Policy Studies

Priority Colorado

Balancing the Budget While Preserving TABOR and Colorado's

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal, George Passantino, Adam Summers, Lisa Snell and Tarren R. Bragdon February 1, 2005

Virginia Spending and Budget Reform

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal February 1, 2005

Making Florida’s Government Competitive

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal April 1, 2005

Streamlining San Diego

Achieving Taxpayer Savings and Government Reforms Through Managed Competition

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal, Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and W. Erik Bruvold September 1, 2007

Propositions 1E and 84

Funding the State's Water and Flood Control Infrastructure

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam Summers September 1, 2006

Sensible Policies for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters March 1, 2007

Measure 50: Are Tobacco Taxes The Answer To Funding Children’s Health Programs?

Policy Brief 65

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters January 29, 2008

Analysis of California’s Propositions 7 and 10: Renewable Energy Mandates and Handouts

Policy Brief 75

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters October 1, 2008

The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act: Prison Overcrowding, Parole and Sentencing Reform (Proposition 5)

Policy Brief 74

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters October 1, 2008

Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition

Policy Study by Skaidra Smith-Heisters March 13, 2008

A Handbook for Student-Based Budgeting, Principal Autonomy and School Choice

Making school funding more equitable and transparent

How-to-Guide by Lisa Snell March 5, 2013

Private Options to Help Students Read

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell December 1, 2000

California’s K-12 Education Primer

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell May 1, 2005

The Case Against Universal Preschool in California

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell February 22, 2006

Addressing California’s School and University Building Needs

Alternatives to Proposition 1D

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell September 1, 2006

Analysis of California’s Proposition 88

Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell October 18, 2006

Ten Ideas to Fix Cleveland’s Schools

Turn failing schools into charters, empower parents and principals
Policy Brief 86

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell March 15, 2010

Fix the Schools

Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
Policy Brief 87

Policy Brief by Lisa Snell March 15, 2010