Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 4/5/2021

DMO Update

• Want to learn how you can use ARP funding to reopen schools? Join DMO and AFT President Randi Weingarten this Monday for a brief webinar.

• How DMOs can Celebrate the American Rescue Plan. Publish an op-ed in your local paper informing constituents on how Democrats have helped them.

• Need to speak with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs? Email Nils.Robbins@NationalDMO.org for a connection.

Quick Links

• NYPD officers are no longer protected from civil lawsuits after city council passes police reform legislation

• New Project Aims to Identify Local Government Assets at Risk of Cyberattack

• Estimated Local Allocations in the American Rescue Plan

Ideas for Cities

• Madison ordinance regulating personal delivery devices. 

• To Improve Public Health, the Environment and Racial Equity All at Once: Upgrade Low-Income Housing

• It’s expensive to be poor. Publicly owned banks may help

Advisory Board Updates

• Planned Parenthood Action Fund – New Report — Escalation in Dismantling Abortion Access in States

• Mayors Against Illegal Guns – The Economic Cost of Gun Violence

• SMART Union – What is Ventilation Verification?

News for Democrats 

• Biden to review executive authority to cancel student debt

• DCCC Announces Members of 2021-2022 Frontline Program

• ‘My experience was painful’ | State Rep. Park Cannon speaks on arrest at Georgia Capitol  – Rep. Cannon now faces 8 years in prison on felony charges for knocking on Gov. Kemp’s door as he signed the anti-voting legislation.