts and tables.
California. Department of Social Services. Research and Development Division. Early Impact ofSenate Bill 2199: Opening the Door for Adult Protective Services Program. Sacramento: the Department, May 2000.
California. Department of Social Services. Research and Development Division. In-Home Supportive Services: Examining Caseload and Costs during State Fiscal Year 1996-97 through 1998-99. Sacramento: the Department, February 2000.
Pharmaceuticals
~ Levine, Sharon, and others. "Kaiser Permanente's Prescription Drug Benefit." Health Affairs, March!April2000.
Associated Press. "Dietary Supplements No Substitute for Proper Diet." Intelihealth, September 5, 2000.
Hackney, Claire. "Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly." Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures, September 1, 2000.
Herbal Drugs: Medicines or Food Supplements?" Manufacturing Chemist, January 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 7 Aging and Long Term Care Isenstein, Howard. "Out of Sight: Skyrocketing Drug Costs Threaten the Bottom Line ofMedical Groups." Modern Physician, February 1, 2000.
Stuart, Bruce, and Christopher Zacker. "Who Bears the Burden of Medicaid Drug Copayment Policies." Health Affairs, March/April1999.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. "Prescription Drug Trends." July 2000.
Velazsquez, German, and Pascale Boulet. "Essential Drugs in the New International Economic Environment." Bulletin ofthe World Health Organization, March 1999.
Long Term Care
Bishop, Christine E. "Where are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use." Health Affairs, July/August 1999.
California. Health and Human Services Agency. Report on Long-Term Care Programs and Options for Integration. Sacramento: the Agency, January 1999.
Cassel, Christine K., and others. "Restructuring Medicare for the Next Century: What Will Beneficiaries Really Need?" Health Affairs 18, no. 1 (January/February 1999).
Durham, Joan. "Healthy at Every Age; Health Problems and Treatments for Aged People." Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1999.
Feder, Judith; Harriet L. Komisar; and Marlene Niefeld. "Long-Term Care in the United States: An Overview." Health Affairs 19, no. 3 (May/June 2000).
Frolik, Lawrence A. Aging and the Law. An Interdisciplinary Reader. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1993.
Fuller, George F. "Falls in the Elderly." American Family Physician, April1, 2000.
Glied, Sherry, and Mark Stabile. "Covering Older Americans: Forecast for the Next Decade." Health Affairs, January/February 1999.
Grage, Wendy Fox, and Tina Shaw. "The Crisis Ahead in Long Term Care." State Legislatures, April 2000.
Greenwald, John. "Elder Care: Making the Right Choice." Time, August 30, 1999.
Grooters, Jennifer. "Tax Incentives for Buying Long Term Care Insurance." NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 7, no. 37 (October 1999).
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Hawes, Catherine, and others. "A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly. Executive Summary: Results of a National Survey of Facilities." Myers Research Institute. April 26, 1999.
Mintz, Elena, and Jennifer Grooters. "Tax Incentives for Caregivers.", NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, no. 24 (April/May 2000).
U.S. General Accounting Office. California Nursing Homes. Care Problems Persist Despite Federal and State Oversight. GAO/HEHS-980202.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 9 Aging and Long Term Care 10 California Research Bureau, California State Library Aging and Long Term Care [October 2000]
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
General
~ California Department of Food and Agriculture. "1998 Agricultural Production." Press release (November 23, 1999) and selected data on California agriculture. [http://www .cdfa.ca.gov/agfacts/1998 production.html]
California Department of Food and Agriculture. California Agricultural Resource Directory 1999. Sacramento: the Department, 1999.
Lacey, William B. "Commercialization of university research brings benefits, raises issues and concerns." California Agriculture, 54, no. 4 (July-August 2000), 72-79.
Scheuring, Ann Foley, ed. A Guidebook To California Agriculture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Genetically Modified Organisms {Agricultural Biotechnology)
"Biotechnology: growing skepticism about biotechnology." Inter Press Service English News Wire, February 18, 2000.
Bruening, George. "Transgenes are revolutionizing crop production." California Agriculture 54, no. 4 (July-August 2000), 36-46.
Carey, John. "Are Bio-Foods Safe?" Business Week, December 20, 1999.
Dandekar, Abhaya M., and Neal Gutterson. "Genetic engineering to improve quality, productivity and value of crops." California Agriculture 54, no. 4 (July August 2000), 49-56.
Ferguson, Ellyn. "Farm groups push for end to gene-altered crops." Gannett News Service, November 24, 1999.
Glickman, Dan, Secretary of Agriculture. "New Crops, New Century, New Challenges: How Will Scientists, Farmers, and Consumers Learn to Love Biotechnology and What Happens if they Don't?" July 13, 1999. [http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/1999/07/0285]
Haslberger, Alexander G. "Monitoring and Labeling for Genetically Modified Products." Science, January 21,2000,431-2.
Mann, Charles C. "Biotech Goes Wild." Technology Review, July 1, 1999.
Murray, James D., and Gary B. Anderson. "Genetic engineering and cloning may improve milk, livestock production." California Agriculture 54, no. 4 (July August 2000), 57-65.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 11 Agriculture Nash, J. Madeleine. "Grains Of Hope: Genetically engineered crops could revolutionize farming." Time, July 31, 2000.
Pollack, Andrew. "Labeling Genetically Altered Food is a Thorny Issue." New York Times (online edition), September 26, 2000.
Roosevelt, Margot. "Inside the Protests: Taking It To Main Street." Time, July 31, 2000.
United States Department of Agriculture. "Agricultural Biotechnology: Frequently Asked Questions." [Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1999.]. [http://www .aphis. usda. gov lbiotechnology/faqs.html]
Pesticides
Kegley, Susan; Stephan Orme; Lars Neumeister. "Hooked on Poison: Pesticide Use in California, 1991-1998." [Pesticide Action Network North America and Californians for Pesticide Reform, 2000.]
Ramirez, Chris. "Pesticide drift leads to settlement." The Bakersfield Californian, September 9, 2000 (online).
Reeves, Margaret, and others. Fields ofPoison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides. San Francisco: Californians for Pesticide Reform, 1999. [Also listed under Farm Labor]
Zalom, Frank G. "California's Integrated Pest Management Program." University of Minnesota (online publication), [1998]. [http ://ipmworld. urnn.edu/ chapters/zalom.htm]
For additional information: [http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu] (University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project).
Methyl Bromide
American Farm Bureau Federation. "Statement of the American Farm Bureau Federation to the Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research Subcommittee, House Agriculture Committee Regarding H.R. 2609, the Methyl Bromide Use Act of 1998." Congressional Testimony, June 10, 1998.
Loop, Carl B., Jr. "Statement of the American Farm Bureau Federation to the Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee, House Agriculture Committee, regarding the impact of banning methyl bromide." July 13, 2000.
United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. "Economic Implications ofthe Methyl Bromide Phaseout," Agriculture Information Bulletin Number 756. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 2000.
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Dursban
Huspeni, Dennis. "Ban won't be death knell for gardens, experts say." Dallas Morning News, June 8, 2000, 20A.
Milloy, Stephen J. "EPA's way of pulling the pesticide plug." Washington Times, June 12, 2000, A20.
Mittelstadt, Michelle, and Kendall Anderson. "Tough rules on Dursban expected: Activists laud EPA plan for pesticide." Dallas Morning News, June 8, 2000, 1A.
Animal Waste (runoff, water pollution)
~ Coppock, Ray, and Stephanie Weber, eds. Animal Agriculture Impacts on Water Quality in California [report of conference, October 20, 1994]. Davis: University of California, 1995.
Bailey, Eric. "Panel Oks guidelines to clean up runoff." Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1999, A3.
Chon, Richard. "Valley fights plans for giant dairies." Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2000, A3.
"EPAjoins dairy partnership, awards $443,740 clean water grant money will fund state/U.C. anti-pollution training program." Regulatory Intelligence Data, September 9, 1999.
Fulmer, Melinda. "Got milk? Got problems too." Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2000, Cl.
Ginis, Kerri. "Dairy debate to hit Capitol: Lawmakers plan hearings to get input from all sides on new statewide rules." Fresno Bee, September 25,2000.
Ginis, Kerri. "Legislators discuss new dairy standards." Fresno Bee, September 13, 2000.
"Judge allows wider limits on river pollution." Los Angeles Times, April6, 2000, A16.
McCabe, Michael. "Nitrates Contaminate Water Supply in California Town." Dallas Morning News, May 31, 1998, 40A.
Natural Resources Defense Council. America's Animal Factories: How States Fail to Prevent Pollution from Livestock Waste. [New York: NRDC and the Clean Water Network, 1998.] Executive summary. [http://www .nrdc.org/water/pollution/factor/aafinx.asp]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 13 Agriculture U.S. General Accounting Office. Animal Agriculture- Waste Management Practices (GAO/RCED-99-205). Washington, D.C.: GAO, 1999. Available from [http://www.gao.gov].
Sewage Sludge (Biosolids) on Farmlands
Kern County Resource Management Agency. Biosolids ordinance information package [http://www.co.kern.ca.us/rmalbsurgenc.htm]. Pages 1-20, including July 13, 2000 update. (The full 100-page package is also available on request.)
All Things Considered (NPR). "Analysis: Kern County, California, passes stricter guidelines for Los Angeles' practice of dumping sewage sludge in their county." Transcript, July 7, 2000.
Bisogno, Tom. "The Sludging of America: Sewage Waste Spread on Farms and Landfills is Causing Chronic Health Problems." E/The Environmental Magazine, May-June '96. [http://www .emagazine.com/may- june 1996/0597 currslud.html]
Maxwell, Lesli A "Kings may control waste water; County is considering an ordinance to regulate farmers to use treated human sewage as fertilizer." Fresno Bee (Valley Edition), January 19, 2000, Al.
National Institutute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. " Workers Exposed to Class B Biosolids During and After Field Application," HID [Hazard ID] 10. Washington, D.C.: USDHHS, August 2000. [http://www.cdc.gov/nioshlhid10.html]
Reed, Chris. "Sewer districts say biosolids are environmentally helpful. Valley farmers fear an Alar-type scare and health risks." Orange County Register (Morning Edition), July 16, 2000, AOl.
Tuohy, John. "CDC sounds an alarm on the risks of sludge Farmers use tons of treated sewage as free fertilizer." USA Today, 07-13-2000, OlD.
Milk Pricing and Regulation
);;> Erba, Eric M., and others. "The Evolution of Milk Pricing and Government Regulation in Dairy Markets," Cornell Program on Dairy Markets and Policy, E.B. 95-05, February 1995. [http://www-agecon.ag.ohio- state.edu/faculty/cthraen/ ae4 26/pdf/ev MPGP .pdf]
Boynton, Robert D. "Milk Marketing in California," Sixth Edition. Sacramento: Dairy Institute of California, 1996.
California. Department of Food and Agriculture. "Glossary of Dairy Marketing Terms." [http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/appendix.html]
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California. Department of Food and Agriculture. Selected documents on milk pricing and regulation. [http://www.cdfa.ca.gov]
Cropp, Bob. "A Brief Overview of the California Milk Pricing System," Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper, University ofWisconsin, 1998. [http://www agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/faculty/cthraen/ae426/pdf/CalifSys.pdfJ
Kravets, David. "California's high milk standards put on trial. 11 San Diego Union Tribune, September 8, 2000 (online edition).
Mad About Milk. Selected reports: (1) "Milking Consumers: How California's Milk Police Protect Dairy Industry Profits" (1998); (2) "How to Reduce Retail Milk Prices in California" (table of contents and executive summary; undated); (3) "What the Nutrition Experts Say About California Milk (undated); (4) "California's Alleged Calcium Advantage: It Disappears Faster Than a Milk Mustache" (August 2000). [http://www.madaboutmilk.org]
Palomares, Robert. "Dairymen discuss price strategies. 11 Capital Press Agriculture Weekly, September 11, 2000 (online edition).
Pyle, Amy. "Committee Oks diluted version of milk bill." Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1999, A3.
Pyle, Amy. "Dairy industry defeats measures to cut milk prices." Los Angeles Times, April21, 1999, A3.
Invasive Weeds
Akaka, Senator Daniel K. "Noxious Weeds and Plant Pests" (statement before Congressional Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization). May 18, 1999.
California Department of Food and Agriculture. "California's Weed Laws [digest]." Posted by CDFA: [http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/weedinfo/weedlaws.html].
California Exotic Pest Plant Council (CalEPPC). Exotic Pest Plants of Greatest Ecological Concern in California, October, 1999. Posted by CalEPPC, 1999: [http://www.caleppc.org/info/plantlist.html].
DiTomaso, Joseph M., and others. Pampasgrass and Jubatgrass Threaten California Coastal Habitats, leaflet #99-1, January 1999. Davis, CA: University of California Weed Research and Information Center. [http://wric. ucdavis. edu/information/pampas grass .html]
Licking, Ellen. "Environment: Ecology: They're Here and They're Taking Over." Business Week, May 24, 1999.
Califoll'.ia Research Bureau, California State Library 15 Agriculture Liskey, Eric, and Mike Kennedy. "Invasive Pests." Grounds Maintenance, March 1, 2000.
Pimentel, David, and others. "Environmental and Economic Costs ofNonindigenous Species in the United States." BioScience, vol. 50, no. 1 (January 1, 2000). (Article addresses a wide range of animal and plant species, including weeds.)
Rodriguez, Robert. "Davis OKs $5m in farmers' war on weeds." Fresno Bee, September 6, 2000 (online edition).
Exotic/Destructive Insects
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (transmits Pierce's Disease)
California Department of Food and Agriculture. "Chronology" (through August 2000). [http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/gwss/gwchron.htm]
Campbell, Kate. "Governor signs bill funding sharpshooter fight." Ag Alert: The Weekly Newspaper for Calfornia Agriculture, May 24, 2000. [http://www.cfbf.com/aa-0524b.htm]
Campbell, Kate. "Sharpshooter situation gets scrutiny from Farm Bureau." Ag Alert: The Weekly Newspaper for Calfornia Agriculture, August 9, 2000. [http://www .cfbf.com/ aa-0809a.htm]
Doyle, MichaeL "Grape blight puts Valley on defensive." Fresno Bee, May 19, 2000 (online edition).
Fikes, Bradley J. "Biotech's Battle to Save California's Wine Crop." [http://www. biospace.com/artie les/1 01899 .din]
Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner. "Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter." Posted at [http://www.co.monterey.ca.us].
Podger, Pamela J. "Assault on Lethal Vineyard Pest: Industry tussle exposed in Sonoma County." San Francisco Chronicle, September 21, 2000 (online edition).
Rodriguez, Robert. "Kern County vines destroyed after signs ofPierce's disease." Fresno Bee (online edition), October 3, 2000.
University of California Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. "Report of the Pierce's Disease Research and Emergency Response Task Force," Table of Contents, Executive summary. [http:/I danr. ucop .edu/news/speeches/PDcontents.html]
For additional information on Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: [http:/I danr. ucop.edu/news/MediaKit/GWSS.shtml] (University of California
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Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, online media kit); [http://www. cdpr. ca. gov I docs/ gwss] (California Department of Pesticide Regulation); [http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/gwss] (California Department of Food and Agriculture).
Other
National Journal Group, Greenwire. "Invasive species: destructive bug [pink hibiscus mealybug] found in Southern California." September 7, 1999.
National Journal Group, Greenwire. "Invasive species: fire ants infest southern California." December 15, 1998.
Rodriguez, Robert. "Ant Surveillance: State ag team sizes up fire ants in Madera County." The Fresno Bee, June 3, 2000.
Russell, Kiley. "Olive Growers Battle Tiny Pest [olive fruit fly]." AP Online, August 23, 2000.
Crop-Related Issues (Selected)
Russell, Kiley. "Mysterious new fungus attacking California's main lettuce region." Fresno Bee, [September 13, 2000?] (online edition).
Rodriguez, Robert. "Grapes of Wrath: Low prices, ove:rplanting and a bumper crop are forcing some Valley producers to tear their vineyards out of the ground." Fresno Bee, September 2, 2000 (online edition).
Rodriguez, Robert. "Record raisin crop produces bitterness: Growers and packers spar over strategies for pricing Central Valley raisins." Fresno Bee, October 5, 2000 (online edition).
Organic Produce
Barrett, Stephen, M.D. "'Organic' Foods: Will Certification Protect Consumers." August 30, 1999 (last updated). [http://www .guackwatch.com/0 1QuackeryRelatedTopics/organic.html]
Morning Edition (NPR). "Profile: Success ofthe California program for certifying organically grown foods" (transcript). March 8, 2000.
Sotero, Ray. "USDA's organics proposal has huge national response." Ag Alert, May 6, 1998. [http://www.cfbf.com/archive/aa-0506c.htm]
United States Department of Agriculture. "Glickman announces new proposal for national organic standards." USDA press release, March 7, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 17 Agriculture "USDA announces tougher organic labeling rules." Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 5, 2000, p. 04A.
Agricultural Land Conservation/Conversion
).> California Journal. "The Central Valley," entire issue of The California Journal, June 1999. Includes: "Era ofthe Central Valley," "Politics ofthe Valley," Building a Major University," "Small Farm Network," "Migrant Mother's Legacy," "Voices of the Valley" (various authors).
).> Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program. "California Farmland Conversion Report 1996-98. [Sacramento]: California Department of Conservation, June 2000. Table of contents and executive summary. Full document available at [http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dlrp/FMMP/fmmp 98rpt.htm].
).> Moss, Stephen. Smart Growth Versus Sprawl in California: How State and Local Public Policies Perpetuate Inefficient Development in The World's Most Productive Agricultural Valleys. Washington, D.C.: American Farmland Trust, 1999.
King, Peter. "Sprawl Spills into Central Valley." Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2000, Al+.
Sanders, Steve. "Growth Management and Farmland: The State Policy Context." In Albert G. Medvitz, Alvin D. Sokolow, and Cathy Lemp [eds.] California Farmland and Urban Pressures: Statewide and Regional Perspectives. Davis, Calif.: Agricultural Issues Center, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, 1999.
Report ofthe Agricultural Task Force for Resource Conservation and Economic Growth in the Central Valley. [Sacramento: Distributed by California Farm Bureau Federation and Agricultural Council of California: 1998.] [http://www.cfbf.com/agtask.htm]
Sokolow, Alvin D. "Farmland Policy in California's Central Valley: State, County and City Roles." Berkeley: California Policy Seminar, October 1997. (CPS Brief9, no. 4.).
Wilkinson, Todd. "Homes on the Range." Nature Conservancy, July/August 2000, 20-26.
Also see "Land Use and Smart Growth" under LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
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APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE
The California Budget
Assembly Budget Committee. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=4
Department ofFinance. http://www.dof.ca.gov
Legislative Analyst's Office. http://www.lao.ca.gov
Senate Budget Committee. http://www .sen.ca.gov/ftp/sen/committee/STANDING/BFR/ home I /PROFILE. HTM
~ Assembly Budget Committee. The Annual Budget Process. and The Legislative Budget Cycle. Appendices A and B. Sacramento: January 2000.
California Assembly. The California State Budget Process. Sacramento, 1998.
Legislative Analyst's Office. A Primer on State Bonds. Sacramento: January 1998.
Legislative Analyst's Office. California Spending Plan 2000-01: The Budget Act and Related Legislation. Sacramento: September 2000.
Legislative Analyst's Office. The State Appropriations Limit. Sacramento: April 2000.
Comparative State Budget Information
~ Boyd, Donald J. State Fiscal Issues and Risks at the Start ofa New Century. New York: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, June 2000.
Bonnett, Tom. Is the New Global Economy Leaving State-Local Tax Structures Behind? Denver: National Conference on State Legislatures, March 1999.
Davis, Elizabeth I. States Predict Slowing But Still Strong Growth for 2000. State Fiscal Brief. New York: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, June 2000.
Fiscal Planning Services Inc. "Introduction," "Summary," and "California." Dedicated State Tax Revenues; A Fifty-State Report. Bethesda, Maryland: June 2000: 1-35, 45-46.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 19 Appropriations and Budget Merriam, David. "Table 1: Eight Key Annual Publications on State Fiscal and Tax Policy." Sources ofData about State Government Revenues and Expenditures. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, July 2000.
Merriam, David. What Accounts for the Growth of State Government Budgets in the 1990s? Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, July 2000.
"Supermajority Vote Requirements to Pass the Budget." NCSL LegisBrief(National Conference of State Legislatures) 6, no. 48 (November/December 1998).
Performance Budgeting and Strategic Planning
~ Friedman, Mark. A Guide to Developing and Using Performance Measures in Results-Based Budgeting. Washington, D.C.: The Finance Project, 1997.
Brizius, Jack and The Design Team. Decidingfor Investment. Alliance for Redesigning Government, National Academy of Public Administration, 1994.
Chan, Amy, and Dan Rich. "Sunnyvale's Outcome Management: Taking Performance Budgeting One Step Further." Government Finance Review, December 1996: 1317.
Forsythe, Dall. Performance Management Comes to Washington: A Status Report on the Government Performance and Results Act. New York: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2000.
Kissler, Gerald R, and others. "State Strategic Planning: Suggestions from the Oregon Experience." Public Administration Review 58, no. 4 (July/August 1998): 353-359.
Melaville, Atelia. Turning the Curve: Implementing Results-Based Budgeting. Washington, D.C.: The Finance Project, 1997.
Proposals for Reform
~ Senate Advisory Commission on Cost Control in State Government. California's Budget Process: Improving Quality, Cost-Efficiency, Effectiveness and Accountability in State Government. Sacramento: 1999.
California Budget Commission. A 21 81 Century Budget Process for California. Sacramento: the Commission, 1998.
California Constitution Revision Commission. "Improving the State Budget and Fiscal Process." Final Report and Recommendations to the Governor and Legislature. Sacramento: the Commission, 1996: 33-44.
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BANKING AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Banking Issues (General)
);;> Boehne, Edward G. "Financial Modernization: Vastly Different or Fundamentally the Same?" Business Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia), July-August 2000.
);;> Laderman, Elizabeth. "Small California Banks Holding On." Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Number 2000-14 (May 5, 2000).
Reosti, John. "Cover Story: As Margins Tighten, Banks Scramble for Income." The American Banker, June 6, 2000.
Wire-Transfers
"Companies Agree to Settle Lawsuit Over Currency Exchange Rates." Associated Press State and Local Wire, May 13, 1999.
Romney, Lee. "Credit Unions Link Up in Effort to Cut High Cost of Money Transfers." Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1999.
Romney, Lee. "Firms Expected to Sweeten Deal in Cash-Wiring Suit." Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1999.
Romney, Lee. "New California Suit Takes Aim at Big Three Wire-Transfer Firms. Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1999.
Banking Predatory Lending
Bee, Loretta Kalb. "Warnings on Predatory Lending Everybody is Called Vulnerable to Practice." Sacramento Bee, September 17, 2000, Dl.
California Reinvestment Committee. "Predatory Mortgage Lending. [http://www.calreinvest.org/campaigns/predatory.html]
Doheny, Kathleen. "Sub-Prime Loan a Mixed Blessing for Folks in Need." Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2000, Gl.
"Easy Money." Business Week, April 24, 2000, 107.
Maher, John H., and Heather A. Allen. "Subprime Lending Draws Fire From Regulators." Commercial Lending Review 15, no. 13 (Summer 2000), 68.
PIRGs and Consumer Federation of America. "Show me the Money! A Survey of Payday Lenders and Review of Payday Lender Lobbying in State Legislatures."
California Research Bureau, California State Library 21 Banking and Finance U.S. PIRG/CFA, February 2000. [http://www. pirg.org/reports/consumer/payday/index.html]
Wiles, Marti, and Daniel Immergluck. "Unregulated Payday Lending Pulls Vulnerable Consumers Into Spiraling Debt." Reinvestment Alert (Woodstock Institute), no. 14 (March 2000).
Fraud and Identity Theft
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. "Report to the Congress Concerning the Availability of Consumer Identifying Information and Financial Fraud." Submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 2422 of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. March 1997.
California Bankers Association. Fingerprint Program Survey. April 6, 1998. [http://WWW.CALBANKERS.COM/legal/printsurvey.html]
"Fingerprinting Becomes a Key Weapon in the Bank Battle Against Check Fraud." Business and Industry 2, no. 1 (March 2000), 6.
Murphy, Patricia A. "Check Fraud Gets The Finger: There's a Revival oflnterest in Thumb-and Finger-Printing to Deter Con Artists." Bank Technology News 14, no. 5 (May 2000), p. 53.
National Fraud Center, Inc. "Identity Theft: Authentication as a Solution." 2000. [http://www.nationalfraud.com/IDENTITY%20theft%203.13.htm]
Roberds, William. "The Impact of Fraud on New Methods ofRetail Payment." Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) 83, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1998), 42.
"The Measure of Man." The Economist (U.S. Edition), September 9, 2000.
Privacy
);;>"Identity Crisis in the Information Age." State Legislatures, March 1999. [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/399ID .HTM#ID]
);;> Thaemert, Rita. "Identity Theft." NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 7, no. 8 (February 1999). [http://www .ncsl.org/legis/LBRIEFS/legis78.htm (requires password to access)]
);;> "The Politics of Privacy Protection." Informationweek, July 17, 2000, 40-48.
Caudill, Eve M., and Patrik E. Murphy. "Consumer Online Privacy: Legal and Ethical Issues." Journal ofPublic Policy and Marketing 19, no. 1 (Spring 2000), 7.
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Lease, Mathew L., and Tod W. Burke. "Identity Theft." The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 69 no. 8 (August 2000), 8.
Peterson, Molly M. "E-Commerce: Growing Concern in Cyberspace." National Journal 32, no. 35 (September 2, 2000).
Roha, Ronaleen, R. "Prying Eyes." Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, August 2000, 118.
ATM
Anders, Kelly, and Justin Howery. "ATM Fees" NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, no. 34 (Aug-Sep 2000).
California Bankers Association. "ATM Crime Survey Report." 1995. [http://www.CALBANKERS.COM/legaVatmsurv.html]
"Federal Judge Strikes Down California ATM Fee Ban." EFT Report 23, no. 14 (July 12, 2000).
Gosnell, David W. "Knocking Down Surcharge Bans." Financial Service Online, June 1999.
Greenwald, John. "The War on ATM Fees: A Brawl Breaks Out Over Surcharges That Banks Levy on Consumers for Withdrawing Their Own Cash." Time, November 29, 1999, 54.
Banking and E-Commerce
~ "Faceless Finance- the Unkindest Cut." Consumer Policy Review (Association for Consumers Research), May-June 2000.
~ Wenninger, John. "The Emerging Role ofBanks in E-Commerce." Current Issues in Economics andFinance (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) 6, no. 3 (March 2000).
California Bankers Association. "1999 State of the Industry." Executive summary.
"Internet Banking: Still not a Perfect Marriage." Informationweek, April17, 2000.
Koller, Lynn. "In Trouble: Formerly All-Click Banks are Laying Down Brickwork." Bank Technology News, September, 2000.
Sandler, Neal. "Computer Security: Breaking Into the Bank." Institutional Investor (International Edition), September 1, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 23 Banking and Finance Mergers
~ De Young, Robert. "Mergers and the Changing Landscape of Commercial Banking (part I)." Chicago Federal Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), September 1999.
~ De Young, Robert. "Mergers and the Changing Landscape of Commercial Banking (part II)." Chicago Federal Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago),. February, 2000.
Furlong, Fred. "New View of Bank Consolidation." Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Number 98-23, (July 24, 1998).
Kwan, Simon, H., and James A. Wilcox. "A New View on Cost Savings in Bank Mergers." Economic Letter (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Number 99-25 (August 20, 1999).
Zuckerman, Sam. "Next Cash 60 Miles." The San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 2000, Cl.
Securities
~ Moller, Rosa. Securities Regulations and Their Effects on Small Businesses. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April2000.
Important Sites on Securities
North American Securities Administrators Association, [http://www.nasaa.org]
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, [http://www.sec.gov]
Important sites on Banking
Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve Board, [http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/]
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, [http://www.frbsf.org/]
The Twelve Federal Reserve Districts, [http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/otherfrb.htm]
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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE
Consumer Protection
~ California. Little Hoover Commission. Consumer Protection: A Quality ofLife Investment. Sacramento: the Commission, June 1998.
DeCos, Patricia, and Costolino Hogan. A History ofthe Cemetery Industry in the Los Angeles Region: Serving the African American Community. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, November 22, 1995.
On-line Searchable Sources on Consumer Issues
~ For information on the various boards of the State Department of Consumer Affairs, see: http://www.dca.ca.gov/r r/r rdca.htm.
California Consumer Protection Foundation: [http://www.consumernet.org/ccpfl
CALPIRG's Consumer Protection Program: [http://www.pirg.org/calpirg/consumer]
Center for the Study ofResponsive Law: [http://www.csrl.org]
Consumer and Consumer Protection Links: [http://consumer.thelinks.com]
Consumer Project on Technology: [http://www.cptech.org]
ConsumerNet: [http://www.consumernet.org]
Los Angeles District Attorney, Consumer Protection Division: [http://da.co.la.ca.us/cpd]
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection site: [http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm]
Small Business
~ California. Trade and Commerce Agency. California Small Business, September 2000.
~ Koehler, Gus, and Rosa Moller. Business Capital Needs in California: Designing a Program. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April 1998.
E-Government
~ Matthews, Sally; James Mackison; and William Brantley. Integrated Service Delivery: Governments Using Technology to Serve the Citizen. Intergovernmental Advisory Board of the Federation of Government
California Research Bureau, California State Library 25 Business and Professions Information Processing Councils, Office of Governmentwide Policy, U. S. General Services Administration, August 1999. [http:/ /policyworks. gov lintergov /isdtitp .html]
?- West, Darrell M. Assessing £-Government: The Internet, Democracy, and Service Delivery by State and Federal Governments. Brown University, September, 2000.
Atkinson, Robert D., and Jacob Ulevich. "Digital Government: The Next Step to Reengineering the Federal Government." Progressive Policy Institute Technology, March 2000.
California. Governor. Executive Order D-17-00 [E-Government]. Sacramento: Governor's Office, September 8, 2000.
IBM. £-government: High Performance Government for the 21st Century. Presentation packet, 1999.
Simmons, Charlene Wear and Bugarin, Alicia. Building a Skilled State Information and Technology Workforce. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, June 1999.
Von Hoffinan, Constantine. The Making of£-Government. Government in the 21st Century.
Williamson, Mickey. "Rethinking the Way Government Works. " CIO Magazine, July 1, 1996. [http://www.cio.com/archive/rc gv round content.html]
Workforce Preparation, and Training
Skills
?- U.S. Department of Commerce. 2rr Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs, A Report ofthe US. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department ofEducation, U.S. Department of Labor, National Institute of Literacy, and the Small Business Administration, January 1999.
The Evolving Demand for Skills, Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan, At the U.S. Department of Labor National Skills Summit. Washington, D.C., April11, 2000. [http://www .federalreserve. gov lboarddocs/speeches/2000/20000411.htm]
Kleiman, Neil Scott, and Adrea Coller McAuliff and Liza Featherstone. The Skills Crisis: Building a Jobs System That Works, Center for an Urban Future. August 2000. [http://www.nycfuture.org/econdev/skills.htm]
Lopez, Elias, Ph.D.; Enrique Ramirez, Ph.D.; and Refugio Rochin, Ph.D. Latinos and Economic Development in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library. June, 1999.
