2021 was an unprecedented year for abusive preemption. As local elected officials and advocates sought to protect their communities from the ongoing public health and economic effects of the pandemic, they encountered preemption efforts from state lawmakers on a scale never before seen.
Read MoreThis model ordinance can serve as a guide for local elected officials in their attempts to enact tenant protections in their city or town.
Read MoreDuring the 2022 state legislative session Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) publishes a weekly digest summarizing notable abusive preemption bills and their progress through session.
Read MoreDetermining whether local governments have authority to implement local tenant protections, particularly in the face of potential state preemption, remains a challenge.
Read MoreA new white paper from LSSC explores in more detail how some state legislatures are using preemption to undermine local control of police budgeting, accountability, and management.
Read MoreThis snapshot identifies states where abusive preemption bills have been enacted or are pending in 2021. In some states, multiple bills addressing the same issues have been introduced, but that is not reflected in this data.
Read MoreA bill amended Indiana statutes on a number of housing-related issues, including preempting localities from adopting ordinances on foundation and size requirements for manufactured homes and preempting local ordinances regulating retaliatory acts by landlords.
Read MoreThis fact sheet, produced in partnership with ChangeLab Solutions, summarizes this emerging threat to state and local public health authority and identifies some of the possible outcomes.
Read MoreThe Local Solutions Support Center has compiled short memos summarizing the nature and scope of local authority in each state.
Read MoreIn this resource, we examine how, as the Black Lives Matter movement strengthens nationwide and communities push for critical changes to confront racism, preemption has once again emerged as a tool to stifle important local efforts.
Read MoreAs the definition of “public health” expands, so could the ability of public health agencies and officials to address the SDOH and combat a greater variety of public ills.
Read MoreThis fact sheet provides an overview of state and local government authority to regulate and potentially require vaccination.
Read MoreThis October 2018 amicus brief in the case ‘City of Austin v. Texas Association of Business’ deals with preemption of Austin’s paid sick leave policy.
Read MoreIn the wake of recent demonstrations against racist police and vigilante violence against Black communities, we will likely see increased legislative attacks on protestors.
Read MoreThis August 2020 amicus brief in the case ‘Salt Lake City Corporation v. Utah Inland Port Authority’ deals with the “ripper clause.'“
Read MoreThis memo aims only to engage in a preliminary way with the question of what a state’s grant of emergency authority to local governments means for localities facing the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreThis provides a listing of the lawsuits as of July 2020 that challenge pandemic-related tenant protections.
Read MoreThis July 2020 amicus brief in the case ‘Iowa Association of Business & Industry v. City of Waterloo’ deals with preemption of local “Ban the Box” policies.
Read MoreThis model resolution is geared towards helping local officials and advocates push their legislature and governor to clarify local authority pertaining to housing solutions.
Read MoreThis July 2020 amicus brief in the case ‘Portland Pipe Line Corporation v. City of South Portland’ deals with land use and a proposed pipeline in Portland, ME.
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