Wednesday, January 21st marked the first City Council meeting of 2026! Find out the latest legislative updates from this month’s meeting, as well as what’s coming up in City Council below! Legislative Updates Curfew Ald. Brian Hopkins introduced an amended curfew ordinance (O2025-0021898), which replaces the previous snap curfews with time-and-site curfews. Time-and-site curfews would […]
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December City Council Roundup
Posted onCity Council is still in the midst of budget negotiations. In this month’s City Council meeting, Ald. Vasquez introduced several amendments to the budget, and we passed legislation improving the disabled parking permit process! Budget Updates At the December 10th City Council meeting, Ald. Andre Vasquez introduced amendments to this year’s budget management ordinance calling […]
Statement from Ald. Vasquez on the FY2026 Budget
Posted onThank you to all of you who have taken the time to fill out our budget survey and otherwise reach out over the past few weeks about your thoughts, questions, and concerns about this year’s budget! In this year’s budget survey results, the top five priorities our neighbors identified for this year’s budget were: housing, […]
City Council Roundup: Release of the FY26 Budget
Posted onRelease of the FY26 Budget At this week’s City Council meeting, Mayor Johnson released the administration’s budget proposal for FY26: Our team is currently analyzing the full budget, and look forward to sharing our insights with you soon! In the meantime, budget hearings begin next week, and we encourage you to tune in. You can […]
September City Council Roundup
Posted onCity Council is back from recess this month! Here’s what happened in September. Mid-Year Budget Hearings This year marked Chicago’s first mid-year budget report and mid-year hearings! During the 2025 budget hearings, Ald. Vasquez passed a number of reforms aimed at providing greater transparency, accountability, and oversight to the city’s budget process. Establishing mid-year budget […]
Statement from Ald. Andre Vasquez on the Mid-Year Budget Report Release
Posted onFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENT FROM ALD. ANDRE VASQUEZ ON THE RELEASE OF THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REPORT July 31, 2025 CHICAGO, IL – On July 30th, the Office of Budget Management released the Mid-Year Budget Report, in response to budget transparency reforms Ald. Andre Vasquez submitted to the management ordinance during last year’s budget process. During […]
July City Council Roundup
Posted onThis month’s City Council agenda was packed! Find out what passed, what didn’t, and what was introduced below. But first: July is Disability Pride Month! City Council recognized the occasion with a resolution (R2025-0018721), and Alder Vasquez also introduced a resolution honoring Sister Rosemary Connelly (R2025-0018547), a beloved member of our community who passed away […]
Statement from the Chicago Progressive Caucus Regarding June 4th ICE Incident and Necessary Accountability
Posted onOn June 4th, a horrible and unconstitutional ICE Raid incident took place at 2245 S. Michigan Avenue. Immigrants who had been lured under false pretence for what they believed were routine check-ins with the Department of Homeland Security were instead detained without warning, denied legal counsel, separated from their families, and taken into custody by […]
CIRR Hearing on CPD Involvement in June 4th Mass Detention
Posted onFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS TO HOST HEARING ON CPD INVOLVEMENT IN SURPRISE JUNE 4TH 2025 FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION June 25, 2025 CHICAGO, IL – On June 4th, 2025, Chicago saw an alarming escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents mass detained residents at […]
City Council Round-up: June 2025
Posted onCheck out our updates below for what happened in City Council this month! Thanks to our summer intern Ian McCready for helping put this edition of the round up together! Legislation Passed Snap Curfew The Snap Curfew Ordinance, SO2025-0016732, passed City Council. This ordinance allows the Chicago Police Department broad discretion to impose “snap” curfews […]
City Council Round-up: May 2025
Posted onIt was a busy month in City Council, with two full City Council meetings, and several major pieces of legislation being passed and introduced. Read on for more details! Legislation Passed Green Social Housing City Council met earlier this month to vote on the Green Social Housing Ordinance (SO2025-0015560), an effort to create long-term affordable […]
Statement on the Proposed Curfew Ordinance
Posted onOn Wednesday, April 30th, Ald. Vasquez joined members of the Progressive Caucus in speaking out against the proposed curfew ordinance, O2024-0010163. See below for the full text of the letter. We, the undersigned Council members, are joining with community advocates in speaking out against the proposed curfew ordinance. We want to begin by recognizing the […]