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Investing in America’s future: meeting the financial imperative for affordable higher education
A policy paper from the Kelso Institute (read the full policy paper at this PDF) by Steven Hill, John D. Menke, and Jens Lowitzsch Executive Summary Skyrocketing student loan debt—$1.6...
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LA needs a study about impacts of Proportional RCV vs districts for city council elections
June 14, 2023 To: City Council President Paul Krekorian and special advisor Steve Ferguson From: Michael Feinstein, former Santa Monica Mayor and City Councilmember Subject: Request for a study by...
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San Francisco: a Multi-Everything City that needs a new approach to local democracy
By Steven Hill, DemocracySOS, May 10, 2023 How should urban zones structure local democracy to ensure fewer turf wars, broad participation and greater engagement of its human talent and genius?...
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What might an Elections Commission for Alameda County look like?
San Francisco has had a successful Elections Commission since 2002. Santa Clara County also has an elections oversight task force. It’s long past time for a county of the size...
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Who’s Right, Who’s Wrong: the unfair underrepresentation of Latinos in LA
By Steven Hill, DemocracySOS Any real solutions to fair multi-racial representation needs to acknowledge some challenging realities [Editor’s note: this is the second of two articles in which DemocracySOS looks...
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Portland shows the way – representation in “Multi-everything” Cities
By Steven Hill, DemocracySOS What kinds of political structures will create a sense of shared community in urban zones? In increasingly consequential ways, large metropolitan areas have become political worlds...