Public Reports
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway: A Qualitative Analysis of Educational Resilience in Alternative High Schools in Contra Costa County (PDF)
October 30, 2007
The focus of the project was to determine what material factors do traditionally at-risk students, in an alternative high school setting, identify as determinative in their decision to continue their education through graduation.
East Bay Water Sources and a Pilot Study of User Response to a Potential Supply Disruption (PDF)
September 2006
The purpose of the Water Task Force Consultancy (WTFC) is to conduct a pilot study to investigate the responses which would be made by the East Bay business community to a disruption in their water supply and to assess the economic impacts of such disruption. The disruption could be sudden due to area levee failure, natural disaster or hostile acts. Alternatively, it could be due to chronic lack of water availability resulting from drought or inadequate infrastructure investment.
The Precautionary Principle:What It Is and Lessons for Contra Costa County (PDF)
July 20, 2006
The purpose of this report is to:
- Describe the precautionary principle, its crucial points and alternatives to it;
- Describe how the PP has been applied in other jurisdictions, particularly in Northern California areas that often provide models of new regulatory actions;
- Consider the Principle’s potential to affect business, government, the environment, and economic vitality in Contra Costa County.