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21st Century Workforce Commission. A Nation of Opportunity: Building America's 21st Century Worliforce. Washington, D. C.: the Commission, June 2000. [http://www. workforce2l.org/finalreport.htm]
Information Technology Skills
>- Bridging the Gap: Information Technology Skills for a New Millennium, , Information Technology Association of America, undated. Executive summary. [http://www.itaa.org/workforce/studies/hwOOexecsumm.htm]
Button, Kenneth; Kenneth Cox; Roger Stough; and Samantha Taylor. The Long Term Educational Needs ofa High-Technology Society. Mason Enterprise Center and The School ofPublic Policy, George Mason University, undated. [http://www.workforce21.org/research synthesis.htm]
Clarke, Theresa, and Dixon Karen. Education Technology: Changing the Way America Learns, National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices, August, 1999. [http://www.nga.org/Pubs/IssueBriefs/1999/990719EdTech.asp]
Koch, Kathy. "High-Tech Labor Shortage: Should More Foreign Workers be Admitted?" CQ Researcher 8, no. 16 {April24, 1998), 361-384.
Lerman, Robert I. "Emerging Trends in the Information Technology Job Market: How Should the Public and Private Sectors Respond?" Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Education and the Workforce, United States House ofRepresentatives, Urban Institute, April23, 1998. [http://www. urban.org/TESTIMON/lerman4-23-98.html]
Training
>- Bamow, BurtS., and Christopher King, editors. Improving the Odds: Increasing the Effectiveness ofPublicly Funded Training. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1999. See the following articles: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market." "The Economic, Demographic, and Social Context ofFuture Employment and Training Programs." · "Training Success Stories for Adults and Out-of-School Youth: A Tale ofTwo States." "Employment and Training Programs for Out-of-School Youth: Past Effects and Lessons for the Future." "Customized Training for Employers: Training People for Jobs That Exist and Employers Who Want to Hire Them." "Training Programs for Dislocated Workers." "Methodologies for Determining the Effectiveness ofTraining Programs." "Reflections on Training Policies and Programs." "Strategies for Improving the Odds."
California Research Bureau, California State Library 27 Business and Professions Benner, Chris; Bob Brownstein; and Amy Dean. Walking the Lifelong Tightrope: Negotiating Work in the New Economy, Working Partnerships USA, and Economic Policy Institute, 1999.
Bugarin, Alicia. California's Job Training Programs: Financial and Outcome Data. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, May 1996.
Center for Workforce Development. The Teaching Firm: Where Productive Work and Learning Converge .. Newton, MA: the Center, January 1998.
Easton, Delaine; Lon Hatamiya; Grantland Johnston; and Thomas Nussbaum, "California Workforce Development: A Policy Framework for Economic Growth." [Sacramento: California Health and Welfare Agency], 2000. [http://www .regcolab. cahwnet. gov]
· Erickson, Christopher L, and Sanford M. Jacoby, with Richard Copeland, Peter Goldschmidt, and Jonathan Troper. Training and Work-Organization Practices ofPrivate Employees in California. California Policy Seminar, September 1998.
Schmidt, Tracy. "State Legislatures Drive Workforce Development Reform," NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, Number 11 (February 2000).
Apprenticeship Programs
~ Rosenbaum, James E., et. al. Youth Apprenticeship in America: Guidelines for Building an Effective System. American Youth Policy Forum. Reprinted 1994. See the following specific articles: "Apprenticeship Learning: Principles for Connecting Schools and Work Places." "School-Based Work Experience." "Learning at Work." "Apprenticeship as a Paradigm for Learning." "Guidelines for Effective School-Employer Linkages for Apprenticeship." "Certification ofWork Competencies." "Conclusions and Implications for Policy and Practice."
~ Senate Office of Research. Apprenticeships in an Era of Welfare to Work: On the-Job Career Training. Sacramento: Senate Office ofResearch, January 1998.
California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association Apprenticeships, Pathways to Success: A Guide to California Apprenticeship Trade Programs. California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association and The Bay Area Apprenticeship Coordinators Association, 1998.
Lehtonen, Gretchen. "Program Flushes Out Prospective Plumbers." The Sacramento Bee, April16, 2000, H1 .
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Smith, Kathie. "Childbirth, Car Crashes, Stabbings: 911 dispatch not for the Faint of Heart." The Sacramento Bee, April16, 2000, Hl-2.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 29 Business and Professions 30 California Research Bureau, California State Library Business and Professions [October 2000)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Accountability, Assessment, and Standards
~ California. Department of Education. Overview: Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999. Sacramento: the Department, 1999.
Abelmann, Charles, and Elmore, Richard. When Accountability Knocks, Will Anyone Answer? Philadelphia: Consortia for Policy Research in Education, 1999.
California. State Board of Education. English-Language Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. Sacramento: the State Board, adopted on December 11, 1997.
California. State Board of Education. History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. Sacramento: the State Board, adopted on October 9, 1998.
California. State Board ofEducation. Mathematics Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. Sacramento: the State Board, adopted on December 11, 1997.
California. State Board of Education. Science Content Standards for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve. Sacramento: the State Board, adopted on October 9, 1998.
[Note: above Board of Education documents are available via [http://goldrnine.cde.ca.gov/board/]
California. State Board of Education. English Language Development Standards. Sacramento: the State Board, adopted in July 1999.
Curran, Bridget. Focusing on Results: Toward an Education Accountability System. Washington, D.C.: National Governor's Association, 1999.
EdSource. EdFact: "One Year Later: California's Public School Accountability Act." May 2000.
EdSource. Report: "National Accountability Movement Offers Lessons for California." May 2000.
EdSource. Report: "Lining Up Public Schools: California's Academic Performance Index (API)." January 2000.
Finn, Chester E., and Michael J. Petrilli, eds. The State ofState Standards 2000. Washington, D.C.: The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, January 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 31 Education Grissmer, David; Ann Flanagan; Jennifer Kawata; and Stephanie Williamson. Improving Student Achievement: What State NAEP Test Scores Tell Us. Santa Monica, RAND, 2000.
Heubert, Jay P., and Robert M. Hauser, eds. High Stakes: Testingfor Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation. Washington, D.C.: The National Academy Press, National Research Council, 1999.
Wise, Lauress L., and others. High School Exit Examination (HSEE): Year 1 Evaluation Report. Alexandria, VA: Human Resources Research Organization, June 2000.
Demographics and Child Indicators
'Jr National Goals Panel. Data Volume for the National Goals Report. Washington, D.C. the Panel, 1999.
Annie E. Casey Foundation. Kids Count Data Book. Baltimore, MD: the Foundation, 2000.
California. Department of Education. DataQuest [http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/whatsindq.htm]
California. Department of Education. Fact Book 2000: Handbook ofEducation Information. Sacramento: the Department, 2000.
California. Department of Education. Graduation and Dropout Data Available. June 2000.
California. Department ofFinance. California Public K-12 Enrollment Projections by Ethnicity. Sacramento: the Department, 1999 Series.
California. Department ofFinance. California K-12 Public Enrollment and High School Graduate Projections by County. Sacramento: the Department, November 1999. [http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAPIK12g.htm]
Children Now. California: County Data Book 1999: How Our Youngest Children Are Faring. Oakland and Los Angeles: Children Now, 1999.
The Education Trust. Education Watch 1998. Washington, D.C.: The Trust, State and National Data Book. The 2000 edition will be available by December 2000.
Lopez, Elias. Major Demographic Shifts Occurring in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, October 1999.
Simmons, Charlene Wear; Elias Lopez; Joel Cohen; Patricia de Cos; and Marcus Nieto. California Adolescents Ages 11-18: A Fact Sheet. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, October 1999.
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District, School, and Class Size
)'- Bickel, Robert and Craig Howley. "The Influence of Scale on School Performance: A Multi-Level Extension of the Matthew Principle." Education Policy Analysis Archives 8, no. 22, (May 10, 2000).
Ayers, William; Michael Klonshy; and Gabrielle Lyon, eds. A Simple Justice. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
Camochan, Sibyll. Review ofResearch on School District Size. Los Angeles: University of California, 1997.
Clinchy, Evans, ed. Creating New Schools: How Small Schools are Changing American Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
George, PaulS. Making Big Schools Feel Small: Multi-age Grouping, Looping, and Schools-Within-A-School. Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association, 2000.
Wasley, Patricia; Michelle Fine; Matt Gladden; Nicole E. Holland; Esther King; and Linda C. Powell. Small Schools: Great Strides. New York: Bank Street College ofEducation, 2000.
WestEd. Policy Brief: Class Size Reduction: Great Hopes, Great Challenges. San Francisco, 2000.
Child Development and Education
)'- Children Now. California: Report Card 99: How Our Youngest Children Are Faring. Oakland and Los Angeles: Children Now, 1999. (The 2000 edition will be available in October 2000.)
de Cos, Patricia L. Readiness for Kindergarten: What Does it Mean? Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, December 1997.
Eccles, Jacquelynne S. "The Development of Children Ages 6 to 14." The Future of Children (David and Lucille Packard Foundation) 9, no. 2 (Fall1999), 30-44.
Groginsky, Scott; Susan Robinson; and Shelley Smith. Making Child Care Better: State Initiatives. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, October 1999.
Groginsky, Scott; Julie Poppe; and Jenna Davis. Financing Child Care. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, June 2000.
IIlig, David C., Ph.D. Birth to Kindergarten: The Importance ofthe Early Years. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, February 1998.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 33 Education Illig, David C., Ph.D. Thoughts on Implementing Proposition 10: The California Children and Families First Act. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April1999.
Karoly, Lynn A.; Peter W. Greenwood; Susan S. Everingham; Jill Hoube; M. Rebecca Kilburn; C. Peter Rydell; Matthew Sanders; and James Chiesa. Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits ofEarly Childhood Interventions. Santa Monica: RAND Corp., 1998.
California. Little Hoover Commission. Caring for Our Children: Our Most Precious Investment. Sacramento: the Commission, September 1998.
Lopez, Elias. "Who is Least Likely to Attend Pre-School?" CRB Note 6, no. 6, November 1999.
Yandell, Deborah Lowe, and Lee Shumow. "After-School Child Care Programs." The Future of Children (The David and Lucille Packard Foundation) 9, no. 2. (Fall 1999), 64-80.
Educational Gap for Ethnic Groups
};;> Lopez, Elias, Ramirez, Enrique, and Rochin, Refugio I. Latinos and Economic Development in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, June 1999.
The College Board. Reaching the Top. New York: the Board, 1999.
Lopez, Elias; Ginny Puddefoot; and Patricia Gandara, eds. A Coordinated Approach to Raising the Socio-Economic Status ofLatinos in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2000.
Mehan, Hugh, and Scott Grimes. Measuring the Achievement Gap in San Diego Schools. San Diego: Funded by Agouron Pharmaceuticals and the Weingart Foundation, 1999.
V ernez, Georges; Richard A. Krop; and C. Peter Rydell. Closing the Education Gap: Benefits and Costs. Santa Monica: The RAND Corporation, 1999.
Educational Technology
};;> Healy, Jane M. Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds-For Better and Worse. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
};;> Umbach, Kenneth, W. Computer Technology in K-12 Schools: Uses, Best Practices, and Policy Implications. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, March 1998.
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~ Umbach, Kenneth W. Learning-Related Outcomes ofComputer Technology in K-12 Education. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, July 1998.
Coley, Richard J.; John Cradler; and Penelope K. Engel. Computers and Classrooms: The Status of Technology in US. Schools. New Jersey: Educational Testing Service, 1999.
Market Data Retrival. Technology in Education. Shelton, CT: The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, 1999.
Ronnkvist, Amy; Sara L. Dexter; and Ronald E. Anderson. Technology Support: Its Depth, Breadth and Impact in America's Schools: Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 National Survey. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. [http://v..rww .crito. uci.edu/tlc/findings/technology-support]
Symonds, William C. "Wired Schools: A Technology Revolution is About to Sweep America's Classrooms." Business Week Online, September 25, 2000.
Thomas, William R. Web Courses for High School Students: Potential and Issues. Atlanta: Southern Regional Education Board, March 2000.
U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Stats in Brief: Internet Access in US. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-99. Jessup, MD: the Department, April 2000.
Vincent, Phil, and Rachel Kaberon. "Sustaining Educational Technology: Funding Challenges and Opportunities for Policymakers." Policy Issues 4, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, February 2000.
English Language Learners
~ de Cos, Patricia L. Educating California 's Immigrant Children: An Overview of Bilingual Education. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, June 1999.
August, Diane, and Kenji Hakuta, eds. Educating Language-Minority Children. Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council, Institute ofMedicine. Washington: D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998.
Governance
~ Haberman, Murray J. A Double-Headed System: A History ofK-12 Governance in California and Options for Restructuring. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, July 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 35 Education Education Commission of the States. The Changing Landscape ofEducation Governance. Denver: the Commission, January 1999.
Education Commission of the States. Effective School Governance: A Look at Today 's Practice and Tomorrow's Promise. Denver: the Commission, January 1999.
Education Commission of the States. Governing America's Schools: Changing the Rules. Denver: the Commission, November 1999.
Education Commission ofthe States. Recent Changes in Public-Sector Governance. Denver: the Commission, January 1999.
Master Plan for K-16
~ Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education- Kindergarten Through University. Framework to Develop a Master Plan for Education. August 2000.
EdSource. EdFact: "The Master Plan: Creating a Blueprint for California K-16 Public Education." May 2000.
School Choice: Charters, Vouchers, and Alternative Schooling
~ Policy Analysis for California Education. School Choice: Abundant Hopes, Scarce Evidence ofResults. Berkeley: PACE, February 2000.
Allen, Jeanne. Charter School Laws: State by State Ranking and Profiles. Washington, D.C.: the Center for Education Reform, April2000.
California Network of Educational Charters and Pacific Research Institute. Innovations for Excellence in Education: The California Charter School Story. San Carlos, CA: CANEC, April 2000.
Coons, John E., and Stephen D. Sugarman. Making School Choice Work for All Families: A Template for Legislative and Policy Reform. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, April 1999.
Education Commission ofthe States and the National Conference of State Legislatures. The Charter School Roadmap. Denver: ECS and NCSL, n.d ..
Education Commission of the States and the National Conference of State Legislatures. The Progress ofEducation Reform 1999-2000: School Choice. Denver: the Commission, May 1999.
EdSource. EdFact: "Charter Schools in California: Public Education by a New Set ofRules." November 1999.
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Farkas, Steve; Jean Johnson; and Anthony Foleno. On Thin Ice: How Advocates and Opponents Could Misread the Public's Views on Vouchers and Charter Schools, New York: Public Agenda, 1999.
Good, Thomas L., and Jennifer Braden. "Charter Schools: Another Reform Failure or a Worthwhile Investment?" Phi Delta Kappan, June 2000, p. 745-750.
Hirsch, Eric, and Shelby Samulsen. "Turning Away from Public Education." State Legislatures 25, no. 8, September 1999, p. 12-16.
Manno, Bruno V.; Chester E. Finn; and Gregg Vanourek. "Beyond the Schoolhouse Door: How Charter Schools Are Transforming U.S. Public Education." Phi Delta Kappan, June 2000, 736-744.
National Conference for State Legislatures and Home School Legal Defense Fund. "State Role in Homeschooling." Denver: NCSL and the Fund, August 1999.
Lines, Patricia M. "Homeschooling Comes of Age." The Public Interest, Summer 2000, 74-85.
Rothstein, Richard. "Charter Conundrum." The American Prospect, no. 39, July August 1998, 46-60.
School Facilities and School Finance
);> EdSource. Selected Readings on California School Finance. Palo Alto, Cali£: 1998. (The 2000 edition will be released in December 2000.)
Betts, Julian R. Equal Resources, Equal Outcomes? The Distribution ofSchool Resources and Student Achievement in California. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.
EdSource. EdFact: "Executive Summary: How Much is Enough?" April 2000.
EdSource. EdFact: "How are California's Education Dollars Spent?" April2000.
EdSource. EdFact: "Local Bond Elections in California: Some Vital Statistics." January 2000.
EdSource. EdFact: "Portable School Buildings: Scourge, Saving Grace, or Just Part ofthe Solution." April1998.
Goldfinger, Paul M. Revenue and Limits. Sacramento: School Services of California, Inc., 2000.
Ladd, Helen F.; Rosemary Chalk; and Janet S. Hansen, eds. Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance: Issues and Perspectives. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, National Research Council, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 37 Education Ladd, Helen F., and Janet S. Hansen, eds. Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, National Research Council, 1999.
Odden, Allen. Improving State School Finance Systems: New Realities Create Need toRe-Engineer School Finance Structures. Philadelphia: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 1999.
Sams, Jim. "Bond-Money Allocations are Twice that ofPoorest Districts." Sunday Record, August, 20,_ 2000.
Sonstelie, Jon; Eric Brunner; and Kenneth Ardon. For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.
WestEd. From Equity to Adequacy. Policy Brief. San Francisco: WestEd, July 2000.
Whitney, Terry N. "State School Finance Litigation: 1999 Summary and Analysis." NCSL State Legislative Report 24, no. 8, December 1999.
School Reform
);> Policy Analysis for California Education. Crucial Issues in California Education 2000: Are the Reform Pieces Fitting Together? Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education, (2000?].
Exstrom, Michelle. Priority Education Issues 1999-A 50-State Survey ofEnacted Legislation. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2000.
Norton, John, and Anne C. Lewis. "Middle Grades Reform." Phi Delta Kappan, Kappan Special Report, June 2000.
Public Agenda Online. Reality Check 2000. www.publicagenda.org/specials/rc2000/reality.htm
School SafetyNiolence
);> Nieto, Marcus. Security and Crime Prevention Strategies in California Public Schools. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, October 1999.
California. Department of Education and Butte County Office of Education. California Safe Schools Assessment 1998-99 Results: Promoting Safe Schools. Sacramento: the Education, 2000.
38 California Research Bureau, California State Library Education [October 2000]
Education Commission ofthe States. "Stemming the Tide ofYouth Violence." The Progress ofEducation Reform 1999-2000: Youth Violence 1, no. 2, July-August 1999.
Safe Schools Task Force Final Report. Sacramento: State Attorney General's Office and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, June 2000.
Thomerson, Julie. "School Violence: 10 Things Legislators Need to Know." National Conference ofState Legislatures, February 2000.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Indicators ofSchool Crime and Safety. NCES 1999-057. Washington, D.C.: the Department, September 1999. (This report co-issued by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.)
"Zero Tolerance: Is Mandatory Punishment in Schools Unfair?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 9, March 10,2000.
School-to-Career
)» California. Employment Development Department. A Series. Opportunities in: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Statewide; Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation, Region 5; Information Technology, Region 2; Health Services, Region 2; Manufacturing, Region 3. 2000.
BaySCAN. Connecting Education and Economic Development through School-to Career Partnerships, San Rafael: the Bay Area School-to-Career Action Network, 1999.
California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association and Bay Area Apprenticeship Coordinators Association. Apprenticeship: Pathways to Success. 1998.
California. Department of Education. Work-Based Learning Guide. Sacramento: the Department, 1998.
California School Boards Association. Increasing Rigor and Relevance: Linking School-to-Career. West Sacramento: the Association, 1995.
Committee for Economic Development. Employer Roles in Linking School and Work: Lessons from Four Urban Communities. New York: CED, 1998.
Orange County. Department of Education. Are We There Yet? Charting a Course for the School-to-Career Journey. Costa Mesa: the County Department, n.d.
Rahn, Mikala L., and Patricia Holmes. "Accountability Systems: Performance Standards and Assessment." CenterPoint, National Center for Research in Vocational Education, no. 4, March 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 39 Education W estEd and MPR Associates, Inc. Results and Recommendations based on the Employer/Labor Organization Survey: California School to Career Statewide Evaluation, September 2000.
Special Education
~ Colvin, Richard L., and Duke Helfand. "Special Education in California Fails on Many Fronts." Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1999, Al.
Agbenyega, Stephen, and Joseph Jiggetts. "Minority Children and Their Over Representation in Special Education." Education 119, no. 4 (Summer 1999).
Benz, Michael R.; Lauren Lindstrom; and Paul Yovanoff. "Improving Graduation and Employment Outcomes of Students with Disabilities: Predictive Factors and Student Perspectives." Exceptional Children 66, no. 4 (Summer 2000).
Cronis, Terry G. and Ellis, David N. "Issues Facing Special Educators in the New Millennium." Education 120, no. 4 (Summer 2000).
Elliott, Judy L.; Ron N. Erickson; Martha L. Thurlow; and Jim G. Shriner. "State Level Accountability for the Performance of Students with Disabilities: Five Years of Change." Journal ofSpecial Education 34, no. 1, Spring 2000.
McLeskey, James; Daniel Henry; and Michael I. Axelrod. "Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities: An Examination of Data from Reports to Congress." Exceptional Children 66, no. 1 (Fa111999).
Oswald, Donald P., and others. "Ethnic Representation in Special Education: The Influence of School-Related Economic and Demographic Variables." Journal of Special Education 32, no. 4 (Winter 1999).
Parrish, Thomas; Daniel Kaleba; Michael Gerber; and Margaret McLaughlin. Special Education: Study ofIncidence ofDisabilities. Palo Alto: American Institutes of Research, September 1998.
Teacher Recruitment, Retention, Preparation, and Professional Development
~ Bullard, Chloe. Qualified Teachers for All California Students: Current Issues in Recruitment, Retention, Preparation, and Professional Development. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, August 1998.
California State University Institute for Educational Reform. Doing What Matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching. A discussion sponsored by the California Education Policy Seminar and the California State University Institute for Educational Reform, May 1998.
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California Statewide Task Force on Teacher Recruitment. Shaping the Profession that Shapes California's Future: The California Statewide Teacher Recruitment Action Plan. [Sacramento?]: Recruiting New Teachers, March 1997.
EdSource. How California Recruits, Prepares, and Assists New Teachers. [http://www.edsource.org/htmfiles/efct recruits.htm]
Hirsch, Eric. "Teacher Pay for Performance." NCSL LegisBriefs 8, no. 12 (February 2000).
Hirsch, Eric, and Shelby Samuelsen. "Improving Teacher Quality: Teacher Policy Inventories." NCSL State Legislative Report 24, no. 9 (December 1999).
Recruiting New Teachers, Inc., Council of the Great City Schools, and Council of the Great City Colleges of Education. The Urban Teacher Challenge: Teacher Demand and Supply in the Great City Schools. January 2000.
Samuelsen, Shelby. "Current Trends in Teacher Policy." NCSL State Legislative Report 25, no. 3, March 2000.
"Who Should Teach?" Education Week XIX, no. 18 (January 13, 2000): entire issue.
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ELECTIONS, REAPPORTIONMENT & CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMMITTEE
Campaign Finance and Government Ethics
California Secretary of State http://www.ss.ca.gov/
Fair Political Practices Commission http://www.fupc.ca.gov/
Goldberg, Deborah. Writing Reform; A Guide to Drafting State & Local Campaign Finance Laws. New York: The Brennan Center for Justice, 1998.
Malbin, Michael J. and Thomas L. Gais. The Day After Reform. New York: Rockefeller Institute Press, 1998. "Introduction," pp. 1-7.
Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act of 1974. Overly Complex and Unduly Burdensome. Sacramento: the Commission, 2000.
Simmons, Charlene Wear. Local Government Ethics Ordinances in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1998.
Redistricting, Census and GIS (Geographic Information System) Data
~ Kousser, Morgan. "Reapportionment Wars: Party, Race and Redistricting in California, 1971-1992." in Bernard Grofinan, ed., Race and Redistricting in the 1990s. New York: Agathon Press, 1998: 134-190.
Epstein, David and Sharyn O'Halloran. "A Social Science Approach to Race, Redistricting and Representation." American Political Science Review 93, no. 2 (March 1999): 187-191.
Grofinan, Bernard, and Lisa Handley, "Voting Rights in the 1990s: An Overview," in Bernard Grofinan, ed. Race and Redistricting in the 1990s. New York: Agathon Press, 1998: 69-79.
National Conference of State Legislatures. Redistricting Law 2000. Denver: NCSL, 1999.
National Conference of State Legislatures. State Redistricting Profiles 2000. Denver: NCSL, 1999.
Rush, Mark E. "Representation in Theory and Practice." Voting Rights and Redistricting in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1998: 1-19.
U.S. Census Bureau. Tiger Mapping Service. http://tiger.census.gov/
California Research Bureau, California State Library 43 Elections, Reapportionment, and Constitutional Amendments Wattson, PeterS. How to Draw Redistricting Plans That Will Stand Up in Court. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota State Senate, 2000. [http://www .senate.leg.state.mn. us/ departments/scr/RED IST /Draw /Draw202we b.htm]
E-Democracy
);>Weberg, Brian. "Instant Democracy for Everyone," State Legislatures, July/August 2000: 2025.
Alvarez, R. Michael and Jonathan Nagler. The Likely Consequences ofInternet Voting for Political Representation. A Symposium on "Internet Voting and Democracy," Loyola Law School, October 26, 2000.
California Internet Voting Task Force. A Report on the Feasibility ofInternet Voting. Sacramento: California Secretary of State, January 2000. [http://www .ss.ca.gov/executive/ivote]
Corrado, Anthony, and Charles M. Firestone, eds. Elections in Cyberspace: Toward New Era in American Politics. American Bar Association and The Aspen Institute, 1996: 1-31.
Doctor, Sharon and William H. Dutton. "The First Amendment online; Santa Monica's Public Electronic Network." In Roza Tsagarousianous, Damian Tambini, and Cathy Bryan, eds., Cyberdemocracy. London: Routledge, 1998: 125-166.
Ornstein, Norman. "Deliberative Democracy Headed for the 'Dark Side?"' State Legislatures, January 2000: 20-24.
Initiative Process
);>Donovan, Todd, and Shaun Bowler. "An Overview of Direct Democracy in the American States." In Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Caroline J. Tolbert, eds., Citizens as Legislators. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998.
Broder, David. "Introduction." Democracy Derailed. New York: Harcourt, 2000: 1- 21
Harris, Scott. "Bypassing politics," California Journal, July 2000: 10-16.
McCuan, David and Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, Ken Fernandez. "California's Political Warriors: Campaign Professionals and the Initiative Process." In Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan, and Caroline J. Tolbert, eds., Citizens as Legislators. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998, 55-79.
Schrag, Peter. Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future. New York: New Press, 1998: 1-23.
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Simmons, Charlene Wear. California's Statewide Initiative Process. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1998.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC MATERIALS COMMITTEE
General
~ Baldassare, Mark. Special Survey on Californians and the Environment. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, June 2000.
~ Princeton Survey Research Associates. National Survey of Public Perceptions of Environmental Health Risks, California Component. Princeton, NJ: PSRA, July 2000.
Andersen, Glen. "Growth Management and Healthy Cities." Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, NCSL Environmental Health Series, no. 3 (April 2000).
Air Pollution
~ California Air Resources Board. Area Designations Maps. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/adm/adm.htm]
~ Jost, Kenneth. "Asthma Epidemic: Why is it Happening? What's to be Done?" CQ Researcher 9, no. 48 (December 24, 1999), 1089-1104.
~ Nystrom, Marci. California Air Quality Status & Trends. Text and slides from a presentation to the California Air Resources Board, May 27, 1999. California Air Resources Board. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/aqtrends/trends1.htm]
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act. Washington, D.C.: U.S. EPA, April1993.
American Lung Association. State ofthe Air 2000. Washington, D.C.: American Lung Association, May 2000. "Introduction" and "Summary."
South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Southland's War on Smog: Fifty Years ofProgress Toward Clean Air. Diamond Bar, California: the District, 1997.
U.S. House of Representatives. Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants in Los Angeles. Minority Staff Report, Committee on Government Reform, March 1, 1999.
Walker, Bill, and Marshall Hendricks. School Haze: Air Pollution Near California Schools. Washington D.C.: Environmental Working Group, 1995.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 47 Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Diesel Emissions
Bowman, Chris. "Diesel Control Adopted." Sacramento Bee, September 29, 2000, Al.
Duran, Gil Jose. "Diesel Exhaust Called Hazard: California to Tighten Fuel Rules." San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 1998.
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials. Cancer Risk from Diesel Particulates: National and Metropolitan Area Estimates for the United States. Washington, DC: STAPP A and ALAPCO, March 15,2000.
Emissions Trading
"Booming Economy Raises Price of Pollution Credits." Associated Press, September 5, 2000.
Knopman, Debra S., and Megan Susman. Trading Air Emissions for Environmental and Economic Benefit: Success Stories from the Private Sector. Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute, February 1998.
Water Pollution
~ Copeland, Claudia. Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, July 19, 2000
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. NPDES Program - General Information. Available on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Wastewater Management Web Site. [http://www.epa.gov/owm/gen2.htm]
~ Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Water Pollution. Sacramento: WEF, 1996.
Cone, Marla. "Study of River Pollution Finds Sexual Defects in Fish." Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1998, A1.
Cone, Marla. "Study of River Pollution Finds Sexual Defects in Fish." Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1998, Al.
Cone, Marla. "Stiffer Rules on Tainted Water Sought." Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2000, A3.
Copeland, Claudia. Wastewater Treatment: Overview and Background. Report 94-822 ENR. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, June 7, 1995.
Martin, Glen. "State Farmers Want to Revive Drain Plan." San Francisco Chronicle, October 25, 1999, A16.
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Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Agricultural Drainage. Sacramento: Water Education Foundation, 1996.
Nonpoint Source Regulation
>- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. What is Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution? Questions and Answers. Available on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office ofWater Web Site. [http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/qa.html]
Bailey, Eric. "Panel OKs Guidelines to Clean Up Runoff." Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1999, A3.
Cushman, John H., Jr. "Pollution Control Plan Views Factory Farms as Factories." New York Times, March 3, 1998, Al.
Martin, Glen. "Our Poisoned Bay." San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 1999, AI.
Natural Resources Defense Council. Testing the Waters 2000: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches. Washington, DC: NRDC, 2000. Executive summary and "California." [http://www .nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx .asp]
Warren, Jennifer. "Lake Tahoe 'Gravely Imperiled' by Algae Growth, Scientists Say." Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2000, A3.
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
>- California Planning & Development Review. "Special Report: TMDL Update." Two-part series in California Planning & Development Review, August 16, 2000,4-7 and August 31,2000,6-10.
>- Ruffolo, Jennifer. TMDLs: The Revolution in Water Quality. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April1999.
Drinking Water
:>- Armoudian, Maria. California's Latest Water Crisis: Toxic Contamination in Our Drinking Water. Post-hearing report by the California Joint Legislative Audit Committee, 1999. "Background" and "Summary ofRecommendations."
>- Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Drinking Water. Sacramento: Water Education Foundation, 1997.
Blankstein, Andrew. "Bill Signed on Water Test for Chromium." Los Angelees Times, September 30, 2000, B 1.
Howard, John. Gas' Link to Drinking Water Inspiring New Federal Regulations." (Radon). Associated Press, May 8, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 49 Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Los Angeles Times (editorial) "Give Us the Facts About Water." (Editorial on chromium.) September 24, 2000, B16.
