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Save to My PortfolioCalifornia’s Work-to-Welfare Policy

Ron Haskins, October 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution

California’s Work-to-Welfare PolicyRon Haskins argues that California's recent decision to allow a substantial number of its welfare recipients to avoid work requirements will reverse nearly a decade and a half of hard-won progress against parental idleness and child poverty. Read More

California, Welfare, U.S. Poverty

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Save to My PortfolioBay Area’s Economic Recovery Workplan: Guiding State Stimulus Spending

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 09, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Bay Area’s Economic Recovery Workplan: Guiding State Stimulus SpendingA Bay Area economic development nonprofit selected among hundreds of proposals to craft a single ARRA implementation strategy that creates jobs in the short-term and lays the foundation for economic growth and competitiveness in the long-term. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

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Save to My PortfolioBay Area’s High Speed Rail Plans: Advancing 21st Century Regional Transportation

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Bay Area’s High Speed Rail Plans: Advancing 21st Century Regional Transportation To accelerate the arrival of regional high speed rail, a collaboration of Bay Area leaders proposes to use ARRA funds on the track and station upgrades that are both necessary for high speed rail but also enhance the safety, capacity, and performance of existing train operations. Brookings experts examine the proposals. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCalifornia’s Green Jobs Corps: Building Green Workforce Region-wide

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 03, 2009, The Brookings Institution

California’s Green Jobs Corps: Building Green Workforce Region-wideCalifornia is piloting a regionally-based, public-private partnership-driven, green jobs training program for at-risk youth that leverages ARRA funds with local resources to bring together new collaborations of employers, community colleges, and workforce organizations. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCalifornia Metros Hit Hard by Recession

Alan Berube, June 28, 2009, Los Angeles Times

Credit CrisisMost California cities are experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Depression; most Texas cities are not. Based on a new Brookings analysis on the nation's largest metropolitan areas, Alan Berube explains that “a lot depends on what a metro area's firms and workers do, and what its housing market did in the lead-up to the crash.” Read More

California, U.S. Economy, U.S. Economic Growth, Regions and States, Cities

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Save to My PortfolioSacramento's Transit-Oriented Development Plan a Model for the Nation

Christopher B. Leinberger, March 18, 2009, The Sacramento Bee

Chris Leinberger argues that Sacramento, the capital of one of the most hard-pressed states in the country, is an evolving model of development for metropolitan America. Read More

Transportation, Housing, Competitiveness, Cities, Walkable Urbanism

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Save to My PortfolioLand Banking as Metropolitan Policy

Frank S. Alexander, October 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution

A new Blueprint paper argues that the rising number of vacant and abandoned properties around the nation requires a more robust drive by the federal government to aid states and localities in land banking. The author, Frank Alexander of Emory University, recommends that federal policy should better capitalize local and regional land banking (the process or policy by which local governments acquire surplus properties and convert them to productive use), encourage code reform and regional collaboration. Read More

Community Development, Economic Development, Housing, Mortgage Market, Real Estate

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Save to My PortfolioCampaigns For and Against Same-Sex Marriage

Jonathan Rauch, October 26, 2008, Los Angeles Times

Campaigns For and Against Same-Sex MarriageSame sex couples are missing from the advertising wars over Proposition 8, the constitutional ballot initiative on whether to retain or reject same-sex marriage in California. As Brookings scholar Jonathan Rauch, the absence of same sex couples from California's same-sex marriage debate makes for an oddly hollow discussion. Read More

Marriage and Family Formation, California, Social Issues, Civil Liberties

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Save to My PortfolioThe Impact of Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance in California

Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel, July 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution

In a follow up to their Hamilton Project discussion paper, Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity, Jason Bordoff and Pascal Noel examine the effects of pay-as-you-drive in California. Read More

Infrastructure, California, Environment, Climate Change, Auto Industry

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Save to My PortfolioState of Civil Unions: California Court Strikes Down Marriage Ban

Benjamin Wittes, May 20, 2008, The New Republic

State of Civil Unions: California Court Strikes Down Marriage BanCalifornia Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, and ruled that civil unions are not a legally adequate substitution for marriage. Are then civil union supporters the legal equivalent of segregationists? The California court thinks so, writes Benjamin Wittes. Read More

Courts, Marriage and Family Formation, Justice and Law, Civil Liberties, California

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Save to My PortfolioMigration to Hot Housing Markets Cools Off

William H. Frey, March 21, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Migration to America's fastest growing cities have tapered off in the last year, according to the latest Census data results. Would-be homebuyers in previously hot housing markets are unable to obtain the homes they desire, leaving them in limbo. William Frey examines the regions across America weathering the downturn. Read More

Migration, Immigration, Demographics, Housing, Regions and States

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Save to My PortfolioBeyond Short Term on Super Tuesday

Bruce Katz and David Jackson, February 01, 2008, The San Diego Union Tribune

Beyond Short Term on Super TuesdayThough Washington is abuzz with talk of a short-term stimulus for the economy, very little is being said about the long-term challenges to American prosperity. Bruce Katz and David Jackson discuss how metropolitan areas are key to addressing those challenges. Read More

Competitiveness, Cities, U.S. Economy, Elections, California

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Save to My PortfolioMaking Markets an Asset for Lower Income, Working Families

Matt Fellowes, April 09, 2007, California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee

In this testimony before the California Assembly Banking and Finance Committee, Matt Fellowes discusses the important opportunity to build wealth among California's lower income working families by expanding access to banking services. Read More

U.S. Poverty, Financial Services, Children & Families, Saving, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Third California: The Golden State's New Frontier

William H. Frey and Joel Kotkin, March 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution

Extending from the outer suburbs of greater Los Angeles to the foothills of the high mountains of Northern California, the "Third California" contains virtually all the state's fast-growing regions—from Riverside-San Bernardino in the south to the burgeoning suburbs around Sacramento. However, this growth comes with serious collective challenges on how to capitalize on job and population increases while addressing workforce and environmental concerns. Read More

California, Regions and States, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Revival of Downtowns Nationally and the Implications for Downtown Sacramento

Christopher B. Leinberger, January 11, 2007, Keynote Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership

In his keynote presentation at the annual meeting of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, Christopher B. Leinberger reveals recent research and market findings from across the country that point to the increased market demand for walkable urbanity. Read More

Walkable Urbanism, Cities, Real Estate, Sprawl, California

Featured Experts

William H. Frey

William H. Frey

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

An internationally known demographer, Bill Frey specializes in issues involving urban populations, migration, immigration, race, aging, political demographics, and the U.S. Census. He is also a research professor in population studies at the University of Michigan.
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Mark Muro

Mark Muro

Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Mark Muro, a fellow and director of policy for the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, manages the program's public policy analysis and leads key policy research projects.
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