Harris County, TX. The county recently restructured voting infrastructure, centralizing all activities under one office, in order to better serve voters during registration and as they cast their ballots.

Milwaukee County, WI. The county declared racism a public health crisis and passed a series of measures to address inequities across all facets of government, from budgeting and staff training to addressing internal policies and procedures to center racial equity in decision-making.

San Marcos, TX. The city passed an ordinance requiring that police officers serve low-level offenses with a citation instead of arrest and jail time. Some offenses will even qualify for some type of diversion instead of a citation. This would allow a person to fulfill some sort of program (such as community service), and once fulfilled their record remains clean.

Washington DC. The city created a public financing 5:1 matching program to help increase the diversity of the candidate pool and council representation, as well as reduce the influence of monied interest and increase the voice and influence of DC residents in local and at-large races.

Hennepin County, MN. The county established and funded a program to ensure universal access to legal representation for immigrants needing counsel.

Cuyahoga County, OH. The county used federal funds from an opioid lawsuit settlement to fund some promising harm-reduction efforts that center directly impacted individuals.

Santa Clara County, CA. The county passed and upheld the country’s strongest sanctuary law to protect immigrants from deportation.