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Informing Policy Decisions Through Opinion Research

Opinion research is a powerful tool often overlooked outside of elections. Learn how opinion research can help form policy decisions in this short podcast featuring Adam Probolsky, an opinion researcher who has worked with local governments across the nation.

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This discussion with Ronald Olson was taken from our show Local Government Insights: Modernizing Government Leadership. If you want to hear more episodes like this one, check us out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you can find every episode here.

How To Manage A City

Managing a city is filled with complexities regardless of its size…unless you get tips from an expert. This episode features Ronald Olson who shares some of his key takeaways that have helped him successfully be a City Manager for 35 years in over 7 cities of varying sizes, including Corpus Christi, Texas.

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This discussion with Ronald Olson was taken from our show Local Government Insights: Modernizing Government Leadership. If you want to hear more episodes like this one, check us out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you can find every episode here.

National Economic Outlook for 2022

On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Leo Feler, an Economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast for an economic outlook for 2022.

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Dr. Feler produces the UCLA Anderson Forecast U.S. macroeconomic forecast. He is an accomplished economist who received his Ph.D. in economics from Brown University; his M.A. in international policy from Stanford University; and his B.A. in economics and international relations from Stanford University.

His update includes the GDP, inflation, unemployment, manufacturing, housing trends, tourism and more. His insight into markets across the country provides a helpful tool for local governments to understand what these economic indicators mean for them.

This discussion with Dr. Feler was taken from our show Local Government Insights: Modernizing Government Leadership. If you want to hear more episodes like this one, check us out on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

If you don’t use Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you can find every episode here.

UCLA Anderson Forecast July Economic Outlook

Avenu in partnership with the UCLA Anderson Forecast collaborates to provide both micro and macro level views of the economic health of California at the state and local levels. The following economic information has been provided by our colleagues at UCLA Anderson Forecast. We’ve also attached our recent sales tax forecast assumptions.

Read the full July Economic Forecast Here.

Sales Tax Forecast Assumptions

UCLA Anderson Forecast January Economic Outlook

Avenu in partnership with the UCLA Anderson Forecast collaborates to provide both micro and macro level views of the economic health of California at the state and local levels. The following economic information has been provided by our colleagues at UCLA Anderson Forecast.

Please mark your calendars for our next quarterly joint economic presentation which will take place on February 23rd at
9:00 AM Pacific. Meeting invitations will go out the first week of February.

Read the full January Economic Forecast Here.