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106 Nat'l Civic Rev. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/natmnr106 and id is 1 raw text is: Contents National Civic Review Volume 106 Number 1 Spring 2017 Note from the Editor 2 MICHAEL MCGRATH Essays Los Angeles' Clean Up, Green Up Ordinance: A Victory in the Environmental Justice Fight 3 CARLA J. KIMBROUGH Communities for a Better Environment declared war against the pollution that plagues neighborhoods where people of color and poor people live. As part of that declaration, the group became a part of a coalition to fight environmental racism in Los Angeles neighborhoods block by block. Best Practices for Youth Engagement in Municipal Government 9 ASTRAEA AUGSBERGER, MARY ELIZABETH COLLINS, AND WHITNEY GECKER There is widespread consensus that more avenues should be created for young people to have input into communi- ty decisions. What lessons can be gleaned from a study of multiple youth councils in the Boston metropolitan area. Electing Better Politicians: Is It Really Possible? 17 CHARLES K. BENS How can we elect better politicians and then hold them accountable for making intelligent, well thought out deci- sions? If we don't find a way of doing these things, we will inevitably lurch from one crisis to another and become a lesser version of the country that once promised every person the chance to realize the American dream. National Implications of Maine Adoption of Ranked Choice Voting 20 ROB RICHIE American politics is reaching a tipping point. Our current system simply isn't working, and all trends suggest it will keep getting worse. Maine shows that voters are ready for change, and reformers are planning city and state campaigns for Ranked Choice Voting across the nation in 2017 and 2018. Candidate Civility and Voter Engagement in Seven Cities with Ranked Choice Voting 25 SARAH JOHN AND ANDREW DOUGLAS Does Ranked Choice Voting incentivize campaign civil- ity? The increasing use of the alternative voting system offers new opportunity to answer that question. Alexis de Tocqueville's America 30 ELKIN TERRY JACK Democracy in America answers the question that inspired the travels of the French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville in the early years of the republic: Why does the American poli- ty work? His answer might surprise contemporary readers. Institutions Supporting Democratic Communication Among Citizens 32 TIMOTHY J. SHAFFER Since the earliest years of the republic, democratic practices have been woven into the fabric of our formal and infor- mal structures and institutions. What role have institutions played in cultivating opportunities and outlets for demo- cratic life and expression and create space for citizens to consider topical matters and to become more informed? Engaging Immigrants at the Local Level 41 CARLA J. KIMBROUGH Immigration has become a divisive issue at the federal lev- el, but some communities have developed comprehensive plans for immigrant integration. For some cities, creating a welcoming atmosphere for immigrants and refugees is a strategy to address population decline. In others it is one way to harness the economic prosperity that small busi- nesses can bring. All-America City Profile: Hayward, California 50 DAVID KORTH AND DANA DEBEAUMONT How one city in the San Francisco Bay area is approach- ing the business of problem solving-by looking at chal- lenges and finding innovative ways of engaging people, associations, and institutions in the solutions. An Interview with Gary, Indiana Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson 57 DOUG LINKHART NCL President Doug Linkhart interviews the mayor of Gary, Indiana to find out what the city was doing in the field of community policing. This issue of the National Civic Review is dedicated to the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation and three generations of the Pforzheimer family. National Civic Review Spring 2017 1 1

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