City Government in the United States

Duration: 18 0:19:26

Genre: Educational

Creator: Thomas G Smith Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses forms of city government, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of city manager and mayoral-council city governments. Introduces basic concepts and choices for efficient government., Explains the functions and responsibilities of two forms of city government--city manager and mayoral-council--by focusing on Santa Monica's City Manager System and Los Angeles' Mayoral Council. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Considers the problems faced by all cities in terms of increasing pressures for more services at the same time taxpayers are revolting against rising costs.

Complete Record: Explains the functions and responsibilities of two forms of city government--city manager and mayoral-council--by focusing on Santa Monica's City Manager System and Los Angeles' Mayoral Council. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Considers the problems faced by all cities in terms of increasing pressures for more services at the same time taxpayers are revolting against rising costs., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.