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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....

The Blueprint for Community Business Success

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Meeting Of The Minds

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Economic Justice

America’s traditional economic development policy has raised important questions about equity, especially for new entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and small businesses bring economic stability into communities. To encourage economic development brought, it is imperative that the impact...

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...

The Financial Impact of COVID Licensing Standards on NJ Child Care Providers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) New Jersey

Source National Institute for Early Education Research

Policy Areas Children & Families, Education

As New Jersey tentatively reopens K-12 schools after being closed for over five months, many of the state’s child care providers have remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to serve the children of essential workers. Throughout this time, providers have been required to observe...

A Good Deal for Mississippi? A Report on Taxpayer Assistance to Nissan in Canton, Mississippi

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County, County

State(s) Mississippi

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights

Over the past decade Nissan has created thousands of manufacturing jobs in Mississippi. While the company has spent considerable amounts of its own money, it has also received large amounts of financial assistance from taxpayers at the local and state levels. This report documents...

Airbnb and Taxes: what other states are doing and how much revenue might be raised in Massachusetts

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source MassBudget

Policy Areas -

Current occupancy tax rules does not fit with new types of short-term rentals. To keep a balance between hotels and short-term rentals, the senate bill would extend the room occupancy tax to short-term residential rentals....

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Model Local Open Government Directive

Type Model Law

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) -

Source SiX Action

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This act, among other things: requires the online publication, preservation, and maintenance of certain information; requires the development of schedules for making information available to the public and indicating when information is updated; requires the city to establish a common...

2009 Santa Clara Big Box Ordinance 1843

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Santa Clara City Council

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces

This ordinance requires that proposed large retail developments, or superstores, undergo a community impact review and obtain a conditional use permit. The cost of all independent studies and investigations required to complete the review are to be paid by the developer....

State Options to Shore up Revenues and Improve Tax Codes amid Pandemic

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

The devastating effect of COVID-19 on state and local budgets is exposing state and local tax structures as inadequate, inequitable, and outdated. In response, states should focus first on generating needed revenue through tax increases on households, businesses, and sectors of the...

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...

2012 Philadelphia Ordinance 120428-A

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

The ordinance requires benchmarking of energy and water use for nonresidential buildings or spaces of 25,000 square feet or more in Philadelphia using a benchmarking application developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The ordinance requires the seller or lessor...

Sinking Treasure: A Look at the Milwaukee County Parks’ Troubled Finances and Potential Solutions

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Public Spaces

Over the past thirty years, Milwaukee County Parks has struggled to stay on top of repairs and upkeep, citing the decrease in funding caused by their dependence on falling property tax levy allocations. In response to these challenges, this report explores peer park systems across...

2003 Milwaukee Ordinance 310-17

Type Ordinance

Year 2003

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Milwaukee Common Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

This ordinance provides that all contracting departments shall award contracts in excess of $5000 related to the purchasing, renting, laundering and dry cleaning of items of apparel to contractors and subcontractors who are able to provide for the fulfillment of the contracts from...

Show Us the Local Subsidies

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report explores disclosure practices for certain types of subsidies per locality and provides a grade for those programs based on the quality of company-specific disclosures. The report finds that two-thirds of the economic development subsidy programs run by the nation's largest...

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....

Anti-Displacement Tax Fund

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Georgia

Source The Westside Future Fund

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

Overview of a tax fund program in Atlanta to prevent homeowner displacement due to the inability to pay a rise in property taxes due to revitalization efforts....

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....

The Revenue Impact of Corporate Tax Incentives on South Carolina Public Schools

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level County, State, School District

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Education

Public school districts in South Carolina suffered a sharp increase in lost tax revenue in FY 2019 due to tax breaks granted to private corporations by county governments. The revenues of South Carolina’s school districts are reduced via state permitted programs that grant businesses...

Forward Downtown and River Action Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City Of Grand Rapids

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety, Education, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Signs of renaissance abound in the City of Grand Rapids. Cranes and construction dominate the urban heart of Downtown. The city is on track to recover all of its pre-recession population and now claims one of the nation's strongest real estate markets. And Forbes recently declared...

A Guide to Evaluating Pay for Success Programs and Social Impact Bonds

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source In the Public Interest

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

Pay for Success (PFS), or Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), are an alternative private financing model often promoted as cost-free, risk-free silver bullets to support underfunded public services. In PFS and SIB funding models, investors provide the up-front funding for services with the...

Paying For Water Systems

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement

Many public water utilities struggle to pay for repairs and upgrades necessary to improve energy efficiency, reduce leaks, and prevent infiltration. This brief outlines existing mechanisms to raise these funds as well as promising new methods for public officials to consider. Some...

Fiscal First Aid for School Districts: Additional Considerations for School Districts

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level School District

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Health, Children & Families, Education

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are tasked with providing a quality education to their students, along with ensuring their safety and welfare, regardless if classes are being held in-person or virtually. Additionally, schools must adjust to the economic ramifications brought...

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