Johnson, Vallas make policy commitments to community coalition at mayoral town hall

A member of the audience raises a red card, which is meant to signify disapproval, while Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas answers a question during the One Chicago for All forum, where Chicago mayoral candidates Brandon Johnson, who is a Cook County Commissioner, and Vallas, who is a former Chicago Public Schools CEO, individually answered questions about education, housing, public safety and other issues at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum in the Little Italy neighborhood, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

In front of an audience of more than 700 people, the two remaining mayoral candidates spent Saturday morning at UIC’s Dorin Forum making commitments to the 30 different Chicago community groups that make up One Chicago for All. 

Both Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas promised to work with the coalition on a spectrum of issues, but the crowd had a clear favorite: Johnson.