On Nov 20 Guillaume Saunier of Octree gave a preliminary presentation ofthe Decidim software package for implementing democratic processes to PDLA. Octree is a non-profit based in Geneva, Switzerland, which provides support to users of the Decidim platform for patcicipatory democracy through Voca.city organization.

On Sept 28 PDLA and Democracy Vouchers presented at Congress of Neighborhoods at Los Angeles City Hall to an about 25 people. The presentation included an exercise in selecting a civic problem (housing) and developing a proposed solution.

PDLA held a mock assembly exercise on zoom on Sept. 4. The topic was the Housing First policy.

LA City Council plans to review its charter for the first time in over 20 years and intends to create an appointed commission of thirteen to work on the new charter. Public Democracy Los Angeles have been urging City Council to establish a Supplemental Civic Assembly to support the charter reform commission’s work.

Federation for Innovation in Democracy (FIDE) North America holds Citizens Assembly School conference in Washington DC. Conference illuminates current state of deliberative democracy in US.

Decidim is a software framework for citizan participation in democratic processes. These processes can involve elections, sortitions, referenda, initiatives, and other processes, or even multiple independent processes, as the system is configured on an ongoing basis. The public participates in the political activity topics using smart phones, computers, etc

How do you know if your town or city is a democracy? One way to understand the question is to examine cities that are considered leaders in local democratic practice and innovation. See what Barcelona and Bogota are doing.

On September 23, 2021, Linn Davis (Healthy Democracy) and Wayne Liebman (Public Access Democracy) traveled to Sacramento for the California League of Cities Conference, an annual gathering of mayors and city council members from across the state.