Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 7/26/2021

DMO Update

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• US Treasury guidance for local spending of American Rescue Plan funds is now out. Learn more at NationalDMO.org/treasury.

• 6 Things Local Elected Officials Can Do Today To Increase Vaccinations.

Quick Links

• ‘Rogue city leaders’: How Republicans are taking power away from mayors

• Montana’s Labor Shortage Is Actually a Housing Shortage

• Poverty In 2021 Looks Different Than in 1964 – But the US Hasn’t Changed How it Measures Who’s Poor Since LBJ Began His War

Ideas for Cities

• California city council approves measure requiring gun owners to have liability insurance

• Can Pittsburgh Make ‘Mobility as a Service’ Succeed?

• Creating a Black ‘Third Place’ in Cleveland

News for Democrats 

• Postal Banking Could Provide Free Accounts to 21 Million Americans Without Access to a Credit Union

• Democrats Crowd Cleveland For A Primary That Reflects Party Tensions

• HUD Makes over $19 Million Available to Fight Housing Discrimination

Video of the Week

John Oliver tackles housing discrimination, and how reparations would rebuild the financial security lost because of racist housing policies.