According to the fiscal analysis completed under the auspices of the Sacramento Local Area Formation Commission ( LAFCo ), the city as proposed “ may be fiscally feasible ” ( p. 7 ).

A Local Agency Formation Commission ( or LAFCo ) is one of several decision making government entities in California with the responsibility to decide boundary issues pertaining to city and county ( non-incorporated ) lands, including spheres of influence, and issues about the annexation of county lands into a city or special district.

* As a planning agency, LAFCo is charged to determine and update, at least every five years, the “ sphere of influence ” of each city and special district.

A LAFCo may initiate proposals to consolidate special districts, merge a special district with a city, dissolve a special district, establish a subsidiary district, or any combination of these changes.

The only community within a city ever to be brought before a vote by LAFCo was the San Fernando Valley in the early 2000s, which was denied.

* As a regulatory agency, LAFCo is charged with “ discouraging urban sprawl and encouraging the orderly formation and development of local agencies ” based on “ local circumstances and conditions .” LAFCo's regulatory responsibilities include reviewing, approving or denying proposals to annex land to cities or special districts.

In updating spheres of influence, the LAFCo must prepare Municipal Service Reviews of relevant local agencies and services.

A small portion of the workers leave the swarm to search out new nest sites, and each worker assesses the quality of the cavity it finds.

" Strategic management is an ongoing process that evaluates and controls the business and the industries in which the company is involved ; assesses its competitors and sets goals and strategies to meet all existing and potential competitors ; and then reassesses each strategy annually or quarterly regularly to determine how it has been implemented and whether it has succeeded or needs replacement by a new strategy to meet changed circumstances, new technology, new competitors, a new economic environment., or a new social, financial, or political environment.

It assesses the cost effectiveness of new treatments by analysing the cost and benefit of the proposed treatment relative to the next best treatment that is currently in use.

It assesses the baby's capabilities across different developmental areas ( autonomic, motor, state and social-interactive systems ) and describes how infants integrate these areas as they adapt to their new environment. This approach was innovative for recognizing that a baby is a highly-developed organism, even when just newly born.

Its role is to conduct applied social research on the scope and causes of social needs — specifically those related to aging, health policy, children and youth, people with disabilities, and new immigrants — and assesses various approaches to addressing them.

His essay " The Epistemological Movement in Late 20th century Art " assesses what he sees as the new artistic trends in the contemporary art world and its context in new thinking about fractal geometry, quantum mechanics, historical will, and epistemological and analytic traditions.

They may also be more indirect: retirement compensation based on salary in the last few years of employment ( which can encourage excessive overtime among older workers who may be less able to obtain adequate sleep ), or screening and hiring of new shift workers that assesses adaptability to a shift work schedule.

The institute also assesses current economic policies and proposes new ones that protect and improve the living standards of working families.

CERDEC's product manager for C4ISR On-the-Move assesses the effectiveness of inserting new technologies into an operationally relevant environment.

The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior, and provides strategies, or processes of change to guide the individual through the stages of change to Action and Maintenance.

The IRS then evaluates new debts and liabilities accumulated in the next year, and assesses the taxpayer ’ s new net worth at the next year ’ s end.

Constructing a model for the measurement of digitized services, the Survey assesses the 191 member states of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-government readiness based on website assessment ; telecommunication infrastructure and human resource endowment.

A home thermostat is an example of a closed control loop: It constantly assesses the current room temperature and controls a heater and / or air conditioner to increase or decrease the temperature according to user-defined setting ( s ).

A grading judge assesses the quality of each figure flown according to well-defined criteria and assigns it a numerical score between 0 and 10.

The Achievement Motivation Inventory is based on this theory and assesses three factors ( in 17 separated scales ) relevant to vocational and professional success.

The former assesses where people stand on three distinct forms of religious orientation – religion as means, religion as end, and religion as quest.

This assesses three defense mechanisms: denial ( least mature ), projection ( intermediate ), and identification ( most mature ).

It is a simplification of the Glasgow Coma Scale, which assesses a patient response in three measures-Eyes, Voice and Motor skills.

Over three months each year, the Sydney Peace Prize jury – comprising seven individuals who represent corporate, media, academic and community sector interests – assesses the merits of the nominees ' efforts to promote peace with justice.

The PRMQ equally assesses three variables: prospective and retrospective memory, short-term memory and long-term memory, and self-cued and environmentally-cued memory.

A couple sends a request in writing to the congregation's " service committee ", which assesses whether the couple is " in good standing, living in harmony with Bible principles and Jehovah ’ s righteous standards " and that they also approve of the members of the couple's wedding party ( that is, groomsmen and bridesmaids ).

Other types of evidentiary rules specify the standards of persuasion ( e. g., proof beyond a reasonable doubt ) that a trier of fact — whether judge or jury — must apply when it assesses evidence.

Case management is a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the options and services required to meet the client's health and human services needs.

The organization ’ s annual Freedom in the World report, which assesses each country ’ s degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, is frequently cited by political scientists, journalists, and policy-makers.

The process is a complex point system that assesses lesions and adhesions in the pelvic organs, but it is important to note staging assesses physical disease only, not the level of pain or infertility.

A purity test is a self-graded survey that assesses the participants ' supposed degree of innocence in worldly matters ( sex, drugs, deceit, and other activities assumed to be vices ), generally on a percentage scale with 100 % being the most and 0 % being the least " pure ".

The guru assesses the applicant using the following criteria: the candidate is not attached to anything impermanent ; he has renounced the desire for a son ; he has no desire for wealth ; he is at peace with himself, master of his senses and compassionate.

Finally, some common school readiness tests are: Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-III ( DIAL-III ) which assesses motor, cognitive, and language skills, Denver II which tests motor, social, and language skills, and Home Observation for Measurement of Environment ( HOME ) which is a measure of the extent to which a child ’ s home environment facilitates school readiness.

The Committee for the Future is also noteworthy, as it does not usually deal with bills, but instead assesses factors relating to future developments and gives statements to other committees on issues relating to the future outlooks of their respective fields of speciality.

Furthermore, estrogen monitoring during fertility therapy assesses follicular growth and is useful in monitoring the treatment.

A performance appraisal ( PA ) or performance evaluation is a systematic and periodic process that assesses an individual employee ’ s job performance and productivity in relation to certain pre-established criteria and organizational objectives.

* Inter-method reliability assesses the degree to which test scores are consistent when there is a variation in the methods or instruments used.

# Initial due diligence-this step is necessary in evaluating what risk is involved in doing business with an entity prior to establishing a relationship and assesses risk at that point in time.

These conditions usually require the parolee to meet regularly with his or her parole officer or community corrections agent, who assesses the behavior and adjustment of the parolee and determines whether the parolee is violating any of his or her terms of release ( typically these include being at home during certain hours which is called a curfew, maintaining steady employment, not absconding, refraining from illicit drug use and sometimes, abstaining from alcohol ), attend drug or alcohol counseling, have no contact with their victim.