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New York City Local Law 59 Regulating Responses ICE Detainers

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source City Council of New York City

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This local law amends the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to persons not to be detained by the police department. In particular, the police department may only honor a civil immigration detainer by holding a person beyond the time when such person would otherwise...

Bernalillo County Policy Responding to ICE Detainer Requests and Bond Rules

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) New Mexico

Source Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety

This ordinance states that the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center will not detain any inmate and will not delay the otherwise authorized release of any inmate, as a result of detainer requests or administrative warrants received by ICE. An immigration detainer request...

Equity & Smart Mobility

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This study examines equity and smart mobility in ten U.S. counties and their central cities to understand the extent that smart mobility services and assets are equitably available, and impact accessibility, employability, livability, and mobility. For this study, “equitable smart...

State College Ordinance Prohibiting Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source State College Borough Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employment discrimination. It ensures that all persons receive equal opportunities for employment regardless of their perceived or actual race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status,...

War Brought Us Here: Organizing for Sanctuary through an Anti-War Lens: A Toolkit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

This toolkit is designed to help strengthen the sanctuary and refugee rights movements by providing a platform to look at and strengthen sanctuary campaigns and policies through an anti-war lens. The goal is to highlight the role of the U.S.’ actions in producing migration; the multiple...

I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development

Rarely do we hear authentic stories about the instrumental roles that women of color play in the revival of Detroit. In Detroit, African American, Asian, Arab and Hispanic women are more than 47 percent of the city's total population. Not surprisingly, there are many women of color...

Advancing Racial Equity in the City of Oakland's Small Business Ecosystem

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

For small business owners of color, entrepreneurship remains a critical wealth-building tool providing a pathway to self-determination and the middle class. In Oakland and nationally, entrepreneurs of color face significant barriers in starting and scaling their business due to the...

2014 Chicago Ordinance 02014-1511 Requiring Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This ordinance requires all employers in the City of Chicago to offer employees the opportunity to earn and accumulate sick time. The ordinance requires employers to provide one hour of sick time for each 30 hours worked, with a cap of 40 accumulated hours for small employers and...

2006 Alameda County Resolution 389 Protecting Incarcerated Individuals Against Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) California

Source Alameda County Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employer discrimination against or otherwise denying employment to individuals with criminal records solely on the basis of those records....

2005 California Model Accessible Buildings Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source California Department Of Housing And Community Development

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This model establishes accessibility requirements for new construction and substantial rehabilitations for individuals with physical disabilities; and provides for exemptions from compliance where it would result in undue hardship, where the construction is a result of a natural disaster,...

The Lean Business of Place-Based Enterprise

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development

While big businesses dominate global markets, command the entrenched financial and banking powers and are incentivized by misguided government policy, emerging startups can disrupt the status quo and prove that local economies can compete successfully if they connect with their customer...

Unlocking Assets: Building Women’s Wealth Through Business Ownership

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Nationwide, households are increasingly reliant on women’s earnings—in 2015, nearly two out of three mothers in the U.S. were their family’s sole, primary, or co-breadwinners, contributing at least 25% of household income. The increasing relevance of women to the long-term financial...

Successes of Construction Careers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

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

Los Angeles is currently embarking upon one its largest investments in infrastructure in decades. Through these investments, we will be modernizing our port, fixing our roads, and undertaking the largest expansion of public transit in recent history. These investments, representing...

2003 Arcata Ordinance 1339 Prohibiting Unlawful Detentions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Arcata City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits City employees from engaging in or permitting unlawful detentions or profiling based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or political or religious association. It also prohibits them from cooperating with investigations, interrogations,...

COVID-19 Response Tools and Resources for Employers and Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) -

Source The Aspen Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we approach job quality, and created a new context for how employers and workers dramatically conceptualize and pursue quality employment. COVID-19 mean that strengthening job quality is more important than ever—both in the short-term to support...

On the Road to Freedom: An Abolitionist Assessment of Pretrial and Bail Reforms

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas

Source Community Justice Exchange

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

Each year, about half a million individuals are incarcerated because they cannot afford bail, even though they remain innocent until proven guilty. This report examines pretrial and bail reforms, including eliminating cash bail for misdemeanors, establishing pretrial release as the...

2019 Fort Thomas Fair Employment Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Kentucky

Source City of Fort Thomas

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The ordinance prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, terminating, or discriminating against any individual on the basis of race, national origin, sex and/or gender, including gender identity, religion, age and/or sexual orientation. The ordinance requires the City Council to...

Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Protected Bike Lanes: An Idea Book for Fairer Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PeopleForBikes

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility

From housing choice to bus frequency to freeway routing to sidewalk quality, cities have often failed to equitably distribute the costs and benefits of mobility. Today, U.S. cities are using a new tool to help make bike transportation a mainstream part of urban American life: protected...

RESOLUTION NO. 2974 All Alexandra: Committing to Race and Social Equity

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Virginia

Source City of Alexandria

Policy Areas Civil Rights

This resolution recognizes that the people of Alexandria experience bias, discrimination, and unequal outcomes and provides mechanisms to promote social and racial equity. To achieve this, the city will establish partnerships with Alexandria City Public Schools and businesses, conducts...

2022 New York City Local Law 507 Providing No Cost Medication Abortions at Public Health Clinics.

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Health

This local law requires the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to make medication abortion available at no cost for patients at its health clinics. This law also mandates that the department provide counseling services and make timely referrals to family planning...

Bail Reform

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Innovation Exchange

Policy Areas Public Safety, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report examines issues with the cash bail system and proposes policy solutions for reforming pretrial detention and release practices. It highlights that many individuals are detained in local jails pretrial, despite being legally innocent, particularly affecting low-income individuals...

Agricultural Cooperatives: Opportunities and Challenges For African American Women In The South

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Policy Studies

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Food

Agricultural cooperatives are a promising area of economic opportunity for African American women in the rural South, who face some of the sharpest disparities in economic advancement. By increasing the local availability of quality food, these businesses also have the potential to...

On the Margins: Economic Security for Women of Color Through the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Both gender and racial wealth gaps caused by policies and practices leave women of color without financial reserves to weather a job loss or economic crisis. CWWG’s critical report reviews the recent federal coronavirus relief packages and assesses the benefits, shortcomings, and...

2013 Takoma Park Resolution 13-25 Affirming the Right to Vote

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Maryland

Source City of Takoma Park

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

This resolution affirms the right to vote by establishing a task force on voting, supporting a federal constitutional amendment to grant an individual right to vote, and calling on elected officials to help increase voter turnout. Notably, it specifies that city resources will be...

Twin Cities Region Equitable Development Principles & Scorecard

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Minnesota

Source Community Engagement Steering Committee Equitable Development

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

The principles and practices of equitable development, environmental justice, and affordability are guides for all communities: suburban cities, rural communities and urban neighborhoods. This equitable development tool will help guide development projects to 1) become economically...

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