Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 1/31/2022

DMO Update

• DMO has passed a resolution in support of neutrality agreements between management and workers. – “For the benefit of both workers and sound municipal management, DMO encourages the adoption of organizing neutrality and card check recognition policies.”

• Election in 2022? Fill out this brief questionnaire to alert DMO to your race.

• Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

Quick Links

• U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces Comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy

• With Donations as Small as $20, Land Trust Makes $9.4M Affordable Housing Buy in S.F.

• Survey: 52% of State, Local Public Workers Considering Leaving Jobs

Ideas for Cities

• San Jose passes first U.S. law requiring gun owners to get liability insurance and pay annual fee

• As Entrepreneurship Grows, Public Libraries Fill the Gap

• Cash Support for Low-income Families Directly Affects Baby Brains – Join Mayors for a Guaranteed Income

Advisory Board Updates

• Nuro – Nuro Launches Upskilling Initiative

• AFT – America’s Parents Express Overwhelming Support for Teachers, Their Unions and Public Education

• Walgreens – Walgreens Launches COVID-19 Index to Advance Rapid Detection of Omicron and Track Variant Activity by State

News for Democrats

• A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2022

• How Republicans Are Using Preemption to Advance Voter Suppression

• One Year of Biden-Harris

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 1/24/2022

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• Election in 2022? Fill out this brief questionnaire to alert DMO to your race.

• Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

Quick Links

• Understanding Your Local Eviction Landscape: A Worksheet for City Officials

• Mayors Say They Don’t Have Tools to Deal With Homelessness

• Mayors Move to Confront Racial Disparities in Their Cities

Ideas for Cities

• Winning Innovations From the Global Mayors Challenge

• Whatever Happened To…These 3 Wintry Solutions?

• Mobile Apps Help Communities Produce More Accurate Homeless Counts

Advisory Board Updates

• Ironworkers – Thank you letter to DMO for support during Erie Strayer strike.

• Brady – Gun Store Transparency Project.

• SEIU – New national survey of nurses and healthcare workers at HCA hospitals sounds alarm bells

News for Democrats

• FACT SHEET: President Biden and Vice President Harris Delivered Results for Working Families in First Year

• Biden is appointing judges faster than Trump, and most everyone else – for now

• FACT SHEET: The Biden-⁠Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 1/17/2022

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• Election in 2022? Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

• Happy New Years from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• SCOTUS Red Lights Vaccine-or-Test Rule and Green Lights Vaccine in Medicare/Medicaid Facilities Rule

• Urban Bees Face a Flower Deficit, Says Swiss Study

• Affordable Water, Resilient Communities

Ideas for Cities

• 3 Things Get People to Return to Rural Hometowns

• Boston’s New Mayor Tries a Different Tack on Homelessness

• To Get People the Help They Need from the Government, Postcards May Be the Answer

News for Democrats

• US DOT Announces Bridge Investment Program Under Infrastructure Law – State by state funding formula

• Former President Barack Obama: We need to follow John Lewis’ example and fight for our democracy

• DNC Train to Win Webinar – Rural Messaging

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 1/10/2022

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• Election in 2022? Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

• Happy New Years from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• Public Transit Use Must Double to Meet Climate Targets, City Leaders Warn

• 6 Public Sector Workforce Trends to Watch in 2022

• Treasury Department’s Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Final Rule (With Helpful Overview)

Ideas for Cities

• The 21 Best Solutions of 2021

• Picture a Better Way to Protect Bus Lanes

• How CIOs Can Build a Post-Pandemic Government

News for Democrats

• US hospitals strained with influx of patients amid latest COVID-19 surge, staffing shortages

• The past 7 years have been the hottest on record “by a clear margin,” scientists say

• Senate Democrats vow they’ll pass voting rights legislation with or without Republicans. Here’s what their proposals would do.

Pic of the Week

The United States experienced 20 “billion-dollar” weather disasters last year. Is your municipality prepared for extreme weather?

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 1/3/2022

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• Election in 2022? Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

• Happy New Years from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• The Year Basic Income Programs Went Mainstream

• Devastating Colorado Fires Cap a Year of Climate Disasters in 2021, With One Side of the Country Too Wet, the Other Dangerously Dry

• The fight over the hybrid future of work

Ideas for Cities

• Six Solutions to Watch for 2022

• More Cities Move to Adopt Vaccine Requirements for Indoor Spaces

• Designing Age-Friendly Communities

Advisory Board Updates

• Ullico – Governor Hochul Announces Plan to Build World-Class $9.5 Billion International Terminal at JFK Airport

• Ironworkers – After Two-Month Strike, Erie Strayer Union Workers Reach Deal With Company

• Everytown – Community-led Public Safety Strategies

News for Democrats

• Why Democrats Are Losing Ground With Hispanic Voters

• Schumer tees up vote on rules change if voting rights legislation is blocked

• Hundreds of crimes, little punishment: Inside the sentences since the Capitol attack

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 12/27/2021

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• Election in 2022? Visit the DMO Marketplace to see vendors that specialize in local campaigns.

