PLS 481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Charter City, Brown Act, Direct Democracy
17 Jan 2020
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Progressive era reformers: called reform cities, most of them have strong city managers, weak mayors, nonpartisan election, at-large council elections, nonconcurrent elections, and direct democracy procedures, important exceptions to such reform cities are cities such as la and. Regional governments: the state"s regional governments address problems such as air pollution and population growth that affect large areas and multiple local government jurisdictions, some regional governments, such as the sf bay conservation and. Development commission and the ca coastal commission, have strong regulatory authority and enforcement powers: other regional governments, such as the southern ca association of. Governments, the association of bay area governments, and other councils of government (cogs), mainly perform research, planning, and advisory functions and have little or no power or authority to impose their decisions on local jurisdictions. Community redevelopment agencies: over 400 redevelopment agencies were active throughout the state in. 2011: these redevelopment agencies no longer exist, however.
