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Editorial: Why LA needs independent redistricting

In the wake of recent scandals that have rocked Los Angeles City Hall, the simplest, least controversial reform should be the creation of an independent redistricting commission.

Los Angeles Times

Dublin City Council spends over €140 million on homeless services in 2022 so far

The figure has been blasted as 'wrong and unacceptable'

Dublin Live

City Council approves Lightfoot’s budget, a general election voting guide and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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After shooting in Kensington, some accuse Philadelphia leaders of not doing enough to improve area’s conditions

PHILADELPHIA — A shooting of nine people in Kensington, a section of Philadelphia beset by gun violence and an open-air drug market, renewed community leaders’ criticisms of city leadership and heightened calls for a plan to address the neighborhood’s compounding crises.

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City Council approves Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget by 32-18 vote

The vote was closer than many expected and tighter than last year’s 35-15 cakewalk, which included a $76.5 million increase in the city’s property tax levy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Queen Mary to get $1 million more in repairs ahead of reopening in Long Beach

LOS ANGELES — The Long Beach City Council approved $1 million this week to pay for ongoing repairs on the Queen Mary, the latest round of funds meant to restore the aging tourist attraction.

Los Angeles Times

CPS faces $600M financial cliff as costs shift to schools with no long-term funding plan in place

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has moved millions in pensions and other costs to CPS before it becomes independent, run by an elected board. Those new payments and longstanding financial challenges could lead to dire choices once federal pandemic relief runs out.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Karen Bass could be LA’s first female mayor. How important is milestone to Angelenos?

LOS ANGELES — For the last 241 years, the city of Los Angeles has been run by men.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles City Council Adopts IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition, Jewish Organizations Commend

The IHRA definition has been adopted by 37 U.N. member countries.

Zenger

California tenants rise up, demand rent caps from city halls

Low-income tenants in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Antioch got legislation passed that will cap rent increases at 3% a year

The Independent UK

Red Line extension needlessly caught in the switches due to CTA/City Council beef

If there’s any chance at all to rebuild and repopulate the Far South Side, the Red Line extension is key — and far too important to be caught in a standoff between the CTA president and the City Council.

Chicago Sun-Times

West Hollywood gay pioneers clash with younger progressives over future of city

LOS ANGELES — John Duran is styling himself as a law-and-order candidate for West Hollywood City Council, posing in front of sheriff's cruisers on his campaign website and touting his endorsement by the deputies' union.

Los Angeles Times

After descent into alcoholism cost him City Council seat, Proco Joe Moreno hits the comeback trail

In a soul-searching interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, former Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st) talked about going into his own tailspin after failing to talk a beloved friend out of committing suicide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Four days before budget vote, Lightfoot goes on offensive against balking City Council members

“People of good will need to stand up and say to these aldermen, ‘You can’t play it both ways. You can’t say I’m pro-law enforcement. I’m pro-public safety’ and not support the budget and the revenues,” the mayor said.

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Chicago’s 1-year-old Committee on Design is helping shape the city’s most important development projects

Chicago developers worried last year that construction projects would face bureaucratic snarls after city planners added a layer to the approval process. Builders already had to run a gantlet of officials on several commissions and committees, as well as City Council. Some now had to face the Committee on Design,…

Chicago Sun-Times

Pulse of the Heartland: South Shore voters hope Obama center brings change to believe in — but they take nothing for granted

South Shore was long seen as a “first-house neighborhood” for middle-class residents, and it saw one of its favorite daughters go to the White House as first lady. Residents now hope the nearby Obama Presidential Center will make it “an area where people want to move into.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot makes environmental concession, but critics still not satisfied

The mayor is proposing to beef up the Office of Climate and Environmental Equity — from six employees to 10 — and take it out of the mayor’s office, placing it under a director who would be confirmed by the City Council.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coach houses, basement apartments would be OK citywide under housing proposal

Additional dwelling units, such as coach houses or in-law apartments, are limited to five pilot areas of Chicago after having been banned since 1957.

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Nicholas Goldberg: Jeering, screaming and upending the LA City Council is arrogant, irresponsible and ineffective

I shouldn’t have to say this, but it is presumptuous and irresponsible to disrupt and obstruct the Los Angeles City Council in an effort to get your way.

Salon

IRS ignores law-breaking churches

The IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen

Los Angeles Times

Why LA's ban on homeless encampments near schools, day care has become heated election issue

LOS ANGELES — Echo Park resident Stan Gale was seriously thinking of moving out of L.A.

Los Angeles Times

Organizers launch bid to recall beleaguered LA City Council member Kevin de Leon

LOS ANGELES — Amid widespread calls for the beleaguered politician’s resignation, five constituents filed initial paperwork Thursday to recall Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de Leon.

Chicago Sun-Times

CTA chief says Ghost Bus fixes are coming, won’t commit to meeting with City Council

In a talk with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. acknowledges the transit agency’s shortcomings, defends decisions to address them.

Chicago Sun-Times

PTSD treatments could reduce cop suicides, help first responders, City Council member says

Ald. Anthony Napolitano wants three committees to hold a joint hearing to discuss at least two costly treatments for suicide prevention and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder — treatments not now covered by city insurance.

Los Angeles Times

LA City Council censures de León, Cedillo, Martinez after police clear out demonstrators

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to censure three current and former council members for their part in an incendiary conversation that contained racist remarks.

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