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75. For Erie et al, San Diego faces a challenge in terms of sewage because of all of the reasons below, EXCEPT:
a) The city faces state mandates to maintain streets rather than sewers.
b) The city is under federal consent decree and to improve sewage treatment.
c) The city is treating sewage from Mexico’s inadequate systems.
d) The city must maintain more than twice the miles of sewer pipe as L.A.
e) The city’s poor bond ratings mean it costs San Diego more to borrow. |
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| a) The city faces state mandates to maintain streets rather than sewers. |
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74. For Erie et al, San Diego has benefited from the largesse of:
a) Federal spending with the U.S. Navy budget.
b) Local spending driven by visionary city leaders.
c) State spending with the CSU and UC campuses.
d) Both “a” and “c”.
e) All of these. |
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73. Erie et al would agree with all of the following statements, EXCEPT:
a) The Council won’t support any service cuts.
b) The Mayor won’t support any tax increases.
c) Prop. 13 requires majority and supermajority tax votes.
d) San Diego has difficulty balancing budgets.
e) San Diego is being cheated of federal and state revenues. |
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| e) San Diego is being cheated of federal and state revenues. |
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72. According to Erie et al, the “two constituencies problem” means that:
a) The Council supports increasing services but voters do not support tax increases.
b) Different districts are of differing compositions and sizes.
c) Mayor and Council members are elected by different constituencies.
d) Both “a” and “c”
e) All of these. |
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| 71. For Erie et al, which Mayor hopped on the “City of Villages” bandwagon, but then would not support revenue enhancements to pay for it? |
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| 70. According to Erie et al, Which Mayor was responsible for the infamous Chargers ticket guarantee and consequently the drive to build Petco Park? |
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| 69. Which Mayor supported the creation of Downtown’s Convention Center project? |
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| 68. Which Mayor was responsible for creation of the CCDC? |
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| 67. Which Mayor supported “browning out” fire stations on a rolling basis to save money? |
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| 66. The first San Diego Mayor to benefit from the Strong Mayor charter reform was: |
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| 65. The San Diego Mayor forced out of office and convicted of thirteen felony counts of perjury and conspiracy was: |
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| 64. The San Diego Mayor responsible for underfunding the pension system with MP-2 was: |
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| 63. The San Diego Mayor responsible for underfunding the pension system with MP-1 was: |
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| 62. The San Diego Mayor responsible for moving city employees out of the federal Social Security system was: |
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