There's not a lot to grasp onto here.
So what is this really about? If it's not about doling out more federal dollars or mandates, then what is it? Why is it that these cities are not able to solve these problems on their own if they have all of these people who supposedly already have all the answers? Most of that video was full of the usual focus-group-tested feel-good buzzwords. Blech. I can't tell what they are really offering.