‘This is something that could work’: can civic assemblies put the people back into politics?
US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debatesA Los Angeles software engineer, Hunter Futo, recalled being “disaffected and apolitical” for years but experienced an about-face recently: now, she’s leading resident debates, helping guide local governance reforms and even pushing for more options for Angelenos to help create policy.For Futo, the turnaround happened in January, when she and a few other LA residents were randomly selected to lay out a vision of local values for the first-ever preamble for the city charter. Continue reading…
US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debatesA Los Angeles software engineer, Hunter Futo, recalled being “disaffected and apolitical” for years but experienced an about-face recently: now, she’s leading resident debates, helping guide local governance reforms and even pushing for more options for Angelenos to help create policy.For Futo,…
US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debatesA Los Angeles software engineer, Hunter Futo, recalled being “disaffected and apolitical” for years but experienced an about-face recently: now, she’s leading resident debates, helping guide local governance reforms and even pushing for more options for Angelenos to help create policy.For Futo, the turnaround happened in January, when she and a few other LA residents were randomly selected to lay out a vision of local values for the first-ever preamble for the…
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