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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

She currently serves as Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, leading a record-breaking 35 legislative members, which also includes a historic number of 21 Latinas. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice. Kennedy School of Government.

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Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

She currently serves as Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, leading a record-breaking 35 legislative members, which also includes a historic number of 21 Latinas. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice. Kennedy School of Government.

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ELECTION LAW:  Federal District Court Judge Orders Georgia Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Map for the 2024 Election

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

ELECTION LAW: Federal District Court Judge Orders Georgia Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Map for the 2024 Election Anne B. In a state where the recent population growth has been almost entirely made up of minority residents, the state's congressional and legislative maps presented to the court did not add more majority-Black districts.

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America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future

American City & Country

In the past few years, there have been several bills, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the CHIPS and Science Act, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), that have significantly increased the federal share of infrastructure funding for the first time in decades.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. 23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. In other words, vote totals in the next election are now visibly in play.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. Even though the Office of Planning made a reasonable proposal which would only increase height by 25% (I think it could have been higher), the City Council did not vote in favor of considering a change.

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The Death and Life of Great Global Democracies?!

zencity

This is due to the erosion of civil liberties, freedom of the press, and the rule of law, in more than half of democratic countries worldwide. Democratically elected governments utilize their power and authority to legislate away or weaken democratic norms, institutions, protections, and rights.

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