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Type Model Law

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source -

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This model ordinance requires every “covered employer,” or contractor that enters into a city contract where the annual value of payments is $25,000 or more, to pay their employees no less than a living wage. Beginning at $10.55 per hour, each year the living wage shall be adjusted...

“The Forgotten Ones”—The Economic Well-Being of Early Educators During COVID-19

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level State

State(s) California

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education

This report provides a closer look at the well-being of California's early educators during the COVID-19 public health crisis, using data collected from the 2020 California Early Care and Education Workforce Study. Key findings show that educators' low wages leave them vulnerable...

Racial Wage Gaps in Early Education Employment

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education

Early educators are some of the lowest-paid workers in every state, which especially burdens African American and Hispanic women in this profession. This report analyzes the racial disparities that exist in early education employment. Findings show that African American early educators...

Seattle Executive Order 2014-03: Equity in City Contracting

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...

The Work of Art: A Survey of Milwaukee’s Artists and Creatives

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

The arts are an important sector of Milwaukee's local economy, providing a wide range of educational and cultural opportunities while employing thousands of individuals. Using survey data, this report outlines the characteristics of artists in Milwaukee County, the challenges they...

Frequently Asked Questions for San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (PPLO)

Type Ordinance

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Children & Families

The San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SF PPLO) requires employers who have employees working in San Francisco to provide Supplemental Compensation to employees who are receiving California Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits to bond with a new child, so that the employees...

San Francisco Local Hiring Policy for Construction Fact Sheet

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....

Week of Action: Fighting for Families Messaging and Policy Guide

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) All States

Source SiX Action

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

Outdated workplace policies have failed to keep pace with the demands on today's workforce, limiting our economic growth....

Exploring Targeted Hire: An Assessment of Best Practices in the Construction Industry

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...

Key Elements of a Targeted Hiring Program

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...

Feel the Heat!: The Unrelenting Challenge of Young Black Male Unemployment

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health, Finance & Procurement, Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Democracy & Governance, Children & Families, Transportation & Mobility

The situation of high unemployment for black men is not new. It has persisted for decades, and scholars, sociologists, economists, policy makers, and advocates have brought attention to various aspects of this challenge and put forth solutions. Yet, it is seemingly an intractable...

Raising the Floor Milwaukee: Better Wages and Labor Standards for Low-Wage Workers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Oakland City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This report examines the decline of Milwaukee's economy over the past 30 years and evaluates the city's current challenges including high unemployment, low job quality, extreme racial inequality, and central city economic isolation. The report recommends overcoming these challenges...

Seattle Wage Theft Ordinance No. 123596

Type Ordinance

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance outlines the procedure for wage theft complaints in Seattle, WA. In particular, this ordinance gives power to The Director, or his or her designee, to refuse to issue or renew, or revoke any business license from violators....

Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level County, City or Town, State

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source The Reinvestment Fund

Policy Areas Food, Economic Justice

The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI) is a statewide financing program designed to attract supermarkets and grocery stores to underserved urban and rural communities (i.e. food deserts). This brief outlines FFFI's, financing structure, results, and special initiatives,...

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...

University of Pennsylvania: Powering Philadelphia and Pennsylvania

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Education, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families

A report examining the University of Pennsylvania's economic imapct on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania....

Contracting for Equity: Best Local Government Practices that Advance Racial Equity in Government Contracting and Procurement

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

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

Inclusive contracting refers to the process of creating the environment for businesses owned by people of color and/or women to participate in a governmental procurement and contracting process. Inclusive business participation in local government procurement and contracting is an...

Seattle Priority Hire on City Construction Projects

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,...

Building America While Building Our Middle Class: Best Practices for P3 Infrastructure Projects

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...

Leveraging Anchor Institutions for Local Job Creation and Wealth Building

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) All States

Source The Democracy Collaborative

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Environment & Natural Resources, Children & Families, Health, Education, Democracy & Governance

Anchor institutions (often referred to as "eds and meds") are place-based enterprises, firmly rooted in their locales. In addition to universities and hospitals, anchors may include cultural institutions (such as museums), health care facilities (such as nursing homes), and municipal...

Invest, Democratize, Organize: Lessons on Building More Equitable Cities From Nashville and Raleigh-Durham

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) North Carolina, Tennessee

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Community Development, Housing

Citywide development that uses traditional business practices, which have historically benefitted from and perpetuated racialized inequality, can threaten to displace the most disadvantaged communities. This report provides tools and resources for groups that are advocating for more...

Unmasking Corporate Interference

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance

Using local and state associations, massive corporations and their overwhelmingly white, male leadership are driving forward a strategy to keep wages low and rents high by stripping away local democratic power. This report focuses on five states—Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Louisiana,...

Los Angeles on the Edge Part I: An Analysis of Health and Income Data from the U.S. Census Bureau

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level County

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

This report analyzes health and income data from the U.S. Census Bureau. It finds that 2.2. million L.A. County residents lack health insurance; L.A. County is characterized by extremely high levels of income inequality; real median income for L.A. County residents has remained stagnant;...

The Top 5 Enforcement Tools for Local Minimum Wage Laws

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families

Approximately 42 percent of workers in America now earn under $15 per hour. They are nursing assistants, home care workers, janitors, waiters and waitresses, cashiers, truck drivers, and many others who keep our families and businesses going. They are also disproportionately women,...

Child Poverty in the U.S.: What New Census Data Tell Us About Our Youngest Children

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Children & Families, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Education

Almost 22 percent of children are poor. In 2012, over 16 million children in the U.S. were living in poverty according to the official measure, defined as living in families with income under $19,090 for a family of three. This is almost identical to figures for 2011, but an increase...

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