Stimulus Funding for Cities
Cities have greeted the federal stimulus package with both excitement and dread. It provides great promise to revive sagging economies with a much-needed boost of capital. But its massive scope and elaborate implementation procedures can easily overwhelm even the most experienced city staff. Read more

Airport Advertising
The Palm Springs Airport’s Advertising Program is outdated. It is clear that action is needed by the City Council and the Airport Authority to propel the airport’s advertising program into a high-quality, supercharged category. The solution is simple... Read more

Improving Coachella Valley
Taxicab Service
The Coachella Valley taxicab industry is in a state of decline with respect to service levels, cost, efficient operations and public image. Even with rates among the highest in the Nation... Read more

Marriage Tourism in Palm Springs
In a historic ruling, California's Supreme Court issued a decision on May 15th, 2008 that effectively lifted a ban on gay marriage. The ruling leaves same-sex couples in California and throughout the United States free to tie the knot. The City of Palm Springs should act quickly... Read more

Riverside County Ambulance
A single contractor has held a decade-long monopoly as the only 911 emergency medical services provider in the County.  The Riverside County Fire Chiefs have called for over 20 needed reforms to the outgrown model of a single-source provider... Read more

Parolee Distribution
Parolees often concentrate in lower income communities with plentiful, inexpensive housing and social support structures such as family members, gangs or informal crime networks. Though these communities often make up small amounts of the local area population, they bear the burden of disproportionate numbers of parolees. With the high propensity for parolees to commit crimes, their concentration in small communities is a recipe for disaster, often overwhelming local law enforcement, social services and civic institutions. Read more