The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats.

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

By invitation of the Solonian Democracy Institute , and alongside delegates from 60 countries, I was asked to speak to the value and contribution of Zencity to practices of direct democracy in the local governments we work with. They have municipal elections, voting on bonds, laws, and referendums.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

This is another side of the argument in " The real lesson from Flint Michigan is about municipal finance " (2016) in how the funding systems for local governments were created when cities were growing and successful, and we don't have new funding systems focused on the reality of current conditions. From the article: Democrat Rep.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. So, rather than attacking President Biden and Congress for likely blocking the D.C.

Public Safety 52

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 21, 2025

This post, co-authored by Kristina Wilson and Tyler Mulligan, also appeared on the Coates’ Canons Local Government Law Blog here. However, government bodies can hold closed-door meetings, known as closed sessions, under certain limited circumstances. 143-318.10(a). 143-318.11(a)(4)

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