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Episode 1 - Jose Arrieta, Health and Human Services Assistant Deputy Secretary

GovCast

Aug 29, 2018 | This inaugural GovCast episode features Jose Arrieta, who runs acquisition at the Health and Human Services Department. 11, 2001, when his coach came into the gym where Arrieta was practicing, saying two planes had hit the World Trade Center. His career didn't start in government but on the basketball court.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Between 1972 and 2018, the number of large wildfires in California increased by 784 percent, and the area burned increased by more than 1,200 percent (Environmental Market Solutions Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara). Over the past five decades, fires in California have increased in frequency, severity, early onset and duration.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2018, 56 L. 2001) (Fourth Amendment interests will only be abrogated by officer immunity if the officer can establish imminent danger when shooting an individual’s pet while on owner’s property)). Dep't of Soc. 658, 694, 98 S. 2d 611 (1978).” The Monell claim was dismissed. at 287–88 (citing Brown v. Muhlenberg Twp. ,

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Has Expanding Trade with China Impacted Gender Disparities in California Education?

The Lowe Down

In 2018, more females graduated than males in every single county, as shown by the choropleth in figure 1. We gathered California education data from schools in each county, separately recording the percentage of male and female students who graduated in the class of 2018, a decade after the China shock.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Shake Shack began as a small hot dog stand operating out of Madison Square Park in New York City in 2001 and grew into a gourmet fast-casual restaurant with more than 377 locations both domestically and internationally. Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 Freeway capping.

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Policy Minute: Exclusionary Zoning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Although the New York Metro Area’s population has grown by millions between 1980 and 2018, Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk’s share of residents has decreased from 24.5 times from 1990 to 2018. percent to 19.2 The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5

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