Policy Chats

APRIL 15, 2020

In this episode, President of Filament Strategies LLC and former member of the California State Legislature, Lloyd Levine talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the effects of COVID-19 on students, legislation, and non-essential business.

Public Policy 52

Public Policy Legislation Budgeting Education 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

Communications 52

Communications Legislation Implementation Public Health 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

AUGUST 20, 2017

As we all know, the legal authority of public bureaucrats to make decisions resides in the delegation of discretion from elected legislators and executives, such as the president or state governors, to administrative agents.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Elected Officials Legislation Public Affairs 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

From the article: The District is playing hardball in a dispute with the owner of Nationals Park, effectively threatening to shut down the stadium if Events DC fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised before the ballpark’s 2008 opening.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Development Legislation Regulations 52

Center for Community Progress

JULY 27, 2022

I serve as the President and CEO of the Center for Community Progress, a national nonprofit founded in the aftermath of the 2008 housing crisis. This legislation would provide direct federal investment to educate, build capacity for, and provide technical assistance to land banks and the rural and urban communities that need them.

Housing 52

Housing Nonprofit Legislation Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

First, the implementation timeline is rather long, as key recommendations are significantly dependent upon Congress passing legislation – and it must be assumed that such passage will require, at a minimum, at least several years. I find these recommendations lacking for four main reasons. government.

Regulations 64

Regulations Legislation Operations Implementation 64

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Only the General Assembly is authorized to create property tax exemptions, and when that legislative body creates exemptions they must apply uniformly across the state. In 2008, the General Assembly added a provision to G.S. Population limits and similar restrictive criteria have been used in at least two property taxes bills.

Laws 40

Laws Local Government Housing Legislation 40

Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

USA Today reports that some bankruptcy experts have predicted that Detroit’s case could last as long as three years [a large Californian case in Vallejo took one year to decide if it was even ELIGIBLE for bankruptcy in 2008 then another three years to be released from bankruptcy protection granted].

Laws 52

Laws Local Government Accountability Government 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. The FHFA, from its founding in 2008 to 2021, was an independent regulator. This type of proposal for legislation is often a direct outgrowth of industry lobbying, so it is not unexpected.

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 91

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

In the years immediately following conservatorship (which began in September 2008), the FHFA increasingly took over setting the average G-fee. Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away.

Press Release 52

Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

The borrower of a conventional mortgage benefits tremendously from the evolution of the TBA market, which was not centrally planned or created by legislation but evolved over several decades as a collaboration between government mortgage agencies and the bond trading and investing community. ” [link]. [26] That is incorrect.

Housing 59

Housing Advocacy Government Development 59

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

Long Island’s housing production fell by 58 percent from the 2001-2008 period to the 2009-2018 period and in the northern suburbs, production fell by 50 percent during the same period. The brief highlights the impact of New York’s restrictive zoning on housing supply and the risks of future legislative inaction.

Housing 52

Housing Legislation Regulations Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

Tom Murphy, first a legislator in Pennsylvania, and later long-time Mayor of Pittsburgh, created the infrastructure for the "Regional Asset District" in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which supports the big cultural institutions in the city (museums, libraries, parks, etc.) mill tax for the Detroit Zoo they approved in 2008.

Voting 52

Voting Local Government Communications Legislation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Under the pressure of the financial crisis, in mid-2008, the market began to lose confidence in the implied guarantee given its informal and unwritten nature. 7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects.

Legislation 105

Legislation Regulations Operations Housing 105

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For example, in his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama argued his candidacy was an extension of the 20th-century Black freedom movement. Because it would bring the executive and legislative branches together, with citizens, and a foundational agenda (from the plan). Build on it. (4) I was super proud of #5 and the sub-committees.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Advocacy Campaign Legislation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes. One is the long-standing Affordable Housing Goals program (from 1992), and the other is the more recent Duty to Serve (DTS) program (from 2008). This claim is simply untrue.

Government 52

Government Housing Implementation Legislation 52

The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While the historical increase of mail-in-voting has occurred naturally through gradual adoption by voters, recent legislation like the California Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) has provided a boost. For instance, at a given level of mail-in voting, turnout was highest in 2008 and far lower in 2016 and 2012.

Voting 52

Voting Legislation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? When the conservatorships were established in 2008, exiting them required approval from both the presidential administration, acting through Treasury, and the then-independent FHFA, led by a single director.

Legislation 69

Legislation Housing Campaign Voting 69

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Introduction Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were placed into conservatorship in September 2008 at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when the markets lost confidence in them. For example, see the September 2008, “Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

Legislation 81

Legislation Implementation Housing Regulations 81