• Happy Holidays from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• The Rise of the Local Climate Candidate

• Smashed Cars, Burnt Trees, Soggy Insulation: Post-disaster Cleanup Is Expensive, Time-consuming and Wasteful

• Cities Leading the Way on Vaccines

Ideas for Cities

• How Waterfront States and Cities are Harnessing Their Blue Economies

• 2021 In Review: There Are Ways of Doing Things Differently When It Comes to the Economy

• Education grants: 15 after-school program funding opportunities

News for Democrats

• What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus

• President Biden extends student loan payment freeze through May 1

• ‘A dog whistle and a lie’: Black parents on the critical race theory debate

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 12/20/2021

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• DMO Statement on Incoming National League of Cities President Vince Williams

• Happy Holidays from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail

• The West’s Race to Secure Water

• When a City’s Data-Driven Decisions Go Bad

Ideas for Cities

• Why Singapore Has One of the Highest Home Ownership Rates

• As its popularity grows, Eugene, Ore.’s, CAHOOTS launches crisis response course

• How Governments Can Find ‘Hidden Workers’

News for Democrats

• White House releases plan to replace all of the nation’s lead pipes in the next decade

• Collapse of Florida-sized glacier may happen soon, raising sea levels and threatening coastal cities

• Biden to announce free COVID tests, more aid for hospitals to deal with omicron

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 12/13/2021

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• DMO Statement on Incoming National League of Cities President Vince Williams

• Happy Holidays from Democratic Municipal Officials!

Quick Links

• What U.S. Mayors Are Really Worried About

• 3 can’t-miss books published for public safety leaders in 2021

• America’s Housing Crisis Is a Disaster. Let’s Treat It Like One.

Ideas for Cities

• How Governments Can Minimize Harassment of Public Officials

• Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Playbook

• These Cities Have Ended Chronic Homelessness

Messaging – Biden Administration Economic Toplines

• The Biden economic agenda is getting people back to work and putting more money in Americans’ pockets.

• In total, the job creation in the first ten full months of the President’s administration is about 6 million jobs, a record for a new President.

• Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the President and Congressional Democrats delivered significant tax cuts for working families.

• Tax cuts and rising wages for middle-class families mean that Americans on average have about $100 more in their pockets each month than they did last year.

• Americans are applying to start new businesses at a record rate, up about 30 percent compared to before the pandemic.

News for Democrats

• Biden aims to cut bureaucratic runaround for gov’t services

• Biden unveils “Building a Better America” branding – Starting Building a Better America at Build.gov.

• Jobless claims hit a new 52-year low

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 12/6/2021

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• DMO Statement on Incoming National League of Cities President Vince Williams

• DMO Election Night Recap: November 2021

Quick Links

• Cities Tap Federal Relief Aid to Reward Workers With Bonuses

• Millions of Americans Struggle To Pay Their Water Bills – Here’s How a National Water Aid Program Could Work

• USDOT Reveals How It’s Handing Out Infrastructure Money to the States

Ideas for Cities

• Work and Wages: Improving Resident and Business Economic Resilience

• The Brooklyn Public Library Already Knows How to Get Books Back Without Fines

• The Outlook for Fare-Free Transit

News for Democrats

• A large minority of Hispanic voters support Trump populism

• The shift in the urban and rural presidential vote isn’t uniform

• President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda Is A Game Changer On Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 11/29/2021

DMO Update

• Have you made your $50 annual membership contribution to DMO this year?

• DMO Statement on Incoming National League of Cities President Vince Williams

• DMO Election Night Recap: November 2021

Quick Links

• Mayors Cite Electric Vehicles As Top Climate Tech Priority

• USDOT Reveals How It’s Handing Out Infrastructure Money to the States

• Massive Budget Bill Would Open Even More State and Local Funding

Ideas for Cities

• Atlanta’s Night Mayor Will Govern More Than Parties

• Like Basic Income, But for Transportation

• Five Ways Government Leaders Can Develop Future Infrastructure Workers

News for Democrats

• “We are going to make you beg for mercy”: America’s public servants face a wave of threats

• Jury finds Unite the Right defendants liable for more than $26 million in damages

• Supreme Court Set to Hear Arguments in the Mississippi Case Seeking to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Video of the Week

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