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title: "Public Evidence Map for Local Proposals" topics:

• "governance"
• "public-evidence"
• "civic-tech" tags:
• "evidence"
• "public"
• "proposals" summary: "Show the evidence behind a local proposal in a form that residents, staff, and volunteers can inspect without digging through private research notes."

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Public Evidence Map for Local Proposals

Show the evidence behind a local proposal in a form that residents, staff, and volunteers can inspect without digging through private research notes. It connects to evidence-ladder-for-shared-notes, civic-budget-copilot, idea-trust-metric.

Working moves

• Group evidence by claim so readers can see what supports each part of the proposal instead of facing one giant appendix.
• Make room for uncertainty labels and missing-data notes so the map stays credible when the evidence is incomplete.
• Link back to the stronger internal research notes where appropriate without exposing every rough draft.

Why it matters

A public evidence map reduces the trust gap between internal collaboration and outward-facing proposals.