Natural Resources Defense Council. Arsenic and Old Laws: A Scientific and Public Health Analysis ofArsenic Occurrence in Drinking Water, Its Health Effects, and EPA's Outdated Arsenic Tap Water Standard. Washington, DC: NRDC, February 2000. Executive summary. [http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/arsenic/aolinx.asp]
Ross, Zev, and Bill Walker. Uncontrolled LUSTs: California's Failure to Protect Our Water From Leaking Underground Fuel Storage Tanks. Washington, D.C: EWG, July 2000. Executive summary.
MTBE
California. Governor's Office (Gray Davis). Executive Order D-5-99, March 25, 1999.
Gougis, Michael. "R.I.P. MTBE." New Times Los Angeles. April 1, 1999.
Hazardous Substances
);> Andersen, Glen. Children's Health and the Environment. Denver, CO: National Council of State Legislatures, September 1999.
Cone, Marla. "DDT Injured Eagles, Falcons, Judge Rules." Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2000, A
Kindschy, Jon W.; Marilyn Kraft; and Molly Carpenter. Guide To Hazardous Materials and Waste Management. Point Arena, California: Solano Press Books, 1997.
Regulation ofToxics
);> California Department of Toxic Substances Control. Schools White Paper. Sacramento: The Department: October 14, 1999.
);> California Department of Toxic Substances Control. "Fact Sheet: The Public's Role During the Permit Process." Sacramento: The Department, May 1998.
California Department of Toxic Substances Control. "Fact Sheet: New Environmental Requirements for Proposed Schoolsites (Assembly Bill 387 and Senate Bill162)." Sacramento: The Department, June 2000.
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. A Review ofthe California Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Assessment Practices, Policies, and Guidelines. Sacramento: OEHA, 1999. Executive summary.
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Sacramento Bee (editorial) "Who Pays? Voters to Decide Who Gets the Bill for Pollution." July 6, 2000, B6.
Toxic Waste Disposal and Site Cleanup
);> Copeland, Claudia. Superfund and States: The State Role and Other Issues. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, October 16, 1997.
);> Kim, David H. "Additional Cleanup Authorization to DTSC; California's Re enactment of its Superfund Law is a Mixed Bag." Environmental Compliance & Litigation, 15, no. 4 (September 1999).
Reisch, Mark. Superfund Reauthorization Issues in the 106th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, June 12, 2000.
Lead
)>California State Auditor. Department ofHealth Services Has Made Little Progress in Protecting California's Children from Lead Poisoning. Sacramento: Bureau of State Audits, April 1999. Executive summary.
Brownfields
);> "Realistic Redevelopment." State Legislatures, February 1999. [http://www .ncsl.org!programs/esnr/realredv .htm]
Brewster, George B. Land Recycling and the Creation ofSustainable Communities. San Francisco: California Land Recycling Center, 1998.
California Center for Land Recycling. Brownfield Redevelopment Case Studies. San Francisco: CCLR, March 2000.
ECS, Inc. Brownfields Resuse and Redevelopment: A Media Review. Exton, P A: ECS, Inc., September 2000. Executive summary. http://www .ecsinc.com/landreuse.
Reisch, Mark. Superfund and the Brownfields Issue. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, July 24, 2000.
Environmental Justice
);> McQuaid, John. "Environmental Justice Revisited in New EPA Plan." New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 20, 2000, AI.
);> Senate Select Committee on Environmental Justice. "Implementation of SB 115 (Solis): where Are We?" Background paper for hearing of the Select Committee, September 14, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 51 Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials National Governors' Association. Federal Interpretations ofEnvironmental Justice Claims Threaten State Program. NGA Issue Brief, October 28, 1997.
Tanaka, Gene, and Piero C. Dallarda. "The Environmental Justice Revolution: Challenges and Risks." Environmental Liability, Enforcement & Penalties Reporter 9, no. 10 (August 1999), 233-240.
Pesticides
);> Andersen, Glen. Pesticides and Human Health. Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, July 1999.
);> Arax, Mark. "Farmers Using More Chemicals, Analysis Shows." Los Angeles Times, March 29,2000, A3.
);> Pease, William S., and others. Pesticide Contamination of Groundwater in California. CPS Brief 7, no. 8. Berkeley: University of California, May 1995.
Bustillo, Miguel. "Davis to Sign School Pesticide Bill." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2000, A37.
Environmental Working Group. What You Don't Know Could Hurt You: Pesticides in California's Air. Washington, DC: EWG, January 1999. Executive summary.
Kay, Jane. "Poisons From Home." San Francisco Examiner, March 29, 1998, E 1.
Natural Resources Defense Council. Trouble on the Farm: Growing Up With Pesticides in Agricultural Communities. Washington, DC: NRDC, October 1998. Executive summary.
U.S. General Accounting Office. Pesticides: Use, Effects, and Alternatives to Pesticides in Schools. Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Government Affairs, U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C.: GAO, November 1999.
Methyl Bromide
);> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "FAQ- Frequently Asked questions on the Methyl Bromide Phase Out." [http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/mbrqa.html]
Ingram, Carl. "State Study on Pesticide Flawed, Experts Say; Pollution: Plan Fails to Address Certain Scenarios for Exposure to Methyl Bromide, According to Federal Scientists." Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2000, Al.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Economic Implications of the Methyl Bromide Phaseout. Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 756. Washington, D.C.: USDA, February 2000.
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Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
~ "Agency Finalizes Ban on Pesticide." Daily News ofLos Angeles, August 3, 1999, N9.
Doyle, Michael. "GOP Stalls on Pest Killers; Pesticide Law Rewrite is Backed by Lawmakers and Valley Farmers." Fresno Bee, July 4, 2000, Cl.
Meinert, Dori. "EPA Orders Phaseout of a Popular Pesticide; Dursban Home Use Over; Crop Application Curbed. San Diego Union-Tribune, June 9, 2000, Al.
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GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Gaming and Horse Racing
~ California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Gambling in California: An Overview. Sacramento: LAO, 1998.
Bailey, Brandon. Series on crime at San Jose cardclub. San Jose Mercury News, May 3-21, 2000.
California. Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization, Housing and Community Development, and Labor. Background paper on workers employed at and living on California's racetracks.
California. Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. Recent Trends in the California Horse Racing Industry. Sacramento: the Committee, 1997.
Dunstan, Roger. "Charitable Gaming in California." Presentation for Assembly Governmental Organization Committee. December 13, 1999.
Dunstan, Roger. Gambling in California. California Research Bureau, California State Library. Sacramento, 1997.
Dunstan, Roger. Indian Casinos in California. California Research Bureau, California State Library. Sacramento, 1998.
Fagan, Kevin; Michael Taylor; and Bill Wallace. "Keeping Tabs on Gaming: Davis's Compact with Tribes May Lack Real Power." San Francisco Chronicle, May 30,2000, AI
Hoffinan, Alan, and Eric Vance. "Internet Gambling: A Primer." The Internet Newsletter: Legal and Business Aspects, 3 no. 3 (June 1998).
Morain, Dan. "Rapid Growth of Slot Machines Predicted Under Tribal Pact." Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1999, Home Edition, A3.
Sweeney, James P. "Slots Total for State's Casinos is Uncertain." San Diego Union Tribune, May 28, 2000, A3
Sweeney, James P. "State Pact on Indian Gambling no Sure Bet." San Diego Union Tribune, November 22, 1999, AI
U.S. General Accounting Office. Tax Policy: A Profile ofthe Indian Gaming Industry. GAO/GGD-97-91 Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 55 Governmental Organization Related Web sites
Indian Gaming News, [http://www.pechanga.net/].
National Indian Gaming Association, [http://www .indiangaming.org].
Liquor Licensing
);> California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "ABC Permits." [http://www.abc.ca.gov/PERMITS/PM GENERAL INFO.SSI]
California. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. "Briefing Paper." September, 1998.
Smith, Doug. "Liquor Store Density Doesn't Follow Pattern." Los Angeles Times, December 28, 1996, Al.
Smith, Doug. "The Battle to Keep Alcohol From Kids." Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1996, A 1.
Open Meeting Act
);> "Brown Act Governs Meetings" Ethics Commission Quarterly. Los Angeles City Ethics Commission 2, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 1997).
);> Alperin, Anthon Saul. "The Brown Act: California's Open Meeting Act." Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, July 29, 1998.
California Attorney General's Office. The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies. Sacramento, 1994.
Fourkas, Fed. Open and Public II: A User's Guide to the Ralph M. Brown Act. Sacramento, 1994.
Veterans
);> California. Governor's Office. "Honoring California Veterans." In Governor's Budget Summary 2000-2001. Sacramento: Governor's Office, 2000. Pp. 51-52.
);> Hill, Elizabeth G. "Rethinking the Cal-Vet Loan Program." Cal-Tax Digest. California Taxpayers Association, April 1998 [www.caltax.org/MEMBER/digest/ Apr98/apr98-7 .htm]
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Rethinking the Cal-Vet Loan Program. Sacramento: LAO, January 16, 1998.
California. State Auditor. California Department of Veterans Affairs: Changing Demographics and Limited funding Threathen the Long-Term Viability of the
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Cal-Vet Program While High Program Costs Drain Current Funding. Sacramento: State Auditor, May 2000.
Frazier, Joanna. "Vets Home Tells Officials It's Working on Problems." Press Enterprise (Riverside), July 12, 2000, Local Bl.
Hill, John. "Disabled Vets Face Foreclosure." Sacramento Bee (Metro Final Edition), AI.
Morain, Dan, and Carl Ingram. "Veterans Home to Lose $320,000 in Federal Funds." Los Angeles Times (Home Edition), July 11, 2000, A3.
"Report Says Loan Funds Limited, Mismanagement Makes Things Worse." Associated Press State and Local Wire. May 25,2000.
"Veterans Home Hurt By Barstow's Woes." San Diego Union Tribune, August 2000, Local B-2.
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HEALTH COMMITTEE
Access to Care
~ Schauffler, Helen, and others. Health Care Trends and Indicators in California and the United States. Berkeley: University of California, School ofPublic Health, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, and the Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2000.
American Health Line. "Adolescent Health: Teens Skip Out on Doctors Visits." April 5, 2000.
Brown, E. Richard, and others. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, April2000.
Butler, Karen, and others. The Uninsured Debate: Health Insurance vs. Health Care Access. California Health Care Safety Net Institute, June 2000.
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. Ensuring Health Access for Latinas. Latina Health Policy Project, January 1999.
Morse, Ann. SCHIP and Access for Children in Immigrant Families. Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2000.
Quinn, Kevin, and others. On Their Own: Young Adults Living Without Health Insurance. The Commonwealth Fund, May 2000.
Schauffler, Helen, and E. Richard Brown. The State ofHealth Insurance in California, 1999. Health Insurance Policy Program, January 2000.
Thompson, Karen MacDonald. "Cost Analysis of Emergency Room Use by Low Income Patients." Nursing Economics, May 1, 1999.
Urban Institute. Health Insurance, Access, and Use: California. (This is part of the "Assessing the New Federalism" program.) Washington, D.C.: the Urban Institute, July 2000.
Child and Adolescent Health
~ Foerster, Susan B., and others. Public Health Institute. 1998 California Teen Eating, Exercise, and Nutrition Survey: Media Highlights. September 2000.
~ Simmons, Charlene, and others. California Adolescents Ages 11-18: a Fact Sheet. California Research Bureau. CRB Note 6, no. 4 (October 1999).
"Asthma Epidemic." CQ Weekly, December 24, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 59 Health Bennett, J o Anne, and others. "Parent to Parent: Preventing Adolescent Exposure to HIV." Holistic Nursing Practice, 14. no. 1 (October 1, 1999).
Bethea, Lesa. "Primary Prevention of Child Abuse." American Family Physician 59, no. 6 (March 15, 1999).
"Boys' Emotional Needs." CQ Weekly, June 18, 1999.
Hogan, Marjorie. "The Epidemic of Violence in America." Post Graduate Medicine 105, no. 6 (May 15, 1999).
Kane, Ann. "The Women Infants, and Children Supplemental Food Program (WIC) What You Should Know." International Journal of Childbirth Education 14, no. 2 (June 1999).
Kendell, Nicole. School-Based Health Centers. Health Policy Tracking Services, National Conference of State Legislatures, February 24, 2000.
Kennedy, Christine, M. "Television and Young Hispanic Children's Behaviors." Pediatric Nursing 26 no. 3 (May 1, 2000).
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. "Special Focus: Nutrition and Physical Activity Preventing Obesity Among Children." Chronic Disease Notes and Reports 13, no. 1 (Winter 2000).
National Center for Tobacco Free Kids. State Tobacco Settlements. (http://to baccofreekids.org/reports/settlements]
Perry, Cheryl. "The Tobacco Industry and Underage Youth Smoking." Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine 153 (September 1999), 935-41.
Picciano, Mary F., and others. "How to Grow a Healthy Child: A Conference Report." Nutrition Today 34, no. 1 (January/February 1999).
Rubin, Sandra G. "SelfEsteem and Your Child; Caring for a Chronically Ill Child." Ostomy Quarterly 3, no. 37 (March 22, 2000).
"Unintentional Injuries in Childhood." The Future of Children (The David and Lucille Packard Foundation), 10, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2000). Executive summary.
United States General Accounting Office. Lead Poisoning Federal Health Care Programs are not Effectively Reaching At-Risk Children. January 1999.
Impact of Technology
Campbell, Lisa. Organ and Tissue Donation. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. June 1, 2000.
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Waldo, Billie. "Closing the Loop on Medication Errors; Technology Information." Health Management Technology, December 1, 1999.
Watson, Russell, and others. "HMOs Go Under the Knife." Newsweek, November 8, 1999.
Distance Medicine
Charles, Betty L. "Telemedicine Can Lower Costs and Improve Access." Healthcare Financial Management, April 1, 2000.
Friedman Billings Ramsey. e-Care: Internet Solutions Changing the Paradigms of Health Industry Analysis, June 2000.
Rothouse, Marla (Updated by Elana Mintz). Telemedicine. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. May 23, 2000.
Wilkins, Aaron S. "Expanding Internet Access for Health Care Consumers." Health Care Management Review, June 22, 1999.
Genetics
Doll, John J. "The Patenting ofDNA." Science, May 1, 1998.
Hackney, Claire. Genetic Testing. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. July 3, 2000.
Jeffrey, Nancy Ann. "A Change in Policy: Genetic Testing Threatens to Fundamentally Alter the Whole Notion of Insurance. " Wall Street Journal, December 18, 1999.
Lipman, Marvin. "Office Visit. Genetic Testing: Do You Really Want to Know?" Consumers Union on Health. September 1999.
Licensing of Health Care Professionals
Coleman, Jennifer. "Records Outlining Doctor Discipline, Lawsuits off Limits to Public." Associated Press State and Local Wire, June 29, 2000.
"Dental Group Allows Oral Surgeons to Perform Plastic Surgery." Associated Press State and Local Wire, November 21, 1999.
Hicks, Jerry. "The Safety Zone." Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2000.
Saar, Mayrav. "Board to Decide Dentist's Fate." The Orange County Register, August 10, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 61 Health Managed Care
~ Connor, James L. "How to Heal Managed Care- Health Care is not a Business." Commonweal, February 25,2000.
~ Kohn, Linda T. "Organizing and Managing Care in a Changing Health System." Health Service Research, April2000.
California Association of Health Plans. Profile and Annual Report. 2000.
California State Auditor. Department of Corporations ' Regulation ofHealth Care Plans. April 1999.
Hall, Mark. "The Geography of Health Insurance Regulation." Health Affairs, March/April 2000.
"Managing Health Care." CQ Researcher, April 16, 1999.
Rosenbach, Margo, and Cheryl Young. Care Coordination and Medicaid Managed Care: Emerging Issues for State and Managed Care Organization. Mathematica Policy Research Inc., June 2000.
Thorpe, Kenneth E. "Managed Care as Victim or Villain? Journal ofHealth Politics, October 1999.
Tilford, John, and others. "Response to Health Insurance by Previously Uninsured Rural Children." Health Services Extension, August 1, 1999.
Unwin, Brian, and Anthony F. Jerant. "The Home Visit." American Family Physician, October 1, 1999.
Mental Health
~ California, Legislative Analysts' Office (LAO). Major Milestones: 43 Years of Care and Treatment ofMentally Ill. March 2, 2000.
Goldman, William, and others. "Costs and Use of Mental Health Services Before and After Managed Care. "Health Affairs, March/April 1998.
Jensen, Gail A., and others. "Mental Health Insurance in the 1990s: Are Employers Offering Less to More?'' Health Affairs, May/June 1998.
"Mental Health Parity Plans, Employers, Find Loopholes." Employee Benefit Plan Review, October 1999.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Families on the Brink: The Impact of Ignoring Children with Serious Mental Illness: Results ofa National Survey of Parents and Other Caregivers. Chicago: NAMI, July 1999.
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Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo, and Roland Sturm. "Mental Health Parity Legislation: Much Ado About Nothing?" Health Service Research, June 27-29, 1999.
Turner, Jane and Brian Kelly. "Emotional Dimensions of Chronic Disease." The Western Journal ofMedicine, February 1, 2000.
Unites States Surgeon General. Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 1999.
Weiner, Bill. "Crazy in America." On the Issues, Winter 1999.
Oral Health
Magner, Marybeth, and others. "The Effects of Managed Care on the Quality of Dental Hygiene Care." Journal ofDental Hygiene, September 22, 1999.
Platt, Lawrence J, and Maritza C. Cabezas. Early Childhod Dental Caries. UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities. March 2000.
Tobler, Laura. "Must Poor Kids Have Bad Teeth?" State Legislatures, May 2000.
United States General Accounting Office. Oral Health, Factors Contributing to Low Use ofDental Services by Low-Income Populations. September 2000. GAO/HEHS-00-149.
Patient Rights
California Healthcare Foundation. Medical Privacy and Confidentiality Survey Summary and Overview. January 28, 1999.
Hackney, Claire. Medical Records. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. July 3, 2000.
Rand Institute for Civil Justice. "Binding Arbitration is not Frequently Used to Resolve Health Care Disputes" (Research Brief). [Santa Monica, CA]: RAND, 1999.
Stauffer, Molly. Comprehensive Consumer Rights Bill. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures, June 1, 2000.
Stauffer, Molly. Consumer Grievance Procedures:Internal and Independent Appeals. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. June 5, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 63 Health Pharmaceuticals
~ Levine, Sharon, and others. "Kaiser Permanente's Prescription Drug Benefit." Health Affairs, March/April2000.
Associated Press. "Dietary Supplements No Substitute for Proper Diet." Intelihealth, September 5, 2000.
Hackney, Claire. "Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly." Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures, September 1, 2000.
Herbal Drugs: Medicines or Food Supplements?" Manufacturing Chemist, January 2000.
Isenstein, Howard. "Out of Sight: Skyrocketing Surge Costs Threaten the Bottom Line ofMedical Groups." Modern Physician, February 1, 2000.
Stuart, Bruce, and Christopher Zacker. "Who Bears the Burden of Medicaid Drug Copayment Policies." Health Affairs, March/April1999.
The Hemy J. Kaiser Family Foundation. "Prescription Drug Trends." July 2000.
Velazsquez, German, and Pascale Boulet. "Essential Drugs in the New International Economic Environment." Bulletin ofthe World Health Organization, March 1999.
Public and Environmental Health
American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Breastfeeding. "Ten Steps to Support Parents' Choice to Breastfeed Their Baby." Breastfeeding Promotion in Pediatric Office Practices, 2000.
Anderson, Glen. "Children's Health and the Environment." Environmental Health Series. Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, September 1999.
California. Department of Health Services. Office of AIDS. AIDS Data 6/30/00/. [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/AIDS]
DeNoon, Daniel J. "Gayle: U.S. Must Address Disproportionate Aids Burden." AIDS Weekly Plus, September 13, 1999.
Environmental Health Tracking Project Team, Johns Hopkins School ofHygiene and Public Health. America's Environmental Health Gap: Why the Country Needs a Nationwide Health Tracking Network. The Pew Environmental Health Commission. September 2000.
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Michels, DiaL. "A Quick Look at Breastfeeding's Most Revolutionary Year Yet." Alt Health Watch, Leaven. December 1998/January 1999.
Plaza, Carla I. Border/Migrant Health. Health Policy Tracking Service, National Conference of State Legislatures. July 3, 2000.
Quality of Care
California HealthCare Foundation. California Consumers Talk About Health Care Quality. January 14, 2000.
California HealthCare Foundation. Health Care Quality in California: A Primer. January 2000.
Cohen, Joel. Breast Cancer: Survival Rates and Health Plan Services. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library. January 2000.
Devore, Elizabeth. "Nursing Homes Staff Ratios." Health Policy Tracking Service. National Conference of State Legislatures. August 16, 2000.
King, MitchellS. and Martin Lipsky. "Evaluation of Nursing Home Patients: A Systematic Approach Can Improve Care." Postgraduate Medicine, February 2000.
Swagerty Jr. Daniel and Sally Rigler. "The Physician's Role in Directing Long-Term Care: Understanding the Rules is Important for Protecting Your Patients and Your Practice." Postgraduate Medicine, February 2000.
U.S. General Accounting Office. California Nursing Homes. Care Problems Persist Despite Federal and State Oversight. GAO/HEHS-980202.
Substance Abuse
Aryan, Hala Ali. "Children of Alcoholics, Drug Addicts Get Help." Press-Enterprise (Riverside), May 12, 2000.
Buchanan, Popi. "A Deadly high: How Inhalants Kill; Real Life; The Dangers of Intentionally Inhaling Poisonous Fumes." Teen Magazine, September 1, 1999.
California Center For Health Improvement. Preventing Substance Abuse. Investing in Communities. 2000. Executive summary.
California. Health and Human Services Agency. Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. California Household Substance Use Survey (CAHSUS): Summary Report. Based on Executive summary by Western Consortium for Public Health. Sacramento: the Agency, February 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 65 Health HHS NEWS. Annual National Household Survey Results Released: Youth Drug Use Continues Downward Trend; First-Time State-by-State Data Available. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, August 31, 2000.
California, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Substance Abuse Treatment in California. July 13, 1999.
Keeping Score on Alcohol. Washington, D.C.: Dmg Strategies, [1999?].
Mosher, James F. "Preventing Alcohol Problems Among Young People: Californians Support Key Public Policies." Sacramento: California Center for Health Improvmement, [no date].
Needell, Barbara. Problem Area Paper: Development Outcomes for Substance Exposed Infants. 1995.
"Improving Treatment Adherence for Mothers with Substance Abuse Problems." The Source: Newsletter ofthe National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center 10, no. 1 (Spring 2000).
U.S. General Accounting Office. Federal Drug Treatment Programs. GAO/HEHS- 99-45R.
U.S. General Accounting Office. "Parental Substance Abuse" (testimony). GAO HEHS-98-40. 1997.
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HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
General
Facts and Figures
~ California Postsecondary Education Commission. The Condition ofHigher Education in California, 2000. Sacramento: The Commission, April 2000.
The Value ofHigher Education
~ Immerwahr, John. Great Expectations: How Californians View Higher Education. San Jose: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, August 2000.
Altbach, and others. American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Social Political, and Economic Challenges. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1999.
Astin, Alexander W. What Matters in College? Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.
Broad, Molly Corbett, and others. The Cornerstones Report. Long Beach: California State University, Office ofthe Chancellor, December 1997.
Immerwahr, John and Tony Foleno. Great Expectations: How the Public and Parents -White, African American and Hispanic- View Higher Education. San Jose: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, May 2000.
Leslie, Larry L. and Paul T. Brickman. The Economic Value ofHigher Education. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1988.
Distance/Online Education
~ The Institute for Higher Education. Quality On the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education. Washington, DC: The Institute, April2000.
The Master Plan/Structure of Higher Education
~ Douglass, John Aubrey. The California Idea and American Education: 1850 to the 1960 Master Plan. Stanford University Press, 2000.
~ Pickens, William. A BriefPrimer on the Evolution, Size, and Organization of Higher Education in California. Los Angeles: The California Citizens Commission on Higher Education, 1997.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 67 Higher Education Benjamin, Roger, and Stephen Carroll. Restructuring Higher Education- By Design. Institute on Education and Training. RAND Issue Paper. Santa Monica: RAND, April 1993.
California Higher Education Policy Center. Shared Responsibility: Strategies to Enhance Quality and Opportunity in California Higher Education: A Report to the Governor, the Legislature, the Higher Education Community, and the Citizens of California. San Jose: 1996.
California Citizens Commission on Higher Education. A State ofLearning: California Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century. (The Report and The Blueprint) Los Angeles: The Commission, June 1998.
California. Assembly Committee on Higher Education. Master Plan for Higher Education in Focus: Discussion Papers. Sacramento: The Committee, 1993.
Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education. The Master Plan Renewed: Unity, Equity, Quality and Efficiency in California Postsecondary Education. Sacramento: The Commission, 1987. The Plan and Background Papers.
Access
Bergmann, Barbara R. In Defense of Affirmative Action. New York: Basic Books, 1996. (Book reviews available.)
Bowen, William G., and Derek Bok. The Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton: 1998.
California Higher Education Policy Center. Tidal Wave II: An Evaluation of Enrollment Projections for California Higher Education. San Jose: September 1995.
California Postsecondary Education Commission. Providing for Progress: California Higher Education Enrollment Demand and Resources into the 21st Century. Sacramento: The Commission, February 2000.
California Postsecondary Education Commission. Reaffirming California Higher Education Accessibility, Affordability, and Accountability into the 21st Century. Sacramento: The Commission, April 2000
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Higher Education Enrollments: Is a Tidal Wave Coming? Sacramento: LAO, February 1998.
Connerly, Ward. "My Fight Against Race Preferences: A Quest Toward 'Creating Equal."' Chronicle ofHigher Education, March 10, 2000.
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Eastland, Terry. Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice. New York: Basic Books, 1996. (Book Reviews Available)
Jung, David, Cyrus Wadia, and Murray Haberman. Affirmative Action and the Courts. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, February 1996.
Lively, Kit. "Man Behind California Proposal Has Felt Racism's Sting." Chronicle of Higher Education, July 28, 1995.
Park, GeorgeS., and Robert J. Lempert. The Class of2014: Preserving Access to California High Education. Santa Monica: RAND, 1998.
Sorensen, Stephen; Dominic J. Brewer; Stephen J. Carroll; and Eugene Bryton. Increasing Hispanic Participation in Higher Education: A Desirable Public Investment. RAND Issue Paper. Santa Monica: RAND, 1995.
Financial Assistance for Students
American Association of State Colleges and Universities. State Student Financial Aid: Tough Choices and Trade-Offsfor a New Generation. Washington, DC: The Association, February 2000.
Leatherman, Courtney. "For T.A.'s, Winning the Right to Unionize Is Only Half the Battle." Chronicle ofHigher Education, March 31, 2000.
Reich, Robert. "How Selective Institutions Heighten Inequality. Chronicle of Higher Education, September 15, 1999.
Stimpson, Catharine R. "A Dean's Skepticism About a Graduate -Student Union." Chronicle ofHigher Education, May 5, 2000.
K-12 and Higher Education
~ Bullard, Chloe. Qualified Teachers for All California Students: Current Issues in Recruitment, Retention, Preparation, and Professional Development. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1998.
Hammond, Linda Darling. Doing What Matters Most: Investing in Quality Teaching. New York: The National Commission ofTeaching and America's Future, 1997.
Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. Knocking at the College Door: Projections ofHigh School Graduates by State and Race!Ethnicity, 1996- 2012. Boulder: WICHE, October 1997.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 69 Higher Education Advanced Placement Courses
);> "The New Advanced Placement Push: Emphasis on the Popular College-Level Courses Increases." National Crosstalk. San Jose: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Summer 2000.
Ganeshananthan, Vasugi V. "Advanced Placement Program Aces New Criticism Over Its Testing Standards." Chronicle ofHigher Education, July 14, 2000.
Oaks, Jeannie, and others. Remedying Unequal Opportunities for Successful Participation in Advanced Placement Courses in California High Schools. University of California Los Angeles, January 10, 2000.
Entrance Exams
Adelman, Clifford. "Why Can't We Stop Talking About the SAT?" Chronicle of Higher Education, November 5, 1999.
Gose, Ben. "Seeking Diversity, 9 Colleges Try Alternative to Standardize Tests." Chronicle ofHigher Education, December 3, 1999.
Healy, Patrick. "In New Guidance, Education Department Softens Its 'Anti-Test' Rhetoric." Chronicle ofHigher Education, January 7, 2000.
Remediation
);> The Institute for Higher Education Policy. College Remediation: What It Is, What It Costs, What's at Stake. Washington, DC: The Institute, December 1998. Executive summary.
Committee on Educational Policy. Special Report on Remediation. Prepared for the Board ofTrustees, California State University. Long Beach: the Committee, November 17, 1999.
Finance
);> Benjamin, Roger, and Stephen Carroll. Breaking the Social Contract: The Fiscal Crisis in California Higher Education. Santa Monica: RAND, 1997.
);> Pickens, William. Different Strategies Used By States and Institutions to Reduce Costs, Maintain Access, and Improve Quality in Higher Education. Los Angeles: California Citizens Commission on Higher Education, October 1997.
Institute for Higher Education Policy. Community College Financing: Strategies and Challenges. Washington, DC: yhe Institute, November 1998.
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Faculty and Staff
);> Leslie, David W. "Redefining Tenure Tradition Versus the New Political Economy of Higher Education." In William G. Tierney, ed. Tenure Matters: Rethinking Faculty Roles and Rewards. American Behavioral Scientist, Volume 41/Number 5, February 1998, pp. 652-679.
Chait, Richard P. "Rethinking Tenure: Toward New Templates for Academic Employment." Harvard Magazine, July-August 1997.
Manger, Denise K. "The Imminent Surge in Retirements: Colleges Face a Generational Shift as Professors Hired for the Baby Boom Enter Their 60's." Chronicle ofHigher Education, March 17, 2000.
Rifkin, Tronie. Public Community College Faculty. Issue Paper 4. Evaluation and Training Institute. Los Angeles: The Institute, 1999.
Schevitz, Tanya. "State Faces Shortage of College Professors." The San Francisco Chronicle, July 3, 2000.
Facilities and Growth
);> California Postsecondary Education Commission. Opening the Central Valley: A Review ofthe Board ofRegents' Proposal to Build the University of California Community at Merced. Sacramento: The Commission, June 1999
California Postsecondary Education Commission. A Capacity for Growth: Enrollments, Resources, and Facilities for California Higher Education, 1993- 94 to 2005-06. Sacramento: The Commission, August 1995.
Intellectual Property and Patent Ownership
Blumenstyk, Goldie. "Berkeley Pact With a Swiss Company Takes Technology Transfer to a New Level." Chronicle ofHigher Education, December 11, 1998.
Blumenstyk, Goldie. "Stanford Tries a New Approach to Licensing Its Engineering Patents." Chronicle ofHigher Education, July 28, 2000.
Carlson, Scott. "When Professors Create Software, Do They Own It, or Do Their Colleges." Chronicle ofHigher Education, July 21, 2000.
"Licensing Revenues and Patent Activity at 132 Universities, Fiscal1998." Facts and Figures, Chronicle ofHigher Education, December 10, 1999.
"Who Owns On-Line Courses? College Professors Start to Sort It Out." Chronicle of Higher Education, December 17, 1999.
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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Markets
)> Burns, John. "California Housing Market Overview." The Meyers Group, presentation at the UCLA Anderson Forecast Conference, September 27, 2000.
