This morning’s news coverage touches on expected announcements from the city about homeless encampments for people living in their vehicles, including RV’s.
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News roundup: homeless encampments
Happy MLK Day! It’s a light news day, not surprisingly, but there is some coverage of the ongoing homelessness crisis.
Continue readingThis week at City Council: sweeps
Now that committees are starting to meet and the Council has dealt with most of the substantive holdover legislation from last year, the waiting game begins for new legislation to start appearing. But first, we’ll hear about the city’s sweeps of unauthorized homeless encampments.
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Another day of “a little bit of everything.”
Continue readingNews roundup: it’s Debora Juarez Day
Today’s news has two features on Debora Juarez. Plus lots of other things going on as the City Council gets down to business.
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It’s a fairly quiet news morning.
Continue readingCity Council takes oath of office, picks Harrell as President
The newly-elected City Council held their first session today. Taking their oath of office, speechifying, and picking teams were all on the agenda.
Continue readingHarrell to be President, new committee assignments
The Stranger is reporting that Bruce Harrell is set to become the new Council President, and his office has issued committee assignments for 2016-2017.
Continue readingLow-income Housing Moving Forward
Eight low-income housing projects, representing 809 new apartments, are securing funding and beginning their planning and permitting processes, according to the Office of Housing.
Continue readingThis week at the City Council: that’s a wrap
Apart from the marathon City Council meeting tomorrow, this week will be pretty quiet in the Council Chamber as the Council wraps things up for the year (and the term).
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