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This report was based on the 10th Annual California Policy Issues Conference (convened November 2002).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

After Secession Southern California's Urban Challenge in the 21st Century
Joel Kotkin
Pepperdine University

An Anatomy of Defeat: Why San Fernando Valley Failed to Secede from Los Angeles
Tom Hogen-Esch and Martin Saiz
California State University, Northridge

Urban Devolution and Metropolitan Local Governance in California's Next Half Century of Growth
Robert W. Wassmer
California State University, Sacramento

Post-Secession Governance in Los Angeles
Raphael J. Sonenshein
California State University, Fullerton

Biographies

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