Chicago Announcements December 16, 2024

Sunday evening Alderman Lopez, via email, sent Mayor Brandon Johnson a letter detailing both requests and demands re: "Renewed Budget Goals and Priorities" in advance of Monday's budget discussion.  This letter was on behalf of co-written by Alds. Hopkins, Beale, Chico, Quinn, Curtis, Tabares, Scott, Cardona, Waguespack, Villegas, Napolitano, Reilly, Gardiner, Silverstein and Lopez. You can find the full letter here.

A coalition of organizer from Treatment Not Trauma, the youth leaders who ran last summer’s pilot Peacebook youth violence prevention jobs program, elected members of Police District Councils, and the Health & Medicine Policy Research Group will gather for a press conference today at 11:00 a.m. outside on the Randolph St. side of City Hall to push for redirecting budget dollars associated with police vacancies toward public health, youth jobs, guaranteed income.

 

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