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A Legal Sourcebook for California Cooperatives: Start-up and Administration.
3rd Edition. Van P. Baldwin. Available from ANR as listed below or download here (including sample forms and updates as available).

Bringing Families Together: a Guide to Parent Cooperatives
E. Kim Coontz, 2003
Information about creating high-quality, cost-effective care and enrichment programs for children.
available from:
Rayve Productions, POB 726, Windsor, CA 95492. Phone: 800.852.4890

Made in the USA: American Worker Cooperatives (Video-DVD or VHS)
This introduction to the worker cooperative model illustrates the model's potential as a creative method of optimizing salary potential and work opportunities. It presents the varied uses of the worker cooperative model, from creating jobs for individuals with few marketable job skills to expanding markets and earning potential for professionals with technical skills. The video also discusses some of the critical issues linked to successful co-op development and functioning.
available from:
Rayve Productions, POB 726, Windsor, CA 95492. Phone: 800.852.4890

Many of the publications listed below are still available through the following source:

Titles in blue can be downloaded in pdf or zip format by clicking title. Some are also available in pieces due to file size, this is indicated like this:...1...2...3. Most Zip files are quite large.
Scroll below table for descriptions, where available, or click on blue item number.

Categories:
Agriculture, Child/preschool, Consumer, Financial, Forestry, Health care, Housing, Worker, General

