The Politics of Contracting: Los Angeles County and the Lakewood Plan, 1954-1962

Schiesl, Martin J.

doi:10.2307/3817297

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“…The Lakewood case proved an attractive pattern for suburbanites to gain local-control without incurring the expenses of creating a full-service municipality. Besides, the passage of California's bill of one-percent local sales tax in 1956 also created an important new source of revenue for local governments, making cityhood more viable in many communities with extensive retailing businesses (Lewis, 2000;Schiesl, 1982;Bollans & Scoot, 1951).…”

Section: The Incorporation Issue and Local Politicsmentioning

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Chinese Americans and Cityhood Movement in Hacienda Heights in 2003

Hung

2015

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Cityhood incorporation is a common local issue in theAmerican local history regarding different political, social, and economic factors. However, the creation of municipality becomes more controversial agenda in certain local regions when suburban ethnic communities are rapidly created by post-1965 immigration. It is reflected by the cityhood movement in Hacienda Heights in 2003, when Chinese/Taiwanese immigrants added ethnic elements in these public and civic activities. This study provides further observation and investigation to the impact that Chinese capitalize on their ethnic and non-ethnic social networks to increase their power in the community-based civic matters, while showing various dimensions on the responses from local multiethnic communities.

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Chinese Americans and Cityhood Movement in Hacienda Heights in 2003

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2015

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“…In the Hampton Roads, Virginia area, for example, there are intergovernmental agreements that cover services ranging from jails, to bus service, to water treatment. Perhaps the best-known example of intergovernmental agreements in public works is the Lakewood Plan, a consortium of southern California cities that collectively provide nearly all municipal public works functions under the auspices of a series of intergovernmental agreements (Schiesl, 1982).…”

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Walking the High Wire

McNamara

Morris

2008

Public Works Management & Policy

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Practitioners often face the challenge of structuring privatized arrangements to best deliver public services. Despite the literature's focus on contracting, there are 10 different service arrangements that can be used to deliver services. Each arrangement balances the strengths of the public and private sectors in different ways. Selecting one of these arrangements for a specific situation can be challenging, and practitioners must understand what they gain and lose with each arrangement. This article proposes a typology of service arrangements based on the dimensions of accountability and competition. Practitioners can use this tool to structure privatized arrangements that best maximize the values of accountability and competition within a particular situation.

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Outsourcing Public Services: Process Innovation in Dutch Municipalities

Corra¹,

Ridder²

2013

Organizational Innovation in Public Services

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The Politics of Contracting: Los Angeles County and the Lakewood Plan, 1954-1962

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Chinese Americans and Cityhood Movement in Hacienda Heights in 2003

Chinese Americans and Cityhood Movement in Hacienda Heights in 2003

Walking the High Wire

Outsourcing Public Services: Process Innovation in Dutch Municipalities

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