
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday appointed Anabel Abarca, chief of staff to now-former Ald. George Cardenas (12th), to replace her former boss in the City Council.
Before resigning to take his seat on the Cook County Board of Review, Cardenas served as Lightfoot’s deputy floor leader. He helped to marshal support for the mayor’s budget and programs amid resistance from alderpersons emboldened by the mayor’s dismal public approval ratings and angered by her contentious relationship with the City Council.