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2008 Hartford Ordinance 20-08 Protecting Access to City Services for Undocumented Immigrants

Type Ordinance

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) Connecticut

Source City Of Hartford

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families

This city ordinance requires that all city services be made available to residents, regardless of immigration status. It also requires that referrals to medical or social service agencies be made in the same manner to all residents, regardless of immigration status. In addition, the...

Basic Water Utility Management: A Guide for Local Leaders

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Part of a mayor’s job is to understand vital operations of a city, including water utilities and infrastructure. This report presents tools to help mayors understand their water systems and utilities better. In particular, it summarizes the elements of a successful water system, including...

U Visa Basics for Law Enforcement

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level County

State(s) All States

Source The Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act (VTVPA) passed with bipartisan support in 2000. The VTVPA created the U Visa, a nonimmigrant visa for victims of certain crimes who have been, or are likely to be, helpful to law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution...

Inclusive Investment Starts with Equitable Community Engagement

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Community Development

This report offers a set of lessons learned and specific strategies that public agencies and others can deploy to support local organizations and engage traditionally underrepresented community members as partners to shape community development policies, plans, and investments. Adoption...

Joint Use of Public Schools: A Framework for a New Social Contract

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level School District, City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Cities & Schools

Policy Areas Education, Community Development, Public Spaces

In this paper, the 21st Century School Fund and the Center for Cities and Schools at the University of California Berkeley provide a conceptual frame for the joint use of PK-12 public schools. There is a growing conversation about and demand for joint use as a way to provide services...

Making Smart Decisions About Smart Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source American Civil Liberties Union of California

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Data & Technology

“Smart city” products are often touted as cost-efficient solutions to providing government services and addressing societal challenges, but in reality these technologies are no more intelligent than the data and algorithms behind them. Like other tools, their effectiveness depends...

2020 Madison Ordinance 61593 Ordinance Creating the Office of Police Independent Monitor & Civilian Oversight Board

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source The Common Council of the City of Madison

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Safety

This ordinance creates the Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) and the Police Civilian Oversight Board. The OIM shall monitor MPD programs, activities, investigations, and use-of-force incidents; make recommendations to the chief of police; appoint counsel for aggrieved individuals;...

District of Columbia Act to Limit ICE Detainer Holds

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2012

Level County, City or Town

State(s) Washington, D.C.

Source City Of Washington, D.C.

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families

An Act to create a Department of Corrections in the District of Columbia to limit the circumstances under which the District will comply with an immigration detainer requests from the Unites States Immigration and Customs Enforcement....

The City Upstream and Down: How Integrated Water Management Can Help Cities Thrive

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source American Rivers

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources

Current strategies of managing water are outdated and ineffective at addressing aging water systems and climate change. In response, this report urges cities to adopt integrated water management, an approach to managing water that encourages coordination between all water systems...

Lean Charrettes

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement

Charrettes are collaborative meetings where all project stakeholders come together for a period of focused planning activity in order to resolve conflicts and map solutions. Charrettes are highly effective tools for planning and public engagement, but may be too expensive to fit into...

Life Under "PEP-COMM"

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Immigrant Legal Resource Center

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

On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced the "end" of the much reviled Secure Communities (SComm) program. In its place, DHS created the "Priority Enforcement Program" or PEP. PEP works exactly the same way as Secure Communities. It tracks fingerprints and helps ICE agents...

Setting the Agenda: A Mayor’s Guide to Water Affordability

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

It is becoming more difficult for families to access clean and affordable water due to aging water infrastructure systems, climate change, and the rising cost of living. This report outlines best practices and innovative solutions mayors can adopt to ensure that residents have equitable...

Community Schools as an Effective School Improvement Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Learning Policy Institute

Policy Areas Education, Children & Families

Community schools represent a place-based strategy in which schools partner with community agencies and allocate resources to provide an “integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement.” Well-implemented community...

Bernalillo County Policy Responding to ICE Detainer Requests and Bond Rules

Type Ordinance

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...

2014 King County Ordinance Ending the Honoring of ICE Hold Requests

Type Ordinance

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) Washington

Source King County Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families

Previously, King County had honored all civil immigration hold requests from Immigration and Customs enforcement for detainees by holding adult inmates for additional time after they would otherwise be released from county jail facilities. This ordinance puts and end to this practice,...

Monterey County Policy on the Detention of Undocumented Persons

Type Executive Order

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) California

Source Monterey County Sheriff

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This document outlines Monterey County's policy on detention of undocumented persons, responding to ICE detainer requests, and refusal to participate in ICE operations....

New York City Local Law 59 Regulating Responses ICE Detainers

Type Ordinance

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...

Suffolk County Policy Responding to ICE Detainer Requests

Type Executive Order

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) New York

Source Suffolk County Sheriff

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety

This policy prohibits Suffolk County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) officials from detaining any individual at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless ICE presents with a judicially issued warrant authorizing such detention....

Ending Local Collaboration with ICE: A Toolkit for Immigrant Advocates

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families

The purpose of this toolkit is to help you understand the various pieces that make up the massive deportation machine, and to give you the tools to dismantle it. Local authorities need to protect and serve their communities, not criminalize them; and local governments need to invest...

2016 San Francisco Ordinance 96-16 Prohibiting Use of City Resources in Immigration Enforcement

Type Ordinance

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance prohibits the use of City funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of Federal immigration law, except for individuals who have been convicted of a violent or serious felony....

Protocols for Ensuring Effective Defense of Noncitzen Defendants in California

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) California

Source The Immigrant Legal Resource Center

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

For this article, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center interviewed defenders from four counties in California, each with a different model. The models include having a full-time or a part-time in-house immigration specialist; contracting with an outside organization; having an in-house...

2016 Seattle Executive Order 2016-08 Providing Immigrants Equal Access to City Services

Type Executive Order

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source City of Seattle

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Housing, Public Safety

This executive order ensures that city benefits and services are available to all Seattle residents, without regard to immigration status....

All Immigration is Local: Receiving Communities and Their Role in Successful Immigrant Integration

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

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

This report emphasizes the importance of involving both immigrant and native-born residents in the process of immigrant integration. It provides four key strategies for successful integration: encouraging local leadership, fostering contact between immigrants and natives, building...

Santa Cruz County Exectutive Order Ending ICE Detainter Requests

Type Executive Order

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) California

Source Santa Cruz County Sheriff

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families

Stanta Cruz County Sheriff's Office executive order ending ICE detainer requests follow federal Oregon ruling....

ICE's Criminal Alien Program (CAP): Dismantling the Biggest Jail to Deportation Pipeline

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2016

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Children & Families, Public Safety

The infographic discusses ICE's Criminal Alien Program (CAP), the largest deportation program in the United States. It outlines the three phases of the deportation process: identification, custody transfer, and removal. CAP allows ICE officials to access local and state jails to identify...

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