As he launches his new book, the Lt. Governor of California and former mayor of San Francisco talks to Fortune
“You're seeing in New York some really interesting work done, Rachel Sterne [Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York] and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. You're seeing in places like Manor, Texas, a town of 5,000 people, where there's the new lab that's called Manor Labs, where they're actually creating civic currency, where you're getting reputational dollars that are being used offline by restaurants and other businesses that give discounts for people that are actively participating in their community and celebrating that active citizen engagement.
So you're seeing these contours of change. Websites now or app stores that are existing in cities large and small, including San Francisco and Boston and all throughout this country, where people can literally download services as you would download Angry Birds on your Android or iPhone platform. You're able to actually do things on crime mapping, transit mapping, other wonderful quality services for government delivery of municipal service.”
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