Civitas layer

From public signal to a reasoned response

Civitas is currently a proposed operating model, not a City department or legal authority. Each case below is bound to an exact proposal version. A record is official only when its named approver had a separate active verified-authority grant at publication.

Proposed staffing model: intake and deduplication; public evidence review; policy and service design; legal/privacy/accessibility review; finance and procurement review; implementation ownership; public response and audit.

1. Intake2. Define scope3. Test authority and cost4. Publish reasons5. Track delivery

Automated overdue and missed-milestone labels compare only stored deadlines, dates and status events. They do not infer motive, misconduct, negligence or fault.

Position: Under ReviewCity of VancouverVersion 1

Authority verification: Not verified — demonstration only.

Should Vancouver publish and meet a citywide public-toilet service standard?

Demonstration only: staff would confirm the current inventory, operating ownership, accessibility requirements, complaint data, cost baseline and measurable service levels.

0 beta responsesNo decision responsesDue Sep 15, 2026, 11:45 p.m. PDT0 implementation plan(s)

Review exact-version record →Printable Civitas record

Position: Under ReviewCity of VancouverVersion 1

Authority verification: Not verified — demonstration only.

Should Vancouver develop options for a same-day walk-in detox and stabilization pilot?

Demonstration only: a real Civitas team would first define the service, authority, clinical partners, cost range, risks and decision-maker before recommending a pilot.

0 beta responsesNo decision responsesDue Sep 15, 2026, 11:45 p.m. PDT0 implementation plan(s)

Review exact-version record →Printable Civitas record

Position: Under ReviewCity of VancouverVersion 1

Authority verification: Not verified — demonstration only.

Should major Council decisions receive a plain-language public advisory vote?

The beta demonstrates the public side. A future Civitas process would define agenda ingestion, neutral summary standards, challenges, verification tiers and publication of the official Council result.

0 beta responsesNo decision responsesDue Sep 30, 2026, 11:45 p.m. PDT1 implementation plan(s)

Review exact-version record →Printable Civitas record