Ordinances and Resolutions
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Key Legislative Accomplishments
Affordability
Sponsored and passed legislation to legalize construction of new Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), like coach houses, in the 47th Ward to help replenish our affordable housing stock.
Voted to double the number of required affordable units in new, large developments — an ordinance that was modeled after our own office’s local approach to increasing affordability.
Public Safety
Voted for $45 million in new funding for violence prevention organizations.
Helped lead efforts to secure $25 million in new funding for survivors of gender-based violence, including domestic violence — three times the amount included in previous budgets.
Voted to establish a new body that will provide strong civilian oversight of the police department — meeting an important benchmark set in the consent decree.
Sponsored and passed legislation to empower an independent body (COPA) to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct involving police officers — a requirement laid out in the consent decree.
Environment
Led the charge to declare a climate emergency in Chicago — a community-led initiative of the 47th Ward Green Council.
Voted for funding to plant 75,000 new trees to restore and expand Chicago’s urban tree canopy.
Sponsored and passed legislation to expand electric vehicle infrastructure in new developments.
Schools
Worked collaboratively with our state legislators to secure needed funding capital improvement projects — including a new turf field at McPherson Elementary and renovated bathrooms at Ravenswood Elementary.
Business
Sponsored and passed legislation to expand access to SBIF funding for bars and taverns — which were hit especially hard by the pandemic.
Voted to establish a $15 minimum wage in Chicago and a fair work week.
Voted for a package of small business reforms that modernize and expedite our permitting processes.