What kinds of political issues will California elected officials uniquely face in the coming decades?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Among many other issues (only a few prominent "headliner" issues are mentioned in Chapter 11), California politicians will need to consider how to adequately prepare and educate a workforce for the coming century; how to accommodate a large population of retired persons who put tremendous demands and stresses on health-care systems; how to deal with immigrant populations, who tend to vote less than other ethnic groups but who are a majority in the state, around 2.5 million of whom are undocumented; how to deal with environmental challenges resulting from climate change, a trend that has direct impacts on water availability, sea life and activity, life on the coast, and life in other sensitive areas (dry forests and heightened fire conditions, etc.); effects from prolonged drought (even if above-ground aquifers are refilled through heavy rains), such as preparing for the next drought with more storage and delivery capacity, repairing damage to infrastructure caused by depleted groundwater supplies, and addressing damage to ecosystems; and how to revitalize its aging infrastructure, which will require an estimated $500 billion of investment.
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a.) generalization from the observable b.) observation of phenomena c.) moving from the abstract to the concrete d.) conceptualization of a problem
Identify a true statement about dual federalism
A) It assumes that state and national governments are more or less equals. B) It emphasizes overlap of functions between the state and national governments. C) It states that only the national government holds sovereign powers over all matters. D) It involves allocation of taxes collected by one level of government to another level. E) It assumes that all branches of the government are complementary to each other.