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Table of Contents
Preface by Barbara J. Nelson
Introduction by Daniel J.B. Mitchell
One: The California Economy: Singing the Housing Blues
Christopher Thornberg
Two: Can Cooperation Work? First Test: The Politics of Health Care The Politics of California Policy Options 2007
William Parent
Three: Wilson’s Woes Should Keep Us on Our Toes: Where is Plan B for the California State Budget?
Daniel J.B. Mitchell
Four: Mayoral Control and the Reorganization of a Large Urban School District
Werner Z. Hirsch
Five: Roadblocks to College: Opportunities for all California Students
John Rogers, Jeannie Oakes, Siomara Valladares, and Veronica Terriquez
Six: Challenges Facing California’s Academic Libraries
Gary E. Strong
Seven: Police Reform by the Numbers: Will it Work?
Wellford W. Wilms
Eight: Southern California Survey 2006: Residents are Concerned
About  Environmental Quality

Kim Haselhoff and Paul Ong
Nine: Searching and Working: California’s Day Laborers
and Worker Centers

Abel Valenzuela Jr. and Nik Theodore
Authors’ Biographies
   
California Policy Options 2007
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