Rethinking the State-Local Relationship: Local Economic Development

Governor Jerry Brown’s January 2011 budget proposal sparked renewed interest in “realignment”

This report is part of a PPIC series on rethinking the state-local relationship. The other reports in this series include:

• An Overview of Realignment
• Child Welfare Services
• Corrections
• K-12 Education

This work is supported by funding from the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and by contributions of unrestricted support to PPIC’s Donor Circle.