They have persuaded Florida's two most populous counties to pass ordinances making it easier for workers to recover unpaid wages from employers.
In late March, it helped lobby the City Council in San Jose, the nation's 10th-largest city, to pass ordinances regulating dispensaries, a crucial step toward a legitimate industry.
Proponents wanted a local police force and the ability to pass ordinances.
The role of the commission is to pass ordinances and resolutions, adopt regulations, and appoint city officials, including the city manager.
All policy items are decided by the City Commission, which is empowered by the City Charter to pass ordinances and resolutions, adopt regulations and appoint the City Manager.
Supporters said that incorporation would establish more local control over affairs, an area police department, and the ability to pass ordinances.
Santa Monica and Manhattan Beach were set to pass ordinances banning single-use plastic bags from all retail establishments, but postponed taking action after receiving a lawsuit threat from the group SaveThePlasticBag.com.*.*
Indeed, courts have consistently struck down local attempts to pass ordinances targeting undocumented immigrants due to the need for uniform federal policy.
In Austin, Baltimore, and New York City, we successfully worked to pass ordinances to ensure that CPCs are forthcoming with clients about their anti-choice bias.
Many US states, however, have responded to the jurisdictional complexity with "pesticide pre-emption laws" [ 66] thereby removing the right of municipalities to pass ordinances on pesticide use.
