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California State Controller Betty Yee: A Career in Public Service

Policy Chats

In this episode, California State Controller Betty Yee talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about her career in public office. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. About Betty Yee : State Controller Betty T.

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California State Controller Betty Yee: A Career in Public Service

Policy Chats

In this episode, California State Controller Betty Yee talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about her career in public office. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. Johanna Arias (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Ambassador).

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

From 2014-2016, he was a Deputy Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In that role, Adam helped provide strategic direction, policy advice, management oversight, and operational coordination for eleven agencies with an overall budget of more than $3.1B and 30,000 employees.

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Poster board from the 2014 meetings. The study came from the public-private Purple Line Corridor Coalition, a group composed of government officials, community activists, nonprofits, companies and academics. Communities most at risk include Long Branch, Langley Park and Riverdale Park, study leaders said.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Although the Allegheny Institute of Public Policy argues that the numbers aren't credible (" Pittsburgh teams fight back: ineffectively "), making the point that the UPMC Medical System, Carnegie-Mellon University and other organizations have significantly greater impact.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I made a presentation about this at the University of Delaware public policy school in early 2010, " Metropolitan Mass Transit Planning presentation " (link to presentation within). The concept of a multi-regional and multi-state transit network is outlined in " The meta-regional transit network " (2009).

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How human-centered design can help public agencies design better digital services

AWS Public Sector Blog

This blog post summarizes the experiences and insights he presented at the AWS Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Executive Education program for public sector leaders in June 2022. A common driver of public sector transformation is the potential for efficiency. Better government services by design.