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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The Growth Trap: How cities sabotage themselves
There’s no substitute for the hard work of delivering core services efficiently and keeping costs down. Anyone telling you otherwise ...
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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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Don’t take the wrong lessons from city’s crime reduction
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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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Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters
Young families help cities maintain or increase their population, which can counter urban shrinkage and decline. They are important advocates ...
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Documentary: A Tale of Three Cities
The program compares Kansas City, Missouri with neighboring Kansas City, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska, similar cities that have been working ...
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