Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) is pictured at a City Council meeting in January 2025. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

The City Council Committee on Public Safety on Tuesday approved an ordinance hiking fines for animal cruelty and voted down a measure to enhance penalties for minors that violate curfew and engage in other disruptive, destructive and illegal behavior and hold parents more accountable. 

The committee did not decide on a measure to enhance penalties for behavior that disturbs the peace where an offender conceals their identity.