Between January and June 2019, state legislatures across the nation continued a troubling trend of passing more laws forbidding or “preempting” local control over a large and growing set of public health, economic, environmental, and social justice policy solutions.
Read MoreIncreasingly, corporations and right-wing state legislators are successfully driving preemption bills that make it harder for women and women of color in particular to work with their local governments to build communities that work for them and their families.
Read MoreIn this brief, we synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of local rent control laws and suggest areas in which further research could help policymakers, advocates, and the public improve state and local laws regarding rent control.
Read MoreIn this brief, we synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of local inclusionary zoning laws and suggest areas in which further research could help policymakers, advocates, and the public improve state and local laws regarding inclusionary zoning.
Read MoreIn this brief, we synthesize the evidence on the effectiveness of paid-sick-days laws and suggest areas in which further research could help policymakers, advocates, and the public improve local paid-sick-days laws.
Read MoreLocal minimum-wage laws can help ensure that workers can afford housing, food, and other basic necessities in locations where the cost of living is higher than in other parts of the country or state.
Read MoreWhen preemption is used to protect profits rather than people, to undermine progress, and to undo cities and counties’ efforts to improve the safety of their residents— including their LGBT residents—it is a dangerous threat to equality for all.
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