A Legal Sourcebook for California Cooperatives: Start-up and Administration
Baldwin, Third Edition
Designed to assist those responsible for the ongoing governance of California worker and consumer cooperatives. Includes sample by-laws, samples in Word and RTF format available.
2004  R30A 
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Agricultural Cooperatives as Effective Marketers of Value-Added Products
Hardesty
Capital requirements and funding, strategic planning, reorientation of corporate culture, and managerial requirements.
27 pages   1992   R4
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Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives: An Annotated Bibliography
Schaffner
A user-friendly bibliography containing more than 300 entries ranging from E.G. Nourse's seminal 1922 article, "The Economic Philosophy of Cooperation," through articles appearing in the 1995 Journal of Cooperatives.
80 pages   1995   R28 
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An Assessment of Migrant and Farm Workers' Need for Housing in California: How A Cooperative Model has Helped Meet that Need
Gordon
Documents the housing shortfall for migrant and non-migrant seasonal workers and includes recommendations for how to address the issue with cooperative housing.
54 pages   1995   R27 
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Analysis of Economic Motives for Cooperative Conversions to Corporations
Collins
Describes the three primary motives for corporate conversion; equity access, liquidity, and asset acquisition. Contains case studies and analysis.
18 pages   1992   R1
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Bringing Families Together: a Guide to Parent Cooperatives.
Coontz
Information about creating high-quality, cost-effective care and enrichment programs for children.
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California Cooperative Directory and Resource Guide
Gawn, Coontz, and Bandy
Listing of over 820 California consumer, worker, housing, etc. cooperatives and the resource organizations that serve them. Summary information for each sector highlights operating structures, membership, revenue, and other information.
43 pages   1991   R22 
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California's Lower-Income Housing Cooperatives
The Agora Group
A thorough review of financing mechanisms for expanding California's affordable housing stock through cooperative development.
49 pages   1992   R8 
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Characteristics and Operational Performance of California's Permanent Housing Cooperatives
Bandy
Reviews operational and financial performance of stock and limited equity housing cooperatives in California
12 pages   1993   R17 
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Cooperando
Worker Ownership Education Project
Una guia bilingue de materiales educativos en espanol sobre cooperativas de trabajadores. Contiene materiales de varios paises de habla hispana y de Estados Unidos útiles para individuos que esten tratando de iniciar sus propios negocios, organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro involucradas en proyectos de creacion de trabajos, y personal de asistencia tecnica que trabaje en proyectos de desarrollo economico en paises de habla hispana.
51 paginas   1997   R36 
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Cooperative Director Compensation
Lang and Spatz
Describes and compares director compensation practices by California and non-California agricultural cooperatives and investor-owned businesses in the food system.
12 pages   1995   R26 
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Cooperative Housing Compendium: Resources for Collaborative Living
Edited by Cohen and Arkin
Catalog of cooperative housing from co-housing to mobile home cooperatives to land trusts.
190 pages   1993   B3 
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Cooperative Principles and Regulations: Aiding or Hampering Cooperative Efforts at Value-Added Marketing?
Hardesty
A penetrating analysis of the legal and institutional environment for the cooperative form of business.
27 pages   1992   R3  
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Cooperative Solutions to Rural Health Care Problems: Emergency Medical Services
Edited by Gray
Proceedings from the 1993 conference cover cooperative and regional approaches to EMS delivery and other rural health care issues.
52 pages   1993   R19 
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Cooperatives and Community Development
Gray
Syllabus and Reader for UC Berkeley course of the same name.
339 pages     1998    B13
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Cooperatives as a Source of Countervailing Power in the California Lamb Market
Butler and Burnett
Provides evidence of the presence of monopsony power, and discusses alternative cooperative solutions.
20 pages   1992   R9  
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Co-ops: What Farmers Think!
Siebert
A survey of producers' attitudes and expectations about cooperatives as they compete in a rapidly changing environment.
53 pages   1994   R24  
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Creating Jobs Through Cooperative Development
Conover, Molina, and Morris
Are cooperatives effective as employment mechanisms? Case studies and analysis.
64 pages   1993   R13 
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Economic Theory of Cooperation
Emelianoff
Reprint of the 1948 classic. Russian immigrant's view of U.S. cooperatives offers insight for cooperative thinkers of today.
270 pages   1995   B8  
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Guide to Assembling a Director Handbook
Spatz
This easy-to-use guide is designed to assist cooperatives in developing their own Directors' Handbook. The three-ring binder format makes it flexible and easy to update.
57 pages   1997   R34  
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How Californians See Cooperatives
Barnes, Coontz, and Sutherland
Presents the results of a comprehensive statewide survey that assesses public awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of cooperatives.
101 pages     1995     R23
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Innovations in Cooperative Finance
Collection of papers presented at a conference in December 1990. Addresses issues of modification of basic financial structure.
32 pages   1990   R18  
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It's The Cameraderie: A History of Parent Cooperative Preschools.
Hewes
History of parent cooperatives and evolving ideas about early childhood education..
3378 pages   1998   B12  
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Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: A Financing Opportunity for California Lenders
Rioux
For those who seek loans and those who make them; identifies alternatives that lenders should consider when underwriting loans for LEHCs.
30 pages   1994   R20 
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Made in the USA
American Worker Cooperatives
This introduction to the worker cooperative model illustrates the model's potential as a creative method of optimizing salary potential and work opportunities. It presents the varied uses of the worker cooperative model, from creating jobs for individuals with few marketable job skills to expanding markets and earning potential for professionals with technical skills. The video also discusses some of the critical issues linked to successful co-op development and functioning.
Available on DVD or VHS. Call for ordering information.
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Management Recruiting, Development and Retention Practices Among West Coast Consumer and Worker Cooperatives
Green
Analyzes the results of a survey of managers and representative board members on a number of key management issues.
24 pages   1993   R15 
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 Non-Member Equity Instruments for Consumer & Worker Co-ops
Storey
Methods for cooperative businesses and outside equity investors to work together.
21 pages   1992   R2
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Paradise for Sale
Lategola
Puts a human face on the struggle of inner city residents to take control of a deplorable housing situation, and shows how federal housing policies and housing development professionals can help or hinder such efforts.
