Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Local Government Structure and Leadership

Half Moon Bay is small city where my community partner resides in operating their services to feeding family and other members of the community. The city has a city council consist  of five members that the residents vote for. The purpose of the city council is to set policies and plan the developments of the city. There are no term limits and many of the member rotate their responsibilities. Table of Plenty cooperates with other nonprofit organizations with similar goals such as food banks, food pantries, churches, and other social service organizations. Table of Plenty builds a relationship with its clients, ensuring that everyone has a place there.  

State Legislature

Not every State complies with every policy the Federal Government puts out as it conflicts with their values, especially of the communities the State represents. States reserved their powers for this. California is a democratic state and one of it values it solely protects is a residency that illegal immigrants can shelter to in order to avoid deportation. These are called sanctuary cities and recently been under attacked with the pressure of the Presidential executive order that denies funding for sanctuary cities. States are now taking action to fight this executive order by suing the US president for denying States rights.