Workshop: State Preemption of Local Authority

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Across America, new municipal and county health, safety, labor and environmental ordinances are the focus of a growing trend: they are being overruled - or “preempted” - by state legislation.

As a local official or advocate, the increased use of state preemption directly affects your community and work.

That’s why SEIU, the Rockefeller Family Fund, and the Mayors Innovation Project held the daylong workshop on November 18th in Austin, Texas. The workshop was directly before the National League of Cities Conference in Austin.

This workshop included elected officials and advocates working across a wide range of issues including minimum wage, earned sick time, food labeling, fracking and more.

Please contact us with questions (info@mayorsinnovation.org).

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Monday, November 17
5:00 - 7:00pm	Welcome Reception Lobby Lounge, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown 700 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Texas 78701
Tuesday, November 18
8:00 - 8:30am	Breakfast & Registration Austin Room, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown 700 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Texas 78701
8:30 - 9:00am	Welcome, Goals of the Meeting & Introductions Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayors Innovation Project Anna Reynoso, SEIU Roxanne Stachowski, Rockefeller Family Fund Facilitator: Teresa Vilmain, Consultant
9:00 - 10:45am	What Is State Preemption and Why Do We Care About It? Mark Pertschuk, Grassroots Change and Preemption Watch Mary Bottari, Center for Media and Democracy Ellen Bravo, Family Values @ Work Moderator: Vicki Shabo, National Partnership for Women & Families
10:45 - 11:00am	Break
11:00 - 12:30pm	Successful Efforts to Protect Local Control: Case Studies Mary Ann Sumner, Town of Dryden NY Supervisor David Bowen, Wisconsin State Representative-Elect Abigail Hurst, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Cathy Callaway, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Moderator: Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayors Innovation Project
12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm	Unveiling New Research Molly Murphy, Anzalone Liszt Grove Research Kim Haddow, Haddow Communications
2:30 - 2:45pm	Break
2:45 - 4:15pm	Overview of policy tools and strategies for local elected officials Sam Munger, COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy), University of Wisconsin Pete Maysmith, Conservation Colorado Kendall Stagg, Chicago Department of Public Health Moderator: Andrew Beane, SEIU 775
4:15 - 5:15pm	A Roundtable Discussion of Strategies for Action
5:15 - 5:30pm	Summary of Meeting Outcomes & Next Steps

Resources

Choosing Your Anti-Preemption Tool: A Decision Tree Model, Sam Munger, November 18th, 2014. Read more.

Legal Maneuvers to Promote or Prevent Preemption, Vicki Shabo, November 18th, 2014. Read more.

Protecting Local Control: A Research and Messaging Toolkit, Kim Haddow, November 18th, 2014. Read more.

How to Talk About Preemption and its Consequences, Molly Murphy and Pia Nargundkar, November 10th, 2014. Read more.

Name, Titlte, City/Organization

Andrew Beane, Director of Stategic Campaigns, SEIU 775NW

Tammy Bockhorst, Trustee, Shorewood, WI

Mary Bottari, Deputy Director, Center for Media and Democracy

David Bowen, State Rep.-Elect, Milwaukee, WI

Laura Brandon, Senior Associate, BerlinRosen Public Affairs

Ellen Bravo, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work

Adam Briggle, Vice President, Frack Free Denton

Cathy Callaway, Associate Director, State & Local Campaign Team, American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network

Mark Clear, Alderman, Madison, WI

Dessa Cosma-King, Director, Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan

Joe Davis, Sr., Alderman, Milwaukee, WI

Bronson Frick, Associate Director, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

Elizabeth Glidden, Council Vice Pres., Minneapolis, MN

Gayle Goldin, State Senator, Providence, RI

M. Lorena Gonzalez, General Counsel to the Mayor of Seattle, Office of the Mayor, City of Seattle

Kim Haddow, President, Haddow Communications

Shandi Hanna, Community Engagement Coordinator, Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Lili Hoag, Policy Director, Family Forward Oregon

Debbie Hornor, Senior Manager, Field Consultation, American Heart Association

Abigail Hurst , Policy Specialist , Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Alicia Junco, Assistant General Counsel, SEIU

Mike Kasperzak, Councilmember, Mountain View, CA

Larry MacDonald, Mayor , Bayfield, WI

Pete Maysmith, Executive Director , Conservation Colorado

Emily Miota, Outreach Specialist, Mayors Innovation Project

Sam Munger, Senior Associate, Center on Wisconsin Strategy

Molly Murphy, Partner, Anzalone Liszt Grove Research

Deborah Ortega, Councilwoman, Denver, CO

Martha Pellegrino, Director, Office of Government Relations, City of Portland, OR

Mark Pertschuk, Director, Grassroots Change and Preemption Watch

Stephanie Porta, Executive Director, Organize Now

Anna Reynoso, Government Relations, SEIU

Satya Rhodes-Conway, Managing Director, Mayors Innovation Project

Vicki Shabo, Vice President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Peggy Shorey, Director, State Govt Relations, AFL-CIO

Andrew Smith, State Government Relations Manager, Office of Government Relations, City of Portland, OR

Roxanne Stachowski, Senior Program Associate, Rockefeller Family Fund

Kendall Stagg, Chief of Policy, Senior Advisor, Chicago Department of Public Health

Lisa Subeck, State Representative-Elect, Madison, WI

Mary Ann Sumner, Supervisor, Dryden, NY

Chris Taylor, State Representative, Madison, WI

Teresa Vilmain, Consultant

Marilyn Watkins, Policy Director, Economic Opportunity Institute

Karen White, Director, Working Families Program, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University

Liz Williams, Project Manager, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

Jeremy Wilson, Deputy Political Director, 32BJ SEIU

Dave Woodward, County Commissioner, Royal Oak, MI