PPIC Report: Re-thinking the State and Local Government Relationship

Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: An Overview
by Dean Misczynski  Public Policy Institute of California
April 2011

 

Governor Jerry Brown’s January 2011 budget proposal sparked renewed interest in "realignment”—that is, in changing how the state and localities divide responsibility for programs and services. This report identifies basic principles for realignment, outlines legal and other constraints, and examines critical funding issues.

This report is part of a PPIC series on rethinking the state-local relationship. The series will include reports about:

• Child Welfare Programs
• Corrections
• K-12 Education
• Local Economic Development

This work is supported by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and unrestricted gifts to PPIC from individual donors.

Read the report here:
PPIC Report