The community in which my CP partner operates in takes place in multiple cities. They provide health care services to the people of San Mateo County who do not have the funds to get these services or insurance to help pay for them. Since it is a community partner that spans over the San Mateo county, my community partner has a committee of board members that run this program. Around eight people get together monthly to go over a set of policies or new events that have been made or brought to attention by a council manager, who in this case is the interim CEO of the foundation. She oversees the whole program, develops any policies that are needed, creates medical events and prepares budget proposals for board members to approve. I would say that interim CEO falls under the strong mayor council structure just because she is the leader, she is in charge for daily administrative activities, budget preparation and hires/fires board members. I would say that my community partner has an interaction with local government officials for purposes of funding for operational cost, receiving sponsorship and publicity from these sources.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017
Preserving state values
For starters with the new presidential election and the tons of new laws that not many are fond of that are trying to be imposed on our nation. California and many other states are putting their foot down. For example when Trump signed an executive order that made all federal law enforcement agencies to enforce existing immigration laws and pledged that if any states failed to comply they withhold federal monies from any city or state that fails to follow any federal immigration laws. Later a state senate committee heard the testimony for de León’s California Values Act, which would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from spending money to enforce federal immigration laws. This would also stop enforcement of immigration statutes in state ran schools and health facilities. Another example of using state powers to stand up against federal policies involves Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, which consists of the implementation of the executive order. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is ready to make a lawsuit against the White House. Becerra who is the son of immigrants, was hand picked to challenge the Trump administration. It has been stated that the executive cannot just make up new conditions on its own without the input of others and impose them on state and local governments. By doing this it undermines both the separation of powers and federalism. Overall, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the federal government may not officially take control of state and local officials by evoking interest in them to enforce federal law. These policies violate the Tenth Amendment and are completely injustice.
Monday, March 13, 2017
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