2 Questions: Taking courses at local school; range of school eval

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1st question: I am working at a regional Fed. They reimburse tuition for math or econ courses at a local state school. This school does not have a good econ program. Would it be beneficial for my profile to take any math or econ courses, given what's listed below?

2nd question: Are the range of schools I've listed appropriate? should I have more reach/more safeties? Do I even have safeties?

Note: Not applying this cycle (almost definitely next)

Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks!

PROFILE:
Type of Undergrad: Math/Econ degree from large state school (econ dept. ranked around 100)
Undergrad GPA: 3.75 (3.86 math 3.76 econ)
Type of Grad:N/A
Grad GPA:N/A
GRE:790Q/640V/5.5AWA
Math Courses: calc sequences(A's), linear alg (A,A+), dif eq(A), ug analysis(A+), grad analysis(B), grad topology(A-,B+), discrete dynamical systems (A)
Econ Courses (grad-level):
Econ Courses (undergrad-level):int. micro macro(A+,A), advanced micro/macro (B+,A) (half grads),
econometrics I-III (A-,A-,B) (half grads) various field courses
Other Courses: Philosophy minor
Letters of Recommendation: 3 econ. 1 from ug (Chicago Phd) 2 from regional Fed (Virginia, Rochester Phd). Last two should speak very highly of my research abilities.
Research Experience: In 4th month as RA at regional fed. Have two co-authored articles in in-house journal in the works already--one with each of the latter two letter writers
Teaching Experience: 4 years of tutoring
Research Interests: Micro, Macro, Behavioral, Managerial and Entrepreneurial, Development, Philosophy of Economics...most things except pure econometrics
SOP: Coming along nicely
Concerns: Not very good relationships with UG professors
Other: kind of want to go to school in california (see distribution below)
Applying to: Columbia, UPenn, Maryland, ucsd, ucla, davis, usc, irvine, caltech, rochester, uva, texas, ucsb, ucsc

[The MAN]

1st question: I am working at a regional Fed. They reimburse tuition for math or econ courses at a local state school. This school does not have a good econ program. Would it be beneficial for my profile to take any math or econ courses, given what's listed below?

2nd question: Are the range of schools I've listed appropriate? should I have more reach/more safeties? Do I even have safeties?

1) Based on your profile, the only classes that could give you a boost would (maybe) be grad-level econ courses. Your profile is already quite strong, so you don't really need to take additional courses.

2) The range of schools looks good for your profile. You might want to add in a reach school (maybe UC-Berkeley since you seem to be interested in California schools) if you have the money and time for the application.