
Workshop: State Preemption of Local Authority



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).
Monday, November 17
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5:00 - 7:00pm |
Welcome Reception Lobby Lounge, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown 700 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, Texas 78701 |
Tuesday, November 18
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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.
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