The LA 25x25 campaign, started by Streets For All and supported by a coalition of organizations, is a challenge to our next leaders to build a more accessible, greener, healthier and more productive city by giving 25 percent of street space back to people by 2025. The plan includes a massive expansion of Slow Streets, Al Fresco outdoor dining, plazas, green space, bus shelters, tree planting, pedestrian space, and bus and bike lanes.

Debut Southern Voice Unveils Book Series on Scandalous Municipal Affairs

Coastal announced that Sharon Simms, the company's VP of International Markets, has been appointed by the City Council of the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, to serve as as a member of the International Relations Committee.

Last December, Atlanta's City Council voted to increase their own pay. City Council Candidate Jon Jones pledged to return the $21,000 raise to taxpayers, and he's inviting residents to use Direct Democracy to decide how to spend that money instea

Jon Jones, the Atlanta City Council candidate recently heralded in Creative Loafing as the "Champion of Direct Democracy", is entering the race to become District 5's elected representative in City Hall this November.

Erin Lale's campaign for the Henderson City Council Ward 3 seat will hold a campaign kickoff party on February 3rd, 2013, from 1pm-3pm at Total Promotions Company, 10 Pacific Avenue, Henderson, Nevada.