Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 9/2/2019

Quick Links

• Los Angeles Controller Releases Scathing Audit of City’s Homeless Outreach

• Ranking Cities By the New Urban Crisis

• Open Data Shines a Light on Cities’ Top Challenges

Ideas for Cities

• Now is the Time to Think About Frozen Pipes

• Facebook Expands Tool That Lets Local Governments Send Alerts

• A North Miami Lot Shows How Small Cities Can Manage Stormwater

News for Democrats

• Citizenship will no longer be automatic for children of some US military members living overseas – This move is a first step in dismantling birthright citizenship for children of immigrants.

• “Unions for all”: the new plan to save the American labor movement

• Hackers were told to break into U.S. voting machines. They didn’t have much trouble.

DMO Update

• We hope everyone had a restful Labor Day and is invigorated to fight for America’s workers! Read DMO’s Labor Day message.

• DMO Maryland will be holding a chapter conference call this Wednesday at 1pm. Email Oliver.Judd@NationalDMO.org for details.

• The next DMO Policy Council call is scheduled for this Wednesday at 3pm ET / 12pm PT. Email Nils.Robbins@NationalDMO.org for details.