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📬 LP Network Download | Local electeds stand strong for immigrants, Minneapolis protects renters, LP school board members say hands off our public schools & more. | Mar 2025

Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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  • Housing

Cities lead bans on algorithmic rent hikes as states lag behind

Minneapolis on Thursday has become the fourth U.S. city to ban algorithmic rental price-fixing software, joining San Francisco, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California, in a growing wave of legislation aimed to protect renters from rental price-gouging.
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Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo is championing a local ban on the use of algorithms to set rents, following a U.S. Justice Department antitrust lawsuit.Beth Nakamura
  • Housing

Portland City Council weighs ban on using algorithms to set rents

Portland, Oregon could soon be the next city to ban rental price fixing!
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More than 150 students rallied in downtown Los Angeles in 2012 to voice their support for President Obama’s decision to halt the deportation of young immigrants who are in the country illegally. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
  • Immigrant Justice, School Boards

Protecting Immigrant Students and Families in Our Schools

Now more than ever, educators, school staff, and school board members must use their power to maintain safe learning environments for every child, no matter where they were born.
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☀️ New Partner’s Guide to Building Our Base Together! ☀️

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Protesters gather in Manhattan’s Foley Square on March 10, 2025, to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. (Barry Williams / New York Daily News / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
  • Economic Justice, Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources

📎 Federal Resource Round-Up

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  • Immigrant Justice

Hundreds of State Officials Oppose Anti-Sanctuary City Act

Nearly 400 state and local electeds nationwide sent a letter to Congress today urging them to vote NO on HR 32 – a dangerous bill that would strip our communities of essential funding simply for undertaking reasonable policies that make all of us safer.
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📬 LP Network Download | Local leaders protect communities, fueling a multiracial democracy, National Convening & more. | Feb 2025

Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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LPPA State Download 💌| State Strategy Meeting, national convening, member spotlight, and more! | February 2025

Check out what we’ve been up to in the new year and learn how you can activate your leadership in 2025!
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Students listen to a lecture in African American literature class at Texas Southern University in Houston, in 2023. Photograph: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Anti-Equity Executive Orders

In a major win, a federal district court in Maryland blocked Trump's the anti-DEIA EOs – protecting localities and other federal funding recipients from these baseless, discriminatory threats.
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Participants in a community protest with McAllen AFT and other allies outside one of Gov. Abbott’s pro-voucher campaign stops in 2023. Photo by Clarissa Riojas.
  • School Boards

Dozens of Texas Local Electeds Stand Firm Against Vouchers

Today, 50 local electeds across Texas sent a letter to Texas State Leadership urging them to vote NO on vouchers.
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LPCA State Download 🌨️ | Growing our chapter and taking action! | February 2025

Check out what we’ve been up to in the new year and learn how you can activate your leadership in 2025!
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Casar has always approached political work with the same mindset forged as a labor organizer. (Robin Jerstad)

Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win

A must-read feature of former LP Co-Chair and now Congressman Greg Casar.
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  • Housing

Multiple Cities Across the Country Are Resisting Rent Algorithms

Hoboken and Jersey city are two of the latest localities to join the nationwide movement to tackle corporate greed in the rental market and ban algorithmic rental price fixing.
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Portland Street Response crisis worker Angela Sands and EMT Kaya Ascott respond to a 911 call in Portland, Ore. (Kaia Sand)
  • Public Safety

This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded.

Portland, OR proved what we all know to be true: we keep us safe. LP's Reynold Graham talks to The Nation about Portland's program.
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Ivan Luevanos-Elms and Sarah Johnson: This Is What Authoritarian Intimidation Looks Like

In this op-ed, LP ED Ivan Luevanos-Elms and former LP ED Sarah Johnson make the case that Trump's attempts to bully and intimidate local leaders is yet another sign of growing authoritarianism.
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press Releases

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  • Housing

LP Members & Union Leaders Call To Overturn WPA Veto

Municipal Officials join labor leaders to call out the Governor for rejecting this Common-Sense legislation
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  • Public Safety

Statement: National Network of Local Officials Denounce Unjustified Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

In response to the reported arrest and subsequent release of Newark Mayor and Local Progress member Ras Baraka, Essex County Commissioner and Local Progress Board Member A’Dorian Murray-Thomas released the following statement. 
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty who was sworn into office on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 speaking at the All Square restaurant in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 where supporters gathered to celebrate her election. Mshale Staff Photo by Panashe Matemba-Mutasa
  • Public Safety

Statement: Amid Federal Threats, Local Leaders Stand Strong for True Civil Rights

In response to the Trump Administration’s so-called “civil rights” investigation into Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s Office, Local Progress released this statement.
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  • Housing

Road To Good Cause Campaign Scores 11 Victories Across Upstate New York

The coordinated campaign of local officials expand critical renter protections to thousands of tenants, setting their sights on Rochester next.
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  • Economic Justice

NEW REPORT: How Local Government Can Stand Up for Workers When States Try to Stand in Their Way

This new report for Labor Day 2024 highlights ways local elected officials can advance workers rights even when facing both hostile state preemption and federal labor law preemption.
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