Voters next year will choose people to serve on district councils created under an ordinance establishing civilian oversight over the Chicago Police Department [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Next year, Chicago voters for the first time will elect members of district councils to represent them based on the police district in which they live.

The three-member district councils across the city’s 22 police districts were created under the civilian oversight ordinance (SO2019-4132) aldermen approved last year, establishing Chicago’s first-ever citywide commission meant to provide oversight of the Chicago Police Department.

Related: City Council approves long-sought civilian oversight of CPD, but supporters say there is still work ‘to be done’

Spending on surveillance cameras through the menu program nearly quadrupled in 2021. [Chicago Inspector General’s Office]

Aldermen during the first five months of this year spent $816,100 in discretionary funds meant for street infrastructure on police surveillance cameras and license plate reader technology.

Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg announced her pick to fill the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. And the Chicago Plan Commission approved a health center expansion in Brighton Park and a car wash in Chatham.

Esperanza Health Centers is proposing an expansion to their current building in Brighton Park. [UrbanWorks]

Members of the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday will consider an expansion for the Esperanza Health Center in Brighton Park and a proposal to build a carwash in Chatham.

The plan commission will consider the two proposals — the only two large items on this month’s thin agenda — during its 10 a.m. meeting.

Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) advertised a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in his June 2 ward newsletter. [18th Ward]

The Chicago Board of Ethics voted on Monday to fine Ald. Derrick Curtis (18) $1,000 for violating the city’s ethics code with an email the alderman sent promoting a campaign kickoff event he hosted for Mayor Lori Lightfoot in June.

Aldermen during an April 2021 City Council meeting. [Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/pool]

Leadership of two City Council committees is up in the air after two aldermen who each chaired one of the council’s 19 committees have resigned during the past three months and a new election cycle looms.

The Bella Noir Wellness Hub proposed for 601-621 E. 47th St. [Seek Design + Architecture]

Members of an advisory committee on design applauded two developments proposed along Chicago’s Invest South/West corridors for their “bold” designs that are also “sensitive” to the communities where they’re planned.

CTA President Dorval Carter speaks during a City Club event Thursday.

The CTA plans to update its schedules to more accurately reflect how frequently buses and training are running, agency President Dorval Carter said Thursday during an address to the City Club of Chicago.

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Ill.) says he is still considering a run for Chicago mayor. And a newly launched Cook County grant program funded with federal stimulus dollars aims to help suburban manufacturers.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presents the 2023 budget forecast Wednesday [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Chicago is facing a projected $127.9 million budget gap for the 2023 fiscal year as the City Council heads into budget season, Mayor Lightfoot said on Wednesday.

Ald. Sophia King (4) announced on Wednesday that she plans to run for mayor in 2023 (Don Vincent/The Daily Line)

Ald. Sophia King (4) announced on Wednesday that she is running for mayor in 2023, becoming the third sitting alderman to announce a challenge against Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

A biker rides in the Milwaukee Avenue bike lane. [Hannah Alani/Block Club Chicago]

More than 18,000 people submitted applications for a free bike and safety equipment including helmets and locks from the city during an 18-day application window.

The Bella Noir Wellness Hub proposed for 601-621 E. 47th St. [Seek Design + Architecture]

The design of two developments proposed as part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Invest South/West program that invests directly in South and West side neighborhoods will come under scrutiny from a planning department committee Wednesday.

Two maps from the Chicago Department of Public Health show areas with the most cases of monkeypox virus and where vaccines for the virus have been distributed.

Chicago public health officials have “ramped up” testing for the monkeypox virus as the number of confirmed cases in Chicago residents has grown to 556 as of Monday afternoon, the city’s top doctor told aldermen during a committee hearing.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx speaks at an April 2022 news conference. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx hasn’t properly set up her sprawling office to withstand the barrage of high-profile resignations that have left prosecutors reeling, a senior Cook County commissioner said Friday.

North-suburban Comm. Larry Suffredin (D-13), who ran unsuccessfully for State’s Attorney in 2008, called the mass exodus from Foxx’s office a symptom of the “great resignation” that has stretched payrolls thin across Cook County offices and in workplaces across the country.