GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

Increasingly, government leaders recognize the need to approach cybersecurity in the same way they approach public health: There must be a holistic network in which the well-being of individuals, or individual systems, depends on and benefits the well-being of others.

Government 97

Government Coordinator Public Health Security 97

The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

Laws 103

Laws Sustainability Urban Planning Public Transportation 103

Center for Community Progress

JUNE 15, 2023

State laws gives land banks their unique powers. Community priorities and state laws determine what land banks can do with properties. Increase health and wellbeing : Addressing problem properties can help reduce crime and improve personal and public health. What does a land bank do with the properties it acquires?

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Laws Housing Legislation 98

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

The success of efforts to improve healthy food access will depend on coordinated action from state and local government agencies, community development organizations, charitable foundations, the supermarket industry and others (emphasis in the original).”. Between Local Food Systems and State Governance: A Regional Perspective.

Economic Development 76

Economic Development Community Development Laws Development 76

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

More than just eyesores, they threaten public health and safety, drain tax dollars, bring down property values, and make neighbors feel like nobody cares about the neighborhood. Laws in the United States are designed to protect an individual’s private property. This is the cycle of “ systemic vacancy.”

Housing 52

Housing Local Government Elected Officials Laws 52

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 6, 2024

But when property conditions harm its occupants, or the property’s deterioration threatens the safety of neighbors or the stability of the neighborhood, local governments need tools to step in. What can local government do to address vacant and “blighted” properties? What is code enforcement?

Local Government 52

Local Government Housing Government Public Health 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) signed into law last November by President Biden is a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s urban, rural, and Tribal communities.

Transportation 59

Transportation Laws Public Health Local Government 59

Barrett & Greene

APRIL 4, 2023

Yes, an applicant company “must be offered a state or local government incentive,” however: The [U.S. Combined with elements of the Inflation Reduction Act that augur in favor of domestic manufacturing, the two laws are signaling that the “economic war among the states” or “race to the bottom” is a losers’ game.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Translation Public Health Nonprofit 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 21, 2022

Britain has created big problems by privatizing its water and sewage systems, abetted by minimal regulation and even more minimal fines which seem to have zero punitive power in getting the companies to follow the law. The solution is to have a huge federal infrastructure bank to loan local governments money to deal with infrastructure costs.

Regulations 52

Regulations Petition Local Government Operations 52