Past Paper Topics from PADM5007
Winter 2007
Sean Scully	Homeless Shelter in Turlock: Costs, Benefits, Considerations and Possible Options?
Ashley Murray	An analysis of a restoration of Glen Canyon
Jeff Hillberg	Proposition 13’s Affect on Revenue Sources
Danielle M. Campbell-Bohn	Transportation Tax Initiative for Merced County
Stephanie Crocker	Modesto Area Express: Should a Discount Rate be offered to the Poor?
James De Jong	Working Through Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 1A
Genese M. Lynch	Gallo Center for the Arts
Aaron Farnon	Minor Home Repair Program
Andrew Johnson	Merced County “Costs and Benefits of Becoming a Self Help County”
Stacie Dabbs-Vilciauskas	Should the Merced County Board of Supervisors approve the proposed Riverside Motorsports Park?
Jasmin Bains	How do impact fees affect a growing community such as the City of Livingston?
Gregory S. Shuping	Should the City of Turlock Create a Mobile Home Subsidy
Jose Luis Moran	Proposal to Analysis & Implement The Widening of I-205 For California Intestate Improvements with in the Central Valley
Dana Culbertson	The Benefits of County Island Land Annexations To the City of Modesto
Emily Pino	Light Rail: The San Joaquin Valley’s Transportation Solution?
Lantz Rey	Does the City of Ceres need to reevaluate their Public Facility Plan?
Andrew Janz	The Budgeting Process for the California State University: Project Proposal
Tony Amundson	The Hornet’s Nest, The Stick and the Making of a Municipal Skate Park
Winter 2006
Rowe, Jeffrey	Extending the Sacramento Light Rail System to Elk Grove
Vital, Kyle	Are Slow Growth Initiatives Affecting Tracy’s Housing Prices?
Helms, Mark	A Study to the Cost to Build and Operate a City Jail in Stockton, CA
Brown, Cenarus	Community Service/Service-Learning
Rogers, Leslie	San Joaquin County School Expulsion: Proposal to Analyze the Social Impacts
Matuska, Tami	Did the Benefits of Implementing an On-Line Application and Tracking System Outweigh its Cost?
Esther, Chris	Sales Tax to Improve County and City Roads in Stanislaus County
Gamboa, Mary	The Impact of a Tiny Insect: A Look at the Implementation of a Mosquito Tax on San Joaquin County Landowners
Brooke, Patrick	Public Money; Private Stadiums: How the Next Big Stadium Project Could Affect Me?
Pinto, Kimberly	Stockton Dog Park Project Proposal
Quadros, Terry	Should the Superior Court of California, County of Solano Implement a Mental Health Court Program?
Hunt, Bonnie	Water Meters in the City of Sacramento: Costs and Benefits
Chandler, Easter	Consumption of Contaminated Fish from the San Joaquin Delta: Impact on Southeast Asian Populations
Eads, Melissa	Preschool for All: A Comprehensive Review
Broddrick, Troy	Unfunded Liabilities Pay Now or Pay Later, But Who Should Pay?
Moses, Kate	Should a City with a Traffic Congestion Problem Impose a Congestion Fee?
Areida, Rebecca	City of Lodi: Costs of a Water Meter Retrofit Program
Verelst, Sabine	Public Transportation: The Central Valley Solution
Ouch, Sinap	Inclusionary Housing Project
Saletta, Tia	Spending for Public Art
Winter 2005
David Van Dyken	Transportation Funding in California and Tuolumne County’s East Sonora Bypass
Jeanette Fabela	Cost Recovery for the Riverbank Code Enforcement Department
Brian MacDonald	Analysis of Streetscape Project in Tracy
Sandra Varela	Fat Tax or an Analysis of Potential Taxing of Junk Food
Francisco Bañuelos	College Assistance for Migrant students Programs (CAMP) Proposal
Mathew Medina	Proactive Seatbelt Enforcement (The Cost of Life)
Robert Hardie	Oakdale Airport Expansion: Is Eminent Domain Justified?
Josh Edrington	Workforce Investment Act Youth Programs in Stanislaus County, Project Yes
Cynthia Phillips	Tuolumne County Medically Indigent Adults if the County Hospital Closes
David A. Leamon	Potential Community Development if High Speed Rail in Stanislaus County
Carole Soobitsky	Automated Time-Clock Devices for Payroll Integration into the City of Tracy’s Software Program
Tyler Summersett	Metering Water in the Valley
Winter 2004
Kristopher Sanchez	Hybrid Electric Vehicle Proposal
Travis Xiong	The External Impacts of Hmong Gangs
Sophia Y. Monroy	The Lodi-Stockton Greenbelt: A public Finance Perspective
Edwin Pattison	The Economics of a Sports Entertainment Complex in Downtown Sacramento
Raul Garcia	Do Grant Funded Programs form the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Work?
Maurcio Maldonado	California Manufactures Investment Tax Credit: The Impacts on California’s Finances, Employment and Growth
Daisy Melencio	How Effective is the Family Resource Center in the Delivery of Assistance to Northeast Stockton Families?
