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Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PolicyLink

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

Economic recovery is not returning to all communities equally: the unemployment rate for White workers is down to nearly 4 percent nationally, while the unemployment rate for Black workers is more than double that. This disparity in employment is not an anomaly of our current economy,...

Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report provides a detailed economic impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage ordinace....

Community Workforce Agreement on Standards and Community Benefits in the Clean Energy Works Portland Pilot Project

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source City Of Portland

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

Clean Energy Works Portland (CEWP) is an innovative effort to deliver affordable home energy upgrades by testing new ways of delivering energy efficiency to homeowners in Portland. The project is intended to save energy, reduce carbon emissions, improve home comfort and home values,...

Executive Directive No. 15 Equitable Workforce and Service Restoration

Type Executive Order

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City Of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti's executive order promoting equity in Public Procurement....

Why You Should Be Wary of Privatization

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

While privatization occurs under different names, such as outsourcing, contracting out, and public-private partnership, it always removes a public good from public control and places it under the control of a private entity. The specifics of these deals vary, but the consequences...

Undertrained, Underpaid, and Unprepared: How LA's Commercial Office Building Owners Are Failing Security Officers and Compromising Public Safety

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2006

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This report highlights how commerical offices in LA using low road security contractors contribute both to poverty in the city and decreased public safety....

2018 Utility Supplier Diversity Update: Opening Doors for Entrepreneurs of Color

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level -

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas -

Supplier diversity helps direct corporate procurement to businesses owned by historically marginalized communities. The California legislature created a supplier diversity program at the California Public Utilities Commission that requires regulated utilities (such as energy and...

Supplier Diversity Report: Banks Still Struggle to Contract With Diverse Businesses

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Supplier diversity is a powerful tool for economic development in communities of color. Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) are more likely to operate as small businesses and employ locals, making them a pillar for communities of color. Contract opportunities from larger corporations...

Unmasking the Hidden Power of Cities: USING THEIR AUTHORITIES, ENERGY AND PROMISE TO SECURE THE COMMON GOOD

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

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

We are in an unprecedented moment in U.S. history. It is a time of resurgent racism and inequality, but also of newly energized and ambitious activism. We propose that the most effective way to take advantage of that momentum and reclaim American democracy is through investment in...

2007 Madison Ordinance 05139 Best Value Contracting

Type Ordinance

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source The Common Council of the City of Madison

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes a method of applying Best Value Contracting principles to certain public construction contracts and projects accepting TIF funding. When entering into contracts for public construction, the City of Madison requires bidders to prequalify pursuant to the...

Rising Together: A Roadmap to Confront Inequality in Houston

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City Of Houston Mayoral Task Force On Equity

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

Houston is one of the most inequitable cities in the United States. Households with incomes in the top 5% earn nearly 10 times more than households in the bottom 20th percentile. Thus, it is not surprising that while Houston ranks as the second-most prosperous city in the United States...

Neighbordhood Jobs trust Impact Report 2016-2017

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Boston Mayor'S Office Of Workforce Development

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

The Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT) was created in 1987 to ensure that Boston's low- and moderate-income residents benefit, in the form of job training, from the development in their city. In other words, the Trust translates commercial development in the physical landscape into economic...

Flying Higher at LAX: Family Healthcare Coverage for Airline Service Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This report evaluates 6 months out the impact of the city extending their Living Wage Ordiance to include the provision of healthcare for service workers at LAX airport....

Community Workforce Agreements: The Pathway to Coalitions Between Labor and Community

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Building And Construction Trades Department (AFL-CIO)

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Finance & Procurement, Energy, Democracy & Governance

As the Road Map to Emerald Cities explains, the engine of the Emerald Cities Initiative is a dynamic partnership between labor and community and a common pledge to work together: to green our cities in ways that address the threat of climate change and chart a high-road path to economic...

Under the Radar: How Airline Outsourcing of Passenger Services Compromises Security and Service Quality at LAX

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Housing, Public Safety

This study based on a survey of 300 workers at LAX found that the airlines used contractors who put the security and health of the public at risk, while failing to provide adequate services to passangers with disabilities. Furthermore, these contractors fail to provide workers with...

Project Labor Agreements and Bidding Outcomes: The Case of Community College Construction in California

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

This report using both case studies and statistical analysis of construction projects at local community colleges in California found that projects with Project Labor Agreements did not reduce the number of bids received or the costs of the projects....

Energy Savings Performance Contracting

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source U.S. Department Of Energy

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources

U.S. Department of Energy fact sheet guide to Energy Savings Performance Contracting for governments....

Local Technical Assistance Toolkit: Lead by Example

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...

An Interim Executive Order Promoting Equity in Public Procurement

Type Executive Order

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh

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

Boston Mayor Walsh's executive order promoting equity in Public Procurement....

San Francisco Local Hiring Policy For Constitution

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City Of San Francisco

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

The ordinance establishes a local hiring policy for public work or improvement projects requiring contractors and their subcontractors to perform certain percentages of project work hours using San Francisco residents and disadvantaged San Francisco residents. It also authorizes incentives...

Making M.U.S.H. Energy Efficient: Energy Efficiency in the Governmental and Institutional Sector

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source COWS

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Retrofitting the nation's public and institutional buildings for greater energy efficiency, financing these retrofits from the savings achieved, and requiring local-hire and job and advancement standards for those who do the work can provide the widespread high-road job creation needed...

A Short Guide to Setting Up a City-Scale Retrofit Program

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source COWS

Policy Areas Energy, Community Development, Public Spaces, Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

The seemingly insurmountable problems of climate change, poverty, and a nation dependent on dirty or foreign sources of energy are among the most serious challenges facing our country. But like all challenges, these present an opportunity-the opportunity to address all three problems...

Equity New Orleans: The Road to Equitable Government

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Louisiana

Source Equity New Orleans

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Education, Democracy & Governance, Health

EquityNewOrleans is a citywide initiative of the Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In partnership with the Foundation for Louisiana, EquityNewOrleans assessed the role of equity in City government using a data-driven process that prioritizes stakeholder...

Contracting That Works: How State and Local Governments Can Uphold High Standards for Workers, Business, and Taxpayers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for American Progress

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Too often, the jobs created through government contracts have low wages, poor working conditions, and frequent violations of labor law are common. This report identifies the best practices in government contracting for state and local governments to raise standards for workers and...

Inclusive Procurement and Contracting: Policies, Programs, and Practices for Local Leaders

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

BIPOC business owners often struggle with gaining access to procurement markets. This is because they are poorly represented in highly procured industries and are less utilized because of systemic barriers, including lack of access to government networks and outright discrimination....

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