47 pages   1996   R32 
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Perceptions of Cooperatives: What They Mean to California's Cooperative Leaders
Coontz, James, Lang, Ruth, Siebert, Spatz
Study findings help co-op directors understand and shape government and public policies and member relations strategies.
68 pages     1995     R38
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Procedimientos para Establecer una Cooperativa de Comercializacion
(Steps to Starting a Marketing Co-op)
Zimbelman, Coontz, and Malan
Esta publicacion esta redactada para las personas interesadas en establecer una cooperativa de comercializacion. Presenta una vision general de los pasos basicos para organizar una cooperativa, las actividades de puesta en marcha, y ejemplos.
40 paginas   1994   R31 
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Procedimientos para Establecer una Cooperativa de Trabajadores
(Steps to Starting a Worker Co-op)
Zimbelman, Coontz, and Malan
El establecimiento de una cooperativa para generar ingresos y oportunidades de empleo.
59 paginas   1999   R33S 
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Projecting the Long-Term Consequences of ESOP vs. Co-op Conversion of a Firm on Employee Benefits and Company Cash
Kaswan
Economic outcomes for a hypothetical firm over a 15-year period.
21 pages   1992   R5 
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Resident Participation in HUD Affordable Housing Preservation Projects: What Works?
Goldberg Gray
Hardcopy available for 5.00 (cost of shipping and handling only) This research addresses structures and issues in resident participation in six very distinct HUD properties in California. Each of these properties went through a buy-out process in the period 1992-1996. During that process residents participated in choosing a non-profit partner, or creating their own non-profit or cooperative corporation to take on ownership of the property. This publication addresses which models worked best and where difficulties arose.
39 pages  2000
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Social Benefits of Affordable Housing Cooperatives
Mushrush, Larson, and Krause
By comparing three models of affordable housing, a cooperative complex, a traditional rental complex, and dispersed rental "voucher" units, the authors construct a compelling case for cooperative housing. This study should inform the work of affordable housing developers and policy-makers as they look for better ways to support low-income families.
25 pages   1997   R35 
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Starting a Cooperative for Hardwoods and Special Forest Products
Gray and Lang
Guide to forming a cooperative or network of producers in a forest-product industry.
39 pages   1995   R25 
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Starting an Agricultural Marketing Cooperative
Center for Cooperatives
Guides new agricultural marketing cooperatives from conception to operation.
45 pages   1994   B5 
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Steps to Starting a Marketing Co-op
Zimbelman, Coontz, and Malan
(Spanish version available.) User-friendly guide to incorporating a marketing cooperative. Presents an overview of the basic steps of the co-op organizing process and examples of contemporary marketing cooperatives.
40 pages     1994     R31
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Strategic Planning and Performance: Helping Directors and Managers Communicate
Noel and Schaffner
Shows how the evaluation process improves communication between directors and managers, and determines where they agree or disagree on issues critical to the overall performance of their agricultural cooperative.
28 pages   1996   R29 
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Strengthening Agricultural Cooperatives: An Inquiry into Expert Beliefs
Lang
Report on factors believed by experts to be important to the success of cooperatives. Includes a survey of cooperative experts to assess their beliefs about selected characteristics affecting success and failure of cooperatives. Also includes a series of open-ended interviews with experienced cooperative leaders to obtain their insights on the same issues R43
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The Application of Labor Law to Workers' Cooperatives
Helfman
On the basis of a detailed examination of labor law and its use in specific court cases, the author makes a compelling case for needed changes.
21 pages   1992   R10 
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The Economic Status of California Food Cooperatives
Bandy
Examines the economic and organizational health of food cooperatives, and identifies emerging trends within the sector.
16 pages   1992   R16 
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The Greenbelt Cooperative: Success and Decline
Cooper and Mohn
The 50-year history of Greenbelt Cooperative Services in Maryland--which grew from a tiny food co-op in 1937 to the nation's largest consumer-owned cooperative, and went on to declare bankruptcy in 1989.
258 pages   1992   B2  
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The Hidden History of Housing Cooperatives
Heskin and Leavitt
35.00
The work of 20 housing experts which covers the history, evolution, and policy implications of low-income housing cooperatives in North America and Europe. Recommended for anyone looking for significant and practicable approaches to housing problems.
335 pages   1995   B10 
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The Lending Performance of Community Development Credit Unions
Isbister
Documents successes in directing capital towards low-income people in impoverished communities, and addresses barriers created by recent federal policies.
42 pages   1992   R7
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The Role of Member Education in West Coast Retail Consumer Food Cooperatives
Fish
Analyzes education programs in nineteen west coast food cooperatives.
24 pages   1993   R14
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The WAGES Curriculum: Teachers' Guide to Starting Cooperatives in Low Income Communities
Morris
A comprehensive manual for guiding groups of workers looking to cooperatives as a strategy for building skills and income potential.
180 pages   1998   R39
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Thin Cats: The Community Development Credit Union Movement in the United States
Isbister
At a time when the gap between rich and poor Americans is growing, CDCUs are part of a strategy for change. Thin Cats documents the history, role, and accomplishments of the country's CDCUs.
203 pages   1994   B4 
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We Are The Roots
The Organizational Culture of a Home Care Cooperative
Tells the story of Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), a worker-owned business that provides home health care services in New York. CHCA'a success in creating employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged inner-city women represents an innovative approach to economic development than can be replicated in other communities.
130 pages 2002 B14
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Weavers of Dreams: The Origins of the Modern Cooperative Movement
Thompson
The story of the Rochdale Pioneers, impoverished millworkers who started the store that is the birthplace of today's modern cooperative movement.
113 pages     1994     B6
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West Coast Cooperative Directory and Resource Guide
Coontz, Lang and Spatz
Revised and expanded. Lists nearly 2,000 co-ops and resource groups in California, Oregon, and Washington; data summarizes co-ops by sector and by state.
110 pages     1999     R22
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What Happened to the Berkeley Co-op? A Collection of Opinions
Edited by Fullerton
Historical fact and insider opinions combine to chart the decline and collapse of the giant Consumer Cooperative of Berkeley. Introduction by Ralph Nader.
107 pages   1992   B1 
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Worker-Owned Plywood Companies of the Pacific Northwest
Craig and Pencavel
An econometric analysis of the comparative performance of worker-owned cooperatives with investor-owned firms within the same industry.
20 pages   1993   R11 
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