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Lightfoot appoints 7-member interim police oversight commission

The interim commission will have a lot of power. It will be expected to fill several vacancies on the Police Board and will review the Chicago Police Department’s budget before a City Council vote on the mayor’s 2023 budget.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez wants to curb mayoral power, cut City Council by half

The most dramatic and controversial of Lopez’s proposals is to reduce the size of the City Council from 50 members to just 25. Alderpersons and mayors have talked about it for decades.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council members should turn down pay hike

That alderpersons would reject a pay raise is probably hoping against hope. But turning down some or all of the hike would be the right thing to do.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The Philadelphia Police Department is short 1,300 officers. Here’s why the situation is about to get worse

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Police Department has faced a critical shortage of officers for months — one that’s all but certain to get worse as hundreds more cops plan to leave.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ald. Leslie Hairston to retire from the City Council after 24 years representing 5th Ward

Her retirement is part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the Chicago City Council. Hairston is the ninth Chicago alderperson to either resign or announce a decision not to seek reelection. Several others, including indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and Zoning Chair Tom Tunney…

Chicago Sun-Times

Glider north-south plans could see two-way traffic return from Royal Avenue right up to City Hall

Belfast City Council is "not supportive of the introduction of a two-way system"

Belfast Live

He challenged his all-white city council in Alabama. Now he’s on it

Eric Calhoun, a Black resident who sued Pleasant Grove’s discriminatory voting system in 2018, was sworn in as council member on Monday

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Vallas pokes holes in Lightfoot’s claims of fiscal stability

“What has changed in four years? Nothing. She’s basically handing off what she inherited from Rahm Emanuel,” mayoral challenger Paul Vallas said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago alderpersons face preelection dilemma: Whether to accept a 9.62% pay raise

City Council members have until Sept. 2 to decide whether to accept the raise, which will boost pay to $142,772 for the 30 alderpersons who have accepted all annual pay raises.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Philly's gun violence epidemic reaches a perilous new low as a 7-year-old is shot while playing video games

In case city leaders have yet to realize that gun violence has reached epidemic proportions, consider the following: A 7-year-old boy was sitting in his bedroom playing video games Saturday night when he was shot in the thigh by a stray bullet from outside his home.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Uvalde school district and a litany of law enforcement agencies could face $27 billion class-action lawsuit over shooting

A lawyer for shooting victims is seeking compensation for victims and families, citing the Texas House committee’s investigative report that found “systemic failures” in response to the tragedy.

The Texas Tribune

Local Law Prevented an Alabama Town From Firing Two Cops. So They Dissolved the Police Department Instead.

When one police officer's racist text messages surfaced online earlier this month, local officials found that city law prevented the outright firing of the officers involved.

Reason

They pledged not to prosecute abortions. The reality is tougher

When the U.S. Supreme Court toppled the constitutional right to abortion, some prosecutors in cities and counties across the country vowed to refrain from enforcing new state-imposed bans on the procedure. Such promises may be hard to keep.

Tribune News Service

'I was in shock': California rents are spiking — and not only where you'd expect

When Santa Monica resident Rob Leonard got a notice telling him that rent for his one-bedroom apartment would go up $100 a month starting in September, he had to read the letter several times because he thought there was a mistake.

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Benzinga

Seattle Mayor Harrell Submits Social Equity-Focused Marijuana Bills For Workers & Underserved Communities

Seattle, Washington mayor Bruce Harrell submitted a package of bills aimed at advancing equity in the marijuana industry by helping boost more diversity and backing cannabis store employees.

Los Angeles Times

They want LA to rein in the mighty car to make streets safe. Will drivers go along?

LOS ANGELES — In the city where the car is king, activists are pushing to claim strips of the biggest boulevards for bicyclists and walkers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Sophia King joins race to unseat Lightfoot

King is chair of the Chicago City Council’s Progressive Caucus. Her husband, Alan, an attorney and house music DJ, is a close friend and basketball-playing buddy of former President Barack Obama.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles OKs sweeping ban on homeless camps near schools

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers

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City Council confirms Nottingham Eurovision bid won't be going ahead

Despite our great venues, a vibrant and diverse communities and excellent green transport links

Chicago Tribune

The Great Fire slowed interest in wood buildings, but Chicago’s first mass timber tower could soon take shape

CHICAGO — Developer Sterling Bay is set to begin construction of Chicago’s first mass timber building, a nine-story, apartment tower in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. If approved by City Council, the $50 million development may kick off widespread use of the modern technique, already popular in other cities, which boosters…

Los Angeles Times

Proposed abortion ban dies in San Clemente after heated City Council meeting

LOS ANGELES — A proposal to declare San Clemente an abortion-free city has died after an emotional meeting where dozens of residents spoke on both sides of the issue.

Chicago Tribune

City has plan to force convicted sex offenders to move from their home: Build a park nearby

Joliet, Illinois, City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday night to buy a house, with plans demolish it and turn the land into a park — a tactic they hope will legally allow them to force out convicted sex offenders who are living in an apartment building nearby.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to sue gang members and seize their property falters amid criticism over crime and civil rights

CHICAGO — Days before aldermen were set to vote on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial plan to sue gang members as an anti-violence strategy, she texted an impassioned message to several City Council members seeking their support.

Los Angeles Times

LA voters to decide whether hotels must rent vacant rooms to unhoused Angelenos

LOS ANGELES — A controversial measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to provide vacant rooms to homeless people will go before voters in 2024, the City Council decided Friday.

Los Angeles Times

This Orange County city to consider banning abortions, becoming 'sanctuary for life'

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The San Clemente City Council is set to consider a resolution in a couple of weeks that would declare the city a "sanctuary for life," making it an abortion-free zone.

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