State And Local

Mexico City's Hoy No Circula: Restricting Car Travel to Abate Air Pollution (A)

Publication Date: October 6, 2022

The rapid, sprawling growth of the Mexico City megalopolis—combined with industrialization, a fast-expanding fleet of gas-fueled vehicles, and a location vulnerable to deadly thermal inversions—led to a serious air pollution crisis...

"Doing Something with Nothing" Trying to Make Kampala's Primary Schools Healthier and Safer Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: July 19, 2022

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2238.0. By late 2012, well into Jennifer Musisi’s second year as executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), city revenues were improving. But there was little in...

"Doing Something with Nothing" Trying to Make Kampala's Primary Schools Healthier and Safer

Publication Date: July 19, 2022

By late 2012, well into Jennifer Musisi’s second year as executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), city revenues were improving. But there was little in the budget for schools, and no further assistance was...

Confronting the Unequal Toll of Highway Expansion: Oni Blair, LINK Houston, & the Texas I-45 Debate (B)

Publication Date: April 6, 2023

 In this political strategy case, Oni K. Blair, newly appointed executive director of a Houston nonprofit advocating for more equitable transportation resources, faces a challenge: how to persuade a Texas state agency to substantially...

“A Difficult Lady”: Shutting Down Pollution in Kampala, Uganda Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: October 15, 2021

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2231.0. In 2011, sanitation and environmental management expert Judith Tumusiime joined the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), where she and KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi quickly became...

“A Difficult Lady”: Shutting Down Pollution in Kampala, Uganda

Publication Date: October 15, 2021

In 2011, sanitation and environmental management expert Judith Tumusiime joined the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), where she and KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi quickly became a dynamic team, working together to execute a mandate...

Change at the Speed of Trust: Advancing Educational Opportunity through Cross-Sector Collaboration in Louisville Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: March 19, 2021

This Practitioner Guide accompanies HKS Case 2215.0. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Louisville, Kentucky, found itself in the middle to the back of the pack among peer cities along a number of key measures of prosperity and quality of...

Change at the Speed of Trust: Advancing Educational Opportunity through Cross-Sector Collaboration in Louisville

Publication Date: March 19, 2021

At the turn of the twenty-first century, Louisville, Kentucky, found itself in the middle to the back of the pack among peer cities along a number of key measures of prosperity and quality of life. Since then, two consecutive mayors had advanced...

Growing Pains: How a Dutch Cross-Agency Team Took on Illegal Marijuana Production in Residential Areas Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: March 16, 2021

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2213.0. In June 2015, a task force convened in the Netherlands to consider cross-sectoral approaches to fighting organized crime in the south of the country, particularly in the homegrown marijuana...

Growing Pains: How a Dutch Cross-Agency Team Took on Illegal Marijuana Production in Residential Areas

Publication Date: March 16, 2021

In June 2015, a task force convened in the Netherlands to consider cross-sectoral approaches to fighting organized crime in the south of the country, particularly in the homegrown marijuana industry. From that larger group, five professional...

Making a Statement: Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Sanctuary City of Oakland, CA Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: October 8, 2020

This practitioner guide accompanies HKS Case 2191.0. In February 2018, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf learned through unofficial sources that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was planning to arrest a large number of undocumented...

Making a Statement: Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Sanctuary City of Oakland, CA Epilogue

Publication Date: October 8, 2020

This epilogue accompanies HKS Case 2191.0. In February 2018, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf learned through unofficial sources that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was planning to arrest a large number of undocumented immigrants in her...