by Jeremy Loudenback On the eve of another election in America, we would like to take a minute to highlight the importance of voting access. So for our October Best and…
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by Jeremy Loudenback Los Angeles has been garnering ignominious attention for its voting habits lately. In 2013, turnout for the city’s mayoral contest was a woeful 23% percent, triggering anxious reflections…
by Jeremy Loudenback What do Newt Gingrich and the American Civil Liberties Union of California have in common? If you guessed shared support for a measure that would reduce some felony drug…
by Jeremy Loudenback The way Steve Soboroff remembers it, the most significant development in Los Angeles in 75 years started with a helicopter ride. As he was riding high above the…
by Jeremy Loudenback Over the course of the past few decades, the country has been in the midst of a significant demographic shift, becoming more racially and ethnically diverse than ever…
by Jeremy Loudenback Best in Governance Civic participation efforts in Hong Kong and Scotland Scotland is usually overshadowed by England, its more prominent neighbor in the United Kingdom (U.K.). But…
by Jeremy Loudenback “Government has always been in the communications business,” says Los Angeles’s first chief data officer. As part of his new job, Abhi Nemani will be charged with connecting…
by Jeremy Loudenback Over the past 20 years, there are few people who have played a more active role in the public life of Los Angeles than Steve Soboroff. In the…
by Jeremy Loudenback For more than 15 years, researchers having been drawing attention to a digital divide, the idea that access to digital technologies is not equally available to all. But…
by Jeremy Loudenback Our conversation with Beltran Highlights the Need for Civic Engagement With rates of voter turnout in Los Angeles at a low ebb in recent elections, the city faces…
by Jeremy Loudenback Best in Governance Los Angeles Unified School District An evidence-based approach to policy-making is a hallmark of good governance. By tying decision-making to what has been proven…
by Jeremy Loudenback Until now, evidence about the ways in which interest groups shape U.S. national policy has largely been anecdotal or limited to conspiracy theories. But a startling new paper…
by Jeremy Loudenback In the June, only a quarter of California voters cast ballots in the state’s primary election, a record low. In Los Angeles, similar concerns about voter turnout aren’t…
by Jeremy Loudenback Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court disqualified a bid endorsed by Democratic state lawmakers that would have allowed an advisory measure on the 2014 ballot in reaction…
by Jeremy Loudenback Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti garnered national scrutiny this month, thanks to a cover story in Governing magazine. In his first year on the job, Garcetti has received…
by Jeremy Loudenback The shock of the Representative Eric Cantor’s loss in the Virginia Republican primary earlier this summer has not quite subsided for some, including U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer…
by Jeremy Loudenback If it were up to Timothy Draper, he would move all of Los Angeles County’s residents to a new state in the name of better government. Draper, a…
by Jeremy Loudenback Best in Governance U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York Release of the drone memo As the Obama administration has expanded the scope of…
by Jeremy Loudenback Does public-sector corruption help explain state-government spending? According to a recent study by Cheol Liu and John L. Mikesell in the Public Administration Review, the answer may be yes.…
by Jeremy Loudenback Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or binge watching the newest Netflix offering, it’s been hard to escape the worldwide pageant of soccer,…
by Jeremy Loudenback Best in Governance Seattle Mayor Ed Murray The issue of a minimum wage increase has received outsize attention in the past year. Conversations about widening inequality and persistent…
by Jeremy Loudenback Today marks the most wide-open election for Los Angeles County Sheriff in more than a century. As the Los Angeles Times noted, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell…
by Jeremy Loudenback Crowdsourcing is a familiar term in the world of fundraising, where platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have helped bring to life passion projects and dynamic new businesses. Crowdsourcing has…
by Jeremy Loudenback Best in Governance Adam Silver Last week National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver came out with a decisive decision in response to odious remarks from Los…