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This book explores the state of California viewing the sites as a holistic political culture that reflect the influence of multiple cultures, ethnic groups, and communities of interest. It starts with a broad historical foundation, and travels through cultural analyses and institutional discussions. The evaluation of specific policy issues affecting the state is an important stop along the way, and the crossroads that bringing together the variety of analytic paths.Chapter topics include political culture and politics in postwar California; people, diversity, and culture; politics and economics; political institutions; federal and local relations; political parties, interest groups and the media; elections and political participation; education and environmental policies; immigration.; and civil rights.For individuals interested in California policy work, and gaining a better understanding of that state's unique political culture.

MATTHEW ALAN CAHN is Director of the Center for Southern California Studies and Professor of Public Policy at California State University, Northridge. His research interests include California politics, urban environmental policy, and resource management. Dr. Cahn has been involved in several applied policy areas, ranging from transportation issues in metropolitan Los Angeles to the question of marine protected areas in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. He is the author or co-author of several books, including Environmental Deceptions; Thinking about the Environment; and California: An Owner's Manual. Over the years Dr. Cahn has taught at San Francisco State, San Jose State, the University of Southern California, and UC Santa Barbara.

H. ERIC SCHOCKMAN is Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He has headed up numerous policy "thinktanks" and served as a high level consultant to the California Legislature and the City Council of Los Angeles. Dr. Schockman is the author of numerous academic manuscripts, articles, and books, including Rethinking Los Angeles and California: An Owner's Manual. He served as pro-bono Policy Director for the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, and he currently sits as a Commissioner on the State of California's Little Hoover Commission, a government oversight and efficiency commission.

DAVID M. SHAFIE is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. His research interests include state and local politics, environmental policy, and media and politics. He has also been a journalist and has taught at California State University, Long Beach and California State University, Fullerton.

Acknowledgments

xi

About the Authors

xiii

Part I: Culture

The Three States of California: An Introduction

1

(10)

The Three States of California

2

(3)

How Many Californias?

5

(5)

Notes from a Native Daughter

7

(3)

Joan Didion

The Structure of This Book

10

(1)

Notes

10

(1)

California's Political History

11

(13)

The Great Exception

11

(1)

A Diverse Heritage

11

(3)

Railroad Politics

14

(2)

California's Constitution

16

(1)

The Progressive Movement's Legacy

17

(6)

La Placita

19

(4)

Ruben Martinez

Summary

23

(1)

Notes

23

(1)

Political Culture and Politics in Postwar California

24

(13)

Political Culture

24

(1)

The Postwar Era

25

(1)

The Pat Brown Legacy

26

(2)

Conservatism Meets Populism: The Reagan Revolution

28

(1)

The Politics of Divided Government

29

(1)

The Jerry Brown Years

29

(1)

Taxpayer Revolt

30

(2)

The 1980s: Return to Divided Government

32

(1)

Political Culture and Politics in Postwar California

33

(2)

Summary

35

(1)

Notes

35

(2)

People, Diversity, and Culture

37

(12)

The Multicultural State

37

(6)

Monterey Park: A Case Study in Diversity

43

(1)

Fear and Loathing in California's Changing Population

44

(3)

A Different Mirror

47

(1)

Ronald Takaki

Summary

47

(1)

Notes

48

(1)

Part II: Institutional Structure

California's Economy

49

(10)

The Politics of NAFTA

49

(2)

California and the U.S. Economy

51

(4)

Budget Crisis Politics

55

(3)

Summary

58

(1)

Notes

58

(1)

California's Constitution and Constitutional Officers

59

(11)

The Constitutional Officers

60

(7)

The Bureaucracy

67

(2)

Summary

69

(1)

Notes

69

(1)

Lawmakers: The Legislature and Direct Democracy

70

(11)

The Legislature

70

(4)

Direct Democracy: Initiatives, Referenda, and Recalls

74

(4)

Summary

78

(1)

Notes

79

(2)

California Justice

81

(9)

The Courts

82

(7)

Notes

89

(1)

Intergovernmental Relations

90

(11)

California in National Politics

91

(1)

California's Congressional Delegation

91

(1)

Local Governments

92

(3)

Federalism Today: Welfare Reform as a Case Study

95

(4)

Summary

99

(1)

Notes

99

(2)

Part III: The Players

The Policy Game

101

(8)

Rules of the Policy Game

101

(1)

Policy Actors

102

(5)

Policy Outputs: California's Budget as a Case Study

107

(1)

Summary

107

(1)

Notes

108

(1)

Non-Institutional Players: The Media, Political Parties, and Interest Groups

109

(12)

Media Politics

109

(5)

Political Parties in California

114

(1)

Interest Group Politics

115

(4)

Summary

119

(1)

Notes

119

(2)

The Electorate as Players: Elections and Political Participation

121

(12)

The Election Cycle

121

(3)

California's Electorate

124

(3)

Voter Turnout

127

(5)

Summary

132

(1)

Notes

132

(1)

Part IV: Policy

Education Policy

133

(11)

California's Public K---12 Institutions

134

(1)

California's Public Colleges and Universities

134

(1)

The Policy Questions

135

(1)

Policy Responses

136

(1)

Case Studies

137

(5)

The Zip Code Route into UC

141

(1)

Susan E. Brown

Summary

142

(1)

Notes

142

(2)

Environmental Policy

144

(19)

Air Quality

145

(3)

Water Quality

148

(3)

Public Transit in Los Angeles: A Case Study in Environmental Ambivalence

151

(2)

Policy Responses

153

(8)

The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology

158

(3)

Barry Commoner

Summary

161

(1)

Notes

162

(1)

Immigration Policy

163

(13)

Immigration in California's History

164

(2)

The Current Climate: Proposition 187 and Beyond

166

(3)

Summary

169

(1)

Appendix: Proposition 187 (1994, Full Text)

170

(5)

Notes

175

(1)

Civil Rights Policy

176

(15)

Civil Rights Policy in California

177

(5)

Shame

181

(1)

Tom Brokaw

Summary

182

(1)

Appendix: Korematsu v. United States (1944)

182

(6)

Notes

188

(3)

Part V: Conclusion

Rethinking California

191

(6)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

195

(1)

Philip K. Dick

Notes

196

(1)

Appendix A California Counties

197

(1)

Appendix B California's Constitutional Officers, 2000--2002

198

(1)

Appendix C California State Senate, 2000--2002

199

(5)

Appendix D California State Assembly, 2000--2002

204

(8)

Appendix E County Registrars of Voters

212

(6)

Appendix F California Resources on the Web

218

(2)

Index

220

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