i was born and raised in southern california, mainly the san gabriel valley, santa clarita valley and glendale area. i love it here, 90% of my extended family lives here and all my friends are here. however, it is getting to expensive for my immediate family and i and we struggle every month. i suppose we could move out to the boonies like palmdale or ontario where property is cheaper, but those areas are way to far to commute to and from work aside from the fact, those place are extremely boring. we’ve considered moving to other areas in the nation, but every city we look into just doesn’t measure up to socal for us. any suggestions as to what might be comparable areas but not as expensive around the nation, or better yet, anyone know of some inexpensive areas to live in l.a. county that isn’t either a really bad area or the boonies? or does and area like this even exist?

I currently go to devry and I am thinking about transferring to antelope valley college in Lancaster ca. I want to major in criminal justice. Do you think it is a good idea to do this. Also I really am starting to not like devry I just do not feel right going there.
Who do I talk to about transferring?

The following data represent total personnel expenses for the Palmdale Human
Service Agency for past four fiscal years:
20X1 $5,250,000
20X2 $5,500,000
20X3 $6,000,000
20X4 $6,750,000
Forecast personnel expenses for fiscal year 20X5 using moving averages, weighted
moving averages, exponential smoothing, and time series regression. For moving
averages and weighted moving averages, use only the data for the past three fiscal
years. For weighted moving averages, assign a value of 1 to the data for 20X2, a
value of 2 to the data for 20X3, and a value of 3 to the data for 20X4. For exponential
smoothing, assume that the last forecast for fiscal year 20X4 was $6,300,000.
You decide on the alpha to be used for exponential smoothing. For time series
regression, use the data for all four fiscal years. Which forecast will you use? Why?
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Financial Management