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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.
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Philadelphia Councilmembers Find Lessons in Affordable Housing from Berlin and Vienna
In this blog post from Global Philadelphia, Local Progress members and Philadelphia City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier talk about their recent trip to learn about social housing in Vienna and Berlin with Local Progress and lessons they're bringing back home.
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LPMN State Download 🌟 | Local & state action, new co-chairs, National Convening, & more! | June 2024
Over the past couple of months, LPMN members have been fighting for change at the local and state level – from housing to public safety to securing protections for workers.
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LPNC State Download 📣 | Protecting local democracy, funding public schools, & more! | June 2024
This quarter’s LPNC newsletter shares statewide updates, calls-to-action, and LP network updates.
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As FTC non-compete case is heard in federal court in Texas, Texas local electeds are standing up for everyday workers
A dozen local electeds in Texas are making their voices heard as the FTC non-compete case is heard in a federal court in Texas next month.
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📬 LP Network Download | Leveraging federal funds, SCOTUS case, increasing affordable housing & more! | May 2024
Here’s a look at some of what’s happening across the Local Progress network this month.
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LPTX State Download 📣 | Fighting for immigrant justice & reproductive rights for all Texans! | May 2024
Summer’s around the corner! See what’s coming up for our LPTX Chapter and how you can get involved in 2024!
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Local Progress Members Demand New Approach To Transit Funding In New York
15 Local Progress members across New York sent a letter to Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie, advocating for the passage A4120/S1981. The bills would direct the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 20% by 2050.
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New York Pols Back Gounardes’s Bill to Cut Driving by 20%
For decades, transit planners have widened roads and expanded highways as cities have grown. But these interventions have only increased traffic and worsened pollution. LP members in New York wrote to legislative leaders demanding state DOT take a new approach to planning.
- Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Federal Response and Advocacy
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Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity for Local Leaders to Leverage Nearly Unlimited Federal Funds
We just released a new resource with our friends at the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center to help you take advantage of a once-in-a-generation federal funding opportunity!
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LPNY State Download 🗽 | Housing, environmental, immigration work & more! | May 2024
This edition of the Local Progress New York newsletter covers our end-of-session legislative push and budget roundup!
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LP Stands with Students and Condemns the Violent Suppression of Free Speech
As a network of local elected officials, we stand in solidarity with students calling for peace and denounce the use of law enforcement or carceral threats to quell discourse and dissent.
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In The News
At Local Progress, we seek to make the aspirational pragmatic by showing how government can be a tool to create just and equitable outcomes and reshaping peoples’ understanding of governing from an institution to a collective responsibility. Here are some highlights of our media coverage:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.