)> California. Department of Housing and Community Development. "Raising the Roof- California Housing Development Projections and Constraints 1997- 2020." May 24, 2000. (Chapter! and Summary.) [http://www .hcd. ca. gov /hpdlhrc/rtr index.html]
)> Dresch, Marla, and Steven M. Sheffrin. Who Pays for Development Fees and Exactions? San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1997. Chapter 2.
"California Housing Market Trends." [http://www.guick.net/lfc/trends/cahsng.html]
Greenbelt Alliance and Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group. "Housing Solutions for Silicon Valley: Housing Solutions Report." 1999.
Affordability
)> California. Assembly Local Government Committee. The Challenge ofAchieving Jobs-Housing Balance in California in the 21st Century. Sacramento: the Committee, March 1999.
)> U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Daily Focus, September 26,2000.
)> U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Treasury Joins HUD in Co-Chairing Predatory Lending Task Force" (HUD press release HUD No. 00- 75), April 12, 2000. [http://www.hud.gov/pressrel/pr00-75.html]
"A Dwelling Disaster; System Stymies Middle-Income Housing Construction." San Diego Union-Tribune. January 23, 2000, G-2.
California Budget Project. "California's Affordable Housing Crisis. Sacramento: May2000.
California. Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development. Doling out the Bonds: California's Use ofTax-Exempt Bonds for Affordable Housing. Interim Hearing Briefing Paper. November 16, 1997. Sacramento: the Committee, 1997.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 73 Housing and Community Development [October 2000]
California. Senate. "Building Affordable Housing: Jobs, Economy and Neighborhoods. Background Report for the Joint Hearing of the Senate Committee on Housing and Land Use and Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development. March 3, 1997 in: California State Legislature. Senate Committee on Housing and Land Use. Four Policy Pieces. Issue Papers on Housing Topics. December 1997.
Herdt, Timm. "Condos no Solution ifNone Being Built." Ventura County Star, May 27,2000, DOl.
LePage, Andrew. "Downside to Fixing Up Cities." Sacramento Bee, September 25, 2000, Dl.
Schafer, Robert. "Looking Into the Future: How the Aging of America Will Impact Senior Housing." Urban Research Monitor 5 no. 2 (May-June 2000).
Staley, Samuel, R., and others. A Line in the Land: Urban-Growth Boundaries, Smart Growth and Housing Affordability. Los Angeles: Reason Public Policy Institute, October 1999.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Subrprime Lending Report: Unequal Burden: Income and Racial Disparities in Subprime Lending in America." Undated. [http://www .hud. gov/pressrel/subprime.html]
National Housing and & Rehabilitation Association. "What is Assisted Housing?" [September 2000.] [http://www.housingonline.com/whatis.html]
Redevelopment
}i> Dardia, Michael. Subsidizing Housing-Redevelopment in San Francisco. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1998.
}i> Los Angeles County Community Development Commission. "Overview of Redevelopment." [http://www .lacdc.org/economic/redevelopment/ overview .htm]
}i> National Housing & Rehabilitation Association. "Public Housing Redevelopment." [http://www .housingonline.com/phdbasics.htm]
"Redevelopment and the Property Tax Revenue Debate." Research Brief Public Policy Institute of California. Issue 10, February 1998.
Construction Defect Litigation
}i> Dunstan, Roger and Jennifer Swenson. Construction Defect Litigation and the Condominium Market. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, November 1999.
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Inman, Bradley. "Home-Defect Court Verdict Has Attention ofBuilders." Fresno Bee, February 8, 1998, Fl.
LePage, Andrew. "Chill Over Condos Lawsuits Deter Projects, Builders Say." Sacramento Bee, June 18,2000, Dl.
Important Web Sites for Housing:
California Assotiation of Realtors, [http://\\-'WW.car.org/]
California Budget Project, [http://www.cbp.org/]
California Department of Housing and Community Development, [http://www.hcd.ca.gov/]
California Redevelopment Association, [http://www.ca-redevelopment.org/]
National Housing & Redevelopment Association [http://www .housingonline.com/index .htrn]
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing, [http://www.hud.gov/fha/fhahome.html]
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HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Child and Youth Development
>- RAND. Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings. RAND Research Brief(RB-5014). Santa Monica: RAND. 1998.
Child Trends. Preventing Problems vs. Promoting the Positive: What Do We Want for Our Children? Research Brief. Washington, D.C.: Child Trends, May 2000.
Eccles, Jacquelynne S. "The Development of Children Ages 6 to 14." The Future of Children: When School is Out (The David and Lucille Packard Foundation) 9, no. 2 (Fall 1999).
Halfon, Neal; Roberta Gonzales; and Miles Hochstein. Building Bridges for California's Young Children: A 12-Point Agenda to Enhance Proposition 10. CPRC Report. Los Angeles: California Policy Research Center, 1999.
Illig, David C. Birth to Kindergarten: The Importance ofthe Early Years. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, February 1998.
Illig, David C. Thoughts on Implementing Proposition 10: The California Children and Families First Act. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April1999.
Public/Private Ventures (P/PV). Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and Directions. Introduction and Overview. Philadelphia: P/PV, Fa112000.
Simmons, Charlene Wear, and others. California Adolescents Ages 11-18: A Fact Sheet. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, October 1999.
Child Care
>- Karpilow, Kate. Understanding Child Care: A Primer for Policy Makers. Sacramento: California Working Families Project, 1999.
California. Little Hoover Commission. Caring for our Children: Our Most Precious Investment, September 1998.
"Child-Care Options." CQ Researcher 8, no. 18, May 1998.
Public Agenda Online. Necessary Compromises: How Parents, Employers and Children's Advocates View Child Care Today. New York: Public Agenda, 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 77 Human Services Yandell, Deborah Lowe, and Lee Shumow. "After-School Child Care Programs." The Future of Children: When School is Out 9, no. 2. Los Altos: Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Fall 1999.
Child Welfare Services
);>- California. Little Hoover Commission. Now in Our Hands: Caring for California's Abused and Neglected Children. August 1999. Executive summary and report.
American Humane Association. SB 2030 Child Welfare Services Workload Study: Executive Summary. Englewood: American Humane Association, April 2000.
Brooks, Devon, and others. "Child Abuse and Neglect in California"; "California's System of Services Designed to Promote Child Welfare Goals"; "California's Child Welfare Challenge"; and "Innovations in Child Welfare." Executive summary and excerpts from An Overview of the Child Welfare System in California: Today 's Challenges and Tomorrow's Innovations. Berkeley: Center for Social Services Research, January 1999.
Center for Social Services Research (CSSR). Caseload Highlights from CWSICMS. California Children's Services Archive. Berkeley: CSSR, May 2000.
Geen, Rob; Shelley Waters Boots; and Karen C. Tumlin. The Cost ofProtecting Vulnerable Children: Understanding Federal, State, and Local Child Welfare Spending. Occasional Paper Number 20. Assessing the New Federalism Program. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, January 1999.
Geen, Rob, and Karen C. Tumlin. State Efforts to Remake Child Welfare: Responses to New Challenges and Increased Scrutiny. Washington D.C.: Urban Institute, October 1999.
McCroskey, Jacquelyn, and William Meezan. "Family-Centered Services: Approaches and Effectiveness." The Future of Children: Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) 8, no. 1 (Spring 1998).
McKim, Jenifer B. "Child Welfare Employees Have Too Little Time to Spend on Cases, Study Says." The Orange County Register, July 24, 2000.
Simmons, Charlene Wear. Children ofIncarcerated Children. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2000.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Child Welfare Outcomes 1998: Annual Report. Washington D.C.: the Department, June 2000.
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Child Protection (Child Abuse and Neglect)
>- "A New Look at Child Protection." State Legislatures, December 1999.
Findlater, Janet E., and Susan Kelly. "Child Protective Services and Domestic Violence." The Future of Children: Domestic Violence and Children (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) 9, no. 3 (Winter 1999).
Lamer, Mary B.; CarolS. Stevenson; and Richard E. Behrman. "Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect: Analysis and Recommendations." The Future of Children: Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect (David and Lucile Packard Foundation) 8, no. 1 (Spring 1998).
Wood, Daniel B. "Why Child Abuse is at a 10-Year Low." The Christian Science Monitor, May 1, 2000.
Foster Care
>- "Bernstein, Nell. A Rage to Do Better: Listening to Young People from the Foster Care System. San Francisco: Pacific News Service, May 2000.
California. Department of Social Services. Workplanfor the Reexamination ofthe Role ofGroup Care in a Family-Based System of Care. Report to the Legislature. Sacramento: the Department, April1999. [Final report anticipated in 2001.]
Geen, Rob. "In the Interest of Children: Rethinking Federal and State Policies Affecting Kinship Care." Policy and Practice ofPublic Human Services (Journal of the American Public Human Services Association), March, 2000.
U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Report to the Congress on Kinship Foster Care. Washington D.C.: the Department, June 2000.
U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services. Administration on Children, Youth and Families. Title IV-E Independent Living Programs: A Decade in Review. Helping Young People Prepare for Their Future. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 1999. Executive summary.
U.S. General Accounting Office. Foster Care: Challenges in Helping Youths Live Independently. Washington, D.C.: the Office, May 1999. Statement of Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues.
U.S. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division. Foster Care: States' Early Experiences Implementing the Adoption and Safe Families Act. GAO/HEHS-00-1. Washington, D.C.: December, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 79 Human Services U.S. General Accounting Office. Health, Education, and Human Services Division. Foster Care: HHS Should Ensure That Juvenile Justice Placements Are Reviewed. GAO/HEHS-00-42. Washington D.C.: the Office, June 2000.
Adoption
>- Rainey, James. "Foster Child Adoptions Soar in California." Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2000.
Charles, Kristi, and Jennifer Nelson. Permanency Planning: Creating Life Long Connections. What Does It Mean for Adolescents? Tulsa: National Resource Center for Youth Development, April 2000.
Christian, Steve, and Lisa Ekman. A Place to Call Home: Adoption and Guardianship for Children in Foster Care. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2000.
Adult and Senior Services
>- Bathan, Sigrid. "Taking Care of Our Elderly." California Journal, March 1999.
Baron, Sandra, and Adele Welty. "Abuse and Neglect of Older Persons." In Lawrence A. Frolik, ed., Aging and the Law: An Interdisciplinary Reader, 582- 84. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
California. Department of Social Services. Disability and Adult Programs Division. Implementing Public Authorities and Nonprofit Consortia to Deliver In-Home Supportive Services. Report to the Legislature. Sacramento: the Department, July 2000. Executive summary and charts and tables.
California. Department of Social Services. Research and Development Division. Early Impact of Senate Bill 2199: Opening the Door for Adult Protective Services Program. Sacramento: the Department, May 2000.
California. Department of Social Services. Research and Development Division. In-Home Supportive Services: Examining Caseload and Costs during State Fiscal Year 1996-97 through 1998-99. Sacramento: the Department, February 2000.
Individuals with Disabilities
>- Scales, Julie, and Donna Folkemer. Ticket to Work: Medicaid Buy-in Options for Working People with Disabilities. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2000.
Blair, Jayson. "Online Deliveries Lighten Burden for the Disabled." New York Times on the Web, September 5, 2000.
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Braddock, David. "Aging and Developmental Disabilities: Demographic and Policy Issues Affecting American Families." Mental Retardation 37, no. 22, April 1999.
California. Department ofDevelopmental Services. Consumer Fact Book. Sacramento: the Department, August 1999.
California. State Auditor. Bureau of State Audits. California's Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Although Federal Requirements Have Contributed to Its Rising Costs, by More Effectively Managing the Program, the Department of Rehabilitation Can Better Serve More Californians With Disabilities. Sacramento: Bureau of State Audits, February 2000.
Davis, DeWayne L.; Wendy Fox-Grage; and Shelly Gehshan. Deinstitutionalization ofPersons with Developmental Disabilities: A Technical Assistance Report for Legislators. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2000.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. State Welfare-to-Work Policies for People with Disabilities: Changes Since Welfare Reform. Washington, D.C.: the Department, October 1998.
Family Stress
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. "Fatherhood Movement: Can it reduce the number of fatherless children?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 21 (June 2000).
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF). Approaches to Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Working Together to Make Peace at Horne. San Francisco: FVPV, 1999.
Moore, Kristin Anderson, and Sharon Vandivere. Stressful Family Lives: Child and Parent Well-Being. Child Trends and The Urban Insititute, New Federalism National Survey of America's Families. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, June 2000.
The National League of Cities; National School Board Association; Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; and Youth Crime Watch of America. Ten Critical Threats to America's Children: Warning Signs for the New Millennium. A Report to the Nation. November 1999.
Substance Abuse
);> National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. No Safe Haven: Children of Substance-Abusing Parents. New York: Columbia University, January 1999. Introduction and executive summary.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 81 Human Services Child Welfare League of America. "Beyond the Boundaries of Child Welfare: Connecting with Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Family Violence, and Mental Health Systems." From "Responding to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Child Welfare." Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, Winter 1999.
Family Economic Supports
)> U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Poverty Rate Lowest in 20 Years, Household Income at Record High, Census Bureau Reports. Press Release; and Map/Data from March 1981 through March 2000 Current Population Survey. Washington, D.C.: the Department, September 2000.
Bernstein, Jared, and others. Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis ofIncome Trends. Washington, D.C.: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Economic Policy Institute, January 2000.
"Child Poverty: Did welfare reform help poor children?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 12, (April 2000).
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP). Child Poverty in the United States; Child Poverty in the States: Levels and Trends from 1979 to 1998; and Child Poverty in California. New York: NCCP, 2000.
For additional information, see U.S. Census Bureau, [http://www.census.gov/]; Child Trends, Inc., [http://www.childtrends.org]; National Center on Child Poverty, [http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp]
Child Support
)> Waller, Maureen, and Robert Plotnick. Child Support and Low-Income Families: Perceptions, Practices, and Policy. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, November 1999. Research Brief and Report.
Menard, Anne, and Vicki Turetsky. "Child Support Enforcement and Domestic Violence." Juvenile and Family Court Journal 50, no. 2 (Spring 1999).
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). "How Does the Child Support System Affect Low-Income Fathers?" Excerpt from Connecting Low-Income Fathers and Families: A Guide to Practical Policies. Washington, D.C.: NCSL, 2000.
Wolk, James L., and Sandra Schmahl. "Child Support Enforcement: The Ignored Component of Welfare Reform." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services 80, no. 5 (September/October 1999).
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Work Incentives
>- Scholz, John Karl. "Not Perfect, But Still Pretty Good: How the Earned Income Tax Credit Supports Low-Income Working Families." In Helping Poor Kids Succeed: Welfare, Tax, and Early Intervention Policies, edited by Karen Bogenschneider and Jessica Mills. Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars and The Early Childhood Excellence in Education Evaluation Project. Madison: Center for Excellence in Family Studies, January 2000.
Berlin, Gordon L. Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty: The Impact of Work Incentive Programs. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, March 2000.
Johnson, Nicholas. A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2000: An Overview. Washington, D.C.: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, revised July 2000.
Welfare Reform
>- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Windows of Opportunity: Strategies to Support Low-Income Families in the Next Stage of Welfare Reform. Washington, D.C.: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2000.
Besharov, Douglas J., and Peter Germanis. "Welfare Reform--Four Years Later." The Public Interest 140 (Summer 2000).
Blum, Barbara, and others. Welfare Research Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future. 2000 Edition. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, August 2000.
Federal Funds Information for States. Anticipating Welfare Reauthorization. State Policy Reports 18, issue 13 (July 2000).
Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR). Poverty Research News 4, no.4 (July August, 2000). Issue 4- This issue discusses the effects of welfare reform on children.
Leonard, Paul. Welfare-to-Work Block Grants: Are They Working? Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, [2000]. Executive summary.
CalWORKs
>- RAND. How Goes CalWORKS? Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation Research Brie£ Santa Monica: RAND, 1999.
Burris, Joyce, and Chloe Bullard. Evaluating Welfare Reform: Measuring Child and Family Well-Being. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, September 1998.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 83 Human Services California Budget Project (CBP). Housing Matters for Ca!WORKs Families. Sacramento: CBP, July 2000.
California Institute for Mental Health (CIMH). The CalWORKs Project Six County Case Study-Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, Shasta, Stanislaus. Sacramento: CIMH, April 2000. Executive summary.
California. Department of Social Services. Program Planning and Performance Division. CalWORKs Leavers Survey: A Statewide Telephone Survey of Former CalWORKs Recipients. Sacramento: the Department, January 2000.
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). What Drives California's Welfare Caseload? San Francisco: PPIC, June 2000. Research Brief.
Collaboration and Integrated Services
~ Melaville, Tia. Making a Difference for Children and Families: The Community Approach. Sacramento: Foundation Consortium, November, 1999. What Works Policy Brief.
Barthauer, Linda, and Neal Halfon. Supporting Children and Families: Communities, Schools, Employers Play Key Roles. Sacramento: California Center for Health Improvement, 2000. Growing Up Well: Focus on Prevention.
Dunkle, Margaret C., and Stephanie A. Surles. Mixed Results: Lessons Learned from a Case Study ofInteragency Collaboration. Washington D.C.: The Policy Exchange, The Institute for Educational Leadership, 1998.
Farrow, Frank, and Sid Gardner. Citizens Making Decisions: Local Governance Making Change. Sacramento: Foundation Consortium, March, 1999. What Works Policy Brief.
Friedman, Mark. Reforming Finance; Financing Reform for Family and Children's Services. Sacramento: Foundation Consortium, January 2000. What Works Policy Brief.
Hutchins, John. Coming Together for Children and Families: How Cabinet Level Collaboration is Changing State Policymaking. Washington D.C.: Family Impact Seminar, 1998. Summary Report.
Jordan, Pat. Integrated Services for Children and Families. Sacramento: California Institute for Mental Health, [1998].
Schorr, Lisbeth; Kathleen Sylvester; and Margaret Dunkle. Strategies to Achieve a Common Purpose: Tools for Turning Good Ideas into Good Policies. Washington D.C.: The Policy Exchange, The Institute for Educational Leadership, 1999.
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INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Automobile
~ Auto Club of Southern California. "Understanding Auto Insurance." 1998. [http://www .aaa-calif.com/insurance/auto/understand.asp]
~ California. "Los Angeles Low Cost Auto Insurance Program: How do we Guarantee Success? Assembly Committee on Insurance. Briefing paper. Undated.
"Weston, Liz Pulliam, "Quackenbush's Exit May Delay Insurance Hikes," Los Angeles Times, June 29,2000, Business section, p. 2 (Home Edition).
Breznican, Anthony. "Agents Balk at Promoting State's Low-Income Car Insurance Program." Associated Press State and Local Wire, July 19, 2000.
California. Department ofinsurance. California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program. Sacramento: the Department.
California. Department of Insurance. Characteristics of Uninsured Motorist, Sacramento: the Department, February 1999. Executive summary and "Background."
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). "Proposition 103--0ne Year Later." In The 1990-91 Budget: Perspectives and Issues, 345-367. Sacramento, CA: LAO, 1990.
California Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program, [http://www.insurance.ca.gov/CSD/Low Cost Auto Insurance/CAILCP.htm]
Carroll, Steven J., and Allan F. Abrahamse. The Effects ofa Choice, Automobile Insurance, Plan on Insurance, Costs and Compensation: An Updated Analysis. RAND. Santa Monica, California, 1998.
Kravets, David. "Groups Rap Insurance Pricing." Ventura County Star, September 13, 2000, A4.
Mulkern, Anne C. "Auto Insurance Premiums to Rise." Orange County Register, Morning Edition, August 25, 2000 p. AI.
Earthquake Insurance
California. Senate Insurance Committee. Consumers on Shaky Ground: An Assessment ofthe California Earthquake Authority. Sacramento: the Committee 2000.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 85 Insurance California. Senate Insurance Committee. The Department ofInsurance: In Rubble After Northridge. Sacramento: the Committee, 2000.
Opatrny, Dennis J. "Judge Urged to Void Quake Deals." The Recorder, July 11, 2000, p. 1.
Also see California Earthquake Authority: [http://www.earthguakeauthority.com/datalindex.html].
Flood Insurance
~ U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. What You Need to Know About Federal Disaster Assistance & National Flood Insurance. [ www.fema.gov/nfip/know .htm]
For further information, see Federal Emergency Management Agency, [http://www.fema.gov]
Long-Term Care
~ Fox-Grage, Wendy, and Tina Shaw. "The Crisis Ahead in Long-Term Care." State Legislatures, April2000.
National Conference of State Legislatures, Forum for State Health Policy Leadership. The TaskForce Report: Long-Term Care Reform in the States. (Denver: NCSL, July 1997).
U.S. General Accounting Office, Long-Term Care Insurance: Better Information Critical to Prospective Purchasers, GAO/T-HEHS-00-196. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 13, 2000.
Property
Clifford, Robert C., and G. Edward Rudloff. "Property Insurance in General." In California Insurance Law and Practice (Chapter 35). San Francisco: Mathew Bender, 1998.
Louis, Arthur. "Disaster Could Leave You With Less Than A Full House." San Francisco Chronicle, November 2, 1999, Business section, p. Cl.
Pasich, Kirk A. "Insurance When Disaster Strikes." California Lawyer, June 1997, 61-65.
Regulation and Enforcement
California. Assembly Committee on Insurance, Final Report on Department of Insurance Enforcement Practices and Priorities. Sacramento: the Committee, 2000.
86 California Research Bureau, California State Library Insurance [October 2000]
Cleasby, Donald, and Nancy M. Schroeder. "Regulatory Reform Consequences of 'Baby Steps."' Journal ofInsurance Regulation 18, no. 3 Spring 2000.
Department of Insurance. 1998 Commissioner's Report on Underserved Communities. Sacramento: the Department, [1999]. [http://www.insurance.ca.gov/docs/FS-Underserved.htm]
"Department of Insurance." Regulatory Law Report 17 no. 1 (Winter 2000), 151- 169.
Elay, David. "Rate and Form Regulation in the Twenty-First Century," Journal of Insurance Regulation 18, no. 3 (Spring 2000).
Hallett, Douglas. "What Multiple Failures Tell Us." Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2000, Metro Part B, p. 11.
Mathew Bender & Co. "California Insurance Law: Overview." In California Insurance Law and Practice (Chapter 1). San Francisco: Mathew Bender, 1998.
Opartny, Dennis. "Judge Orders State Farm." The Recorder, September 14,2000.
U.S. General Accounting Office. Insurance Regulation: Scandal Highlights Needs for States to Strengthen Regulatory Oversight. GAO/T-GGD-00-209. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 2000.
Vogel, Nancy. "Dozens of AIDS Patients Arrested in Life Insurance Scams." Los Angeles Times (online), September 26,2000.
For further information, see California Department of Insurance, [http://www.insurance.ca.gov/docs/index.html]
Workers Compensation
> California. Assembly Committee on Insurance, Informational Hearing on Workers' Compensation Issues, Sacramento: March 1999
Benjamin, Marc. "California Business Brace for 18% rate Increase." Fresno Bee. Home Edition Business Cl. January 27, 2000.
LePage, Andrew. "Takeover OfMajor Insurer In Work: Workers' Comp Firm Called Underfunded." Sacramento Bee, March 4, 2000, Metro final edition, Business C 1.
May, Meredith. "Workers' Comp is Straining Schools Budget." San Francisco Chronicle. East Bay Edition September 13, 2000 pA 17.
Peterson, Mark A.; Robert T. Reville; and Rachel KaganoffStern. Compensating Permanent Workplace Injuries. Santa Monica: RAND, 1998.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 87 Insurance Rohrlich, Ted and Evelyn Larrubia. "Public Fraud Unit Favors Those Who Privately Fund It." Los Angeles Times,August 6, 2000, Al.
Unemployment Insurance
California Budget Project. Making the Unemployment Insurance System Work for California's Low Wage Workers, Sacramento: California Budget Project, August 1997. [http://www.cbp.org/reports/9708ui.html]
Sherriff, Rona Levine. Financing Unemployment Insurance: Protecting California's Jobless Workers and Employers in a Changing Economy. Sacramento: Senate Office ofResearch, September 1998. [http://vrww.sen.ca.gov/sor/Unemploy.htm]
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JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ECONOMY COMMITTEE
On-line Searchable Sources of California Economic Data
1998 California Counties Establishments, Employment, and Wages [http://comrnerce.ca.gov/califomia!economy/es202/1998%20Data/Co98 202.htrn]
1998 Selected California Industries By County [http://cornrnerce.ca. gov/califomia!economy/ es202/ 1998%20Data/Industry98 202.htrn]
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California. Department ofFinance, Latest California Economic Data. Employment, Income, Construction, Prices (CPI), Trade Information, Miscellaneous Economic Data, Economic Data Definitions and Sources, and Forecasts [http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS DATNLatestEconData!Data home.htm]
U.S. Office of Trade and Economic Data (States, metropolitan and other import and export data) [http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea]
Economic Development Issues
>- California Council on Science and Technology. California Report on the Environment for Science and Technology. Sacramento: the Council, 1999.
};> Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy. Smart Public Investments for the California Economy: Information and Analysis for Infrastructure Planning. Palo Alto: the Center, 1999.
};> Working Partnership USA. Walking the Life-Long Tight Rope. San Jose: the Partnership, 1999.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Perspectives on the Economy and Demographics 2000-0, Perspectives and Issues (Part II). Sacramento: LAO, February 2000. [http://www.lao.ca.gov/analysis 2000/2000 .Pandi/part2/pandi pt2 2000.pdfl
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). California's Changing Income Distribution. Sacramento: LAO, August 2000. http://www.lao.ca.gov/0800 inc dist/0800 income distribution.pdf
DeVol, Ross. America's High-Tech Economy: Growth, Development and Risks for Metropolitan Areas. Santa Monica: Milken Institute, July 13, 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 89 Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Koehler, Gus, and Rosa Moller. Business Capital Needs in California: Designing a Program. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April1998.
Levy, Frank. "Rhetoric and Reality: Making Sense of the Income Gap Debate," Harvard Business Review, September/October 1999, 163-70.
On-line Sources on Regional Economic Development Issues
California Central Coast Marketing Group, [http://www.ca-central-coast.org]
California State University, Chico, Center for Economic Development, (http://www.csuchico.edu/cedp]
California's Central Valley, [http://www.californiacv.com]
Inland Empire Economic Partnership, [http://www.ieep.com]
Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, [http://www.jointventure.org]
Los Angeles County Economic Development Commission, [http://www.laedc.org]
Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance, [http://www.larta.org]
NorCal Industrial Development Executives Association, [http://www.norcalidea.org]
Orange County Business Council, [http://www.ocbc.org]
Sacramento Area Commerce Trade Association, [http://www.sactoedc.org]
San Diego Regional Economic Development Commission, [http://www .sandiegobusiness.org]
San Francisco Bay Area Marketing Partnership, [http://www.bayareafirst.org]
Regional Economic Initiatives and Collaboration
);> Collaborative Economics. "Innovative Regions: The Importance ofPlace and Networks in the Innovative Economy." October 1999.
);> James Irvine Foundation. State ofthe Regions Report: The 1998 Civic Entrepreneur Summit, San Diego, CA. San Diego, 1999.
);> Saxenian, AnnaLee. Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1999.
Bay Area Economic Forum and Bay Area Council. The Bay Area: Winning in the New Global Economy: A Profile of Comparative Economic Performance. San Francisco: the Forum and the Council, 1999.
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Bay Area Economic Forum. The Bay Area's Research Institutions: How an Extensive Research and Development Infrastructure Drives the Region 's Innovative, Knowledge-Based Economy. San Francisco: the Forum, March 1999.
Joint Venture/Silicon Valley. Joint Venture's 2000 Index ofSilicon Valley. San Jose: 2000.
Humboldt County Office of Economic Development. Prosperity: The North Coast's Strategy for theNew Economy. [Eureka, CA]: the County, 1999.
Southern California Association of Governments. New Solutions for a New Economic Environment: The Economy Chapter Regional Comprehensive Plan and Guide. Claremont: the Association, 1999.
The Sierra Business Council. Sierra Nevada Wealth Index. [Truckee, CA]: the Council, 1999. [http://www .sbcouncil.org/wealth.htm]
High Technology
> California. Trade and Commerce Agency. Small Manufacturing Competitiveness Strategy. Sacramento: the Agency, April2000.
> Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council. National Nanotechnology Initiative: Leading to the Next Industrial Revolution. Washington, D.C.: The White House, February 2000.
> Joy, Bill. "The Future Doesn't Need Us: Robotics, Genetic Engineering, and Nanotech. " Wired, April 2000, 238-62.
Ackbarali, P. Kenneth. The Contribution ofHispanic Labor to the Success of Business in Inner City Areas ofLos Angeles County: A Case Study ofFive Manufacturing Firms. Los Angeles: The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2000.
Carey, Steven. An Executive Guide to Space: A Starting Point for Understanding Space in the New Millennium. Santa Monica: RAND, 1998.
ED>Net (California Community Colleges). Economic Development Program California Community Colleges. Sacramento: ED>Net, 2000.
Internet Computing Online. "An Internet Millennia} Forecast Mosaic." 2000. [http://www .computer.org/internet/v4n 1/index.htm]
"Latinos and Telecommunications Policy" (set of related articles). Latino Journal 3, no. 1 (1998), 20-31.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 91 Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy E-Commerce
> University of Texas. Measuring the Internet Economy. Austin: the University, October 1999.
U.S. Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce. Towards Digital Equality, Second Annual Report, 1999. Washington D.C.: The White House, 1999.
U.S. Internet Council. State ofthe Internet 2000. Washington D.C.: International Technology and Trade Association, Sept. 1, 2000.
Foreign Trade Policy and the Global Economy
(See also under UTILITIES AND COMMERCE.)
> Council on Competitiveness. Going Global: The New Shape ofAmerican Innovation. Washington, D.C.: the Council, 1998.
> Koehler, Gus. California Trade Policy. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, November 1999.
> Mander, Jerry and Edward Goldsmith. The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1996.
Armstrong, David. "Extolling Exports: Trade Secretary Touts Golden State Around the World." San Francisco Examiner, September 3, 2000, B-1.
California. Trade and Commerce Agency. California Exports: 1999. [http://commerce.ca.gov/internationallfacts/1999.html]
California. Trade and Commerce Agency. Surging Exports Strengthen Trade Boom in California. February 29, 2000.
Dedrick, Jason, and Juan Palacios. Impact ofEconomic Integration on the Computer Sector in Mexico and the United States. Irvine: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine, June 1999.
Jenner, Stephen; Wim Douw; and Boudewijn Koops. "Sourcing Strategies of Asian Manufacturers and the Development of Local Linkages in San Diego and Tijuana." Journal ofBorderlands Studies XIII, no. 2 (Falll998), 19-47.
Kuttner, Robert. "A Turning Point in the Globalization Debate," San Diego Union Tribune (December 5, 1999), G-3
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Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. International Trade Trends and Impacts: The Los Angeles Region. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, 2000.
Schweke, William. "Could Economic Development Become Illegal in the New World Order?" Alternatives 7, no. 8 (November 1999).
"The New Economy." Business Week, January 11,2000.
NAFTA and World Trade Organization
(See also under UTILITIES AND COMMERCE.)
};;> California. Environmental Protection Agency. California-Raja California Border Environmental Infrastructure Needs Assessment. Sacramento: the Agency, 1998.
};;> California. Trade and Commerce Agency. "NAFTA: A Preliminary Assessment ofthe Agreement's Impact on California." April 1997.