Mary Cervantes	Merced County Mitigates the State Budget Crisis by Implementing a Business License Fee
Barry C. Siebe	Justification for Parking Master Plan
Reynaldo Morelos	Proposition 36 in Merced County
Norberto Ramirez	Improving the Effectiveness of the Stanislaus County Probation Department Day Reporting Center
Christopher Dunton	South Lake Tahoe’s Proposed Parcel Tax
Alfredo Mendoza	Headhunters for Welfare to Work, Job developing in Merced
Robin Kelly	A Public Finance Examination of the California Health Insurance Act of 2003
Lou (Rodney) Compton	Benefits and Costs of consolidating school districts
Chou Her	Costs & Benefits of a Helicopter Program
Annette L. Garcia	Provision of Court Interpreters in Stanislaus County
Angelina Ceja	Fiscal Impact of the Great Valley Fellows Program in the Great Valley Center
Winter 2003
Author	Early Title
Bradley de la Cruz	Alternative Transportation Plan 2002 Proposal
Todd Knittel	Cost of Hiring a New Employee in the Public Sector: Model UC San Diego Capital Planning Agency
Bryan Whitemyer	Should Station One Be Rehabilitated or Rebuilt
George Gongora	Harm Proposition 49 Could Cause
Marshea Jones	Taxing Soda, Taxing Kids?
Tina Drain	Should I implement a Shuttle Program for CSU Stanislaus?
Cheryl Fields	Should San Joaquin County Replace its Current Paper-Based Voting System with an Electronic Voting System?
Frances Hutchins	Impact of Proposition 36 Funding on the Substance Abuse Treatment System in San Joaquin County
Mark Zollo	Private vs. Public Provision: Ambulance Transport service for the City of Lodi
Christine Babb	Property Tax Privacy
Carol Marshall	Comparable Worth
Alejandro Torres	Construction of a New High School
Thomas Franzese	Can the City of Modesto Benefit from a Red Light Camera Program?
Debra Scott	Exploring Policy Options for Curbing Population Growth at the Local Level
Desi Reno	Beyond 2000 Recycling Goals
Kathryn Johnston	Should Subsidized Transportation be Provided to Low-Income Residents To and From a County Dental Clinic?
Staci Hopkins	Coordinated Case Planning: Strategy for Increasing Job Placements in Stanislaus County’s Community Services Agency
Salvador Cervantes	Alternative Funding Sources for Disabled Children
James Malberg	City-Wide Ambulance Service
Florence Low	Should the City of Stockton Annex Unincorporated Islands Located Within City Limits?
Mike Taylor	Street Trees in the City of Stockton: Are the Program Benefits & Costs Recognized?
Concepcion Gayotin	How Long Will California’s Budget Survive Ballot Box Budgeting?
Carla Ehlert	Readmission Reduction Program Proposal for San Joaquin General Hospital
Shawn Cubbage	Arco Arena Fit fot a King? A look at the Proposed Sport and Entertainment Arena for Downtown Sacramento, CA
Winter 2002
Author	Early Title
Linda W. Lowe	Transportation solutions for senior citizens and disabled persons
Jose Rubianes	Agriculture land mitigation in San Joaquin County: Bureaucracy in action or farmer’s best friend
David Stagnaro	The City of Stockton’s proposed utility tax reduction
Vicki Smith	The fluoridation of public drinking water systems in Stanislaus County
Devin W. Jones	Is wider better? Increasing highway capacity in Stanislaus County
Phil Govea	Impacts of Privatization of waste water facilities on public finance
Anita Hellam	A closer look at affordable housing in Stanislaus County
Russell D. Hill	Estate Tax vs. Death Tax
Cameron K. Parr	Juvenile Diversion Programs for Tuolumne County
Sara Gonzalez	YARTS New Alterative
Tim Everall-Newman	When the sales tax meets the internet
Winter 2001
Author	Early Title
Heather Duvall	Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention
Hilton MacDonald	Grant Funding for Stanislaus County Homeless Veteran Transitional Housing Proposal
Cathy Alexander	To Build or Not To Build That is the Question
Brandon Price	The Costs of First Year Programs
Maria Mendez	School Linked Service Systems
Ann Brewster	Stanislaus County Youth Ranch: An Alternative to Long-Term CYA Commitment
Winter 2000
Author	Early Title
Victor Curtis	Construction of a 60 Bed Regional Facility for Detention and Commitment of Juvenile Offenders from Amador, Calavaras and Tuolumne Counties
Yvonne Eagle	Special Education – A New Funding Model
Kevin Finnerty	Accountability Budgeting System
Kym Renner	Virginia Corridor Bike Path: An Issue of Railbanking
Dee Tucker	Title I Funding for Ceres High School
Cynthia Paes	Proposal for Dialysis Unit, Brandel Manor
Christina Walker	School Vouchers: The Effects They Have on Public and Private School Funding.
Jeff Bruno	An Analysis of Affordable Housing and the City of Modesto
Rosa Lee	Should the Environmental Health Division Be Separated From The County Health Care Services Agency?
Audrey Mathers	An Analysis of Lodi Station
Laura Mayate-DeAndreis	Allocating California’s Water: Problems and Possible Solutions
John Palmer	The Assessment of Exactions & Impact Fees in the City of Tracy as a Result of Proposition 13
Laureen Price	Classroom Reduction in El Dorado county and the State of California
Vijay Sinha	Road Pricing: Why it is Important
David Allee	The Fiscal Impact of Hmong Refugee Resettlement on Merced County
Nancy Havens	The Williamson Act Pro
D. Christine Hollister	A Program Review of the Scholarship Stewardship Program and Policies at CSU, Stanislaus
Jennifer Humphrey	Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Policies at Colleges and Universities
Hans Husman	Stanislaus County Coroners' Office: A Proposal to Increase County Revenue
Lisa Jacobs	Welfare Reform Act - Cal Work
Charlotte McDonald	Beyond the Community Service Agency