My Non-Profit Quarterly newswires today on two non-profits with very different relationships with local politicians—here in Los Angeles, an impasse between city leaders and two DWP trusts continues; while in New York, a Bronx development agency gets public funding despite a non-existent track record:

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/25609-deal-between-los-angeles-mayor-and-two-utility-nonprofits-going-south.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16043206&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_XmVbBTnAUcehPFsjrWdyx_2PsNRkwB7zkk2C5DO8zTWIq22K8HfFqVVhdWsBVEatKo1uQvulj-bRkNM1vQutcb0vzQDah1nY9qlj0PPi37yAp2jw&_hsmi=16043206

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/25611-no-board-no-tax-filings-no-problem-connected-nonprofit-makes-hay-in-the-bronx.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16043206&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–aNLjBYYTJ0RuzVO-Zkv16rqOy1t9Wbp6UwI0frlIi7Zm98KvzmVq2PjhSSoTcdfkXOsbqe_xCyVEplHEttUldk7ZJaxB6jk1qf8Ylez9TacI4G94&_hsmi=16043206