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El futuro de la densidad
Capacidad de pago, igualdad y los efectos de un virus insidioso
June 2020, Spanish
Las ciudades de todo el mundo comienzan la labor lenta y prudente de recuperarse de la primera oleada devastadora provocada por el nuevo coronavirus; su búsqueda de resiliencia gira en torno a una característica que es un valor fundacional desde hace mucho: la densidad. Los estragos de los últimos seis meses (500.000 vidas perdidas, […]
June 2020, Spanish
Las ciudades de todo el mundo comienzan la labor lenta y prudente de recuperarse de la primera oleada devastadora provocada por el nuevo coronavirus; su búsqueda de resiliencia gira en torno a una característica que es un valor fundacional desde hace mucho: la densidad. Los estragos de los últimos seis meses (500.000 vidas perdidas, […]
How Scenario Planning Affects Regional and Local Plans and Planning Practices
An Empirical Analysis
June 2020, English
June 2020, English
Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa
The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape Town
June 2020, English
June 2020, English
Uneven Impacts
The Pandemic, The Property Tax, and Municipal Recovery
June 2020, English
Local governments are still learning what the COVID-19 crisis will mean for their revenues over the next year. In large part, the answer will depend on what part of the economy they rely on for their tax revenue. Some are already grappling with grim news. In Kansas City, Missouri, council members are looking at […]
June 2020, English
Local governments are still learning what the COVID-19 crisis will mean for their revenues over the next year. In large part, the answer will depend on what part of the economy they rely on for their tax revenue. Some are already grappling with grim news. In Kansas City, Missouri, council members are looking at […]
Property Tax
Fifty-State Study Shows Property Tax Inequities from Assessment Limits Continue to Grow
June 2020, English
In Los Angeles, someone who has owned a median-priced home for 14 years—the average length of ownership in the city—paid about $4,400 in property taxes last year, or about $3,600 less than a new owner of an identical home, who paid nearly $8,000. This gap between the tax bills for new and established homeowners […]
June 2020, English
In Los Angeles, someone who has owned a median-priced home for 14 years—the average length of ownership in the city—paid about $4,400 in property taxes last year, or about $3,600 less than a new owner of an identical home, who paid nearly $8,000. This gap between the tax bills for new and established homeowners […]
June 2020, English
June 2020, English
Mayor’s Desk
Identifying Opportunity in Oakland
June 2020, English
Mayor Libby Schaaf was born and raised in Oakland. During her six-year tenure, the city has undergone an economic revitalization and building boom and has cut gun violence nearly in half. Schaaf has worked to stabilize rents, decrease evictions, and resolve homelessness, and was appointed to California’s first Council of Regional Homeless Advisors in […]
June 2020, English
Mayor Libby Schaaf was born and raised in Oakland. During her six-year tenure, the city has undergone an economic revitalization and building boom and has cut gun violence nearly in half. Schaaf has worked to stabilize rents, decrease evictions, and resolve homelessness, and was appointed to California’s first Council of Regional Homeless Advisors in […]
