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Voter-Approved Development: Why Merced County Voters Didn't Follow Stanislaus County Voters At The Ballot Box, Tan Hoang

Master's Projects

The report analyzes the factors that influenced the divergent paths that Stanislaus and Merced County residents took when deciding if their counties should implement a new growth management policy that gives county voters final approval of new development projects at the ballot box. This agricultural land policy would require affirmative majority vote from county residents for any development project that rezoned at least ten acres of agricultural land to residential land, and the subsequent voting outcome would effectively overrule any previous decision made by the respective County Boards of Supervisors.

Mandatory Pet Sterilization And Overpopulation: Have Santa Cruz County's Policies Reduced Animal Shelter Intake And Euthanasia?, Amy Winkleblack

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The City Of Palo Alto’S California Avenue Pedestrian And Transit-Oriented Development (Ptod) Combining District Regulations, Scott Alexander Mckay

Master's Projects

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San Rafael’S Downtown District: A Review Of Land Use And Traffic Policies That Can Effectively Limit The Increase Of Off-Street Commercial Parking Spaces, Adrienne Heim

Master's Projects

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Haiti Earthquake January 2010: What Actions And Policies Can The Government Of Haiti Implement To Improve Emergency Management Response, Steve Cohen

Master's Projects

In 2010, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake that destroyed much of its capital city and the governmental offices that should have guided the response to the disaster. This research focuses on how Haiti can benefit from the Caribbean Disaster Management Agency’s standards for disaster resilience as it works to recover from the earthquake. Unfortunately, Haiti has long been dependent on assistance from non-governmental organizations due to its extreme poverty; its recovery is complicated by the need to integrate disaster assistance and on-going economic and social assistance into its development of a more resilient society.

Nevada County’S Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program: A Model For Other California Counties To Adopt?, Ralph J. Murrieta Jr.

Master's Projects

In May 2008, Nevada County became the first county in California to fully implement an Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program under the guidelines established by Assembly Bill 1421 (Keller, 2011). The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Demonstration Project Act of 2002, more commonly known as “Laura’s Law”, established guidelines for the court ordering of treatment for persons incapacitated by a mental disorder (California Department of Mental Health [CA DMH], 2003).

Passed in September 2002, the bill was highly controversial leading up to its passage and remains a very divisive issue today (Fagan, 2010). This paper will focus on the provisions of the …