Local Government
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Local Governments are a tessellated and overlapping collection of local institutions that provide the most local elected representation of a local population. They are delegated powers by the Province (in Canada or State (in the USA) that make them "general purpose governments", broadly wielding powers of the state to be more nimble in meeting the needs of local communities. These include what in the US are called cities and counties, and what Canada calls Regional Districts and Municipalities. These general purpose governments are different than "special purpose districts" or Special Districts which provide for a narrower "special purpose" like facilitation of trade (ports), management of natural resources (conservation districts), or management of infrastructure (utility districts or flood and drainage districts). Together Counties, Districts, Cities, and Special Districts provide the most local scale of political power in the Salish Sea.
While local governments are importantly defined in the wiki asworkgroups (groups of people with a common aim), they are also places and more precisely jurisdictions within which these local workgroup have authority to levy taxes and create and enforce codes and regulations, using taxation and policing powers delegated by the state.
Local Government Workgroups With Jurisdiction
- City of Olympia
- City of Tacoma
- Snohomish County
- Thurston County
- Mason County
- City of Lacey
- King County
- San Juan County
- City of Seattle
- Clallam County
- Skagit County
- City of Port Angeles
- Jefferson County
- Kitsap County
Local Government Workgroups Without Jurisdiction
- Island County Marine Resource Committee
- Washington State University Beachwatchers
- Thurston Regional Planning Council
- Conservation Districts
- Special Purpose Districts
- Snohomish Marine Resource Committee
- Puget Sound Regional Council
- Thurston County Stream Team
- LOTT Clean Water Alliance
- City of Everett
- Cowichan Watershed Board
- Sound Salmon Solutions
- City of Lake Stevens
- City of Langley
Pages Associated with Local Governments
- Shoreline Management Act
- Kitsap County Regional Shoreline Restoration Project
- File:MRSC 2003 special districts in washington.pdf
- File:LBC 1988 review of special purpose districts.pdf
- File:Olympia 2019 stormwater management program plan.pdf
- Hearings Examiner
- Critical Areas Regulation
- Best Available Science
- Comprehensive Plan
- Conservation Futures
- File:City of Olympia 2021 SEPA DNS shoreline management program update.pdf
- Storm and Surface Water Drainage Utilities
- Real Estate Excise Tax for Conservation
- King County Flood Control District Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWM)
- Voluntary Stewardship Program
- Snoqualmie Fish, Farm & Flood Initiative
- King County Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program (ADAP)
- King County Farm Preservation Program (FPP)