};;> Stumberg, Robert. California: Democracy, World Trade and WTO. Sacramento: Office of Senator Tom Hayden, March 2000.
Benson, Robert. "Constitution? Forget It! NAFTA Rules," Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1999, B-9.
Border Institute. The US-Mexican Border Environment: A Road Map to a Sustainable 2020. Rio Rico, Arizona: Border Institute, December 1999.
Cleeland, Nancy. "WTO Summit in Seattle; Labor Leaders want Worker Safeguards build into Trade Accords," Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1999, A-19.
Drenan, Todd. "Where the Action's At: The U.S.-Mexican Border." AgExporter (U.S. Department of Agriculture) XI, no. 1 (January 1999). [http://ffas.usda.gov/info/agexporter/1999/wherethe.html]
Flanigan, James. "World Economy Whistles in the Dark." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2000, C-1.
Barshefsky, Charlene. "Hanging in the Balance; What China's WTO Accession can mean for Southern California." San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17, 2000, B-7.
Iritani, Evelyn. "Trade Pacts Accused of Subverting U.S. Policies." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1999, A-1.
Lehman, John. US. Mexico Border Ten-Year Outlook: Environmental, Infrastructure, Funding Projections. San Antonio, Texas: North American Development Bank, [1999?].
California Research Bureau, California State Library 93 Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy Lelyveld, Michael. "US may defend, oppose State's sanctions law." Journal of Commerce, February 3, 1999.
Moller, Rosa. Effects ofthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on State Policies. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, September 1995.
Neely, Michelle. Paper Tigers? How the Asian Economies Lost Their Bite. St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank, January 1999.
O'Connell, Jock. "WTO, State Law on Collision Course." Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2000, M-6.
Peach, James and Richard Adkisson. "NAFTA and Economic Activity Along the U.S.-Mexico Border." Journal ofEconomic Issues XXXIV, no. 2 (June 2000).
Rosen, Ruth. "Activists Promote Fair Trade", San Francisco Chronicle (September 19, 2000), A-19.
San Diego Association of Governments. "Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities." [http://www.sandag.cog.ca.us/projects/binational/cobro.html]
San Diego Association of Governments. "Border Transportation." [http://www.sandag.cog.ca.us/projects/binational/transport.html]
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Stumberg, Robert (contact). "Defending the Massachusetts Burma Law." Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000. Pages 1-11.
Sweedler, Alan. "Energy and Environment in the California-Baja California Border Region: Summary." In Alan Sweedler, Paul Anster, and Patricia Bennet, Energy and Environment in the California-Raja California Border Region. Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias, 1995.
Zarembo, Alan. "A Long Road to Free Trade: Mexican Truck Driving After NAFTA." Newsweek International, February 2000, 54.
Public Participation and Information Technology
(Also see under UTILITIES AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.)
);> Pickles, John. "Representations in an Electronic Age." In John Pickles, ed., Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems. New York: Guilford Press, 1999. Pages 1-30.
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Koehler, Gus. "A Sampling of Community Based Resources to Bridge the Digital Divide," a memo prepared for the California Research Bureau, January 1, 2000.
Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Food
>- Reis, Michael and Roger Straughan. Improving Nature? The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
>- The Center for Food Safety. "Petition Seeking the Establishment of Mandatory Pre-Market Safety Testing, Pre-Market Environmental Review and Labeling for all Genetically Engineered Foods." Citizen Petition Before the United States Food and Drug Administration, 1999.
>- U.S. National Science Foundation. Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants. Washington, DC: the Foundation, 2000.
Danish Ministry of Trade and Industry. An Ethical Foundation for Genetic Engineering Choices. Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999.
Garber, Ken. "The Next Wave ofthe Genomics Business." Technology Review, July/August 2000,47-66.
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JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
On-line Searchable Codes and Judicial Opinions
California Law. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
California Judicial Council. California Courts: Opinions ofthe Supreme Court and Courts ofAppeal. http://courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions
US. Code. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode
US. Supreme Court Collection. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct
California Constitutional and Judicial History
~Grodin, Joseph P.; Calvin R. Massey; and Richard B. Cunningham. "The Constitutional History of California." In The California State Constitution, A Reference Guide. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993: 1-34.
Scheiber, Harry N. "Innovation, Resistance, and Change: A History of Judicial Reform and the California Courts, 1960-1990." Southern California Law Review, July 1999: 2049-2120.
Scheiber, Harry N., and Charles Ruhlin. "An Effective California Judicial System for the 21st Century." In Bruce Cain and Roger Noll, eds., Constitutional Reform in California. Berkeley: California Policy Seminar, 1995: 107-126.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
~Smith, William C. "Much To Do about ADR: Alternative dispute resolution has found a place in the U.S. justice system and in most practices." American Bar Association Journal, June 2000.
Aarons, Anthony. "Packaging ADR." California Lawyer, February 1998, 27, 68-69.
McNeil, Ian R. "Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration." American Arbitration Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 1992, 3-11.
Reuben, Richard C. "Constitutional Gravity: A Unitary Theory of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Public Civil Justice." UCLA Law Review, April2000, 2- 153.
Rolph, Elizabeth; Erick Moller; and Laura Peterset. Escaping the Courthouse; Private Alternative Dispute Resolution in Los Angeles. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1994.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 97 Judiciary "Death with Dignity"
)> Mesler, Mark A., and Pamela J. Miller. "Hospice and Assisted Suicide: The Structure and Process of an Inherent Dilemma." Death Studies 24 (2000): 135- 155
Filene, Peter G. In the Arms of Others; A Cultural History of the Right-to-Die in America. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1998.
Miller, Pamela J. "Life After Death with Dignity: The Oregon Experience." Social Work 45 (May 2000): 263.
New England Journal ofMedicine (editorial). "Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in Practice." Vol. 342, no. 8 (February 24, 2000).
Domestic Partnerships
)> Carrillo-Heian, M.R. "Domestic Partnership in California: Is It a Step Towards Marriage?" McGeorge Law Review, Winter 2000, 3-27.
Daley, Suzanne. "French Couples Take Plunge That Falls Short ofMarriage," The New York Times, April18, 2000, Al.
O'Hanlan, Katherine A. "Domestic Partnership Benefits at Medical Universities." Journal of the American Medical Association 282, (October 6, 1999): 1289
Domestic Violence
~ Babb, Barbara A. "Fashioning An Interdisciplinary Framework for Court Reform in Family Law: A Blueprint to Construct a Unified Family Court." Southern California Law Review, March 1998, 3-66.
Chalk, Rosemary, and Patricia A. King. "Facing Up to Family Violence." Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 1998-99, 39-46.
Rottman, David B.; Carol R. Flango; Melissa T. Cantrell; Randall Hansen; and Neil LaFountain. Selections from "Highlights," "State Court Organization," and "Trial Courts." State Court Organization 1998. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, June 2000, ix-x, 236-247, 322.
Office for Victims of Crime. "Chapter 9; Domestic Violence." 2000 National Victim Assistance Academy. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department ofJustice, 2000.
Thaemert, Rita. "Strengthening Protection Orders." NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 7, no. 35, August/September, 1999.
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Jury Reform
~Blue Ribbon Commission on Jury System Improvement. Final Report ofthe Blue Ribbon Commission on Jury System Improvement. Sacramento: the Commission, 1996.
~ Judicial Council. A Guide to California Jury Service. http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jury
Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Part VI: The Jury." State Court Organization 1998. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice. Pp. 261-285.
Council for Court Excellence. Juries for the Year 2000 and beyond; Proposals to Improve the Jury Systems in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: the Council, 1998. Executive summary.
Curriden, Mark. "Putting the Squeeze on Juries." ABA Journal, August 2000, 52-53.
Feser, John M. Jr. "The California Civil Grand Jury: From Watchdogs to Watched Dogs." McGeorge Law Review, Winter 1999, 95-134.
Lakamp, Natasha K. "Deliberating Juror Predeliberation Discussions: Should California Follow the Arizona Model?" UCLA Law Review, February 1998, 3- 35.
Mental Health Commitment
~ Stavis, Paul F. Civil Commitment: Past, Present and Future. Address at the National Conference ofthe National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Washington, D.C.: July 21, 1995.
Bureau of Justice Assistance. Mental Health Courts. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, April2000.
Delaney, Tracy. Outpatient Civil Commitment. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2000.
Jacobs, Carla; Elizabeth Galton; and Beth Howard. A New Vision for Mental Health Treatment Laws; A Report by the Lanterman, Petris, Short Task Force. The Task Force, 1999.
Winick, Bruce J. "Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Civil Commitment Hearing." University ofSan Diego School ofLaw Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues. 1999, 37-85.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 99 Judiciary Representation of Children
~Edwards, Leonard P., and Inger J. Sagatun. "Symposium: Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and the Law: Who Speaks for the Child?" The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable, 1995, 443-473.
Fordham Law Review. Special Issue; Ethics Issues in the Legal Representation of Children. Includes "Proceedings of the Conference on Ethical Issues in the Legal Representation of Children," various "Articles" and "Responses to the Conference." Vol. LXIV, no. 4, March 1996.
Haralambie, Ann M. "The Role of the Child's Attorney in Protecting the Child Throughout the Litigation Process." North Dakota Law Review, 1995, 974-1019.
Meyer, John David. "The 'Best Interest of the Child' Requires Independent Representation of Children in Divorce Proceedings." Brandeis Journal of Family Law, Summer 1997,303-358.
Sommer, Christina Dugger. "Empowering Children: Granting Foster Children the Right to Initiate Parental Rights Termination Proceedings." Cornell Law Review, July 1994, 474-543.
Privacy
~Privacy Journal. "Ranking of States in Privacy Protections." And "States Creating Own Telemarketing Do-Not-Call Lists." Privacy Journal, October 7, 1999.
Electronic Privacy Information Center. Surfer Beware III: Privacy Policies without Privacy Protection. December 1999. [http://www.epic.org]
Fromholz, Julia M. "The European Union Data Privacy Directive." 2000 Berkeley Technology Law Journal. Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, 2000.
Givens, Beth. "Symposium on Internet Privacy: Privacy Expectations in High Tech World; Opening Presentation." Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, May 2000, 147-178.
Thaemert, Rita. "State Public Records Privacy." NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, no. 30 (June/July 2000).
New York Senate. The Senate Majority Task Force on the Invasion ofPrivacy. March 2000.
Smith, Robert Ellis. Compilation of State & Federal Privacy Laws 1997; 2000 Supplement Included. Providence, Rhode Island: Privacy Journal, [2000].
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Tort Reform
> Congressional Quarterly. "High-Impact Litigation: Do Public Policy Disputes Belong in the Courts?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 5 (February 11, 2000), 89-112.
Helland, Eric and Alexander Tabarrok. Runaway Judges? Selection Effects and the Jury. Independent Institute Working Paper #2. The Institute, September 1999.
Moller, Erik. Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts Since 1985. Santa Monica, CA.: RAND, The Institute for Civil Justice, 1996.
Moller, Erick; Nicholas M. Pace; and Stephen J. Carroll. Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts. Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND, The Institute for Civil Justice, 1997. Executive summary.
Tabarrok, Alexander, and Eric Helland. "Court Politics: The Political Economy of Tort Awards." The Journal ofLaw & Economics, April1999.
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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
Occupational Health and Safety
Howard M. and RichardS. Blume. "Occupational Health in the New Millennium." Occupational Hazards, February 1998.
U.S. Department of Labor. Ergonomics Program: Proposed Rules. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. U.S. Department of Labor, Federal Register 64, no. 225 (November 23, 1999).
Wilkie, Dana. The Uphill Struggle for Workplace Health. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, June 1997.
Income (Minimum Wage, Livable Wage, Overtime)
~ O'Brien-Strain, Margaret, and Thomas MaCurdy, Increasing the Minimum Wage: California's Winners and Losers. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). California's Changing Income Distribution. Sacramento: LAO, August 2000.
California Budget Project, Falling Behind: California Workers and the New Economy. Sacramento: California Budget Project, September, 2000. [http://www.cbp.org/reports/r0009fal.html]
Cooper, Mary H. "Employee Benefits." CQ Researcher 10, no. 4 (Feb. 4, 2000), 65-88.
Daly, Mary C., and Heather N. Royer. "Cyclical and Demographic Influences on the Distribution of Income in California." FRBSF Economic Review 2000, San Francisco: Federal Research Bank of San Francisco, 2000.
Employment Policy Institute. Living Wage Policy: The Basics. Washington, D.C.: Employment Policy Institute, 2000.
Hirschman, Carolyn. "Paying Up." HR. Magazine (Bell & Howell Information and Learning), July 2000.
Mishel, Lawrence; Jared Bernstein; and John Schmitt. Wage Inequality in the 1990s: Measurement and Trends. Washington D.C.: Economic Policy Institute, December 28, 1998.
Mishel, Lawrence; Jared Bernstein; and Edith Rasell. Who Wins With a Higher Minimum Wage. Briefing Paper. Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute, 1995.
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Reed, Deborah. "California's Rising Income Inequality: Causes and Concerns." San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1999.
Valleta, Rob. Living Wage Ordinances. San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. October 15, 1999.
Farm Labor
);;> Bugarin, Alicia, and Elias Lopez, Ph.D. Farm Workers in California. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, July 1998.
Baldauf, Scott. "Guest workers: a way to solve labor shortage?" Christian Science Monitor, September 20, 1999.
Doyle, Michael. "Panel backs help for harvest." Fresno Bee, September 21, 2000.
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, Committee on the Judiciary, House ofRepresentatives, H-2A Agricultural Guestworkers. Washington, United States General Accounting Office, June 15, 2000.
Farmworker Housing: A Summary Report from the Interim Hearing of the Senate Committee on Housing and Land Use. Sacramento, California State Legislature, October 23, 1995.
Gentzel, Margie. "Growing Season Ends Yet Farmworker Housing Issues Remain." Capitol Weekly (Sacramento), November 15, 1999, pp.1-4.
Harrison, Patricia. "Safe, Clean, and Affordable: California: Farmworker Housing Needs. " Journal ofArchitectural and Planning Research, Spring 1995.
Human Rights Watch Fingers to the Bone: United States Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers. Human Rights Watch, June 2000.
Meisenheimer, Sonia. "U.S. lawmaker's bill would ease farm-labor shortage." The News (Mexico). July 28,2000.
McCurdy, Stephen A.;Don Villarejo; and Maria Stoecklin. Profiling Violators of Farm-Work Regulations: A Preliminary Study Using Interagency Enforcement Data. California Policy Seminar, Brief Series. March 1998.
Rawlins, Scott. "Dealing with Labor Shortages for Agriculture." Voice of Agriculture (American Farm Bureau Federation), August 11, 1997.
U.S. Department of Labor. Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 1997-98. U.S. Department ofLabor, March 2000.
104 California Research Bureau, California State Library Labor and Employment [October 2000]
U.S. General Accounting Office. Child Labor in Agriculture: Changes Needed to Better Protect Health and Educational Opportunities. GAO/HEHS-98-193. Washington, D.C.: GAO, August 1998. Executive summary, 2-8.
Also see: Reeves, Margaret, and others. Fields ofPoison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides. San Francisco: Californians for Pesticide Reform, 1999. (This is listed under PESTICIDES subsection.)
Unemployment Insurance
);;-California Budget Project. Making the Unemployment Insurance System Work for California's Low Wage Workers, Sacramento: California Budget Project, August 1997. [http://www.cbp.org/reports/9708ui.html]
Sherriff, Rona Levine. Financing Unemployment Insurance: Protecting California 's Jobless Workers and Employers in a Changing Economy. Sacramento: Senate Office ofResearch, September 1998. [http://www.sen.ca.gov/sor!Unemploy.htm]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 105 Labor and Employment [October 2000]
106 California Research Bureau, California State Library Labor and Employment [October 20001
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Government Structure and Powers
);;> California State Association of Counties. "County Structure." [http://www.csac.counties.org/counties close up/what do counties do/county structure.html]
);;> California. Senate Local Government Committee. Tailor-Made Government: A Citizen's Guide to California's Charter Cities and Counties. Report 943-S. February 1998.
Lewis, Paul G. Deep Roots: Local Government Structure in California. San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 1998.
Local Agency Formation Commission
);;> California. Governor's Office ofPlanning and Research (OPR). LAFCOs, General Plans, and City Annexations. Sacramento: OPR, 1997. [http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/org lafco.phtml]
);;> Detwiler, Peter M. "The Challenges of 'Growth Within Bounds."' California Environmental Law Reporter, May 2000.
California. Senate Local Government Committee. It's Time to Draw the Line: A Citizen's Guide to Local Agency Formation Commissions in California. Sacramento: the Committee, 1996.
California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century. Growth Within Bounds. Final Report. Sacramento: the Commission, January 2000.
Special Districts
);;> Terzian, Richard. "Special Districts: Relics ofthe Past or Resources for the Future?" CalTax Digest, July 2000. [http://caltax.org]
California. Senate Local Government Committee. What's So Special About Special Districts: A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California. 583-S Sacramento: the Committee, 1993.
California. Little Hoover Commission. Special Districts: Relics ofthe Past or Resources for the Future? Sacramento: the Commission, May 2000.
Local Government Issues Web Sites
California Special Districts Association, [http://www.csda.net/]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 107 Local Government [October 2000]
California State Association of Counties, [http://www .csac.counties.org/]
California State Senate Local Government Committee, [http://WWW.SEN.CA.GOV/locgov]
Governing Magazine Online (Congressional Quarterly, Inc.), [http://www .governing. com]
League of California Cities, [http://www.cacities.org]
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), [http://www.ppic.org/]
Local Government Finance
~ California. Governor's Office. "Local Government: A New Relationship for a New Century." In Lasting Value, New Directions: Governor's Budget Summary 1999-2000. Sacramento: 1999.
~ Coleman, Michael. Financing Cities: City Financing in the Decades After Proposition 13. Sacramento: League of California Cities, 1998. Executive summary.
~ Public Policy Institute of California. From Home Rule to Fiscal Rule: Taking a Measure ofLocal Government Finance in California. (Prepared for the Conference on Local Finance Reform, May 19,2000, Davis, CA). Sacramento: PPIC, 2000.
~ "State Shift of Local Funds Declared Illegal! Sonoma County Court Ruling Excerpt." Metro Investment Report. November 1999.
~ Swenson, Jennifer. "Did ERAF Impact County Services?" California County, May/June 1999.
~ Tansey, Bernadette and Kenneth Howe. "State Losing Millions in Tax Revenue: Assessed Value ofBusinesses, Utilities Slashed." San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, 2000.
League of California Cities. California Municipal Revenue Sources Handbook. Sacramento: League of California Cities, 1995.
Shires, Michael A.; John Ellwood; and Mary Sprague. Has Proposition 13 Reduced the California Tax Burden? San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1998. Introduction.
Shires, Michael. Patterns in California Government Revenues Since Proposition 13. Summary. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 1999.
108 California Research Bureau, California State Library Local Government [October 2000]
Silva, J. Fred, and Elisa Barbour. The State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California: A Changing Balance ofPower. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, December 1999. Summary.
Sokolow, Alvin D. "Caring for Unincorporated Communities." California County, March/April2000.
Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma. County ofSonoma vs. State of California. Sonoma County Trial Court Decision on Educational Revenue Augmentation Funds (ERAF). 1999.
Swenson, Jennifer. County Services: A Tale ofEight Counties. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, February 1999.
Swope, Christopher. "E-Tax Outrage Turns into Action. " Governing, September 2000.
Proposition 3 7
California Budget Project. Taxes Vs. Fees: What Will Proposition 37 Mean for California. Budget Brief. Sacramento: California Budget Project, August 2000.
Proposition 37: Two-Thirds Vote Preservation Act of2000. Joint Informal Hearing with the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation, Senate Committee on Environmental Quality and the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, September 29,2000
Proposition 218
League of California Cities. Proposition 218: Implementation Guide. Sacramento: League of California Cities, 2000.
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Understanding Proposition 218. Sacramento: LAO, 1996.
Misczynski, Dean. Proposition 218 After Two Years. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, October 1998.
Local Government Finance Web Sites
California Budget Project, [http://www.cbp.org]
California Department ofFinance, [http://www.dof.ca.gov]
California Legislative Analyst's Office, [http://www.lao.ca.gov]
League of California Cities' Proposition 218 Brief Bank, [http://209 .63. 7.120/doc.asp?intParentiD=481 &strPageType=doc]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 109 Local Government [October 2000]
Fiscalization of Land Use
);;;> California Futures Network. Fact Sheet: Land Use and State/Local Financing. [http://www. calfutures. org/resource/FS stateloc.html]
California Planning Roundtable. Restoring the Balance: Managing Fiscal Issues and Land Use Planning Decisions in California. January 2000.
Lewis Paul G. and Elisa Barbour. "The Quest for Retail Development." California County (California State Association of Counties), May/June 2000.
Proposals for Restructuring Government Finance and Structure
);> California State Association of Counties. "CSAC Restructuring Proposal: A Dollars and Sense Plan for Local Government." 1999.
);> McKenzie, Chris. "Shaping a Plan for State-Local Fiscal Reform." Cal-Tax Digest, March 2000.
);> Silva, Fred. Revising the Local Finance System: IfNot Now, When? Cal-Tax Digest, May 2000.
);> "Speakers Commission on State/Local Government Finance - Final Report." Metro Investment Report, April 2000
Boyum, Keith 0. Review ofProposals for Revising the California Constitution and Other Major Structural Features of State Government, Part I. Fullerton, California: Center for California Studies, Fullerton State University, 1996.
Boyum, Keith 0. Review ofProposals for Revising the California Constitution and Other Major Structural Features of State Government, Part II: BriefPro/Con Arguments for Each Proposal. Fullerton, California: Center for California Studies, Fullerton State University, 1996.
California. Constitution Revision Commission. "Summary of Recommendations" from the Final Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature. 1996.
California Governance Consensus Project. Executive Summary. [http://www. csus. edu/ calst/cgcp/page 1.htm]
California. Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century. Growth Within Bounds. Final Report. Sacramento: the Commission, January 2000.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Reconsidering AB 8: Exploring Alternative Ways to Allocate Property Taxes. Sacramento: LAO, 2000.
110 California Research Bureau, California State Library Local Government [October 2000]
California. Office of the Controller. SMART Task Force: Building a Foundation for the Future. [Undated]
California. Senate Local Government Committee. "Property Tax Allocation: The Summary Report from the Interim Hearing of the Senate Local Government Committee." 1999
California. The Speaker's Commission on State & Local Government Finance. Final Report. Sacramento: the Commission, March 2000.
Related Web Sites
California 2000 Project, [http://www.c2kproject.net]
California Planning Roundtable, [http://www.cmcaplans.com/cprwww/docs/fiscal.htm]
California State Association of Counties. A Comparison Chart of State/Local Reform Proposals, [http://vvww.csac.counties.org/legislation/fiscal reform/reform comparison.html]
Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century, [http://www.clg21.ca.gov/index.html]
Speaker's Commission on State-Local Government Finance, [http://speaker.metroforum.org/index.html]
Infrastructure
);> Public Policy Institute of California. Development Fees and New Homes: Paying the Price in California. Research Brief#9, June 1997.
);> Public Policy Institute of California. Rethinking Infrastructure Policy for the 21st Century. Research Brief#34, June 2000.
California. Commission on Building the 21st Century. Interim Report to the Governor. August 1999.
California. Office of the Treasurer. Smart Investments. Special Edition of California's Debt Affordability Report. Sacramento: Treasurer, State of California. 1999. Executive summary.
Dowall, David. California's Infrastructure Policy for the 2Ft Century: Issues and Opportunities. Summary. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute, 2000.
Finucan, Karen. "Location, location, location." Planning, May 2000.
Fulton, William and Paul Shigley. "The Airbase-to-Airport War." Governing Magazine, December 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library Ill Local Government [October 2000]
Langdon, Philip. "Stopping School Sprawl." Planning, May 2000.
Related Web Sites
California State Treasurer's Office, [http://www.treasurer.ca.gov]
Commission on Building for the 21st Century, [http://www.ltg.ca.gov/programs/cb21/index.asp]
Department ofFinance, [http://www.dof.ca.gov]
Legislative Analyst's Office, [http://www.lao.ca.gov]
New Schools/Better Neighborhoods, [http://WW\v.nsbn.org]
Land Use and Smart Growth
>- Bank of America, Greenbelt Alliance, the California State Resources Agency and the Low Income Housing Fund. Beyond Sprawl: New Patterns of Growth to Fit the New California. [San Francisco]: January 1995. Executive summary.
>- California Futures Network Smart Growth Goals. Principles and 1999 State Policy Priorities. Oakland: CFN, 1999.
>- California. Senate Local Government Committee. Jello without the Mold: State Law for Local Land Use Decisions. [http://www.sen.ca.gov/locgov/STATELANDUSELAWS.HTM]
>- Chilcott, Kurt. "Smart Growth Requires Smart Economic Development." California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) Bulletin 18, no. 10 (June 1999).
>- LePage, Andrew. "Downside to Fixing Up Cities." Sacramento Bee, September 25, 2000.
Anderson, Glen M.S. Growth Management and Healthy Cities. National Conference on State Legislatures Environmental Health Series. No. 3, April 2000. [http://ncsl. orglprograms/esnr/hlthcities.htm]
California Planning Roundtable. Planning at the Edge ofthe Millennium: Improving land Use Decisions in California. January 2000. [http://www.cmcaplans.com/cprwww/docs/patem.htm]
California. Assembly Select Committee on Jobs-Housing Balance. The Challenge ofAchieving Jobs-Housing Balance in California in the 21 51 Century (Background paper). March 25, 1999.
112 California Research Bureau, California State Library Local Government [October 2000]
Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy. Land Use and the California Economy: Principles for Prosperity and Quality ofLife. San Francisco: Californians and the Land, [September 1998].
Fulton, William. "Insight: History Tells Us Voters Want to Slow Growth, Create Boundaries." California Planning and Development Report, September 2000. [http://www.cp dr.com/binn/public.taf?relm=headlines&function=detail&headline id=29]
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Policy Link. Opportunities for Smarter Growth: Social Equity and the Smart Growth Movement. Translation Paper No.1, December 1999.
Garrett, Robert T., and Jennifer Bowles. "Courts Rein in 'Paper Water': Rulings Suggest Unrealistic Projections May Allow Development to Outstrip Supply." Press-Enterprise (Riverside), September 24,2000.
Gordon, Peter, and Harry W. Richardson. "Critiquing Sprawl's Critics." Cato Policy Analysis No. 365 (January 24, 2000). [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa- 365es.html]
Kelly, Trish. How Will We Grow Together? California Leaders Speak Out on "Smart Growth." San Francisco: The James Irvine Foundation, July 2000.
Morandi, Larry, and Jan Goehring. "Growth Management and Transportation." NCSL LegisBriefs (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, no. 18 (March 2000).
1 Pollak, Dan. Have the US Supreme Court's 5 h Amendment Takings Decisions Changed Land Use Planning in California? Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2000.
Staley, Samuel R., and others. A Line in the Land: Urban-Growth Boundaries, Smart Growth and Housing Affordability. Reason Public Policy Institute Policy Study 263. Los Angeles: RPPI, 1999.
Related Web Sites
California Center for Land Recycling, [http://www.cclr.org]
California Chapter of the American Planning Association, [http://www.calapa.org]
California Futures Network, [http://www.calfutures.org/]
California Governor's Office ofPlanning and Research, [http://www.opr.ca.gov]
California's Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN), [http://ceres.ca.gov/planning]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 113 Local Government [October 2000]
California Planning & Development Report, [http://www.cp-dr.com]
PolicyLink (Social Equity Information), [http://www.policylink.org]
Smart Growth Caucus, [http://www .calfutures.org/reform/20001egislative.html
Smart Growth Network, http://www.smartgrowth.org/index2.html]
The State ofMaryland's Smart Growth Program, [http://www.op.state.md.us/smartgrowthlindex.html]
Agriculture Land and Open Space Preservation
Agricultural Task Force for Resource Conservation and Economic Growth in the Central Valley. Report of the Agricultural Task Force for Resource Conservation and Economic Growth in the Central Valley. [Sacramento]: California Farm Bureau and Agricultural Council of California, July 1998. Executive summary.
Sanders, Steve. "Growth Management and Farmland: The State Policy Context." In Albert Medvitz, Alvin D. Sokolow, and Cathy Lemp, eds., California Farmland and Urban Pressures: Statewide and Regional Perspectives, 71-88. Davis: the Regents of the University of California, Agricultural Issues Center, 1999.
Staley, Samuel. The "Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart Growth Agenda (Policy BriefNo.12). Los Angeles: Reason Public Policy Institute, January 2000.
For further information, see: American Farmland Trust, [http://www.farmland.org/]; Great Valley Center, [http://www.greatvalley.org]; Greenbelt Alliance, [http://www.greenbelt.org/]
Regional Collaboration and Governance
Baldassare, Mark, and others. "Possible Planning Roles for Regional Government." Journal of the American Planning Association, Winter 1996.
Katz, Bruce, and Jennifer Bradley. "Divided We Sprawl." Atlantic Monthly, December 1999.
Metropolitian Area Research Corporation. Mapping California's Regions: Making the Connection Between People, Land Use, Taxes & Investments. Minneapolis: the Corporation, 2000.
Newman, Morris. "Moving Mountains: In the Sierra Nevada, It's Definitely Not Business as Usual." Planning (American Planning Association), February 2000.
114 California Research Bureau, California State Library Local Government [October 2000]
San Diego Association of Governments. Smart Growth Definitions, Principles, and Designations. Region 2020 Project. San Diego: the Association, August 2000.
Seigel, Fred. "Is Regional Government the Answer?" The Public Interest, Falll999.
For further information, see: California Association of Councils of Government, [http://www.calcog.org]; California Center for Regional Leadership, [http://www.ccrl.org]; Collaborative Regional Initiatives (CRI) Network (The James Irvine Foundation), [http://www.civicnavigator.com]; Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, [http://www.jointventure.org]; San Diego Association of Governments, [http://www.sandag.cog.ca.us/projects/regional planning]; Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, [http://www.svmg.org]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 115 Local Government [October 2000]
116 California Research Bureau, California State Library Local Government [October 2000]
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
General
> Baldassare, Mark. Special Survey on Californians and the Environment. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, June 2000.
Janovy, John, Jr. 10 Minute Ecologist, 20 Answered Questions for Busy People Facing Environmental Issues. New York: St. Martin's Press, October 1997.
Electricity
> Boslet, Mark. "Electrical Storm Hits New Economy." The Industry Standard. September 18, 2000.
> California. Office ofRatepayer Advocates, Public Utilities Commission. Guide to Residential Electric Service Options. March 1, 2000. [http://nic.cpuc.ca.gov/divisions/ora/MatrixintroWeb.htm]
> California. Public Utilities Commission and Electricity Oversight Board. California's Electricity Options and Challenges: Report to the Governor. August 2, 2000. Executive summary.
> Goldsborough, James 0. "Sifting Through the Electricity Mess." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 21, 2000, Opinion section, B-9.
