Mr. Goodwin has over 30 years of professional experience in financial and fiscal analysis. He has special expertise on redevelopment and property taxation, including computer modeling and analysis in areas of importance to school and college districts. In the area of redevelopment, Mr. Goodwin prepares compliance audits of redevelopment pass-through payments to school and college districts, as well as projections of future payments and related bonding capacities. He also monitors and evaluates legislative proposals involving redevelopment, and has played an important role in adoption of several important pieces of redevelopment legislation affecting school and college districts. He also had significant involvement in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District v. Yorba Linda Redevelopment Agency.
Mr. Goodwin is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and has an M.A. degree in Political Science from the University of California at Riverside, with specialties in urban politics, public policy, and computer science, and a B.A. degree in history from Swarthmore College. He has also made invited presentations on redevelopment and pass-through issues to CASBO, CCLC, and the Property Tax Managers Subcommittee of CAAC.
Public Economics, Inc.
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Public Economics, Inc. ("PEI") is a professional consulting firm located in Orange, California. Specializing in public finance, urban economics, and development services, PEI provides consulting assistance to local school districts, community college districts, county offices of education, and other public and private clients throughout California.