CHAPTER TEN STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 2 The Distribution of Authority The Amount and Type of Authority A State-Local Tug of War State Mandates

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 3 Table 10.1 Minnesota Local Officials’ Views on State Mandates

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 4 The Distribution of Authority (continued) An Uneasy Relationship What Local Governments Want from the States

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 5 State-Local Organizations Task forces Advisory commissions on intergovernmental relations Departments of community affairs

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 6 Metropolitics A new challenge for State Government Urban Sprawl versus Smart Growth –Urban Sprawl –Smart Growth

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 7 Table 10.2 Growth-Related Challenges Facing Five Metropolitan Areas

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 8 Metropolitics (continued) Regional Governance –City-county Consolidation –A City and Its Suburbs –It’s Up to the States

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 9 Table 10.3 Recent City-County Consolidations

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.10 | 10 Other State-Local Relations Issues States and their Rural Communities The Interaction of States and Localities