Prof. Mary M. McKenzie, mary.mckenzie@gcccd.net
Your exam will consist of 50 multiple choice, T/F, and an essay section. You will need a scantron and a blue book. The exam is worth 80 points.
Exam date: May 22.
At-large/district elections
Ballot-box budgeting
Big Five
Cruise-control spending
Cultural amalgamation, separatism, assimilation
Dillon’s rule
General law and charter counties/cities
General-purpose, single-purpose local government
Home rule
Incorporation
LULUs
May Revision
NIMBY-ism
Ordinance
Progressive/regressive tax
Strong/weak mayor
Tax-service paradox
Two-thirds problem
1. What are the different forms of local government? Which form of city government do you think is the best?
2. Why is a state’s budget a political (and not just a financial) document? Where do states get their money and what do they spend it on?
3. What is the budgetary process in California? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
4. What are the most vexing problems associated with population growth in California? How has state government attempted to deal with these problems until now?
5. What does Lawrence mean when he describes “California Policy as a Group Struggle”? According to him, how does hyperpluralism affect education policy?
This exam will cover: State & Local, chs. 10 ,11, and 12, and California, chs. 11, 12, and 13.