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KATHMANDU
AWARDS Meet Democracy Local's Mayor of the Year
''The World Cannot Come Between Us'
Photo by Joe Mathews
ALTADENA
COLUMN How Local Fire Victims Can Take Control of Recovery
A New Kind of Government, the Climate Resilience District, Can Bring Focus—and Money
YOFF
LOCAL SNAPSHOT Mayor Seydina Issa Laye Samb
'Every public franc spent must have a measurable impact on the lives of citizens'
Photo credit: Courtesy International Observatory of Participatory Democracy
SAN LUIS POTOSI
AWARDS Our 3 Local Governments of the Year
San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Setagaya District, Tokyo; and Gothenburg, Sweden Share Inaugural Prize
PASADENA
Top 10 California Columns of the Year
A Sub-Nation Leaves Its Country
RAJOURI DISTRICT
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES From Allies to Enemies
Modi Turns on Tribes Once Considered the Indian State's Eyes & Ears in Contested Kashmir
NEW YORK CITY
MEMO We Govern the Way We Campaigned: Together
The Question of Your Transition, Mr. Mayor-Elect, Is How to Institutionalize the Democratic Energy That...
LOS ANGELES
PHOTO: LA Makes History With First Mini-Assembly on City Charter
Lottery-Selected Body Recommends 5 to 10-Year Infrastructure Plan, With Deep Community Inpu
POEM
The Technocrat and The Local Can Be Friends
Democracy Local's year-end poem is about the relationship at the heart of local governance
LOS ANGELES
EVENT Mini-Assembly #1 on Los Angeles Charter
A Lottery-Selected Group Considers Land Use in LA on December 13, 10a-5p
Photo of Denizli via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons license CC 3.0
ANKARA
NEWS Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of...
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
SAN MATEO, LONG BEACH, CHULA VISTA, MODESTO, REDLANDS, ANAHEIm
NEW BOOK The House of California
New From Ostrich Farm Press, A Look at Local Community and Homes