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Table of Contents
Preface by Barbara J. Nelson
Introduction by Daniel J.B. Mitchell
One: At the Tipping Point: The Mortgage Meltdown and Its Implications for California and the Nation
Christopher Thornberg
Two: California Political Forecast 2008
William Parent
Three: From Jerry-Rigged to Petered Out: Lessons from the Deukmejian Era for Contemporary California State Budgeting
Daniel J.B. Mitchell
Four: The State of Black California
Stephen Raphael and Michael Stoll
Five: The Los Angeles Non-Profit Sector: A Profile
Helmut K. Anheier, Eve Garrow, Jocelyn Guihama and Marcus Lam
Six: Benefits and Costs for California from Water Transfers
Michael Bazdarich and Christopher Thornberg
Seven: Playing Catch-Up: The Labor Movement in Los Angeles and San Francisco, 1985-2005
John H.M. Laslett
Eight: Unions and Direct Democracy in California: A New Pattern Emerging?
Daniell J.B. Mitchell
Authors’ Biographies
   

California Policy Options 2008
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