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2001 East Palo Alto California First Source Hiring and Local Business Enterprise Policy

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2001

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Wales Town Board

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

An act requiring that for city-assisted development projects, developers and employers of the built business are required to hire 30% local residents, or make efforts to do so....

The Limits of Microtransit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

Microtransit involves running on-demand services with smaller vehicles that people can summon without walking to a fixed location like a bus stop. This brief argues that microtransit is incapable of serving the same scale of ridership as fixed-route buses and trains. Microtransit...

2006 Alameda County Ordinance 18

Type Ordinance

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) California

Source Alameda County

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance requires proposed large retail developments to undergo a community impact review and obtain a conditional use permit. The cost of all independent studies and investigations required to complete the review are to be paid by the developer....

1998 Oakland Ordinance 12050

Type Ordinance

Year 1998

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Oakland City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

The ordinance requires companies or non-profits with service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000 or benefiting from at least $100,000 in city subsidies to pay workers a minimum of $9.25 an hour; entitles workers to 12 paid days off per year; and allows collective bargaining...

2000 Santa Cruz Living Wage Ordinance 25

Type Ordinance

Year 2000

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Santa Cruz City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance requires city service contractors to pay workers a living wage. Each year the city council will review and extend the living wage by at least an amount which corresponds to the cost of living increase as measured by the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area Consumer...

Austerity Versus Reinvestment: A Roadmap for a Broad-Based Connecticut Economic Recovery

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State

State(s) Connecticut

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Finance & Procurement

In the face of a public health emergency, an economic recession, and widening of social inequities, Connecticut has continues to reduce its public investment in services such as education, healthcare, housing, and transportation. Downsizing the public sector and failing to adequately...

Budget Bite: Local Government Funding in The Executive Budget

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

The executive budget provides funding to meet new needs of local governments. However, the local governments have experienced executive budget loss in recent years. The report provides recommendations to protect investments in child protective services, provide additional state funding,...

ALICE Model Split-Rate Property Tax Implementation Ordinance

Type Model Law

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source ALICE

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Democracy & Governance

This ordinance establishes land and buildings as different classes of property and establishes a procedure to tax building values at lower rates than land values. It also ensures availability of full public information regarding assessments and appeal procedures; ensure that shifts...

2009 New York City Local Law 87

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Housing, Public Safety

A local law to amend the New York City charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring energy audits and retro-commissioning of base building systems of certain buildings and retro-fitting of certain city-owned buildings....

2001 Portland Ordinance 176251

Type Ordinance, Ballot Measure

Year 2001

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source Town Of Barnstead

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Children & Families, Education

This ordinance puts on the ballot a measure to finance Portland Children's Investment Fund to support proven programs designed to help children arrive at school ready to learn, provide safe and constructive after school alternatives for kids, and prevent child abuse and neglect and...

How Circular Economies Will Drive a New Urban Metabolism

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Meeting Of The Minds

Policy Areas Energy, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

Although the traditional linear economy brought much prosperity, it has functioned by taking primary resources, turning them into products, and disposing of the waste. In the face of the global climate change crisis, cities need to transit to circular economy. In a city with a circular...

Coronavirus Relief Fund: Review of Federal Fiscal Assistance and of Innovative County Response Strategies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance

The Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) – part of the CARES Act – provided direct assistance to state, local, and tribal governments, and designated $150 billion for counties with populations of more than 500,000. Through an assessment of the CRF, this report evaluates the effectiveness...

The Blueprint for Community Business Success

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Meeting Of The Minds

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Economic Justice

America’s traditional economic development policy has raised important questions about equity, especially for new entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and small businesses bring economic stability into communities. To encourage economic development brought, it is imperative that the impact...

2008 Milwaukee Ordinances Chapter 355

Type Ordinance

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Milwaukee City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development, Public Spaces

This ordinance makes several changes related to the requirements of the participation of city residents in public works contracts, requirements for developers receiving direct financial assistance from the city, local business enterprise contracting standards, and sanction and penalty...

2009 Santa Clara Ordinance 1843

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Santa Clara City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing, Public Safety, Health

This ordinance requires that proposed large retail developments undergo a community impact review and obtain a conditional use permit. The cost of all independent studies and investigations required to complete the review are to be paid by the developer....

2010 Baltimore Ordinance 455

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Maryland

Source Baltimore City Council

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

This ordinance requires community partnership agreements for certain construction projects financed or funded by or through the city. A project contractor must enter into a community partnership agreement with the city and the appropriate qualified construction union. The agreement...

COVID-19 Pandemic Highlighting the Essential Need for Playgrounds

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Meeting Of The Minds

Policy Areas Education, Public Spaces

The infrastructure of childhood is important, including the safe places to play. The COVID-19 crisis brings to light this need that is often overlooked. As leaders at all levels of government and civil society consider how to stem the impact of COVID-19 with equity in mind, expanding...

2013 San Francisco Ordinance 121017

Type Ordinance

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance amends a prior open data policy that empowered San Francisco's Committee on Information Technology to establish rules and standards applicable to all city departments regarding the release of data to the city's online data portal. This ordinance establishes the positions...

NACCHO’s 2019 Profile Study: Local Health Department Capacity to Prepare for and Respond to Public Health Threats

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Health

Local health departments (LHDs) play a critical role in their communities during a national pandemic. However, LHD emergency preparedness and response programs have been chronically underfunded and understaffed, hindering their ability to quickly mobilize in times of crisis. This...

At a Crossroads: Options for Fire and Emergency Medical Services in the City of Milton

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Finance & Procurement, Public Safety

In response to labor shortages, fiscal challenges, and recruitment and retention barriers facing emergency medical services (EMS) agencies across Wisconsin, the City of Milton is considering alternative options for their future fire and rescue services. This report evaluates the city's...

2010 Fayetteville Ordinance 5347

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Arkansas

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Housing, Public Safety, Democracy & Governance

This ordinance: establishes municipal licensure program for private businesses and nonprofit organizations; creates license fee to administer program; and requires annual applications for license....

1998 Detroit Ordinance 45

Type Act or Session Law

Year 1998

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Detroit City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance requires city service contractors or recipients of city financial assistance of $50,000 or more to pay employees a wage equivalent to the federal poverty line for a family of four....

Better Together: Options for Enhanced Fire Department Collaboration in the Fox Valley

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Finance & Procurement, Public Safety

In response to labor shortages, fiscal challenges, and recruitment and retention barriers facing emergency medical services (EMS) agencies across Wisconsin, fire departments in Fox Valley are considering options for enhanced collaborations with surrounding departments as a means of...

When Recovery Fails: State Intervention and Local Government Bankruptcy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report outlines options local governments can take if they fail to successfully recover from financial crises. The first option is state intervention; the state government (either directly or through its agents) can encourage the local government to make decisions that will improve...

Show Us the Local Subsidies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report explores disclosure practices for certain types of subsidies per locality and provides a grade for those programs based on the quality of company-specific disclosures. The report finds that two-thirds of the economic development subsidy programs run by the nation's largest...

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