Category: Policy Memos
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Voting for people besides the President
Municipal and county-specific election seasons provide U.S. voters additional platforms to exhibit their desires and perceptions of their communities. Although these seasons put people in power among city and state-oriented responsibilities, these people portray voices that federal entities depend on to make world-changing decisions. County supervisors, sheriffs, school district board members, and state senates ultimately…
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Los Angeles County beach water pollution: Reducing fecal coli-form and urban waste levels in our county’s beach waters.
Problem definition The current and forecasted levels of water pollutants (particularly fecal coliform and urban waste products) within Los Angeles County’s beaches are unacceptable. Los Angeles County collectively possesses more pollutant particles within its beach waters relative to the safety level standard set by the Air and Water Quality Management Agency, a federal agency. According…
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Innovation: A solution to rising health costs for medically underserved individuals in California
Problem Definition The rate and success of medical and technological innovations is too slow relative to the rising costs of healthcare for medically underserved populations in California. Despite the intentions of healthcare reform, a significant population in California – the medically underserved population – will still encounter rising healthcare costs (1). Concurrently, such rising costs…
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