Public Safety

City libraries and parks and recreation departments have transformed their operations to serve and support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These projects can be challenging, but they improve traffic and support healthy lifestyles.

Many cities have employed code enforcement staff in unique ways to protect the public and advance pandemic protocols.

As our communities move through the phases of recovery, cities are benefiting from new ways of doing the public’s business and also confronting the challenges associated with COVID-19’s impacts.

Taking proactive steps is the key to preventing or recovering from a cyberattack. Cities should implement preventive measures with an emphasis on best practices.

Since October 2019, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has cut power to Californians more than half a dozen times, with the smallest power shutoff affecting about 30,000 people and the largest affecting nearly 2.5 million. But cities have made it clear that this cannot be the new normal, and power shutoffs are in fact putting residents at real risk.

It was just another quaint suburban neighborhood, but something was missing. On Demonte Way in Elk Grove, no children played together on the sidewalks or rode their bicycles along the street.

This program plays a critical role in developing health-related policies and programs that improve residents’ quality of life.