Fall Line Analytics and Principal David Latterman have conducted dozens of research studies in the political, corporate, and academic worlds.  Below are examples of some of our research, including a library of San Francisco and California political research over the past several years. 

Political Research (links to papers)

• 2017- Twenty years of SF political changes

• 2016- Props and PVI correlations for the Nov 2016 ballot measures

• 2015- Props and PVI correlations for 2015 ballot measures

• 2015- San Francisco Progressive Voter Index for 2015

• 2014- San Francisco Ballot Prop results Nov

• 2013- Topline results of USF affordability poll

• 2013- San Francisco Ballot Prop results Nov

• 2013- San Francisco Zoning and Voting

• 2012- San Francisco Ballot Prop results Nov

• 2012- San Francisco RCV analysis Nov

• 2011- California Political Precinct Index

• 2011- San Francisco PVI

• 2010- Nov RCV Analysis SF/Oakland

• 2010- Nov Ballot Measure Analysis

• 2010- July Scott Wiener DCCC Press Release

• 2010- June 2010 Election Analysis

• 2009- November 2009 Election Analysis

• 2009- Updated California Political Precinct Index

• 2008- RCV Analysis from November 2008

• 2008- SF Props Maps/Analysis from November 2008

• 2008- San Francisco Progressive 2008 Voter Index

• 2008- Maps/Analysis from June 2008 Primary

• 2008- Maps from Feb 2008 Primary

• 2007- November 2007 SF Election Analysis

• 2007- California Political Precinct Index

• 2006- Analysis of SF Supervisorial Races

• 2006- Analysis of SF Propositions

• 2006- (with Prof. DeLeon) New Progressive Voter Index

• 2006- Analysis of PVI changes from 2002 to 2006

• 2006- Analysis of the June Primary

• 2005- Assessor-Recorder Maps and Analysis (with RCV)

• 2005- Prop H (The Gun Ban) Analysis

• 2005- Using Discriminant Analysis to Examine Recent Trends in San Francisco Elections – A Method to Analyze Multi-Candidate Races

• 2005- Detailed Analysis of Propositions A, J, and K from San Francisco Fall 2004 Election

• 2004- Preliminary Analysis of San Francisco Ranked Choice Voting Results

• 2004- New Progressive Voter Index (with Prof. Rich DeLeon)

• 2003- San Francisco Runoff Election Analysis

• 2003- San Francisco General Election Analysis

• 2003- SF General Election Precinct Maps

Academic publications

• Cook, Corey and Latterman, David, Governing California: Politics, Government, and Public Policy in the Golden State, Institute of Governmental Studies Press; third edition edition, 2013

• Cook, Corey and Latterman, David, "Landslide: The “Obama Surge” and the Future of California Politics", California Journal of Politics and Policy, 4(2), 2012

• Cook, Corey and Latterman, David, "San Benito County and California's Geopolitical Fault Lines" (2011). McCarthy Center Faculty Publications. Paper 10.

Selected analytical experience

• SFMTA tourism transportation mode study [2018-9]

• Geary BRT field study [2018]

• SFO UX study [2018]

• ConnectSF transportation scenario planning [2016-7]

• SFCTA/ San Francisco Office of the Mayor Child Transportation Survey [2015-6]

• SFPD Redistricting (crime stats and moving district lines) [2014-5]

• SFMTA Economic analysis of streetscape improvements [2014]

• SF Waterfront field poll [2013]

• Several online San Francisco issues polls (with SF Survey and USF) [2013]

• California Tourism statewide focus groups and survey [2007, 2012, 2015]

• Analysis of several San Francisco organizations' membership surveys [2003-2011]

• San Francisco Immigration Survey [2012]

• California Community College demographics and research [2012]

• Regional demographic analysis - in multiple American cities - for retail store siting [2007-8]

• Demographic analysis of San Francisco Police Department district boundaries and foot patrols [2007-8]

• Demographic statistics for legal research [2007]

• Analytical and spatial examination of San Francisco taxicab patterns [2007]

• Analysis of changing health care systems in San Francisco [2006-7]

• Survey analysis for California Small Business [2006-2007]

• Poll design and analysis (with mapping) for public affairs firm (testing public perceptions of development projects) [2006]

• Poll design and analysis for Sacramento lobbying efforts of statewide association [2006]

• Survey design and analysis for online gaming company [2006]

• Quantitative market research for internet staffing company [2005-6]

• Survey Research for PhD candidates [2005-6]

• Mapping of San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Applicable Zoning to Frame Legislative Debate [2005]

• Advanced Demographic Research of Internet Usage [2005]

• Statistical Analysis of San Francisco Transportation Patterns [2005]

• Demographic Analysis of High-End Wine Drinkers [2005]

• Demographic Analysis of Multi-Union Skilled Trade Workers [2004-5]

• Time-Study Analysis of California Dept. of Health and Human Services caseload time allotment [2003]

• Examination of California Employment Development Department Unemployment Insurance Practices [2002]

• Statistical analysis of terrorist attack probabilities and modeling of US Department of Health and Human Services counter-terrorism resource allocation (for Monterey Institute of international Studies) [2002]

• Analytical examination of California Department of Fish and Game budget and assessment of fee-for-service economics [2001-2]

• Statistical analysis of California Utilities' blackout patterns (for California Public Utilities Commission) [2001]