LocalView is a database co-created by Soubhik Barari and Tyler Simko to advance the study of local government in the United States. It is the largest dataset of local government public meetings — the central policy-making process in American local government — as they are captured on video.

At present, the database covers 139,616 videos of public meetings 1,012 places and 2,861 distinct governments across the United States between 2006-2022. The map below provides a summary of the geographic coverage in the sample.