Policy Studies

Managing for Results at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A Report to the 43rd President and 107th Congress

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio February 1, 2001

Designing a Performance-based Competitive Sourcing Process for the Federal Government

37 Proposed Changes to Regulations and Approaches to Competing and Outsourcing Commercial Activities in Government

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio, Adrian Moore and Vincent Badolato October 1, 2002

Citizens’ Budget

How to Balance CA Budget without Tax Increases

Policy Study by Carl DeMaio, Adrian Moore, Adam Summers, Geoffrey Segal, Lisa Snell, Vincent Badolato and George Passantino April 1, 2003

Smart Growth in Action

Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County

Policy Study by William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory and Jeff Jones January 1, 2002

Getting Electricity Deregulation Right

How Other States and Nations Have Avoided California's Mistakes

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling February 1, 2001

Electric Cooperatives and a Changing Power Industry

How Outdated Statutes Short-circuit Competitive Markets

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Terri Kandalepas August 1, 2002

Standard Market Design in Wholesale Electricity Markets

Can FERC's Proposed Structure Adapt to the Unknown?

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Brian Mannix November 1, 2002

Movin’ Juice

Making Electricity Transmission More Competitive

Policy Study by Lynne Kiesling and Adrian Moore September 1, 2003

Does California Really Need Major Land Use and Transportation Changes to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets?

Policy Brief by Thomas A. Rubin July 3, 2013

Why Rail Will Fail

An Analysis of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Range Plan

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. August 1, 1996

Ten Transit Myths

Misperceptions About Rail Transit in Los Angeles and the Nation

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. November 1, 1996

Rubber Tire Transit

A Viable Alternative to Rail

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. August 1, 1997

Better Transportation Alternatives for Los Angeles

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin and James E. Moore II, Ph.D. September 1, 1997

Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Corridor Transit Service Options: An Investigation and Analysis

Policy Study 372

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin December 16, 2008

Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection?

Research finds no statistically significant evidence linking increases in transit utilization to reductions in congestion

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin December 30, 2013

Express Bus and Express Lanes System for the San Francisco Bay Area

This study examines how a new approach to bus transit could assist in improving mobility in the region.

Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin February 25, 2021

Community Law Enforcement

The Success of San Diego's Volunteer Policing Program

Policy Study by Kathy Kessler and Julie Wartell May 1, 1996

Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Reforming California's Roadway System

Policy Study by Randall J. Pozdena August 1, 1995