| Also today: What LA’s fires mean for the city’s housing shortage, and a deadly landslide of garbage in Uganda. |
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| Donald Trump kicked off his first days in the White House with a deluge of executive actions to implement his campaign pledges, including declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border and returning federal workers to the office. In addition to these highest-profile actions, the president is reversing a slate of Joe Biden’s executive orders, many of which will have major implications for cities. A few notable examples: - Trump revived his order to cut federal funding for any state or local jurisdictions deemed to be permitting “anarchy, violence and destruction,” which he first sought to do in 2020 in the wake of anti-racism protests. His Department of Justice at the time designated three cities with the label — New York City, Seattle and Portland, Oregon. During Biden’s term, the order had been revoked.
- Trump rescinded several Biden-era directives that stand to have implications for future elections, including an order that called on federal agencies to expand voter registration. Republicans had accused Biden’s office of overstepping and claimed without evidence that it was part of an effort to elect more Democrats.
- He signed an order “promoting beautiful federal civic architecture,” a continuation of his push to ban modernist federal buildings and make neoclassical design the gold standard for public structures. While Biden scrapped the initial order, Trump remained fixated on his vision in the years leading up to his re-election.
— Linda Poon What LA’s Fires Mean for the City’s Housing Shortage
Los Angeles leaders have pledged to quickly rebuild, but housing advocates are warning that the recovery process risks deepening the region’s ongoing affordability crisis. Deadly Landslide of Garbage Displays Uganda's Missed Opportunity
After floods wash away a heaving dumpsite — killing at least 35 people — Kampala is looking for better ways to deal with its trash. Threat of Immigration Raids Turns Chicago Hub Into Ghost Town
Foot traffic plunged in the city’s second-busiest retail corridor amid frigid temperatures and heightened fear over Trump’s campaign pledges. | |
Cities brace for Trump's immigration vows | | "We recognize a lot of that safety is provided by our immigrants, who help to provide security work at businesses, who help staff schools and hospitals, who are critical components of caregiving in our communities." | | Todd Gloria Mayor of San Diego, California | | US mayors are bracing for the impact of Trump's mass deportation pledge. The president’s border czar has named San Diego as an early target of immigration raids. | | |
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‘Sheriffs are going to be emboldened’: Republican sheriffs are raring to implement Trump’s deportation plans. (Politico) -
Los Angeles’s ash problem (Atlantic) -
The LA-to-NYC migration has begun (Curbed) -
'A lot more breakdowns': NYC's oldest subway cars are fixed in crumbling repair shops (Gothamist) -
Cincinnati's abandoned subway tunnels: Here are some of the ideas to revive them (Enquirer) | |
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