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PLAN6621-1 / Fall 2022

Howard Slatkin

Local Government Authority + Big City Planning

Canvas

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The terms on which local governments are allowed to form, collect and appropriate tax revenues, and regulate land use have a profound impact on the urban and metropolitan landscape, and on the ability of planners to realize their objectives. Today, on topics from housing to renewable energy and transportation, the boundaries of local government authority have increasingly become a battleground for planning policy and politics. It is vital for planners to understand the basis of local government authority, and the ways in which it may be bounded, in order to comprehend the types of planning strategies that can effectively be pursued at the local, state, and federal levels.

With a focus on recent state-level reform agendas in California, New York, and elsewhere, we will examine federalism, government formation, equity, public finance, the relationship between states and local governments, cooperation and conflict between neighboring and overlapping entities, and the relationship between local government and its constituents. We will consider how the structure of local government authority, which varies among cities and over time, shapes land use, economic development, and other planning issues. We will examine the interplay between elective representation, planning processes, decision-making authority, and the social-equitable impact of local governance to understand the implications they have for local and state-level action on critical contemporary planning issues.

Location & Time

WARE LOUNGE

TU 5 PM - 7 PM

Session & Points

FULL SEMESTER

3 Points

Sequence

Community & Economic Development

Call Number

12523

Programs

M.S. Urban Planning

Other Semesters & Sections

Course	Semester	Title	Instructor	Syllabus	Requirements & Sequence	Location & Time	Session & Points	Call No.
PLAN6621‑1	Fall 2025	From NIMBY to YIMBY to Mayor Quimby	Howard Slatkin		Community & Economic Development	Ware Lounge (600 Avery) TU 5 PM - 7 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	10796
Pla6621‑1	Fall 2024	From NIMBY to YIMBY to Mayor Quimby: LOCAL GOVN AUTHORITY + BIG-CITY PLNG	Howard Slatkin		Community & Economic Development	WARE LOUNGE -600 AVERY TU 5 PM - 7 PM	3 Points	10884
Pla6621‑1	Fall 2023	From NIMBY to YIMBY to Mayor Quimby: Local Government Authority + Big-City Planning	Howard Slatkin		Community & Economic Development	WARE LOUNGE - 600 AVERY TU 5 PM - 7 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	10179
Pla6621‑1	Fall 2021	Local Government Authority + Big City Planning	Howard Slatkin		Community & Economic Development	300 Buell South TU 5 PM - 7 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	11910
Pla6621‑1	Spring 2019	Local Government Politics and Law	Moira O'Neill, Howard Slatkin		Community & Economic Development	200 BUELL TU 5 PM - 7 PM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	98396
PLAN6621‑1	Spring 2018	Local Government Politics and Law	Moira O'Neill, Howard Slatkin	Syllabus	Community & Economic Development	409 Avery TU 11 AM - 1 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	27496