Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

Without considering the environment in the budgeting process, all the commitments to change will be little more than words. Luckily, there are cities that are transforming the budget process to align resources with climate action. They spoke a whole different language: budget cycles and bond ratings.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Since that year, police records show, transit officers have dramatically shifted away from enforcing fare evasion across the rail and bus system, with citations and arrests numbering less than 300 last year, compared with more than 15,000 in 2017. Of that 2021 total, none took place in the District.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

Although to be fair, the same goes for plenty of other cities. -- " For a lot of "urban problems" the issue isn't knowledge about what to do, but willingness to engage that knowledge " (2017) DC has Inspector Generals and an Auditor who reports to Council. The auditor, former Councilmember Kathy Patterson, has done a lot of good reporting.

2013 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” alongside affordable housing and commercial space, and adaptable buildings--in how it discusses the primacy of West Seattle as the anchor of the rock music ecosystem in Seattle.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 4, 2024

The argument can be made that the tax abatement shouldn't be total, that it should be more measured, especially when it comes to funding local schools (" Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses — draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students ," The Conversation).

Local Government 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Unlike the local and state jurisdictions that fund Metro, federal money goes only to the agency’s capital budget but not to its separate operating budget — a distinction local officials have long said is inequitable. Good luck with that. The director then, Mark R.

Management 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Incrementalism has been fruitfully applied to explain domestic policy making, foreign policy making, and public budgeting. Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017), are beyond remarkable. Lindblom regarded rational decision making as an unattainable ideal.

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