Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 6/13/2022

DMO Update

• DMO President Derek Green Statement on Roe Leak

• Add your name – Update the Office of Management and Budget labor standards guidance.

• DMO Welcomes Dominick Perkins As Our New Political Director

Quick Links

• Boulder City Council passed package of gun laws, including an assault weapons ban

• Rural Communities Need Federal Child Care Investments

• Denver’s Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold – These programs not only save money, they also free up police to focus on crime.

Ideas for Cities

• To Get to Net Zero, This City Is Making a Map

• For Mental Crises, Send a Pro Not the Police

• How a Simple Rental Registry in Chicago Could Limit Widespread Housing Scams

News for Democrats

• 31 tied to hate group charged with planning riot near LGBTQ event in Idaho – Patriot Front is a splinter group of the same white supremacist militia behind the attack on Charlottesville.

• ‘Multiple’ GOP Lawmakers Sought Pardons for Trying to Overturn Biden Win: Jan. 6 Committee

• Jan. 6 Committee Details Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Involvement in Capitol Insurrection