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Youth Employment and Financial Capability: A Municipal Action Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Across the nation, youth employment programs introduce thousands of teens to the working world each year. Cities can improve financial outcomes for future generations of workers by directly incorporating financial capability programs into existing municipal youth employment efforts....

San Francisco Values: The New Social Compact

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

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

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Finance & Procurement

This paper evaluates the large number of progressive policies the city of San Francisco has enacted in the last decade. This includes increased labor protections, enhanced union rights, local earned income tax credits, and a universal health access program....

Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Utah

Source United States Environmental Protection Agency

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

While transit-oriented development (TOD) can offer a community a variety of different advantages, it demands costly investment in infrastructure and community facilities. To address this barrier, this report provides local governments with a comprehensive overview of existing tools...

The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes: Sales and Excise Taxes

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Democracy & Governance

Sales and excise taxes, or consumption taxes, are an important revenue source, comprising close to half of all state tax revenues in 2010. But these taxes are inevitably regressive, falling far more heavily on low- and middle income taxpayers than on the wealthy. Consumption taxes...

Kindergarten to College: Local Innovation, National Impact

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source The Sallie Mae Fund

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Designed to promote savings and economic mobility, Children's Savings Accounts (CSAs) are universal, longterm, asset-building accounts established for children with public seed money and that grow over time with additional deposits and earnings. San Francisco's Kindergarten to College...

Raising Revenue Through Municipal Corporate Taxation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas -

The 2017 partisan tax reform law accelerated the United States’ rising inequality by slashing taxes of wealthy individuals and corporations and expanding the federal deficit, ultimately straining municipal budgets. In order to restore fairness to the tax code and generate revenue...

Imagining Newark's Green Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) New Jersey

Source Apollo Alliance

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

In 2007, Apollo Alliance launched a project to "make Newark a national showcase for clean and efficient energy use, green economic development and job creation, and equitable environmental opportunity." The project focused on convening a summit of Newark's community leaders to develop...

Harnessing Value for Transportation Investment

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source Center for Transportation Studies

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Public Spaces

Large public investments in transportation infrastructure-such as a new freeway interchange or transit station-can increase the value of adjacent private land, sometimes substantially. Capturing the value of this benefit through various tools is gaining interest as a finance mechanism...

Racial Equity and Taxes in Southern States

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Generally, southern states levy taxes in a way that worsens racial and economic equity. Most southern states raise less revenue than states in other regions, leading to underinvestment in people and places. This lack of revenue contributes to staggering levels of poverty, particularly...

Handbook on Urban Infrastructure Finance

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source New Cities Foundation

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Transportation & Mobility

In early 2015, New Cities Foundation launched the Financing Urban Infrastructure Initiative to address critical infrastructure financing issues and challenges facing cities today. This handbook is the culmination of that initiative....

Who Benefits from Redevelopment in Los Angeles?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 1999

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

This study evaluates the commercial development in the 1990s undertaken by the Community Redevelopment Agency, a economic development agency located in Los Angeles. The report finds the agency's development subsidies and strategies fail to provide a maximum return on investment for...

2000 Los Angeles Responsible Contracting Ordinance 173677

Type Ordinance

Year 2000

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Council of the City of Los Angeles

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance requires city contractors to follow all city, state, and federal laws or risk loss of contract. This includes laws regarding health, safety, wages, and hours. It also requires the City to consider the contractor's "responsibility" when awarding contracts. Responsibility...

Educational Alignment for Young Children

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level School District, City or Town

State(s) California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington

Source National League Of Cities

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Based on a review of the most advanced city efforts to align education for young children from birth through third grade, the National League of Cities (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education and Families (YEF Institute) identified 10 common elements of effective systems alignment. This...

Standing Guard: How Unaccountable Contracting Fails Governments and Taxpayers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

As local and state governments increasingly contract out public services that impact the well-being of their community, the need for robust contract oversight is increasing. A lack of oversight has detrimental impacts on the people served by a program or service, and for the public...

Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

This report is a follow-up to a previous study by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three Recently Constructed Rail Lines. It revisits the three regions explored in Rails to Real Estate to take a closer look at where...

Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better

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,...

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...

From Clean to Clunker: The Economics of Emissions Control

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, Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

The Port of Los Angeles' Clean Truck Program led to a reduction in diesel emissions. This report compiles data from port drivers, mechanics, air regulators and freight carriers on the financial cost and responsibility required to properly maintain a successful Clean Truck Program....

Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three New Transit Lines

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

This report documents real estate development patterns along three recently constructed light rail transit lines in the United States: the Hiawatha Line in Minnesota, the Southeast Corridor in Colorado, and the Blue Line in North Carolina. Specifically, this report aims to give regions...

The Case for Progressive Revenue Policies

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2019

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The United States needs to address growing inequality and raise more revenue to fund critical public investment. One way to accomplish both goals is to enact legislation that raises taxes for high-income or high-wealth households. This infographic includes figures that demonstrate...

Transit Revitalization Investment Districts: Opportunities and Challenges for Implementation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Through the examination of case studies, this report provides an evaluation of planning and implementation efforts developing out of the Pennsylvania Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Act. Since its passage in 2004, this law has been cited as a model for fostering...

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

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) surveyed nearly 300 passenger service workers to determine the effects of contracting on public safety and service quality at the Los Angeles International Airport. Results show that airlines are compromising security at LAX by failing...

Revenue Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

Sufficient sources of revenue are critical to realizing the progressive agenda. ProGov21's Revenue Roadmap highlights untapped revenue streams, like recreational marijuana and carbon pricing, and outlines strategies that can maximize existing revenue streams. Recommendations include...

Zero Energy Schools Toolkit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level School District, State

State(s) All States

Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Policy Areas Education, Energy, Finance & Procurement

A zero energy school is a low-energy, combustion-free building that sources all of its annual energy from renewable energy sources. This toolkit describes the educational, health, and environmental benefits of zero energy schools; outlines the process of building or renovating a zero...

Cash is King: Short-Term Strategies to Slow the Flow of Money Out the Door and Keep the Budget Balanced

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Local governments need to make sure they have enough cash on hand for essential services. During a financial crisis, the first thing local governments should do is slow the net flow of cash exiting and find ways to rebalance the budget. This report presents retrenchment techniques...

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