SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — An innovative program to address the long-standing issue of the digital divide in San Jose is being heralded as a model for other cities across the Bay Area and California. It’s creating a special fund called the Digital Inclusion Fund with $2.2 million in fees it generates annually from … Continued
Published by: GV Wire Fresno’s future depends on Fresno Unified School District. Its 74,000 students are the biggest part of our future workforce. In fact, what happens at Fresno Unified sometimes is more important than the decisions made at City Hall. If Fresno Unified fails, we all suffer the consequences: Less prosperity, more blighted and … Continued
Published by: The New Localism In the past week, there has been a flurry of articles about mayors (and former mayors) running for president (see, e.g., http://time.com/5510973/pete-buttigieg-mayors-president/). The announcements of South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro (and the likely announcements of former mayors like Senator Cory Booker and (former) Colorado … Continued
Published by: The St. Louis American This week, we reported on a diabetic inmate in the St. Louis City Justice Center who had his gangrene-infected toe amputated at the end of November after what he described as medical neglect. He is in jail awaiting trial for robbery only because he cannot post a $40,000 cash-only … Continued
Published by: City of Oakland The City of Oakland welcomes three FUSE Fellows for a 12-month engagement that runs through September 2019. These executive-level fellows will be embedded in the Mayor’s Office, the Economic & Workforce Development Department, and the Planning & Building Department. Working alongside City leaders and staff, the fellows will bring new … Continued
Published by: Office of the Mayor for the City of St. Louis Two new executives have joined Mayor Lyda Krewson’s administration to work on initiatives aimed at advancing criminal justice reform in the City of St. Louis. Debbie Allen and Wilford Pinkney are members of the FUSE Executive Fellowship Program. FUSE is a national nonprofit … Continued
Published by: Blue Shield of California Foundation and SmartAirLA Part of Blue Shield of California Foundation’s $3.5 million grantmaking to assess the value of prevention in community health. Los Angeles Calif. – Blue Shield of California Foundation announced a grant of $250,000 to SmartAirLA to improve community health by empowering asthmatic children and their communities to … Continued
When San Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo took office in 2015, he prioritized tech innovation as a means of improving service delivery and quality of life. Speaking about San Jose’s smart city vision statement released in March 2016, Liccardo asserted that the city “cannot continue providing the same services in the same ways. … To thrive, San … Continued
As Denver continues to grow, we must provide more reliable and safe mobility options to move more people where they need to go, and improve connections to key destinations and between neighborhoods. Denver Moves: Transit is Denver’s first-ever citywide transit plan creating a local transit vision and guiding framework that calls for improving the quality … Continued