The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased
investment in city youth;
investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities;
capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to
existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and
human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.
Economic growth theory is highly sophisticated about the roles of
capital, labor,
human capital, knowledge, interest rates, saving rates and
investment in
existing economic opportunities, or
investment of savings in research to find novel goods and services.