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74 Local Elected Leaders Urge Federal Government to Protect Tenants
Over 70 local elected officials submitted a comment calling on the federal government to pass tenant protections for enterprise-backed multifamily properties.
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📬 The Network Download | Immigrant justice edition | July 2023
Check out the work our network is doing to advance immigrant justice!
- Home Rule
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The ‘Death Star’ Bill is About Kneecapping Democracy in Texas
LP's Kara Sheehan weighs in on what the Death Star Law means for localities across Texas.
- Public Safety
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Cops Should Not Respond To Mental Health Emergencies, Experts Say As City Weighs Ordinance
Chicago Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez's “Treatment Not Trauma” ordinance would enable the city to handle mental health emergencies without police officers.
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Federal Advocacy Roundup | July 2023
The July2023 Local Progress Federal Advocacy Roundup breaks down recent troubling SCOTUS decisions that advance the interests of right-wing billionaires at the expense of working people and communities of color.
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Plainfield BOE Debates Cultural Responsiveness of its Textbooks, Votes to Resurface Hub Stine
Plainfield Board of Education Commissioner Azim Gray stands up for culturally responsive curriculums.
- Economic Justice
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Workers’ Rights Local Government Round Up | July 2023
Check out some of the landmark workers’ rights policies that passed across the country over the last few months, as well as news of recent enforcement actions!
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‘Suit up for the backlash!’: The battle to regulate New York’s gig economy
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander says efforts to establish a minimum wage for food delivery workers have met well-funded resistance from the sector’s leading players.
- Economic Justice
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New Resource Helps Local Electeds Use Procurement to Advance Equity
Our newly released report – a joint collaboration between In The Public Interest and the Local Progress Impact Lab – offers a roadmap for community advocates and local elected officials to examine how governmental entities can better design their procurement processes to incorporate public values.
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📬 The Network Download | Passing rent caps, supporting LGBTQ+ communities & more | June 2023
Check out what our network has been up to this month!
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School Board Members Are Organizing to Build a Multi-Racial Democracy
More than 40 school board members from 16 states across the country gathered in Baltimore for two days of strategy, peer learning, community building, and leadership development at our first-ever school board convening. Check out the highlights here!
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LPMN State Download 🌻 | Tenant protections, legislative recap & more! | June 2023
Check out what LPMN is up to!
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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 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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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.
- Housing
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Social Housing Emerging in Cities Needs Local Govt Support
Local Progress founding board chair Nick Licata makes the case for local governments to support social housing.
press Releases
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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.
- Economic Justice
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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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How Localities Use Community Responder Programs to Keep People Safe
This new video from Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab focuses on three specific localities: Durham, Oakland, and Albuquerque to explain what community responder programs are, how they work, and why hundreds of localities are starting to adopt them.
- Housing
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After Grants Pass: organizing to house all our neighbors
In response to the Supreme Court's cruel decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, we will continue to organize for housing for all.
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Local Progress Condemns Cruel Supreme Court Decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson
In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, Local Progress put out the following statement.
