Do Better manifesto
Local/City Government Wishlist
CITY FUNDING (CITY GRANTS)
There should be a line item in the city's budget to fund local organizations who are doing the work needed in the city (ex. Detrash Portland). Work which the city is either actively doing to address an issue it has yet to solve, or is aware of and has yet to figure out a way to tackle. When these organizations are known, because they've been actively sought out and/or they have been suggested to the city as an org worth funding, the city should reach out to them and work to continue and expand that org to more people who need the assistance. This line item may not be spent every year, if it's not, the city should make public the list of organizations it deemed not worthy and denied funding to. With those org's permissions of course.