Growing federal debt will take its toll on city budgets

Growing federal debt will take its toll on city budgets John Seiler  |  December 20, 2024 IT HAS TO END SOMETIME.  The national debt has soared above $36 trillion – and counting. And when the party does end, cities are ...
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The market, not politics, should drive office conversions

At least everyone agrees there’s a problem. Americans’ preference for commute-free employment has yielded a surfeit of office vacancy. The phenomenon is a calamity for lessors plagued by plummeting income. Earlier this month, The Seattle Times reported that one of the city’s “most aggressive, ...
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Watch PRI’s Webinar – The Grants Pass Decision on Homelessness: An Inside Look

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson represents the lifting of a major legal logjam that has hindered the efforts of local governments in California and across the country to clean up homeless encampments and alleviate rising ...
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Building Cities From Scratch

SACRAMENTO – The plan by a group of San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists to build an entirely new city on ranch land in Solano County between the Bay Area and Sacramento has become one of the most controversial housing ...

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