The Center for Local Government is a project of the Claremont Institute devoted to defending the principles of federalism and individual liberty. Local governments have the greatest affect on the everyday lives of American citizens. Municipalities face questions of property rights, individual liberties and the free exercise of religion. Regulations regularly encroach on the powers of local government, delivering these powers into the hands of state and federal officials. The use of eminent domain in California and across America raises serious concerns about property rights and individual liberties. The basic principles of American constitutionalism serve as a reminder of both the purposes and the limits of government.
In the fall of 2006 The Center for Local Government sent out a survey to 800 mayors and city council members across California. The results, published in February of 2007, can be found here.
Local Liberty Newsletter
Published by the Center for Local Government, Local Liberty advances a variety of themes: critiques of redevelopment, the new regulation of property rights, the virtues and vices of New Urbanism, the burden of illegal immigration, the threats to religious liberty by local bureaucracy, the proper size and function of local government units, the strengthening of local civic institutions as an alternative to government services, and the Claremont Institute's litigation through our own Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. Local Liberty was published between 2002-2006.
Recent books published by The Center for Local Government
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Edited by Ken Masugi | By Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi | By Brian P. Janiskee and Ken Masugi |
Recent Items
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California Public Policy 2008 Conference
The Claremont Institute's Center for Local Government will be hosting a California Public Policy 2008 conference on Saturday, May 31, at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, California. Topics for discussion include The Budget Crisis and California Taxation; Land Use, Redevelopment, and Property Rights; Federalism and Decentralization; The California Economy: What Can Be Done?; and Major Issues Facing California Today.
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Local Liberty: A Newsletter of the Center for Local Government
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The New Urbanism: Friend or Foe of Property Rights?
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Individual Freedom and Proposition 75
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Open Letter on American Identity
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Self-Government The Future of Local Newspapers
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Sanctuary Cities: A New Civil War
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Christian Charity
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The Economic Case for Direct Democracy
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Our Backs Against The Border - Arizona is America
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Immigration and American Identity
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Kelo in California:The Property Rights Counterrevolution
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Faith-Based Social Work: Going Beyond the Myths
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Local Politics and the English Language
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California Dream: Opportunity and Freedom
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A Response to Philip Bess and the New Urbanism
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Brave New Gold Rush
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They Take a Village
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Lattes at the Regulatory Cafe
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The Design Dilemma
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The Challenge of the New Immigration
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The New Urbanism:From Aristotle and God to Baseball
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Local Litigation
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The New Urbanism: A Skeptic Responds
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Why Study Local Government: A Primer
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Self-government is Local Government
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From the Editor
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The $1.3 Billion Solution
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Conservatives' Problems with Special Districts
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Fighting Graft for the Price of the Morning Paper
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Suburb Secession
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Redevelopment: Fetch the Vet?
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Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress
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Religious Freedom Wins in Cypress
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Local Liberty Book Review
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Praise for Democracy in California
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The Trouble With the Star-Trib Poll
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California Thinking
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The Many Flavors (and Sizes) of Tyranny