> National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). State Retail Wheeling Summary. June 2000. [www .nreca.org/news/retailwheel/ret wh sum.html]
> U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Electricity Terms." (http://www. eia. doe. gov/cneaf/ electricity/epav 1/html/Glossary.htm]
California's Failed Experiment With Deregulation (Backgrounder). Towards Utility Rate Normalization (TURN). [http://www. turn.org/turnarticles/press crisibackgrd.htm]
CalPX Primer. California Power Exchange, December 1999. [http://www .calpx.com/news/pub lications/primerv6 .doc]
Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union. Electricity Restructuring and the Price Spikes of 1998: A Need for More Vigorous Efforts to Protect Consumers. Consumers Union, June 21, 1999. [http://www.consumersunion.org/other/spikexedc699.htm]
Great Expectations: What Happens When New Markets Open? California Power Exchange March 27, 1998. (http://www .calpx.com/news/pub lications/ greatexpectations. doc]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 117 ~aturalResources [October 2000)
Green-e Verification Results 1999. San Francisco: Center for Resource Solutions, 2000. [http://www.green-e.org/power/1999vr.pd!]
Peyton, Carrie. "PG&E Planning to Seek Rate Hike: Utility Says It's Hurting Under State Freeze. Sacramento Bee, September 24, 2000.
Sladoje, George (Chief Executive Officer/President, California Power Exchange Corporation). Comments before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Investigation of California Markets. California Power Exchange. Testimony to the FERC, September 12,2000. [http://www.calpx.com/09-12- 00%20Revised%20FERC%20Comments%20of'}~20G.%20Sladoje.doc]
Consumers Union, Southwest Regional Office. "Stranded Investment." May 28, 1999. [http ://wwvv .consumersunion.org/other/ strandedsw79 8 .htm]
California. Public Utilities Commission and Electricity Oversight Board. California's Electricity Options and Challenges: Report to the Governor. August 2, 2000.
Flanigan, James. "Deregulation is the Answer not the Problem. Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2000, Home Edition, Business section, Cl.
Kahn, Michael A. (Chairman, Electricity Oversight Board). "Testimony Before Joint Hearing of the Assembly Utilities, and Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee." August 10, 2000. [http://www.eob.ca.gov/documents/2000-08-10 KAHN TESTIMONY.PDF]; Visuals accompanying the testimony, [http://www.eob.ca.gov/documents/2000- 08-10 KAHN VISUALS.PDF]
U.S. Department of Energy. "State of Electric Industry Restructuring Activity as of October 2000." [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg str/regmap.html]
U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Status of State Electric Restructuring Activity as of October 2000: California." PS-9. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg str/tab5rev.html#CA]
"Utility Deregulation: Can the Power Industry be Opened to Competition?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 1 (January 14, 2000).
Related Internet Sites
Blueprints ofRestructuring (EnergyOnline), [http://www. energyonline.com/Restructuring/models/models3 .html]
California Electricity Oversight Board, [http://www.eob.ca.gov/index.html]
California Power Exchange, [http://www.calpx.com]
118 California Research Bureau, California State Library ~aturalResources [October 2000]
California Public Utilities Commission, [http://www.cpuc.ca.gov]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Links and Information on Electric Power Industry Deregulation, [http://www. ibew. com/Departments/Utility/DeregLinks.htm]
San Diego Gas and Electric, [http://www.sdge.com]
Natural Gas
~ "Choose Your Own Natural Gas Supplier." Pacific Gas and Electric Company. [http://www.pge.com/whats new/customer choice/gas/]
~ U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Retail Unbundling-California." [http://www .eia.doe. gov/ oil gas/natural gas/restmcture/state/ca.html]
"Berthelsen, Christian. "Winter Heat Bills to Soar, PG&E Says." San Francisco Examiner, September 27, 2000, First Edition, AI.
Katzanek, Jack. "Natural Gas Prices are Near Historic Highs: A Drop in U.S. Supplies and a Pipeline Explosion Contribute to Problem. The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), August 25, 2000, Business section, COl.
U.S. Department of Energy. "Outlook for Natural Gas: Winter 2000. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil gas/natural gas/presentations/2000/outlook na tural gas winter 2000/index.htm]
U.S. Department of Energy. "Why Do Natural Gas Prices fluctuate So Much? [http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil gas/natural gas/analysis publications/why do prices fluctuate/htmVngbro .html]
U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Status of Natural Gas Residential Choice Programs by State as of March 2000." [http://www. eia.doe. gov I oil gas/natural gas/restmcture/restmcture.html]
Hydropower
~Anderson, Leonard, "California Debates Future ofVast Hydropower System." Reuters News Services 8/31/00.
~ Towards Utility Rate Normalization (TURN). "Backgrounder: Ownership of California's Hydroelectric System." March 2000. [www. turn.org/turnarticles/press bkgrd hydro2.htm]
~ "Focus Hydroelectric Assets Application." Pacific Gas and Electric Company [http://www.pge.com/regulation]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 119 Natural Resources [October 2000]
Environmental Defense and California Hydropower Reform Coalition. Power Play: The Divestiture of PG&E 's Hydropower System and the Future of California Rivers. Oakland: Environmental Defense, July 2000. [http://www. environmentaldefense.orglpubs/Reports/C AH ydropower]
Solid Waste
California. Integrated Waste Management Board. Achievement, Progress, and Promise: A 10-Year Status Report on the California Integrated Waste Management Act. Sacramento: California Environmental Protection Agency, March 2000.
Bustillo, Miguel. "Municipalities Fall Short in Effort to Cut Back on Trash." Los Angeles Times, April25, 2000, A3.
Setal, Geoffrey F., and Adrian T. Moore. Privatizing Landfills: Market Solutions for Solid-Waste Disposal. Los Angeles, CA: Reason Public Policy Institute, May 2000. [http://www.rppi. orglprivatization/ps267 .html]
Tire Disposal
~ California Integrated Waste Management Board. California Waste Tire Program Evaluation and Recommendations: Final Report. Sacramento: the Board, June 1999. "Executive Sumary."
McPhee, John. "Duty of Care." In John McPhee, Irons in the Fire. New York: Noonday Press, 1997.
Schwartz, Seymour, and Robert A. McBride. Using Waste Tires as Fuel: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom. Davis, CA: Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis, October 2000.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Air Emissions From Scrap Tire Combustion. Washington: U.S. EPA, October 1997. Executive summary.
Recycling
Polakovic, Gary. "Trashing Landfill Fears; Successful Recycling Efforts That Divert 44% of the County's Garbage are Laying Waste to Predictions ofBuilding Dumps." Los Angeles Times. August 16, 1999, B8.
"The Economics ofRecycling." CQ Researcher 8, no. 12 (1998).
Air Pollution
~ California Air Resources Board. Area Designations Maps. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/adrn/adm.htm]
120 California Research Bureau, California State Library Natural Resources [October 2000]
~ Jost, Kenneth. "Asthma Epidemic: Why is it Happening? What's to be Done?" CQ Researcher 9, no. 48 (December 24, 1999), 1089-1104.
~ Nystrom, Marci. California Air Quality Status & Trends. Text and slides from a presentation to the California Air Resources Board, May 27, 1999. California Air Resources Board. [http://www .arb .ca. gov I aqd/ aqtrends/trends 1.htm]
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act. Washington, D.C.: U.S. EPA, April1993.
American Lung Association. State ofthe Air 2000. Washington, D.C.: American Lung Association, May 2000. "Introduction" and "Summary."
South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Southland's War on Smog: Fifty Years ofProgress Toward Clean Air. Diamond Bar, California: the District, 1997.
U.S. House of Representatives. Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants in Los Angeles. Minority StaffReport, Committee on Government Reform, March 1, 1999.
Walker, Bill, and Marshall Hendricks. School Haze: Air Pollution Near California Schools. Washington D.C.: Environmental Working Group, 1995.
Diesel Emissions
Bowman, Chris. "Diesel Control Adopted." Sacramento Bee, September 29, 2000, Al.
Duran, Gil Jose. "Diesel Exhaust Called Hazard: California to Tighten Fuel Rules." San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 1998.
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials. Cancer Risk from Diesel Particulates: National and Metropolitan Area Estimates for the United States. Washington, DC: STAPPA and ALAPCO, March 15,2000.
Emissions Trading
"Booming Economy Raises Price of Pollution Credits." Associated Press, September 5, 2000.
Knopman, Debra S., and Megan Susman. Trading Air Emissions for Environmental and Economic Benefit: Success Stories from the Private Sector. Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute, February 1998.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 121 Natural Resources [October 2000]
Forestry
General
>- California Forestry Association. "California Forestry: An Overview." Undated. [http://www.foresthealth.org/overview.htm]
>- Centers for Water and Wildland Resources. Status ofthe Sierra Nevada: Summary of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Report. Wildland Resources Center Report no. 39. University of California, Davis, June 1996.
Boxall, Bettina. "Scientists Fear Mysterious Killer of Oaks." Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2000, A3.
Yassa, Sami, and Adam Diamant. Felling the Myth: The Role of Timber in the Economy of California's Sierra Nevada. New York: Natural Resources Defense Council, November 1995.
Forest Management
>- Martin, Glen. "An Inflammatory Proposal; Without Prescribed Bums- and Possibly Logging- Forest Experts Predict More Wildfires and Deteriorating Woodland Health." San Francisco Chronicle, August 21,2000, A6.
>- Sacramento Bee (editorial). "A Hard Look at Private Logging." July 13, 2000, B10.
Howard, John. "Forestry Board Rejects Proposed Logging Rules." Associated Press, October 4, 2000.
Ligon, Frank, and Alice Rich, Gary Rynearson, Dale Thornburgh, and William Thrush. Report ofthe Scientific Review Panel on California Forest Practice Rules and Salmonid Habitat. Report prepared for the California Resources Agency and the National Marine Fisheries Service, June 1999. Executive summary.
Martin, Glen. "Road Plan Marks Shift in Forest Service Policy." San Francisco Chronicle, May 10,2000, A3.
McAlister, Malissa. "States See the Forest, Not Just the Trees." State Trends (Council of State Governments), Summer 2000,3-4.
Peters, Robert L., et al. Managing for Forest Ecosystem Health: A Reassessment of the "Forest Health Crisis." Defenders ofWildlife, April1996.
Reid, Leslie M. "Forest Practice Rules and Cumulative Watershed Impacts in California." Letter from Leslie M. Reid, U.S. Forest Service, to Fred Keeley, Speaker pro tern of the California Legislature, May 24, 1999.
122 California Research Bureau, California State Library ~aturalResources [October 2000]
Society of American Foresters. "Position Statement: The Role of Forest Management in Salmonid Habitat Protection." Executive Committees of the Society of American Foresters, September 8, 1998. [http://www .safnet.org/policv/statements.htm]
Clear Cut
~ Backiel, Adela, and Ross W. Gorte. Clearcutting in the National Forests. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, July 29, 1992.
Belt, Kevin, and Robert Campbell. "The Clearcutting Controversy: Facts and Myths." Morgantown, WV: Center for Agricultural & Natural Resources Development, West Virginia University. [http://www. wvu. edu/~agexten/forestry/ clrcut.htm]
Devall, Bill, ed. Clearcut: The Tragedy ofIndustrial Forestry. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1993.
Leavenworth, Stuart. "Changing Face of Sierra Brings New Breed of Clear-Cut Foes." Sacramento Bee, October 3, 2000, Al.
Thompson, Don. "Clear-Cutting Opponents Consider Ballot Initiative." Associated Press, September 1, 2000.
Coastal Issues
~ Knudson, Tom, and Nancy Vogel. "Pacific Blues: Series." Sacramento Bee, December 22-25, 1996.
Cone, Marla. "Tracking Damage in the Depths: Robots Exploring Earth's Largest Habitat Find Evidence Even There of Harm Done by Humans." Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2000, A1.
Cone, Marla. "Solutions to This Puzzle Are Clear as Mud: California's Coast is a Hotbed for a Growing National Problem- Toxic Sediment." Los Angeles Times, March 26, 1997, AI.
Dunstan, Roger. Drills for Oil Spill Responders. Briefing paper for joint hearing of Assembly Natural Resources Committee and Assembly Select Committee on the Protection of Inland Waterways. Sacramento, CA: California Research Bureau, California State Library, June 2000.
Environmental Health Center. Coastal Challenges: A Guide to Coastal and Marine Issues. Washington D.C.: Environmental Health Center, February 1998.
Rodgers, Terry. "Alpert's 'Rigs to Reefs' Measure is Making Waves." San Diego Union-Tribune, September 18,2000, at http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20000918-001 O.lml8reefs.html .
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Regulation ofDevelopment
)> Petrillo, Joseph E. "Coastal and Ocean Development Permitting by State Agencies in California." Environmental Regulation and Permitting, Winter 1995-96.
Bailey, Eric. "Coastal Panel Weathers Waves of Change." Los Angeles Times, March 2, 1998, Al.
Locklin, Linda. California Coastal Commission Public Access Action Plan. San Francisco: California Coastal Commission, June 1999. Executive summary.
Shigley, Paul, "Coastal Builders Have Rough Time at Commission," California Planning & Development Report, March 2000, 1, 12.
Coastal Erosion and Hazards
)> Dean, Cornelia. Against the Tide: the Battle for America's Beaches. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999).
Abrahamson, Allan. "Waves of Change Taking Toll on Southland Beaches." Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1998.
Marine Protected Areas
)> California. Resources Agency. Improving California's System ofMarine Managed Areas: Final Report of the State Interagency Marine Managed Areas Workshop. Sacramento: Resources Agency, January 15,2000.
Balzar, John. "Casting an Undersea Safety Net; Though the U.S. Has Designated 12 Marine Sanctuaries in Fragile Coast Waters, Regulations Still Allow Dredging and Fishing." Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2000, A1.
Gerstenzang, James. "Clinton to Order New Protections for Oceans." Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2000, AI.
San Francisco Bay
> Kay, Jane. "Bay in Peril," seven-part series. San Francisco Examiner, October 24-29, 1999.
)> Water Education Foundation. Layperson 's Guide to San Francisco Bay. Sacramento: WEF, 1997.
Kay, Jane. "SFO Plan Could Put Bay in Peril." San Francisco Examiner, April18, 1999, AI.
Martin, Glen. "Our Poisoned Bay." San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 1999, AI.
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McCabe, Michael. "Report Calls for Wetlands Expansion; Scientists Say 60,000 More Acres of Marsh are Needed for Bay Health." San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 1999, A19.
Rogers, Paul. "Opponents, Supporters Square Off Over San Francisco Airport Expansion." San Jose Mercury News, July 15,2000.
Polluted Runoff
);> Bailey, Eric. "Panel OKs Guidelines to Clean Up Runoff." Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1999, A3.
Natural Resources Defense Council. Testing the Waters 2000: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches. Washington, DC: NRDC, 2000. Executive summary and "California." [http://www .nrdc.oqdwater/oceans/ttw /ti tinx .asp]
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
);> Yeates, J. William. Citizen's Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act. Sacramento, CA: Planning and Conservation League Foundation, January 2000.
Curtin, Daniel J. "California Environmental Quality Act," in Daniel J. Curtin, Curtin 's California Land Use and Planning Law. (Solano, CA: Point Arena Press, 1997), 87-100.
Keyes, Cameron and Mark C. Newton. CEQA: Making It Work Better. Sacramento: Legislative Analyst's Office, 1997.
Landis, John D., and others. Fixing CEQA: Options and Opportunities for Reforming the California Environmental Quality Act. CPS Brief9, no.12. Berkeley: California Policy Seminar, November 1995.
Olshansky, Robert B. "Evaluation of the California Environmental Quality Act." Environmental Management 20, no. 1 (January/February 1996): 11-23.
Wetlands Conservation
);> California Resources Agency. Selected readings from California Wetlands Information System. http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/
Morin, Monte. "Playa Vista Foes Drop 1 of3 Remaining Suits." Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2000, B3.
Schoch, Deborah. "Bolsa Chica Restoration Cost Soars." Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2000, Al.
Toliver, John. "What Are Wetlands? A Historical Overview." Journal ofForestry 91, no. 5 (May 1993): 12-14.
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Mitigation & Mitigation Banks
Environmental Defense. Mitigation Banking as an Endangered Species Conservation Tool. New York, NY: Environmental Defense, 1999. Executive summary. http://www.environmentaldefense.org/programs/Ecosystems/SafeHarbor/mbexs um.html
Rodgers, Terry. "State Panel, Developers Face Off on Mitigation." San Diego Union-Tribune, November 20, 1999, B7.
Zinn, Jeffrey. Wetland Mitigation Banking: Status and Prospects. Congressional Research Service. Executive summary. http://www.cnie.org/nle/wet-8.html.
Watershed Management
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "The Watershed Approach." July 26, 2000. http://www .epa.gov/owow /watershed.htm.
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Why Watersheds? February 1996. http://www .epa.gov/owow/watershed/
California State Water Resources Control Board. "Watershed Management Initiative Overview." Sacramento: SWRCB, January 20, 2000. http://www .swrcb .ca. gov/watershedlindex.html.
Friends of the River. National Wild & Scenic Rivers in California, A Status Report. Sacramento: Friends ofthe River, 1998.
Krist, John. "Litigation Likely Regarding New Federal Fish Regulations." California Planning & Development Report, August 2000,3.
Nickles, Jim. "Vast Amounts ofTime, Money Aimed at Redeeming Rivers." Stockton Record, February 20, 2000, Al.
Pelley, Janet. "Restoring Our Rivers." Environmental Science & Technology, February 1, 2000, 87-90.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Watershed Approach Framework. June 1996. http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed.htrn.
Vogel, Nancy. "Healing Tahoe May Require Public's Help." Sacramento Bee, August 3, 1998, Al +.
Land Conservation and Management
~ California State Auditor. California's Wildlife Habitat and Ecosystem: The State Needs to Improve its Land Acquisition Planning and Oversight. ("Results in Brief'). Sacramento: California Bureau of State Audits, June 2000.
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~ California Department of Conservation. California Farmland Conversion Report, 1996-1998. Sacramento: CDC Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program, June 2000. Executive summary.
~ Cooper, Mary H. Saving Open Spaces: Are Land Conservation Efforts in the Public Interest? CQ Researcher 9, no. 42 (November 5, 1999), 953-976.
Doyle, Michael. "Court Upholds Government's Grazing Rules." Fresno Bee, May 16, 2000, Cl.
Greenbelt Alliance. At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt. San Francisco, CA: Greenbelt Alliance, 2000.
Lau, Edie. "Chew on This: Grazing Can be Conservation Tool." Sacramento Bee, April12, 1999, Al.
Sanders, Steve. "Growth Management and Farmland: The State Policy Context." In Albert G. Medvitz, and others., eds., California Farmland and Urban Pressures, Davis, CA: Agricultural Issues Center, 1999.
Takings
~ Morandi, Larry. "Balancing Land Use Management With Protection of Property Rights and the Environment." NCSL State Legislative Report 23, no.1 (January 1998).
1 ~ Pollak, Daniel. Have the U.S. Supreme Court's 5 h Amendment Takings Decisions Changed Land Use Planning in California? Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2000. Executive summary.
Morandi, Larry. "Evaluating the Effects of State Takings Legislation." NCSL State Legislative Report 23, no. 2 (January 1998).
Negin, Elliott. "Ending Polarization Over Property Rights: A New AFT Survey of Landowners Shatters Negative Stereotypes." American Farmland 19, no. 2. (Summer 1998): 18-20.
Genetically Modified Organisims (Environmental Impacts)
Brasher, Philip. "USDA Asked to Tighten Regulation of Biotech Crops." Associated Press, April 26, 2000.
Weiss, Rick. EPA Restricts Gene-Altered Com in Response to Concerns; Fanners Must Plant Conventional 'Refuges' to Reduce Threat of Ecological Damage." Washington Post, January 16,2000, A2.
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Y oon, Carol Kaesuk. "Redesigning Nature: A Special Report; Altered Salmon Leading Way to Dinner Plates, But Rules Lag." New York Times, May 1, 2000, Al.
Motorized Recreation
Bowman, Chris. "State Limits Smog from Boats, Personal Watercraft." Sacramento Bee, December 11, 1998, AI.
California Department of Parks and Recreation. "California's OHV Facts: Green Sticker Program." Pamphlet from the Department's OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) program. Sacramento: the Department, undated.
Los Angeles Times. U.S. To Curb Snowmobiles in Parks. Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2000, A3.
Schambach, Karen. California Off-Highway Vehicles: in the Money and Out of Control. Davis, CA: California Wilderness Coalition, August 1999.
Sonner, Scott. "Personal Watercraft Ban Looms at Lake Tahoe." Las Vegas Review Journal, May 29, 1999, 3B.
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PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT, AND SOCIAL SECURITY COMMITTEE
State Government Workforce Issues
~ Committee for Economic Development. New Opportunities for Older Workers. Washington, D.C.: CED, 1999. [www.ced.org]
Brown, Alysia J. "Public Employee Political Participation: Hatch Acts in the Federal and State Governments." Public Integrity, Spring 2000, 105-119.
The Economist (editorial). "A Full Life: A Job Market Full of Grey Heads Will Create Problems; But If the Grey Heads Continue to be Lured Into Retiring Early, the Problem Will be Even Worse." Vol. 352, no. 8135 (September 4, 1999), 65-68. [http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfin?Story ID=236821]
Janairo, Ed. "Looking for Mr./Ms. Techie." State Government News, August 2000.
Simmons, Charlene Wear, Ph.D., and Bugarin, Alicia. Building a Skilled State Information and Technology Workforce. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, 1999.
Torres Gil, Fernando M. "The Aging and Latinization of California." San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 1999.
Benefits, Pensions, and Social Security
Benefits
~ Wilson, Mark D. "The Workplace: Enhancing Opportunity, Safety, and Innovation." The Workplace. 2000.
Cayer, Joseph N. "Work-Life Benefits in the Public Sector." Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association. San Diego, April26-29, 2000.
William J. Wiatrowski. "Tracking Changes in Benefit Costs.", Compensation and Working Conditions (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics), Spring 1999, 32-37.
Pensions
~ Weinstein, Harriet, and William J. Wiatrowski. "Multiemployer Pension Plans." Compensation and Working Conditions (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics), Spring 1999, 19-23. [http://stats.bls.gov/opub/cwc/1999/Spring/art4abs.htm]
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Cayer, Joseph N. Work-Life Benefits in the Public Sector. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Conference ofthe Western Social Science Association. San Diego, April 26-29, 2000.
Costello, Cynthia, Ph.D. OWL 1998 Mother's Day Report Women, Work, and Pensions: Improving the Odds for a Secure Retirement. Washington, D.C.: Older Women's League, [1998].
"Employee Benefits: Are the New Pension Plans Fair to all Workers?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 4 (February 4, 2000), 65-88.
Graham, Avy, and Paul Scheible. "BLS Retirement Plan Surveys Look to the Future." Compensation and Working Conditions (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics), Spring 1999, 6-11. [http://stats.bls.gov/opub/cwc/1999/Spring/art2abs.htm]
Kelch, Deborah R., M.P.P.A., and Karen A. Harris, M.P.H. "Policies Must Improve Work, Retirement Options for a Diverse Baby Boomer Population." The California Center for Health Improvement. September 20, 2000.
Kittower, Diane. "Nurturing Savings." Governing, September 20, 2000.
Texas Performance Review. "Employee Issues: Adopt 'Family-Friendly' Policies for State Employees." Texas Comptroller, 1999.
Waldfogel, Jane. "The Impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 18, no.2 (1999), 281-302.
Social Security
);;> Rix, Sara E. Social Security Reform: Rethinking Retirement-Age Policy: A Look at Raising Social Security's Retirement Age. AARP Public Policy Institute, 1999.
Gramlich, Governor Edward M. "Social Security in the 21st Century," the Leon and Josephine Winkelman Lecture in Gerontology, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 13,2000. http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2000/20000313.htm.
John, David C. Social Security: Improving Retirement Income. The Heritage Foundation, 2000.
Social Security Administration. Basic Facts About Social Security. Social Security Administration, August 1995.
Steuerle, Eugene C. The Simple Arithmetic Driving Social Security Reform. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, April20, 1998.
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
DNA and Forensic-Related Research
~ Newcombe, Tod. "Slow Spiral: State DNA Databases Lag." Government Technology, April2000, Crime and the Tech Effect (insert), 1.
Goodyear, Charlie, and Erin Hallissy. "Dangerous Delay on DNA: State Struggles to Gather Genetic Profiles of Violent Felons." San Francisco Chronicle, two part series, October 19-20, 1999.
Lyons, Donna. "Using DNA to Fight Crime,", Legislative Brief (National Conference of State Legislatures) 8, no. 5, January 2000.
"Millions OK' d to Analyze Backlog of Convicts' DNA." Los Angeles Times (Home Edition), August 16, 2000, A8.
Service F. Robert. "A New Breed ofhigh-tech Detectives," Science 289 (August 11, 2000), 850-857.
Hate Crimes and Sexually Violent Offenders
~ California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Analysis ofthe 1999-2000 Budget Bill: Crosscutting Issues. "A 'Containment' Strategy for Adult Sex Offenders on Parole." Sacramento: LAO, February 16, 1999.
~ Wessler, Stephen. Addressing Hate Crimes: Six Initiatives that are Enhancing the Efforts of Criminal Justice Practitioners. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, February 2000.
Ramsey, Carolyn. "California's Sexually Violent Predator Act: The Role of Psychiatrists, Court, and Medical Determinations in Confining Sex Offenders." Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Winter 1999.
Firearms and Gun Control
~ Taylor, Lauren. R. "Getting Smarter: Making Guns Safer for Law Enforcement and Consumers" National Institute ofJustice Journal, July 2000.
Brady, Mick. "The Web's Really Big Gun Show." E-Commerce Times (online), August 18, 2000. [http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000818- l.shtml]
Craft, Cynthia. "The Economic Silver Lining to Gun Laws." California Journal, March 2000, 19.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Reducing Illegal Firearms Trafficking: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Washington, D.C.: The Department, July 2000.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston. Washington, D.C.: The Department, March 1997.
Wills, Garry. "Spiking the Gun Myth," New York Times Book Review. Arming America: the Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael Bellesiles, September 10, 2000.
Drug Court and Drug Treatment
}o> U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. The Rebirth of Rehabilitation: Promise and Perils ofDrug Courts. Washington, D.C.: The Department, May 2000.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). "Substance Abuse Treatment in California: Services are Cost Effective to Society." Sacramento: LAO, July 19, 1999.
For additional information, see StopDrugs.org: [http://stopdrugs.org] and National Institute ofDrug Abuse Homepage [http://www.nida.nih.gov]
Justice Information Technology
}o> Messner, Steven, and others. An Atlas of the Spatial Patterning of County-Level Homicide, 1960-1990. National Consortium on Violence Research, 1999. [http://www .ncovr.org/docs/Special Project/Atlas/atlas spacial patterning.htm]
Perez, Jim."Homes Designed with Fighting Crime in Mind." Ventura County Star, September 4, 2000.
Swope, Christopher. "Sherlock Online: The Long Awaited National Crime Database is Finally Up and Running." Governing, September 2000.
U.S. Department of Justice Homepage http://www.ncirs.com
Wilbur, Bobbie., Murphy, Collen., and Caulkins, Kaye. "Making a Difference in Juvenile Justice," Policy Practice, Vol. 58, No.2 June 2000.
For additional information, see California Department of Justice [http://caag.state.ca.us] and Federal Bureau oflnvestigation [http://www .tbi.gov/homepage.htm]
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Mentally Ill Offenders
);> Teplin, Linda. "Police Discretion and Mentally Ill Persons." National Institute of Justice Journal, July 2000, 11.
Welborn, J. "Responding to Individuals with Mental Illness," The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 68 (1999), 68.
For additional information, see National Alliance for the Mentally Ill [http://www.nami.org]
Youth Gangs
);> U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Youth Gang Programs and Strategies. Washington, D.C.: the Department, August 2000.
Rosenfeld, Richard; Timothy Bray; and Arlen Egley. "Facilitating Violence: A Comparison of Gang-Motivated, Gang-Affiliated, and Non-gang Youth Homicides." Journal of Quantitative Criminology15, no. 5 (1999).
Zatz, Matjorie S., and Edwardo Portillos. "Voices from the Barrio: Chicano/a Gangs, Families, and Communities. Criminology 38, no. 2 (May 2000).
Corrections, Probation and Parole
);> California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). "The "Three Strikes and You're out Law's Impact on State Prisons: An Update." Sacramento: LAO, October 1999.
);> Petersilia, Joan. "Challenges of Prisoner Reentry and Parole in California," California Policy Research Center Brief12, no. 3 (June 2000).
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). Analysis ofthe 1999-2000 Budget Bill. Judiciary and Criminal Justice: "Reforming California's Adult Parole System." Sacramento: LAO, February 18, 1998.
Diiulio, John, Jr., and Joseph Tierney. "Probation goes begging as prisons get big bucks." Sacramento Bee, September 10, 2000, Forum section, 16.
Nieto, Marcus. Health Care in California State Prisons. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, June 1998.
Nieto, Marcus. The Changing Role ofProbation in California 's Criminal Justice System. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April 1996.
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Petersilia, Joan. "Doing Justice? Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities," California Policy Research Center Briefl2, no. 4 (August 2000).
Sherman, Francine T. "Probation and the Delinquent Girl." Women, Girls, and Criminal Justice 1 no. 5 (August/September 2000), 71.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. "Technocorrections ": The Promises, the Uncertain Threats. Washington, D.C.: The Department, May 2000.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Recidivism; Probation and Parole; Inmate Education Programs. Washington, D.C.: The Department, May 2000.
Violence Prevention
};> California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). "Crime Prevention in California: Building Successful Programs." Sacramento: LAO, August 24, 2000.
};> Roth, Jeffrey A., and Joseph F. Ryan. "The COPS Program After 4 Years National Evaluation." Research in Brief (National Institute of Justice), August 2000. [http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfilesl/nij/183644.txt]
Myers, Jim. "Studies Slam Excessive Minority Lock-Ups, But Solutions Escape." Youth Today, June 2000.
Rubin, Edward L., ed. Minimizing Harm as a Goal for Crime Policy in California. Berkeley: University of California, California Policy and Research Center, October 1997.
Stone, Richard, and Katrina Kelner. "Violence: No Silver Bullet, A Series of Stories and Research Reviews." Science 289, no. 5479 (July 28, 2000), 570-582.
Talbot, Margaret. "Maximum Security Adolescent." The New York Times Magazine, September 10, 2000.
Zimring, Frankli; Sam Kamin; and Gordon Hawkins. Crime and Punishment in California: The Impact of Three Strikes and You 're Out. Berkeley: University of California, Institute of Governmental Studies, 1999.
For further information, see Crime Mapping Research Center: [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cmrc] and National Crime Prevention Council Online Resource Center [http://www.ncpc.org].
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School Violence
~ California. School Violence Prevention and Response Task Force. School Violence Prevention and Response (Final Report). Sacramento: The Task Force, April 10, 2000. Executive summary. [http://www.ocjp.ca.gov/publications/pub schlvio.htm]
U.S. Federal Bureau oflnvestigation (FBI). The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective. Quantico, Virginia: FBI, September 2000.
Crime Prevention and Racial Profiling in Minority Communities
~ U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), Racial Profiling: Limited Data Available on Motorist Stops, Washington, D.C.: the Office, March 2000.
Coates, Robert, and Mark Umbreit. Multicultural Implications ofRestorative Justice: Potential Pitfalls and Dangers. St. Paul MN: Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking, School of Social Work, University ofMinnesota, April2000.
