Alex Lei considers two policy options to improve the resilience of California’s electrical grid in the face of climate change: performance-based regulation for utilities and tax incentives for microgrids. After analyzing their e!ectiveness, equity, and political feasibility, he makes the case...Read more about Toward a More Resilient Electrical Grid for California
Spencer Lively proposes an alternative system, the Index Model, for funding improvements to California’s K-12 school facilities. By aligning funding amounts with the number of students served in each school district, he argues that the Index Model is more equitable than current funding...Read more about Establishing an Equilibrium of Educational Equity
Chelsea Hall explores tradeoffs among two alternative policy approaches for mitigating wildfire impacts in Greece: creating a prescribed burn insurance program while leveraging the goat population, and partnering with the Greek Fire Service to fund community wildfire protection plans. Ultimately...Read more about Institutional Inferno: Addressing Wildfire Impacts in Greece
