Wildfire-resistant landscaping is common sense—but not without controversy
California is right to take wildfires seriously—2023 alone saw 7,000 fires and over 300,000 acres burned statewide. But climate resilience ...
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How cities can make manufactured housing safer
Many municipalities restrict manufactured housing, pushing it into high-risk areas. Revisiting zoning codes and strengthening local installation standards could make ...
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After Grants Pass: what San Francisco’s stricter encampment enforcement means for city leaders
San Francisco is testing how far cities can go on encampment enforcement after last year’s Supreme Court decision in City ...
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San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets
Many cities are enforcing existing and new bans on homeless encampments more aggressively than before the Supreme Court decision – ...
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Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe
People’s views of risk weren’t driven primarily by objective statistics, such as FBI crime data. Instead, they were shaped by ...
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Lessons from the Bourbon Street truck attack
Safe streets don’t just prevent attacks—they make cities more livable, vibrant and accessible.
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This Atlanta neighborhood hired a case manager to address rising homelessness
In the fall of 2023, with support from the Atlanta City Council, the mayor’s office and Intown Cares, a local nonprofit... ...
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Soda taxes can become a sticky mess
Cities have become dependent on soda tax revenue for everything from food banks to early childhood programs. That was always ...
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Return-to-office mandates may not be the solution to downtown struggles that Canadian cities are banking on
Instead of trying to force unwilling workers back to the office, Canadian cities should instead focus on developing downtowns that ...
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In some cities, second thoughts about gunshot detection sensors
Many cities are struggling to assess the costs and benefits of the technology.
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