by jpitney | Jul 24, 2022 | California Politics, Civility, Local Government, Public Service
At The Guardian, reports that Shasta County has suffered from political tension between traditional conservatives and far-right extremists. Janine Carroll, who has lived in the area for 30 years and previously worked for the county as an administrative assistant, said...
by jpitney | Apr 26, 2022 | California Politics, Local Government, State Government, Uncategorized
At CalMatters, Dan Walters writes about California public policy, starting with an annual report by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association: This year’s version, called “Follow the Money 2021,” contains dozens of examples of how public funds have been...
by jpitney | Mar 28, 2022 | Civility, Deliberation, Education, Local Government
Jonathan E. Collins and Julian Bessinger have a Brookings article titled ” The case for participatory democracy during educational crisis.” In 2010, an organization called Everyday Democracy (ED) organized the Strong Start for Children (SSFC)...
by jpitney | Jan 26, 2022 | Civility, Local Government, Public Administration, Public Service
Clarence E. Anthony at Bloomberg CityLab: A November report from the National League of Cities (NLC), where I serve as chief executive officer, found that 81% of local public officials surveyed had experienced harassment, threats and violence, and 87% have noticed...
by jpitney | Nov 24, 2021 | California Politics, Local Government, Redistricting, Uncategorized
The 2020 census found that Los Angeles County had slightly more than ten million people. Each of its five supervisors represents about two million. To put it another way, any supervisorial district has more people than the entire state of Nebraska. The immensity of...
by jpitney | Nov 18, 2020 | California Politics, Civility, Local Government
Erica L. Manuel at CalMatters: Local elected officials can and should step up and lead by example to model unity and encourage public trust and confidence. Cities statewide can view the recent election as the proverbial “reset button” and embrace changes to the...
