How Should Progressive Cities Face their Urban Crises?

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The 2020 elections brought in a wave of progressive politicians from mayors to district attorneys. But many of those leaders were subjected to recalls or even ousted from office. In a piece for the New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof, who recently ran for governor of Oregon, offered this rejoinder to critics of liberals running cities struggling with rising crime and homelessness: “[T]he problem isn’t with liberalism. It’s with West Coast liberalism.” According to Kristof, in governance, progressives were valuing intentions over outcomes. As San Francisco prepares to elect its next mayor, and as Oakland decides whether to recall theirs, we launch a new Forum series examining progressive politics in our region. To kick off this series, we talk to experts about the state of progressive politics and hear from you: How do you feel about progressivism? What has it done right? What has it done wrong? Guests: Alicia John-Baptiste, president and CEO, SPUR Jessica Trounstine, centennial chair and professor of political science, Vanderbilt University; author, "Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities" and "Political Monopolies in American Cities: The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers." Nithya Raman, urban planner, member of LA City Council, representing district 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.6	Many of the big west coast cities became progressive strongholds.
1:25.6	San Francisco and the broader Bay Area, but also Seattle,
1:29.5	Los Angeles, Portland, while local governance has always been complicated, the political spectrum
1:34.6	got shifted to the left, and these cities have prospered, true stars in urban America.
1:40.9	But through the pandemic years and its attendant crime and exploding homeless encampments,
1:45.0	something happened. San Francisco has tacked right as it prepares to elect its next mayor,
1:50.2	and even Oakland may recall its mayor and progressive DA. Today we kick up a new series looking
1:55.2	at progressive politics in our region. Is it working? What's gone wrong? That's all coming up next,
2:01.7	after this news.
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