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Which of these categories of expenditures is among the most expensive for both counties and cities?

A) parks and recreation
B) education
C) road maintenance and transportation
D) public protection

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Provide a few examples of a special district.

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Suppose you live in an incorporated city or small town.Who would be your local government representative?

An unincorporated area is land governed by a ______.

Regular trash pickup,cemeteries,bus routes,sewage treatment,street lighting are the types of services either provided by or directly managed by state government.

Charter schools are private schools that operate on public property.

Counties are subdivisions of the state that exist to fulfill state government programs and mandates.

Cities cannot declare bankruptcy,no matter how dire their finances become.

School board members are elected in highly partisan elections;they tend to be hotly contested between Democrats and Republicans.

What are the two largest categories of county expenditures?

List the categories of basic public services that counties provide.

Gaming compacts that are negotiated between Native American tribes and the governor are typically subject to statewide voter referenda,and sometimes they are rejected by voters.

How are most special districts funded?

What is a charter school?

What sources of revenue have replaced the property taxes that cities used to depend on to finance their operations,such as providing public services?

If a group of people living in an unincorporated area want to form a city,to which government entity must they appeal?

Why is there an abundance of subgovernmental entities (such as special districts)in California?

Unlike the state legislature,county boards of supervisors have legislative,executive,and quasi-judicial powers,with the authority to create,pass,and implement local laws,as well as hear decision-making appeals (such as disputed land use decisions,e.g. ).

California ranks ______ that contain(s) the highest number of governmental entities in the United States.

What type of political body governs a county?