If one state, say Arizona, substantially reduces social distancing, and another state, say California, does not, California’s efforts could be undercut by Arizonans traveling to California. There has to be a single national decision about when to end our shutdown. Purely as a practical matter, let alone a legal one, Read more…
Congress has passed three major relief packages to help us emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, and another half-trillion-dollar measure appears close to a vote. Meanwhile, immigrant workers, including the undocumented, show up every day for their shifts in ICUs, long-term care centers, grocery stores, office buildings and warehouses, battling COVID-19 Read more…
As a former local government administrator, I will leave the appropriateness of the federal policy response to others and comment instead about the state of emergency preparedness in the country. In instances of emergencies or disasters, be they naturally occurring, like a floods, fires or hurricanes, or man-made, like a Read more…
The more than $2 trillion stimulus passed by Congress this week is a step in the right direction but there remain critical gaps that need to be urgently addressed. Congress must act quickly to stop the spread among vulnerable communities by rapidly expanding the capacity of crisis assistance service organizations Read more…