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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level City or Town
State(s) Texas
Source Partnership for Working Families
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Food
Dallas’ regional economy is robust and growing yet is facing a crisis of economic inequality which corresponds with racial inequality. South Dallas, where the population is overwhelmingly people of color, suffers from high rates of poverty and unemployment and poor access to quality...

Type Executive Order
Year 2014
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance
An Executive Order to affirm Seattle's commitment to equity in City contracting and to advance the City's mission to promote race and gender equity in contracting. This Executive Order directs City departments and offices to increase the opportunities for women and minority owned...

Type Ordinance
Year 2010
Level City or Town
State(s) Texas
Source Austin City Council
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety
This ordinance requires construction workers to receive a rest break every four hours worked. Violators are subject to a civil penalty between $100-500 for each day the violation occurs....

Type Ordinance
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This city ordinance modifies the DPW's contracting and project labor agreements to ensure career pathways into the building trads for minorities and local residents so they can also benefit from city construction projects....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This fact sheet briefly summarized San Francisco's Local Hiring Policy for Construction. It requires 30% of all project hours within each trade to be performed by local residents, and no less than 15% of all project work hours within each trade to be performed by disadvantaged workers....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2009
Level City or Town, County
State(s) Kansas
Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Education
This report focuses on an association of city and county governments and metropolitan planning organizations which collaborate to identify new training needs of Kansas City area businesses attempting to adapt to sustainable energy and energy efficiency opportunities. Key findings...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level County
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Democracy & Governance
Public construction projects are an expenditure of public tax dollars; as such, public agencies have an opportunity to develop policies for public construction projects to benefit taxpayers with employment and business opportunities. Targeted hire initiatives create institutional...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level County
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families
Most targeted hiring programs include mechanisms that do two things: 1) Maximize the chances that workers from the targeted category who are already in the construction industry will get called to work on that job. 2) Create opportunities for new workers - aspiring apprentices who...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility
Los Angeles is about to embark upon one of the largest investments in transportation infrastructure in the county’s history—an array of projects worth more than $72 billion over the next 30 years. This investment has the potential to be a massive economic recovery project at a time...

Type Ordinance
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source San Francisco Board Of Supervisors
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy
This ordinance amends the San Francisco Environmental code by requiring owners of nonresidential buildings to conduct Energy Efficiency Audits of their properties and file Annual Energy Benchmark Summaries for their buildings, that will be publicly shared. Not only will this double...

Type Ordinance
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Massachusetts
Source Boston City Council
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy
In order to reduce the emissions of air pollutants from energy production, encourage efficient use of energy and water, and develop further investment in building a green economy, this ordinance requires that the City and building owners disclose the previous year's energy and water...

Type Ordinance
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) Pennsylvania
Source Philadelphia City Council
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy
This ordinance requires certain buildings to benchmark and report energy and water usage data; these buildings include commercial buildings with indoor floor space of 50,000 square feet or more and commercial portions of any mixed-use building with at least 50,000 square feet of indoor...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2014
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Democracy & Governance
An overview of Municipal and State green building benchmarking laws including Austion, Boston, California, Chicago, Washington, DC, Minneapolic, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families
The City of Seattle supports construction jobs and meaningful employment for those in our community through programs that prepare and train workers for careers with family-sustaining wages. In early 2015, the Seattle City Council adopted a new City law, proposed by Mayor Ed Murray,...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level Other Boards and Agencies
State(s) New York
Source New York Law Journal
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources
As required by a 2014 state statute, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued official sea level rise projections effective February 22. They reflect a range of possible scenarios; at the high end, sea level in the New York City area could rise 75 inches...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2016
Level County
State(s) All States
Source Mayors Innovation Project
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance
Policymakers have long understood the job creation opportunities that public infrastructure projects provide. To enhance these jobs' economic and social impact and lift families out of poverty, many cities and states have incorporated job quality and equity policies into public infrastructure...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2012
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source State And Local Energy Efficiency Action Network
Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Democracy & Governance
Benchmarking is the process of comparing inputs, processes, or outputs within or between organizations, often with an aim toward motivating performance improvement. Benchmarking typically measures performance using an indicator per common unit (e.g., cost per unit produced), which...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) All States
Source American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Local governments can advance energy-efficient technologies and practices in the marketplace by promoting energy efficiency in their own everyday operations, a practice commonly known as "Leading by Example" (LBE). Taking actions to improve the energy efficiency of government-owned...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County, National, State
State(s) All States
Source Eno Center for Transportation
Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Transportation & Mobility
Transit projects in the United States suffer from high costs and take longer to complete than they do abroad. After conducting 117 interviews with key stakeholders, this report finds that institutional structure and decision-making, procurement specifications, utility relocation,...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) California
Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Energy
The factsheet outlines the cities The Utility Pre-Craft Trainee Program (UPCT) in LA which aimed to place low income and minority city residents in good union utility jobs through an innovative training program....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing
This fact sheet refutes common misconceptions surrounding net zero/fossil fuel free buildings. In particular, it highlights how the creation of net zero/fossil fuel free buildings will spur economic development; lower construction costs over time; offer reliable power; and serve all...

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...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Wisconsin Policy Forum
Policy Areas Community Development, Housing
The Amani Housing Pilot aims to take a comprehensive and community-engaged approach to improve housing on one block in Milwaukee's Amani neighborhood. This report outlines the pilot's objectives, funding mechanisms, and partnerships; analyzes where the project has met its objectives...

Type Ordinance
Year 2008
Level City or Town
State(s) Texas
Source City of Austin
Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources
This ordinance requires commercial building owners to benchmark and report their energy use rating by June 1st each year. The ordinance applies to commercial buildings 10,000 square foot or larger that are located within Austin City limits and receive electricity from Austin Energy....

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2010
Level County
State(s) All States
Source City of East Palo Alto
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This model policy outlines hiring responsibilities for developers in redevelopment projects, business users in redevelopment projects, and construction contractors. Specifically, it requires them to seek local employees, service providers and businesses to meet their needs....

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