Feeney, Sheila Anne. "For Parents of Teenage Boys, Discussion of Racial Profiling is an Absolute Must," New York Daily News, Lifeline Section, July 9, 2000.
Gordon, Jill; Laura Moriarty; and Pat Grant. "The Impact of a Juvenile Residential Treatment Center on Minority Offenders." Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 16, no. 2 (May 2000).
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Attitudes Toward Crime, Police, and the Law: Individual and Neighborhood Differences. Washington, D.C.: The Department, June 1999.
For further information, see Crime Prevention Coalition of America site, [http://www .crimepreventcoalition.org]
Internet Crime and Identity Theft
>- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. State and Local Law Enforcement Needs to Combat Electronic Crime. Washington, D.C.: The Department, August 2000.
"Identity Theft." City News Service. August 30, 2000.
Mendenhall, Deborah. "How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 12, 2000.
U.S. Department of Justice, 1999 Report on Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry. Washington, D.C.: The Department, August 1999.
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136 California Research Bureau, Califomia State Library Public Safety [October 2000]
REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
General
);> California. Legislative Analyst's Office. (LAO), "The LAO's Forecast for Major Revenue Sources," The 2000-01 Budget: Perspectives and Issues. (Sacramento: LAO, 1998).
);> Governor's Office. "Revenue Estimates." In Governor's Budget Summary 2000- 2001' 71-88, 2000.
California. "2000 Revenue and Taxation Reference Book" Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee, January 2000.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "Poor Families In Most States Pay Less Income Taxes than in the Past, But Substantial Burdens Remain." March 15, 2000. http:www.cbpp.org/3-15-00sfp.htm.
Doerr, David. California's Tax Machine. Sacramento: California Taxpayers Association. July 2000.
Kroes, Stephen. "Spending Limits in Era ofRecord Revenues." Cal-Tax Digest. California Taxpayers Assocation. June 2000. [http://www .caltax.org/member/digest/j un2000/jun00-6.htm]
Mackey, Scott. Tax Policy Handbook for State Legislators. Washington, D.C: National Conference of State Legislatures, 1997.
Michell, Chris, and Gina Rodriquez. "Comparison Charts of Federal and California Tax Laws." Special Report for Cal-Tax Online [http://www.caltax.org]. November 1999
Michell, Chris. "Annual Update on California's Manufacturing Tax Incentives." Special Report for Cal-Tax Online [http://www.caltax.org]. December 1999
Rodriquez, Gina; Eileen Roush; and Chris Michell. "California Enacts Modest Federal Conformity Measures." Special Report for Cal-Tax Online [http://www.caltax.org]. November 1999
Gasoline Tax
);> "Burning Issue." The Economist (U.S. Edition). September 23, 2000.
);> "Oil's Taxing Time." The Economist (U.S. Edition). September 16, 2000.
California Energy Commission. "Federal and California Fuel Excise Taxes on Gasoline Since 1990." [www .energy.ca.gov/fuels/gasoline/gasolinetaxes.html]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 137 Revenue and Taxation [October 2000]
Fischer, John W., and Bernard Gelb. "Transportation Fuel Taxes: Impacts of a Repeal or Moratorium." Congressional Research Service.
Lazzari, Salvatore. "Suspending the Gas Tax: Analysis of S.2285." Congressional Research Service, April 7, 2000. [www.cnie.org/nle/trans-23.html]
Internet Taxation
~ Swope, Christopher. "E-conomics Problem. Governing, March 2000, 20.
Arrison, Sonia and Naomi Lopez Bauman, "Internet Taxes: What California Legislators Should Know." San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2000.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), California Tax Policy and the Internet, January 31, 2000
Mazerov, Michael. "A Five-Year Extension of the Internet Tax "Moratorium" Would Further Erode the Tax Base of States and Localities." Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. May 12, 2000. www.cbpp.org/5-8-00tax.htm.
Proposition 13
California Constitution Revision Commission. "State-Local Relations: Straightening out the Relationship of State and Local Government." In Final Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, 61-65, 1996.
California Taxpayers Association. "Taxes: Cal-Tax Q & A: Senator Peace Cure Proposition 13 'Sickness' by Reassessing Commercial Property. Boosting the Homeowners' Exemption and Cutting the Sales Tax .. " Cal-Tax Digest. February 2000.
Public Policy Institue of California. "Has Proposition 13 Reduced the California Tax Burden?" Research Brief, September, 1998.
Shires, Michael A., John Ellwood, and Mary Sprague. Has Proposition 13 Delivered? The Changing Tax Burden in California. Public Policy Institute of California. San Francisco, 1998. [http://www.ppic.org/publications/PPIC111/index.html]
Vehicle License Fee
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). A Primer on the Vehicle License Fee. Sacramento: LAO, 1998.
California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). California Spending Plan 2000-01. Sacramento: LAO, August 2000. "Chapter 2-Tax ReliefProvisions." [http://www.lao.ca.gov/2000 reports/spend plan/0800 spend .Plan chap 2.htm l#accel]
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California. Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO). California Spending Plan 1998-99. Sacramento: LAO, October 1998. "Chapter 2-The 1998-99 Tax Reduction Package." [http://www.lao.ca.gov/1 098 spending .Plan chapter 2.html]
Caps, Steven, "Stalemate on Budget Crumbles." Sacramento Bee, June 23,2000, Metro Final Edition, A 1. ·
Willis, Doug. "Analyst Says Growing Surplus Guarantees More Cuts in Vehicle License Fees." Associated Press State and Local Wire, November 18, 1999.
For additional information, see: Cal-Tax Online (California Taxpayers' Association), [http://www.caltax.org]; Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (Internet Taxation), [http://www.ecommercecommission.org]; California Legislative Analyst's Office, [http://www.lao.ca.gov]
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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Mobile Sources of Air Pollution
~ California Air Resources Board. Area Designations Maps. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/adrn/adm.htm]
~ Jost, Kenneth. "Asthma Epidemic: Why is it Happening? What's to be Done?" CQ Researcher 9, no. 48 (December 24, 1999), 1089-1104.
~ Nystrom, Marci. California Air Quality Status & Trends. Text and slides from a presentation to the California Air Resources Board, May 27, 1999. California Air Resources Board. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/aqtrends/trends1.htm]
~ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act. Washington, D.C.: U.S. EPA, April1993.
American Lung Association. State ofthe Air 2000. Washington, D.C.: American Lung Association, May 2000. "Introduction" and "Summary."
South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Southland's War on Smog: Fifty Years ofProgress Toward Clean Air. Diamond Bar, California: the District, 1997.
U.S. House of Representatives. Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants in Los Angeles. Minority StaffReport, Committee on Government Reform, March 1, 1999.
Walker, Bill, and Marshall Hendricks. School Haze: Air Pollution Near California Schools. Washington D.C.: Environmental Working Group, 1995.
Diesel Emissions
Bowman, Chris. "Diesel Control Adopted." Sacramento Bee, September 29, 2000, Al.
Duran, Gil Jose. "Diesel Exhaust Called Hazard: California to Tighten Fuel Rules." San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 1998.
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials. Cancer Risk from Diesel Particulates: National and Metropolitan Area Estimates for the United States. Washington, DC: STAPP A and ALAPCO, March 15,2000.
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Emissions Trading
"Booming Economy Raises Price of Pollution Credits." Associated Press, September 5, 2000.
Knopman, Debra S., and Megan Susman. Trading Air Emissions for Environmental and Economic Benefit: Success Stories from the Private Sector. Washington, DC: Progressive Policy Institute, February 1998.
Zero- and Low-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs and LEVs)
);> California. Air Resources Board. 2000 Zero Emission Vehicle Program Biennial Review. Sacramento: California Environmental Protection Agency, August 7, 2000. Executive summary.
);> Kreith, Frank; Dena Sue Potestio; Chad Kimbell; and the Center for Technical Information. Ground Transportation for the 21 51 Century. Denver, CO: National Conference of State Legislatures, August 1999. Executive summary.
"Alternative Fuels." CQ Researcher 10, no. 8 (March 3, 2000), 176.
Polakovic, Gary. "Firms Told to Resume Making Electric Cars." Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2000, Al.
Smog Check II
);> California Air Resources Board. Evaluation of California's Enhanced Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (Smog Check II). Sacramento: California Environmental Protection Agency, July 12, 2000. [http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/smogchk2/smogchk2.htm]
California Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee. Smog Check II Evaluation .. Sacramento: IMRC, 2000. Executive summary. [http://smogcheck.ca.gov /smogweb/IMRC/]
Financing
);> Brown, Jeffrey, and others. The Future of California Highway Finance. Berkeley, Ca.: California Policy Research Center. 1999
);> Long, Rebecca J., and Jason A. Weller. California Travels: Financing Our Transportation. Sacramento: Legislative Analyst's Office. May 2000.
);> Weller, Jason A. Public Transportation Account: Options to Address Projected Shortfall. Sacramento: Legislative Analyst's Office. January 4, 2000.
Congressional Budget Office. Innovative Financing ofHighways: An Analysis of Proposals. Washington, D.C.: the Office, January 1998. "Summary."
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Cunningham, Michael. Developing and Funding and Efficient Transportation. Sacramento: Legislative Analyst's Office. March 5, 1998.
Fimrite, Peter. "Traffic Plans Gridlocked Over Vote Requirement." San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2000, A15.
McCann, Barbara, and others. Changing Direction: Federal Transportation Spending in the 1990s. Washington, D.C.: Surface Transportation Policy Project, March 2000.
Sudeen, Matt and James B. Reed. "Is it the End ofPay-as-You-Go in Transportation Finance?" State Legislatures, April2000.
U.S. Department of Transportation. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: A Summary. Washington D.C.: The Department, July 15, 1998. [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/sumcov.htm]
Mass Transit and Passenger Rail
> Center for Transportation Excellence. "Benefits of Transit." [http://cfte.orglbenefits of transit. asp]
> Free Congress Research and Education Foundation. Conservatives and Mass Transit: Is it Time for a New Look? Washington, D.C.: American Public Transportation Association. [1999]. [http :I lwww .apta.com/info/online/conserve.pdfl
> Gordon, Peter. Does Transit Really Work? Thoughts on the Weyrich!Lind "Conservative Reappraisal. " Los Angeles: Reason Foundation, September 1999. [http://www .rppi.org/transportation/ftebriefl 0 l.html]
> Weyrich, Paul M., and WilliamS. Lind. Does Transit Work? A Conservative Reappraisal. Washington, D.C.: American Public Transportation Association, May 1999. [http://www. apta.com/info/online/weyrich2new .htm]
Hoffinan, Alan. "Transit Study Gets Wheels Turning." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 13, 2000, A3.
Lelchuk, Ilene. "Commuter Hell Heats Up: As Population Grows, Public Transit Doesn't Keep Pace, So Bay Area Freeways Get Clogged Earlier and Earlier." San Francisco Examiner, September 26, 1999, C1.
Louv, Richard. "Transit Study Gets Wheels Turning." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 13, 2000.
Richards, Gary. "Trains Integral to Future Commuting, California Business Group Says." San Jose Mercury News, September 17, 1999.
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HOVLanes
)> Long, Rebecca. HOV Lanes in California: Are They Achieving Their Goals? Sacramento: Legislative Analyst's Office. January 7, 2000.
Lidelof, Bill. "Commuters Divided on Value of Freeway Car Pool Lanes." Sacramento Bee, March 15, 1999, Al.
Shuit, Douglas P. "Easing of Carpool Rules Backfires As Lanes Jam." Los Angeles Times, January 22,2000, Home Edition, Al.
Buses
Cabanatuan, Michael. "Bus Makes a Comeback to Combat Congestion." San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 2000, Al.
Cabanatuan, Michael. "Suburbanites Buck Trend, Ride the Bus." San Francisco Chronicle, February 1, 1999, Al.
Moore, James E., and Robert W. Pool. "The Future of L.A. Transit Just Might Be Via the Bus." Los Angeles Times, August 30, 1998, M6
Light Rail
DeLong, James V. Myths ofLight-Rail Transit, Policy Study No. 244. Los Angeles: The Reason Foundation. September 1998. [http://www.rppi.org/ps244.html]
Ehrenhalt, Alan. "How Light Rail Went Bigtime In Portland." Sacramento Bee, August 27, 2000, 12.
Commuter and Heavy Rail
)> Reed, James B., and others. State Rail Transportation Issues and Policies. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures, June 1999.
Lindelof, Bill. "Capitol Corridor Train Ridership Rockets." Sacramento Bee, May 9, 2000, Al.
Nolte, Carl. "Public-Transit Dream Stalls in Opening ofLast Leg ofRed Line." San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 1999, Al.
Nolte, Carl. "San Joaquin Rail Service Moving At a Good Clip." San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 1999, Al.
Pence, Angelica. "Caltrain Changes put Rail On Time, Increase Patronage." San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2000.
Richards, Gary. "Study Predicts Effects of Expansion of San Francisco-Area Transit System." San Jose Mercury News, June 23, 2000.
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High Speed Rail and Maglev
)> Wilson, Hugh K., and others. High speed Trains for the United States? History and Options. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures. March 1996. [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/transer2.htm]
California MAGLEV Project. Project Description. [Pasadena: Parsons Transportation Group], Revised July 6, 2000. Executive summary. [http://www.calmaglev.com/description doc.html#]
California High-Speed Rail Authority. Staff Recommendations for VHS Route Adoption. Los Angeles: the Authority, June 16, 1999.
Flanigan, James. "'Maglev' and L.A.'s Needs May Be On Opposite Poles." Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2000.
Lembke, Bud. "California's High-Speed Trains Are Stuck At the Station." Sacramento Bee, November 21, 1999, Jl.
Ferries
"Ferries in the 21st Century." TR News, No. 209 (July-August 2000), 3-37.
Bay Area Council. Bay Area Transit Initiative: Action Plan. San Francisco: The Council. May 1999. Executive summary.
Fimrite, Peter. "Workaday Scramble for Dockside Parking." San Francisco Chronicle, May 15, 2000, Al4.
Traffic Safety
>- Harris, Louis. The Third Survey ofAttitudes ofthe American People on Highway and Auto Safety. Prepared for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. September 1999. [http://www .saferoads.org/polls/harris99/louharrisreport.pdt]
)> Savage, Milissa A., and others. State Traffic Safety Legislation, 1999. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, November 1999.
Fimrite, Peter. "Numbskulls at the Wheel Sideswipe Road Etiquette." San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 1999, Al3
Hughes, Joe. "Authorities Report Rise in Incidents of Objects Thrown From Overpasses." San Diego Union-Tribune, July 30,2000, B1.
Manzano, Roberto J. "Life in Slow Lane Is Anything But Boring for Patrol Drivers." Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2000, Bl.
Wiegand, Steve. "Today's Drivers Better Than Ever? Could Be." Sacramento Bee, February 7, 1999, Al.
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Child Safety
);> Savage, Milissa A. Child Passenger Protection. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, September 2000. [http://www .ncsl.org/programs/esnr/childpro.htm]
Alonso-Zaldivar, Richardo, and Richard Simons. "Front Seat Failure, Back Seat Disaster." Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1999, Horne Edition, Al.
Alonso-Zaldivar, Richardo, and Richard Simons. "When Parents Drive, CHP Says, Care Can Be Casualty." Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1999, Horne Edition, A1.
School Buses
);> Savage, Milissa A. School Bus Safety. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, September 2000. [http://www .ncsl.org/programs/esnr/schbussa.htrn]
Alonso-Zaldivar, Richardo. "Safety Belts In School Buses Offer No Help, NTSB Says." Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1999, Horne Edition, Al.
Lowy, Joan. "School Districts Doubt Need for Bus Seat Belts." Ventura County Star, May 3, 1999, AOl.
Teens
);> Foss, Robert D. "Reducing Fatal Crash Risk Among Teenaged Drivers: Structuring an Effective Graduated Licensing System." Journal ofthe American Medical Association 283, no. 12 (March 22/29, 2000), 1617-1618.
);> Westphal, Sylvia Pagan, and David Haldane. "New Driving Law's Restrictions Make Turning 16 Not So Sweet." Los Angeles Times, November 14, 1999, Orange County Edition, BB 1.
Chen, Li-Hui, and others. "Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor for Crashes Fatal to 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers." Journal ofthe American Medical Association 283, no. 12 (March 22/29, 2000), 1578-1582.
Goehring, Janet B. Teens and Traffic: Reducing the Risk: A Legislator's Guide. Denver Co: National Conference of State Legislatures, February 1999.
Elderly
);> Alonso-Zaldivar, Richardo. "Auto Makers Retool To Fit an Aging U.S." Los Angeles Times, July 31,2000, Horne Edition, Al.
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~· Savage, Milissa A. "The Safety of Elderly Drivers." NCSL Legisbriefs 8, no. 21 (April/May 2000).
Amott, Ann. "Old Hands At the Wheel: Aging Affects Driving Ability, But There Are Steps That Can Help." San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26, 1999, Wheels (section), 1.
Risling, Greg, and Solomon Moore. "Man, 91, In Crash That Killed Tot Says He'll No Longer Get Behind Wheel." Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2000, Valley Edition, Bl.
Driving Under the Influence
Bazar, Emily. "Hearings On DUI's Often Late: DMV's Backlog Lets Drivers Stay On the Road." Sacramento Bee, July 25, 2000, AI.
Hubert, Cynthia. "Repeat Offenders Test Drunken Diving Law: Some Continue to Defy Stiffer Sanctions." Sacramento Bee, May 7, 2000, AI.
Pedestrian Safety
~ Ohland, Gloria, and others. Dangerous By Design: Pedestrian Safety in California. Sacramento: Surface Transportation Policy Project. September 2000. Executive summary, pages 7-1 0.
Glionna, John M. "Deaths, Injuries Cloud 'Walkers' Paradise." Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2000, Horne Edition, A3.
Gordon, Rachel. "Battered Pedestrians 'When You Get Hit By a Car, You Hurt Everywhere."' San Francisco Examiner, June 13, 2000, AI.
Marosi, Richard, and Tina Borgatta. "Lobbyists Run Over Reform ofPedestrian Safety Laws." Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2000.
Smith, Gordon. "Cities Flash Walk Sign: Officials Seek Ways to Make Mean Streets Safe for Pedestrians." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 28, 2000, AI.
Trucks
~ Garvey, Megan. "Rolling Thunder on the Highways." Series: Sharing the Road, First ofThree Parts. Los Angeles Times, August 15, 1999, Horne Edition, AI.
~ Glionna, John. "Truckers Driven By a Fast-Paced Era." Series: Sharing the Road, Second of Three Parts. Los Angeles Times, August 16, I999, Horne Edition, Al.
~ Gottlieb, Jeff. "Technology Offers Trucking Firms New Safety Strategies." Series: Sharing the Road, Last ofThree Parts. Los Angeles Times, August 17, 1999, Horne Edition, Al.
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Katches, Mark, and Bonnie Weston. "Inexperienced Truckers Appear to Be a Factor in the Growing Number of Accidents." Orange County Register, July 25, 1999, AOl.
"Truckers Are Caught Up In a Battle Over Regulations." Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2000, Home Edition, G 1.
Oversized Loads
California. State Auditor. California 's Department of Transportation: Has Improved Its Process for Issuing Permits for Oversize Trucks, but More Can Be Done. Sacramento: the Auditor, May 2000.
Garvey, Megan. "A Bridge Too Low, Far Too Often." Los Angeles Times, August 22, 1999, Orange County Edition, Al.
Garvey, Megan. "State Fails to Keep Pace With Oversized Truckloads." Los Angeles Times, October 21, 1999, Home Edition, A3.
Cell Phones
>- Sundeen, Matt. Cell Phones and Highway Safety: 2000 State Legislative Update. Denver Co.: National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2000. [http://www .ncsl.org/programs/esnr/2000cell.htm]
Alonso-Zaldivar, Richardo. "High-Tech Users Told Not to Be Driven to Distraction" Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2000, Home Edition, Al.
Fresno Bee (editorial). "Driving While Phoning." September 26, 2000.
Aggressive Driving and Road Rage
>- Goehring, Janet B. Aggressive Driving: Background and Overview Report. Denver Co: National Conference of State Legislatures, January 2000. [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/aggrdriv.htm]
Collins, Jeff. "Study Says Fewer Deaths In Congested Areas, Not Less Road Rage." Orange County Register, March 13, 1999, B01.
Gordon, Lary, and Tom Gorman. "Inland Empire Leads In Fatal Road Rage." Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1999, Home Edition, A 1.
Hughes, Joe. "CHP Targets Aggressive and Unsafe Drivers." San Diego Union Tribune, August 6, 1999, A1.
Marosi, Richard. "In Suburbs, Freeway Drivers Hit the Gas - And Get Tickets." Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2000, Home Edition, A32.
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Grade Crossings
Reed, James B., and Matt Sundeen. "Preventing Rail Fatalities." NCSL Legisbriefs 8, no. 26 (June/July 2000).
Simon, Richard .. "Putting Stop to Rail Crossing Deaths." Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1999, Home Edition, AI.
Congestion and Congestion Management
~ Southern California Association of Governments. 1999 State ofthe Commute Report: Executive Summary. Los Angeles: SCAG, July 2000. [http://www.scag.ca.gov /1999%20State%20of0/o20the%20Commute%20Report %20-%20Executive%20Summary.pdfl
~ "Traffic Congestion: Is the United States Facing Permanent Gridlock?" CQ Researcher 9, no. 32 (August 29, 1999), 731-750.
American Highways User Alliance. Saving Time, Saving Money: The Economics of Unclogging America's Worst Bottlenecks. Washington, D.C.: The Alliance. April2000.
Severity of Congestion
Lindelof, Bill. "Study: Traffic is Worse, But We're Not L.A." Sacramento Bee, November 17, 1999, AI.
Morin, Monte. "More Time Going Nowhere." Los Angeles Times, August 15. 2000 Orange County Edition, B 1.
Richards, Gary. "San Jose, Calif. Area Traffic Congestion Worsening, Report Says." San Jose Mercury News, September 21,2000.
Policy Solutions
Corless, James. Beyond Gridlock" Meeting California's Transportation Needs in the Twenty First Century. San Francisco: Surface Transportation Policy Project. May 2000. [http://www. transact. org/cal gridlock/ ack.htm]
Martin, Hugo. "Watch for Slowing Traffic: State Struggles to Keep Up With Growing Congestion." Los Angeles Times, June 24. 1999, Home Edition, WI.
Samuel, Peter. How to "Build Our Way Out of Congestion." PS-250. Los Angeles: The Reason Foundation. January 1999. [http://www.rppi.org/ps250.html]
Technical Solutions
Bernick, Michael, and Edward McSpedon. "How Techonogy Can Reduce Traffic Congestion in California." Sacramento Bee, March 7, 1999, HI.
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Blake, Catherine. "Engineer Calls the Signals in High-Tech Traffic Plan." Los Angeles Times, March 20, 2000, Ventura County Edition, B 1.
Peirce, Neal R. "Widened Freeways Create Own Gridlock?" Sacramento Bee, January 31, 1999, H3.
Shuit, Douglas. "Using Traffic sensors, Strategically Paced Video Cameras and a New Nerve Center, Caltrans and CHP Try to Keep Freeways Flowing." Los Angeles Times, February 6, 2000, Home Edition, Bl.
Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, and Congestion Pricing
);> Kelleher, James B., and Jenifer B. McKim. "Difficult Path for Toll Roads." Orange County Register, January 5, 2000, COl.
);> Kirshner, Daniel, and A. Renee Henry. Escape From Gridlock: Implementing Express Lanes on I-80 and Beyond: Summary Report. Oakland: Environmental Defense Fund, June 1998. [http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/Gridlock/GridlockFinal.pdf]
Pool, Robert W., and C. Kenneth Orski. Building a Case for HOT Lanes: A New Approach to Reducing Urban Highway Congestion. Los Angeles: The Reason Foundation, April1999. Executive summary. [http://www.rppi.org/257.html]
Schiller, Erin. The Road Ahead: The Economic and Enviornmental Benefits of Congestion Pricing. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, February 1998. Executive Summary. [http://www. pacificresearch.org/issues/ enviro/congestion.html]
Transportation Corridor Agencies
);> Transportation Corridor Agencies. "Press Only." [http://www. tcagencies. com/home/news pressonly. htm]
);> Transportation Corridor Agencies. "Toll System Map." [http://www. tcagencies.comlhome/destination system.htm]
Hill-Holzman, Nancy. "1 Focus, 2 Sides in Tollway Fight." Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1999, Orange County Edition, Bl.
Transportation Corridor Agencies. 1999 Annual Report. Irvine, Ca.: the Agencies. [http://www. tcagencies. com/home/destination system.htm]
Standard & Poor's. "Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California." Infrastructure Finance: Project Finance, Utilities and Concessions: Summary Analyses. New York: McGraw-Hill. September 1999. Pp- 326-327.
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Standard & Poor's. "San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency." Reprinted from RatingsDirect, March 6, 2000.
91 Express Lanes
> 91 Express Lanes. "Location Map." [http://www .91 expresslanes.corn/location map.htm]
> Orange County Transportation Agency. "SR-91 Express Lanes." Slide Presentation to Board of Directors. May 22, 2000. [http://www.octa.net/presentation/052200/91 express/slides.asp]
> Pool, Robert W. "Whither California Toll Roads After 91 Express Lanes Fiasco?" Cal-Tax Digest. July 2000. [http://www.caltax.org/member/digest/July2000/jul00-6.htm]
James, Meg. "Legislators Vow Quick Action for Commuters." Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2000, Orange County Edition, Bl.
Kindy, Kimberly. "Driven to Despair by the 91: Residents on Surface Streets Say Commuters Escaping the Freeway Clog Neighborhoods." Orange County Register, February 13, 2000, AOl.
McKim, Jenifer B. "91 Toll Road Lost $1.8 Million In '99." Orange County Register, May 12, 2000. [http://www .ocregister.corn/community/features/199 8/ growth/transportation/200 O/to11012cci4.shtml]
Airports
> Thompson, Christopher M. Aviation & Airports: Who Is Responsible? Final report to the California State Legislature by the California Commission on Aviation and Airports. Sacramento, CA: Senate Publications, [1991]
> Reed, James B. and Janet B. Goehring. The State Role in American Aviation Policy. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, October 1998. [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/transer9.htm]
General Aviation
Briggs, Johnathon E., and Martha L. Willman. "Under the Flight Path: Living Near Small Airports Can Mean Putting Up With Noise, Pollution and Crash Danger." Los Angles Times, April21, 2000, Home Edition, Bl.
Garvey, Megan, and Jack Leonard. "Can Runways and Driveways Be Neighbors?" Los Angeles Times, April 13,2000, Orange County Edition, B1.
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Willman, Martha L. "Chartering A New Course At Van Nuys Airport." Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1999, Valley Edition, B1.
Los Angeles International
Flanigan, James. "Small-Town Thinking Can Jam Region's Air Traffic." Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2000, Horne Edition, C1.
Kransowski, Matt. "LAX Expansion Sparks Heated Debate: But Foes Agree Lindbergh Must Grow To Relieve L.A. Congestion." San Diego Union-Tribune, February 15, 1999, Al.
Los Angeles World Airports. About The LAX Master Plan. September 05,2000. http:/ /www.lax20 15 .org/publications/rnasterplan idx.htrnl#
Ventura County
Blake, Catherine. "Turbulence Over Oxnard Airport Intensifies." Los Angeles Times, September 10,2000, Ventura County Edition, B1.
Charney, Marc. "Joint Use At Mugu Is the Best Option." Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2000, Ventura county Edition, B19.
El Toro
Fulton, William and Paul Shigley. "The Airbase-to-Airport." Governing 13, no. 3. (December 1999), 38-41.
Orange County Register. "El Toro Conversion" Current news about the conversion ofEl Toro Marine Corps Air Station and what's happening in the camps ofpro and anti-airport activists. [http://www.ocregister.com/cornrnunity/features/1998/growth!eltoro/2000]
San Francisco International
Davis, Aaron, and Paul Rogers. "Transportation Bureau Likely to Back Expansion of San Francisco Airport." San Jose Mercury News, September 8, 2000.
Gathright, Alan, and Marshall Wilson. "Airports Plan Draws Environmentalists' Ire." San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 2000, A17.
San Francisco International Airport. "Runway Development: Q & A." [http://www.sfoairport.com/future/runwaylbtf rdv qa.asp]
San Diego/Lindberg Field
Lindquist, Diane. "Local Airport Planners Look South for Relief: Tijuana Field's Sale Offers Hope to S.D." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 5, 1999, Al.
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Powell, Ronald W. "Airport Asked to Quiet Down: Lindberg's Permit to Exceed Noise Limits Challenged." San Diego Union-Tribune, September 12, 2000, Bl.
Goods Movement
~ California Department ofTransportation. 1998 California Transportation Plan: Statewide Goods Movement Strategy. Sacramento: the Department. August 1998. Executive summary, pp. 6-12.
~ O'Connor, Dennis E. "An Overview Of California's International Trade, Infrastructure And Competitiveness." Presented to the Assembly Committee On International Trade And Development. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 10, 1997.
~ Standard & Poor's. "International Port Trends Are Positive." Reprinted from RatingsDirect, April19, 2000.
Campbell, Ronald. "Revving Up For Cargo." Orange County Register, April18, 1999, A22
O'Connell, Jock. "A 'Fly-By-Night' State Making Policy In the Dark: California and Local Planners Don't Know Most Exports Go by Air." Sacramento Bee, May 14,2000. Il.
Weikel, Dan. "Freighters Enter the Age of the Mega-Ship." Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1999, Home Edition, AI.
Alameda Corridor Program
~ Standard & Poor's. "Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority." Reprinted from RatingsDirect, July 27, 2000.
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority. "Fact Sheet." Carson, Ca.: the Authority. 1999. [http://www.acta.org/Fact Sheets/AlCorrFacts/alcorrfacts.html]
Martin, Hugo. "Massive Alameda Corridor Project Stirs Neighborhood Anger." Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2000, Home Edition, Bl.
Weikel, Dan. "Rail Project Violated Pollution Standards, Documents Show." Los Angeles Times, December 9, 1999, Home Edition, B1.
Alameda Corridor Program East
Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority. "Summary of ACE Project." [http://www.theaceproject.org/acesummary.htm]
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California. State Auditor. Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority: Its Planning and Contracting Is Generally Sound, but Proposed Changes in Rail Traffic May Affect Its Construction Program. Sacramento: the Auditor, May 2000.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
};;- Rabin, Jeffrey L. "MT A Strike Has Deep Roots In Agency's Past Mistakes." Los Angeles Times, September 19,2000, Home Edition, A24.
MTA Vs Bus Riders' Union
};;- Rabin, Jeffrey L. "U.S. Appeals Court Will Hear A Long-Running Battle As Much Is At Stake In Showdown for Bus Riders, MTA." Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2000, Home Edition, B1.
Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Consent Decree. (Web edition prepared by plaintiffs). October 29, 1996. http://www. thestrategycenter.org/Decree/body consent decree.html
Los Angeles Times (editorial). "The MTA's Obsession With Rail Knows No Bounds." July 25, 1999, M6
Rabin, Jeffrey L. "Can A Judge Be Persuadet To Overturn Landmark Rulings By the Special Master He Appointed?" Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1999, Home Edition, B 1.
Rabin, Jeffrey L. "MTA Told to Buy 532 Buses to Ease Crowding." Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1999, Home Edition, Al.
