Johnson launches community safety plan focused on investing in at-risk areas on South and West Sides

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday announced a community safety plan that will focus first on neighborhoods that “have suffered from decades of indifference or disinvestment.” (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday launched a community safety plan centered around investing in at-risk areas, an initiative he said would be “people-based and place-based.”

Johnson, joined by members of the City Council, community leaders and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling, announced the community-led initiative would focus on “harnessing the full force of government, community organizations, businesses, the philanthropic community and youth and faith leaders to solve decades-long problems in a new and bold way.”