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Agenda

Agenda. State standard 12.3, 12.4, 12.9; ESLR E2, E4; PILLAR P3, P4, P6). Agenda. 1. Prayer, seats (roll), uniform check, book/material check 2. Activity: What Services should counties & cities provide? 3. Cities and metropolitan areas. pp. 725-732 4. Regional Future close-up. p. 724

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  1. Agenda State standard 12.3, 12.4, 12.9; ESLR E2, E4; PILLAR P3, P4, P6)

  2. Agenda • 1. Prayer, seats (roll), uniform check, book/material check • 2. Activity: What Services should counties & cities provide? • 3. Cities and metropolitan areas. pp. 725-732 • 4. Regional Future close-up. p. 724 • 5. Close-up on Community Involvement. p. 735 • 6. Providing Important Services. pp. 733-738 • 7. Financing State & Local Government. pp. 739-744 • 8. Skills for Life. p. 738 Filing a Consumer Complaint. • 9. One Person, one vote. p. 745. • 10. State Budget Crisis

  3. Student Classwork Assignments11 and 12 Sep 2008 1. What are functions of Counties, townships, towns? p.718 2. Complete p. 738 skills and p. 745 “one person, one vote” exercise. 3. Complete p. 732 critical thinking and determining cause and effect. Complete p. 724 Regional future. Complete p. 735 Community Involvement.

  4. Section 1: Counties, Towns, and Townships • The structure of local government varies from State to State. The county government is a major unit of local government in most States, although towns or townships are more important in some States. Our daily lives are affected by the decisions that these governments make.

  5. Section 2: Cities and Metropolitan Areas • Today, some 80% of the nation's population lives in cities and their surrounding suburbs. • The larger the urban population, the more extensive the need for services, efficient and responsive government, and creative solutions to problems.

  6. Section 3: Providing Important Services • People are often unaware of the vast array of services provided by State and local governments. • The cost of these services has become a huge burden to many States, which struggle to keep up with the expenses of growing populations.

  7. Section 4: Financing State and Local Government • The power to tax is one of the major powers reserved to the States in the Federal system. • Although some limitations apply, a State can levy taxes as it chooses. • These taxes range from those levied on one's income to those levied on the items one purchases. • Without the income provided by taxes, neither State nor local governments could afford to provide the basic services we expect as American citizens.

  8. California State Budget Crisishttp://www.knbc.com/news/17405276/detail.html • State Budget Crisis Forces Additional DMV Closures • All Field Offices That Offer Saturday Service To Close, DMV Says • California's budget is more than two months overdue as the stalemate between state Republicans and Democrats draws on over how to close a $15 billion budget spending gap.

  9. California State Budget Crisishttp://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_stat_11.html • Many Programs and Services Won't Be Paid, Including Those for Seniors, Children and Adults With Disabilities • Comments:My concern is a simple one...if (and when) we finally get a … budget, will there be a 'Renter's Assistance' check forthcoming? • The budget impasse has left me starving, and with no money. I am a disabled woman who has studied hard to be a K-8 school teacher and who earned my BA and was accepted to grad school. I could have been subsituting all summer at $105.00 a day, but because of the budget delays, rehab can't pay for my emergancy credutial, nor my fingerprints so here I sit, starving,

  10. California State Budget Crisishttp://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1202371.html • Wilson slams Schwarzenegger proposal for temporary sales tax hike • Former Gov. Pete Wilson said Monday that he opposes a temporary sales tax increase proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and dismissed comparisons between his own tax-infused 1991 budget and the current one. • Wilson said he opposes the tax increase because he believes the state engaged in too much deficit spending under his successor, Gov. Gray Davis, and has not cut programs enough since then.

  11. State Budget Crisis?http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/07/24/state-budget-crisis/ • The Wall Street Journal … front page: “States Slammed by Tax Shortfalls.” According to the story, states are in “pain” because they are having to “slash” spending, which is causing some services to be “hit hard.” • The story illustrates … many newspapers report on state budget issues. The coverage is generally uncritical of state policymakers, treats any needed spending restraint as a crisis, and is devoid of hard facts about actual dollars spent by the states. It is as if the … press releases of government groups … are simply reprinted without any independent analysis by the reporters. Seven journalists … seems to have been to simply gather anecdotes in support of a new NCSL study on state budgets.

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