Rabin, Jeffrey L. "MTA Warns of Downside to Upgrading Bus Fleet." Los Angeles Times, April18, 1999 Home Edition, Bl.
Rabin, Jeffrey L. "Raucous Protesters Denouce Proposal To Raise Bus Fares." Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1999, Home Edition, Bl.
Rail Safety
Martin, Hugo. "State's Deadliest Rail System Was L.A. Blue Line." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2000, A3.
Shuit, Douglas P. "Where Rapid Transit Means Constant Risk." Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1999, Home Edition, Al.
Shuit, Douglas P. "85% of Blue Line Deaths Occure on Fastes Segment." Los Angeles Times, Home Edition. December 23, 1999, AI.
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Shuit, Douglas P. "MTA Can do Little to Boost Crossing Safety, Study Finds." Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2000, Home Edition, B 1.
Bicycles
Larsen, Elaine. "With One-Stop Bicycle Rental, Repair and Storage, Bikestation Palo Alto Makes for Happy Peddlers." San Francisco Examiner, September 8, 2000, Pl.
Norcross, Don. "Where Rubber Meets the Road: Riders and Drivers Should Define, Abide Rules ofEngagement." San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2, 1999, D2.
Wildermuth, John. "Caltrans Laments High Cost of Bike Lanes on Bridges." San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 1999.
New Technology
);> Sudeen, Mat and Janet B. Goehring. State Intelligent Transportation Systems in the Year 2000. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures. June 1999. [http://www.ncsl.org/programs/esnr/transr12.htm]
Becerra, Hector. "Stopping Short of Green Lights: System to Clear Intersections for Emergency Vehicles Still Hasn't Caught On." Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2000, Orange County Edition, B6.
Hanrahan, Jenifer. "Smile and Say Fees: Cameras Catching On for Catching Red Light Runners." San Diego Union-Tribune, April16, 2000, Dl.
Savage, Milissa A. Automated Traffic Enforcement. Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, August 2000. [http://www .ncsl. org/programs/esnr/0700trnrv .htm]
Trejos, Nancy. "The Road to Traffic Safety." Los Angeles Times, June 25, 1999, Home Edition, B2.
Wilberg, Elizabeth. "GM Black boxes in Cars Big Help or Big Brother?" San Diego Union Tribune, August 15, 1999, AI.
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UTILITIES AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
Overview
U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/toc.html]
Digital Divide
>- Baldassare, Mark. "The Digital Divide in California." Computers in Our Future. Notes for a Seminar organized by the Secretary of State, Spring 2000. [http://www.ciof.org] Pages 24-26.
>- California's Digital Divide. Just the Facts. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, September 2000.
>- Community Building in the Digital Age. PolicyLink.org. [http://www.policylink.org/technology/digital divide.html]
>- Moller, Rosa. Profile of California Computer and Internet Users. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, January 2000.
>- "The Digital Divide." Remarks by Governor Edward M. Gramlich at the Community Reinvestment Act Conference, San Francisco, California, April 17, 2000.
The Dollar Divide. Media Metrix. August 2000. [http://mediametiix.com/press/releases/20000821.jsp]
Baldassare, Mark. PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, September 1999.
Novak, Thomas P., and Donna L. Hoffman. "Bridging the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use" (a working paper). Project 2000, Vanderbilt University, February 2, 1998. [http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/papers/race/science.html]
Foreign Trade Policy and the Global Economy
>- Council on Competitiveness. Going Global: The New Shape ofAmerican Innovation. Washington, D.C.: the Council, 1998.
>- Koehler, Gus. California Trade Policy. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, November 1999.
>- Mander, Jerry and Edward Goldsmith. The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1996.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 157 Utilities and Commerce Armstrong, David. "Extolling Exports: Trade Secretary Touts Golden State Around the World." San Francisco Examiner, September 3, 2000, B-1.
California. Trade and Commerce Agency. California Exports: 1999. [http://commerce.ca.gov/intemational/facts/1999.html]
California. Trade and Commerce Agency. Surging Exports Strengthen Trade Boom in California. February 29, 2000.
Dedrick, Jason, and Juan Palacios. Impact ofEconomic Integration on the Computer Sector in Mexico and the United States. Irvine: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine, June 1999.
Jenner, Stephen; Wim Douw; and Boudewijn Koops. "Sourcing Strategies of Asian Manufacturers and the Development of Local Linkages in San Diego and Tijuana." Journal ofBorderlands Studies XIII, no. 2 (Fall1998), 19-47.
Kuttner, Robert. "A Turning Point in the Globalization Debate," San Diego Union Tribune (December 5, 1999), G-3
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. International Trade Trends and Impacts: The Los Angeles Region. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, 2000.
Schweke, William. "Could Economic Development Become Illegal in the New World Order?" Alternatives 7, no. 8 (November 1999).
"The New Economy." Business Week, January 11, 2000.
NAFTA and World Trade Organization
~ California. Environmental Protection Agency. California-Raja California Border Environmental Infrastructure Needs Assessment. Sacramento: the Agency, 1998.
~ California Trade and Commerce Agency. "NAFTA: A Preliminary Assessment ofthe Agreement's Impact on California." April1997.
~ Stumberg, Robert. California: Democracy, World Trade and WTO. Sacramento: Office of Senator Tom Hayden, March 2000.
Benson, Robert. "Constitution? Forget It! NAFTA Rules," Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1999, B-9.
Border Institute. The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment: A Road Map to a Sustainable 2020. Rio Rico, Arizona: Border Institute, December 1999.
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Cleeland, Nancy. "WTO Summit in Seattle; Labor Leaders want Worker Safeguards build into Trade Accords," Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1999, A-19.
Drenan, Todd. "Where the Action's At: The U.S.-Mexican Border." AgExporter (U.S. Department of Agriculture) XI, no. 1 (January 1999). [http://ffas.usda.gov/info/agexporter/1999/wherethe.html]
Flanigan, James. "World Economy Whistles in the Dark." Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2000, C-1.
Barshefsky, Charlene. "Hanging in the Balance; What China's WTO Accession can mean for Southern California." San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17, 2000, B-7.
Iritani, Evelyn. "Trade Pacts Accused of Subverting U.S. Policies." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1999, A-1.
Lehman, John. U.S. Mexico Border Ten-Year Outlook: Environmental, Infrastructure, Funding Projections. San Antonio, Texas: North American Development Bank, [1999?].
Lelyveld, Michael. "US may defend, oppose State's sanctions law." Journal of Commerce, February 3, 1999.
Moller, Rosa. Effects ofthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on State Policies. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, September 1995.
Neely, Michelle. Paper Tigers? How the Asian Economies Lost Their Bite. St. Louis: Federal Reserve Bank, January 1999.
O'Connell, Jock. "WTO, State Law on Collision Course." Los Angeles Times, January 23,2000, M-6.
Peach, James and Richard Adkisson. "NAFTA and Economic Activity Along the U.S.-Mexico Border." Journal ofEconomic Issues XXXIV, no. 2 (June 2000).
Rosen, Ruth. "Activists Promote Fair Trade", San Francisco Chronicle (September 19, 2000), A-19.
San Diego Association of Governments. "Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities." [http://www .sandag.cog.ca. us/projects/binational/ cobro.html]
San Diego Association of Governments. "Border Transportation." [http://www.sandag.cog.ca.us/projects/binationalltransport.html]
San Diego Association of Governments. "Environmental Projects," [http://www .sand a g. cog. ca. us/proj ects/binational/transport.html]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 159 Utilities and Commerce Stumberg, Robert (contact). "Defending the Massachusetts Burma Law." Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000. Pages 1-11.
Sweedler, Alan. "Energy and Environment in the Califomia-Baja California Border Region: Summary." In Alan Sweedler, Paul Anster, and Patricia Bennet, Energy and Environment in the California-Raja California Border Region. Institute for Regional Studies ofthe Califomias, 1995.
Zarembo, Alan. "A Long Road to Free Trade: Mexican Truck Driving After NAFT A." Newsweek International, February 2000, 54.
Electricity
~ Boslet, Mark. "Electrical Storm Hits New Economy." The Industry Standard. September 18, 2000.
~ California. Office ofRatepayer Advocates, Public Utilities Commission. Guide to Residential Electric Service Options. March 1, 2000. [http://nic.cpuc.ca. gov/divisions/ora!Matrixlntro W eb.htm]
~ California. Public Utilities Commission and Electricity Oversight Board. California's Electricity Options and Challenges: Report to the Governor. August 2, 2000. Executive summary.
~ Goldsborough, James 0. "Sifting Through the Electricity Mess." San Diego Union-Tribune, August 21, 2000, Opinion section, B-9.
~ National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). State Retail Wheeling Summary. June 2000. [www .nreca.org/news/retailwheel/ret wh sum.html]
~ U.S. Department of Energy. "Electricity Terms." [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epav1/html/Glossary.htm]
California 's Failed Experiment With Deregulation (Backgrounder). Towards Utility Rate Normalization (TURN). [http://www. tum. org/tumarticles/press crisibackgrd.htm]
CalPX Primer. California Power Exchange, December 1999. [http://www .calpx. corn/news/publications/primerv6 .doc]
Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union. Electricity Restructuring and the Price Spikes of 1998: A Need for More Vigorous Efforts to Protect Consumers. Consumers Union, June 21, 1999. [http://www .consumersunion.org/other/spikexedc699 .htm]
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Great Expectations: What Happens When New Markets Open? California Power Exchange March 27, 1998. [http :I lwww .calpx .com/news/publications/ greatexpectations.doc]
Green-e Verification Results 1999. San Francisco: Center for Resource Solutions, 2000. [http://www.green-e.orglpower/1999vr.pdfl
Peyton, Carrie. "PG&E Planning to Seek Rate Hike: Utility Says It's Hurting Under State Freeze. Sacramento Bee, September 24, 2000.
Sladoje, George (Chief Executive Officer/President, California Power Exchange Corporation). Comments before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Investigation of California Markets. California Power Exchange. Testimony to the FERC, September 12, 2000. [http://www.calpx.com/09-12- 00%20Revised%20FERC%20Comments%20ofl/o20G. %20Sladoje.doc]
Consumers Union, Southwest Regional Office. "Stranded Investment." May 28, 1999. [http://www.consumersunion.org/other/strandedsw798.htm]
California. Public Utilities Commission and Electricity Oversight Board. California's Electricity Options and Challenges: Report to the Governor. August 2, 2000.
Flanigan, James. "Deregulation is the Answer not the Problem. Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2000, Home Edition, Business section, C1.
Kahn, Michael A. (Chairman, Electricity Oversight Board). "Testimony Before Joint Hearing of the Assembly Utilities, and Commerce Committee and the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee." August 10,2000. [http://www.eob.ca.gov/documents/2000-08-l 0 KAHN TESTIMONY.PDF]; Visuals accompanying the testimony, [http://www.eob.ca.gov/documents/2000- 08-10 KAHN VISUALS.PDF]
U.S. Department of Energy. "State of Electric Industry Restructuring Activity as of October 2000." [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg str/regmap.html]
U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Status of State Electric Restructuring Activity as of October 2000: California." P5-9. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg str/tab5rev.html#CA]
"Utility Deregulation: Can the Power Industry be Opened to Competition?" CQ Researcher 10, no. 1 (January 14, 2000).
Related Internet Sites
Blueprints of Restructuring (EnergyOnline), [http://www .energyonline.com/Restructuringlmodels/models3 .html]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 161 Utilities and Commerce California Electricity Oversight Board, [http://www.eob.ca.gov/index.html]
California Power Exchange, [http://wvvw.calpx.com]
California Public Utilities Commission, [http://www.cpuc.ca.gov]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Links and Information on Electric Power Industry Deregulation, [http://www .ibew .com!Departments!Utility/DeregLinks.htm]
San Diego Gas and Electric, [http://www.sdge.com]
Natural Gas
).> "Choose Your Own Natural Gas Supplier." Pacific Gas and Electric Company. [http://www.pge.com/whats new/customer choice/gas/]
).> U.S. Department ofEnergy. "Retail Unbundling-California." [http://www .eia.doe. gov /oil gas/natural gas/restructure/state/ ca.html]
"Berthelsen, Christian. "Winter Heat Bills to Soar, PG&E Says." San Francisco Examiner, September 27, 2000, First Edition, Al.
Katzanek, Jack. "Natural Gas Prices are Near Historic Highs: A Drop in U.S. Supplies and a Pipeline Explosion Contribute to Problem. The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), August 25, 2000, Business section, COl.
U.S. Department of Energy. "Outlook for Natural Gas: Winter 2000. [http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil gas/natural gas/presentations/2000/outlook na tural gas winter 2000/index.htm]
U.S. Department of Energy. "Why Do Natural Gas Prices fluctuate So Much? [http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil gas/natural gas/analysis publications/why do prices fluctuatelhtml/ngbro.html]
U.S. Department of Energy. "Status ofNatural Gas Residential Choice Programs by State as ofMarch 2000." [http://www .eia.doe. gov I oil gas/natural gas/restructure/restructure.html]
Petroleum Issues
).> U.S. Department ofEnergy, Energy Information Administration. "A Primer on Gasoline Pricing." [http://www .eia. doe.gov /pub/oil gas/petro leuml analysis publications/primer on gasoline priceslhtml/petbro.html]
).> California Energy Commission. "Commonly Asked Questions About California Gasoline & Gasoline Prices." [http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/q-and-a.html]
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>- "Oil's Taxing Time." The Economist, September 16, 2000 (U.S. Edition).
>- "Burning Issue." The Economist, September 23, 2000 (U.S. Edition).
>- Chan, Gilbert. "Region's Gas Prices Lead U.S." Sacramento Bee, September 20, 2000, Business section, D 1.
Attorney General's Task Force on California Gasoline Prices. "Attorney General Bill Lockyer: Report on Gasoline Pricing In California: StaffReport." May 2000.
Cabanatuan, Michael. "Sky High Gas Prices To Linger Into Autumn: Post-vacation Drop Hasn't Materialized." San Francisco Chronicle, September 18,2000.
California. Energy Commission. California Energy Outlook 2000 Volume II Transportation Energy Systems (working draft document prepared by staff). Sacramento: the Commission, August 2000. [http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/2000-07-28 200-00-001 V2.PDF]
Related Web sites
California Energy Commission, [http://www.energy.ca.gov/index.html.
U.S. Department ofEnergy, [http://www.energy.gov].
Hydropower
>-Anderson, Leonard, "California Debates Future of Vast Hydropower System." Reuters News Services 8/31/00.
>- Towards Utility Rate Normalization (TURN). "Backgrounder: Ownership of California's Hydroelectric System." March 2000. [www.turn.org/tumarticles/press bkgrd hydro2.htm]
>- "Focus Hydroelectric Assets Application." Pacific Gas and Electric Company [http://www. pge.com/regulation]
Environmental Defense and California Hydropower Reform Coalition. Power Play: The Divestiture ofPG&E 's Hydropower System and the Future of California Rivers. Oakland: Environmental Defense, July 2000. [http://www.environmentaldefense.org/pubs/Reports/CAHydropower]
Privacy
>- Thaemert, Rita. "Identity Theft." NCSL LegisBrief (National Conference of State Legislatures) 7, no. 8 (February 1999). [http://www.ncsl.org/legis/LBRIEFS/legis78.htrn] (requires password to access)
>- "Identity Crisis in the Information Age." State Legislatures, March 1999.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 163 Utilities and Commerce ~ "The Politics of Privacy Protection." Informationweek, July 17, 2000, 40-48.
Caudill, Eve M., and Patrik E. Murphy. "Consumer Online Privacy: Legal and Ethical Issues." Journal ofPublic Policy and Marketing 19, no 1 (Spring 2000), 7.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Privacy Online: A Report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: FTC, 1998. [http://www.ftc.gov/reports/privacy3/toc.htm]
James-Catalano, Cynthia N. "Fight for Privacy." Internet World, January 1997, 32-34.
O'Harrow, Robert. "Say Goodbye to Privacy." The Washington Post National Weekly Edition, March 23, 1998, 6-11.
Rosen, Jeffrey. "Is Nothing Private?" The New Yorker, June 1, 1998, 36-41.
Schwartz, John, and Robert O'Harrow Jr. "Drawing the Veil on Privacy." The Washington Post National Weekly Edition, April6, 1998, 10.
Telecommunications
~ "State of the Internet 2000." United States Internet Council and International Technology and Trade Associates (ITTA) Inc. September 1, 2000. Pages 1-11.
~ Chester, Jeffrey, and Gary 0. Larson. "End of the Open Road: How Cable May Strangle the Internet." American Spectator, January 17, 2000.
~ Masci, David. "The Future ofTelecommunications: Is there Enough Competition in the Telecom Industry." Congressional Quarterly Researcher, April23, 1999.
California Public Utilities Commission. Surcharges and Taxes. [http://nic. cpuc. ca. gov /telecommunications/photo.htm]
Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, and the Media Access Project. Who Do You Trust? Consumers Union, February 2000. [http://www .consumersunion.org/telecom/228reportdc.htm]
International City/County Management Association. "Siting Wireless Telecommunications: Planning and Law. Management Information Service 29, no.l (January 1997).
Lee, William E. "Open Access, Private Interests and the Emerging Broadband Market." Policy Analysis (Cato Institute), August 29, 2000. [http://www .cato.org/pubs/pas/pa3 79 .pdf]
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Mayer, Caroline E. "Dial 'C' for Confusion; Unclear Telephone Bills Spur Customer Complaints, Lawsuits." Washington Post, July 28, 2000, Final Edition, AO 1.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Report to Congress: Fifth Annual CMRS Competition Report. Washington D.C.: The Commission, August 3, 2000.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Deployment ofAdvanced Telecommunications Capability: Second Report. Washington D.C.: The Commission, August 2000.
United States Internet Council and International Technology and Trade Associates State ofthe Internet 2000. September 1, 2000. [http://www.usic.org]
Web sites for further information
Californians for Telecommunications Choice, [http://www.phonecompetition.org/]
Cato Institute Telecom Studies, [http://www.cato.org/research/telecom-st.html]
Consumers Unions, [http://www.consumersunion.org]
Federal Communications Commission, [http://www.fcc.gov]
Pacific Bell, [http://www.pacbell.com]
The Regulation Home Page, [http://www.regulation.org/]
California Research Bureau, California State Library 165 Utilities and Conunerce 166 California Research Bureau, California State Library Utilities and Commerce [October 2000]
WATER, PARKS, AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE
General
~Baldassare, Mark. Special Survey on Californians and the Environment. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, June 2000
Janovy, John, Jr. 10 Minute Ecologist, 20 Answered Questions For Busy People Facing Environmental Issues. New York: St. Martin's Press, October 1997.
Calfed
~ McClurg, Sue. "Delta Deal?" Western Water, July!August 2000
~ Philp, Tom. "Will This Shot-Gun Marriage Last?" Sacramento Bee, June 11, 2000, Final Edition, II.
~Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to the Delta. Sacramento: WEF, 1998.
Calfed Bay-Delta Program. California's Water Future: A Framework for Action. Sacramento: Calfed. June 9, 2000.
Doyle, Michael. "Widely Opposed Water Bill OK'd By House Panel." Sacramento Bee, September 21,2000, A6.
Rearden, Tim. "Calfed Program Withering: Water-Supply Project Chief Quits as U.S. Funding Stalls." Redding Record Searchlight, October 3, 2000.
Leavenworth, Stuart. "Major Water Accord Leaking." Sacramento Bee, September 10, 2000,. Bl
Water Resources
~Santa Rosa Press Democrat (editorial). "This Arid Land." September 3, 2000.
~ Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to California Water. Sacramento: WEF, 2000
Philip, Tom. "A Zero-Sum Conflict ofFish, Farmers, L.A." Sacramento Bee, January 9, 2000, II.
Reisner, Marc. "State's Politics of Water Consensus Is A Dry Well." Sacramento Bee, Aprilll, 1999, HI.
Reisner, Marc. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
California Research Bureau, California State Library 167 Water, Parks, and Wildlife [October 2000]
Snow, Lester. "Consensus Quells the Water Wars." Sacramento Bee, April29, 1999, B7
Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Water Rights Law. Sacramento: WEF. 1995
Water Resources Planning
~ Department ofWater Resources. California Water Plan Update: Executive Summary. Bulletin 160-98. Sacramento: DWR, November 1998.
Association of California Water Agencies. California's Looming Water Crisis: A Status Report. Sacramento: ACWA, November 1999
Gleick, Peter H., and others. California Water 2020 A Sustainable Vision. Oakland CA: Pacific Institute for Studies In Development, Environment, and Security, May 1995. Executive summary.
O'Connor, Dennis. "Statement Presented to the Senate Select Committee on Cal Fed Water Program." August 5, 1998.
Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Water Conservation. Sacramento: WEF, 1997
Water and Land-Use Planning
~ Garrett, Robert T., and Jennifer Bowles. "Courts Reign In 'Paper Water': Rulings Suggest Unrealistic Projections May Allow Development to Outstrip Supply." Press-Enterprise (Riverside), September 24, 2000, AOl.
~ "Water and Growth: A Roundtable Discussion." Western Water, March/April 2000.
Johnson, Pamela J. "County OKs Suit to Halt Newhall Ranch Plan." Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1999, Ventura County Edition, Bl.
Kanouse, Randele. "Planning for Growth? Then Expect to Pay for Water." Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2000, Valley Edition, B19.
Kelly, Daryl, and Annette Kondo. "Judge Orders halt to Newhall Ranch Over Water Supply." Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2000, Ventura County Edition, A1.
Groundwater
~ Grossi, Mark, and John Ellis. "Farmers and Environmentalists Have Questions and Doubts About A Proposed Underground Water-Storage Plan for Rural Madera County: Bank on It Or Flush It?'' Fresno Bee, July 2, 2000, Al
168 California Research Bureau, California State Library Water, Parks, and Wildlife [October 2000]
~ Leavenworth, Stuart. "High Court Water Ruling Back Farmers." Sacramento Bee, August 22, 2000, A4.
~Los Angeles Times (editorial). "On Water, Think Statewide." August 27, 2000, M4
);;;> Philp, Tom. "Mojave Mirage? Big Risks on the Final Water Frontier." Sacramento Bee, September 3, 2000, Il.
~Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Groundwater. Sacramento: WEF, 1998
Schneider, Anne J. "Are Our Ground Water Laws Adequate?" Are California's Ground Water Resources Sustainable? Proceedings of the Nineteenth Biennial Conference on Ground Water. Sacramento. September 13-14, 1993. 47-54.
Thorson John E. "Protecting Ground Water as Res Publica." Are California's Ground Water Resources Sustainable? Proceedings of the Nineteenth Biennial Conference on Ground Water. Sacramento. September 13-14, 1993. 1-7.
Water Transfers
~ Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Water Marketing. Sacramento: WEF, 2000.
Green, Dorothy, and Carla Bard. "Perspective on Water: Profiting From A Public Resource." Los Angeles Times, August 24, 1997.
Israel, Morris, and Jay R. Lund. "Recent California Water Transfers: Implications for Water Management." Natural Resources Journal35, no. 1 (Winter 1995), 1- 32
Landry, Clay J. Saving Our Streams Through Water Markets. Bozeman, Mt: Political Economy Research Center, 1998
Newton, Mark. The Role of Water Transfers In Meeting California's Water Needs. Sacramento: Legislative Analyst. September 8, 1999
Water Recycling/Reclamation
~ Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to Water Recycling. Sacramento: WEF, 1999
Balint, Kathryn. "Down the Drain: Plant Dumps 90% of City's Reclaimed Water Into Sea." San Diego Union Tribune, October 10, 1999, A-1.
Balint, Kathryn. "S.D. Panel Ends Water Reuse Plan; Will Seek Other Uses Than 'Toilet-to-Tap'." San Diego Union Tribune,April1, 1999,B-2.
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Calkins, Ron. "Cities Use of Reclaimed Water for Irrigation Eases Pressure on Other Sources." Ventura County Star, April 2, 1999, B06.
Freeman, S. David, and Frances Spivy-Weber. "Recycling Keeps L.A.'S Supply Safe, Plentiful." Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2000, Valley Edition, B17.
Krist, John. "Overcoming the Yuck Factor." Ventura County Star, June 1, 2000, B06.
Morgan, Shante. '"Toilet to Tap' Water Recycling Plan Has L.A. Residents Split." San Diego Union-Tribune, July 23, 2000, A-3.
Droughts
~ Department ofWater Resources. Preparing for California's Next Drought. Sacramento: DWR, July 2000. Executive summary and "Key Findings." [http://v.rwwdwr.water.ca.gov/dir-drought panel/text/executive summary.html]
~ Gardner, Michael. "Experts Warn State Is Not Yet Ready for Next Drought." San Diego Union-Tribune, November 26, 1999.
King, Peter H. "Wave of the Future Or Washout?" Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2000, Home Edition, A1.
Thrower, Laurie Koch. "Experts Warn ofPossible Drought." Press-Enterprise (Riverside), May 24, 2000, A01.
Umbach, Kenneth W. Agriculture, Water, and California's Drought of 1987-92: Background, Responses, Lessons. CRB-Is-94-003. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, April 1994.
Colorado River
~ McClurg, Sue. "Managing the Colorado River." Western Water, November/December 1999.
Perry, Tony. "3 Feuding Water Agencies Reach Accord on Details of Landmark Pact." Los Angeles Times, October 16, 1999, Home Edition, A22
Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to the Colorado River. Sacramento: WEF, 1998
State Water Project
~ Krist, John. "Fiction Is A Bad Foundation: Recent Court Ruling Casts Doubt On A Key Assumption Underlying Growth. Ventura County Star, October 5, 2000. [http://www .insidevc.com/opinion/342902 .shtml]
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:;.. Leavenworth, Stuart. "State Water Policy Rebuked By Court: California Promises More Water Than It Can Deliver, Ruling Says." Sacramento Bee, September 19, 2000.
O'Connor, Dennis. Financing the State Water Project: Options for Change. CRB-IS- 94-005. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, August 1994.
Pollard, Vic. "Water Ruling A Blow to Kern." Bakersfield Californian, September 18, 2000.
State Water Contractors. "State Water Project Contractors Agree to New Set of Management Principles." News Release. Sacramento: The Contractors. December 16, 1994.
Yardis, David. "The Monterey Agreement Principles: Issues, Concerns, and Opportunities." Statement Before the Joint Interim Hearing ofthe Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources and the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife. San Jose, California. November 17, 1995.
Central Valley Project
:;.. McClurg, Sue. "Central Valley Project Improvement Act Update." Western Water, January/February 2000.
Vogel, Nancy. "CVP's River ofPlenty Falling Short." Sacramento Bee, October 31, 1999, AI.
Water Education Foundation. Layperson's Guide to the Central Valley Project. Sacramento: WEF, 1998.
Water Agencies
:;.. Bailey, Eric. "Watchdog Calls Special Districts Lax." Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2000, Home Edition, AI.
California. Little Hoover Commission. Special Districts: Relics ofthe Past Or Resources for the Future? Sacramento: the Commission, May 2000.
Metropolitan Water District and San Diego County Water Authority
:;.. Gardner, Michael. "Legislators Aim to Tum the Tide At Metropolitan Water District." San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10, 1999, A3.
Gardner, Michael, and Steve LaRue. "Big Water Wholesaler Wins Ruling on Costs." San Diego Union-Tribune, June 1, 2000, A3.
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O'Connor, Dennis E. The Governance ofthe Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: An Overview of the Issues. CRB-98-013. Sacramento: California Research Bureau, California State Library, August 1998.
San Diego Union-Tribune (editorial). "Wheeling- and Dealing: MWD Is Blocking Free-Market Water In California." April27, 2000, BlO.
East Bay Municipal Utility District and The American River
);> Vogel, Nancy. "Bay Area Makes New Push for American River Water." Sacramento Bee, April1, 2000, A1
Hamburg, Laura. "The Boiling Point: Competing Groups Are Sputtering Over the Future of the American River." San Francisco Chronicle, May 6, 1999, A19.
Vogel, Nancy. "Water Forum Crafts Accord." Sacramento Bee, November 18, 1999, A1
Taugher, Mike. "California East Bay Utility Seeks Support for Water Pipeline Project." Contra Costa Times, April12, 2000.
Westlands Water District
);> Arax, Mark. "Water War Divides San Joaquin Valley Farmers." Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2000, Home Edition, A3.
Grossi, Mark. "City Fears Surface With Water Bid: Orange Cove Finds Claim By Westlands for A Third of the River Hard to Swallow." Fresno Bee, September 15,2000.
Grossi, Mark. "Water Case Hinges on 2 Obscure Laws." Fresno Bee, August 20, 2000, Al.
Maxwell, Lesli A. "Westlands: move broke meeting law." Fresno Bee, September 30, 2000.
Flood Management
);> Water Education Foundation Layperson's Guide to Flood Management. Sacramento: WEF. 1998
);> "Who'll Stop the Big Flood?" Sacramento Bee, February 28, 1999.
Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife. Summary ofthe Informational Hearings on the January 1997 Floods. Sacramento: the Committee, 1997.
Buel, Stephen. "The 100-Year Flood: A Costly Myth." San Jose Mercury News, March 31, 1998, 1A
172 California Research Bureau, California State Library Water, Parks, and Wildlife [October 2000]
Flood Emergency Action Team (FEAT). Final Report. Sacramento: Resources Agency, May 1997
Friends of the River. Beyond Flood Control Flood Management and River Restoration. Sacramento: Friends ofthe River, 1997.
Kelly, Robert. Battling the Inland Sea: Floods, Public Policy, and the Sacramento Valley, 1850-1986. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997
McCarthy, Elizabeth. "Perspective on the New Year's Floods." Western Water, March/April 1997, 4-14.
Mount, Jeffrey F. California Rivers and Streams. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, November 1995.
U.S. Geological Survey. Significant Floods In the United States During the 2dh Century- USGS Measures A Century ofFloods. USGS Fact Sheet 024-00. March 2000
Land Conservation
> California Environmental Dialogue. Land Conservation In California: Needs for the Next Decade. [Sacramento, CA]: Planning and Conservation League Foundation. Revised December 1999.
> California. State Auditor. California's Wildlife Habitat and Ecosystem: The State Needs to Improve Its Land Acquisition Planning and Oversight. Sacramento: the Auditor, June 2000
> Grad, Shelby. "Turf War Pits Sports Groups Vs. Wildlife Backers." Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1998, A3.
Wilson, Janet. "Saving Land to Pave Land: Conservation Easements Were Set Up to Preserve Wilderness, But They're Being Used to Facilitate Development." Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1999, Orange County Edition, B1.
Endangered Species
Law
> Dwyer, Lynn E., and Dennis D. Murphy. "Fulfilling the Promise: Reconsidering and Reforming the California Endangered Species Act." Natural Resources Journal35, no. 4. ( Fall1995), 755-770.
> Williams, Cindy Deacon. "Aquatic Resources and the Endangered Species Act." Fisheries 19, no. 1. (January 1994), 19-21.
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Multiple Species Conservation Plans (NCCPs, HCPs)
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Introduced Species
Effects
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Specific Invaders
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Cone, Marla. "Eurobean Crab Poses Threat to West Coast Sea Life." Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1998, Home Edition, A3.
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Fisheries
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Martin, Glen. "Commercial Gill-Net Ban Tightened In California Move to Protect Wildlife Made At End of Season." San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, 2000.
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Ferrets
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