Home Features

Article Executive Director's Message By League of California Cities Executive Director and CEO Carolyn Coleman

The promise of America is delivered by cities

“The promise of America may be written in our nation’s founding documents, but it is delivered in our cities,” writes Cal Cities Executive Director and CEO Carolyn Coleman. “At a time when national politics often measures success by winning an argument, cities are measured by whether they solve problems.”

Article Local Works by Gary Petersen and Dr. Elissa Lee, OTD

To prevent the worst of wildfires, government needs to take a collaborative approach

“As wildfires grow more frequent and destructive, the most effective defense may begin not with technology or top-down policy, but with neighbors,” write Nevada City Council Member Gary Petersen and Dr. Elissa Lee. “Wildfire resilience depends on neighbors working together to protect each other.”

Article Solutions for Cities

Wildfire-inspired resiliency upgrades benefit communities all year long

As wildfires increase in size and ferocity, local governments are upgrading their buildings to ensure critical operations keep running. These upgrades often result in other benefits, including decarbonization and long-term cost savings. 

Article Local Works By Belinda Torres

West Sacramento’s decades-long revitalization vision begins to take shape at Grand Gateway

“I like to call it the story of West Sacramento taking little pieces of what the city had inherited and having to kind of reimagine what we could do,” said Mark Polhemus, the city’s community investment manager.