Southern California’s Crown Jewels: Historical Governance and Finance Lessons

摘要: Southern California includes seven counties, hundreds of municipal governments and thousands special districts possessing independent taxation, land use regulatory authority. This study presents an historical overview assessment how major public infrastructure projects were accomplished in the absence a formal regional general-purpose government. The focuses on governance financing water, port, airport megaprojects crucial to region’s extraordinary growth 20th century. authors review scholarly debates regarding arrangements their effectiveness assess role development looming 21st-century challenges. paper also analyzes performance, governance, finance challenges agency (the Metropolitan Water District) versus agencies Los Angeles Long Beach ports, International Airport). A failed initiative, Regional Airport Authority, is discussed. implications drawn from this suggest need for investing institutions with incentive ability manage dense policy networks order improve effectiveness.