WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AT THE APRIL 12 MEETING

April 15, 2024

CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE CHAIR ASSIGNMENTS

September 22, 2022

STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE ON THE RESIGNATIONS OF COUNCILMEMBERS MARIA QUIÑONES SÁNCHEZ AND GREEN

September 6, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER DEREK GREEN ATTENDS NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES LEADERSHIP MEETING IN ATLANTA

August 5, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VS. WADE

June 24, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL APPROVES FY2023 BUDGET, MEMBERS HINT AT FALL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

June 24, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL COMMITTEE GIVES PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO FY2023 BUDGET; COUNCIL WELCOMES NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER

June 16, 2022

COUNCILMEMBERS ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF FY2023 BUDGET

June 16, 2022

COUNCIL COMMITTEE GIVES FIRST APPROVAL TO FY2023 BUDGET, TAKES STEPS TO MITIGATE PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS; INVESTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS

June 15, 2022

CITY COUNCIL LAUNCHES PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC FINANCIAL AUTHORITY WEBSITE, APPLICATION PROCESS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

June 14, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: AS NATIONAL AND LOCAL TRAGEDIES MOUNT, LEADERS SEEK SOLUTIONS TO RISING GUN VIOLENCE

June 9, 2022

CITY COUNCIL PASSES BILL MANDATING ASBESTOS INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS

May 19, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FRONT AND CENTER WITH “TURN THE KEY” PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

April 28, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT EMPHASIZING IMPORTANCE OF YEAR-ROUND AUTISM ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENESS

April 28, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN RESPONDS TO THE LIFTING OF THE CITY’S RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE, CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

April 7, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS PUT QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER

March 21, 2022

Councilmember Gym Announces Legislation to Give Back More than $1 Million Annually to Youth in Foster Care

March 17, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BILLS TO ADDRESS LEAD CONTAMINATION IN SCHOOLS, QUANTIFY UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

March 10, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER GYM ANNOUNCES PLAN TO REMOVE LEAD FROM SCHOOL DRINKING WATER BY 2025

March 10, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS APPROVE PAID SICK LEAVE RENEWAL, PUBLIC BANK IN BUSY LEGISLATIVE SESSION

March 3, 2022

CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO ESTABLISH THE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC FINANCIAL AUTHORITY

March 3, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS DEBATE RENEWAL OF PAID SICK LEAVE; APPROVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR VOTER CONSIDERATION

February 24, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS PLAN HEARINGS TO EXAMINE PPA REPAYMENT DEMAND, POLICE STAFFING

February 17, 2022

PHILADELPHIA ENERGY AUTHORITY HOSTS LIVE SOLAR AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY INSTALLATION

February 9, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES “CIVICS AGENDA” LEGISLATION; COUNCILMEMBER JONES ANNOUNCES 100 SHOOTING REVIEW FINDINGS

January 27, 2022

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL OPENS 2022 WITH REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION; HENON RESIGNS FOLLOWING 2021 CONVICTION

January 20, 2022

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES BILL ESTABLISHING THE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC FINANCIAL AUTHORITY

December 7, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL’S BUSY DECEMBER AGENDA INCLUDES ADDITIONAL ARTS FUNDING, LEGISLATION ON TANGLED TITLES, STREETERIES

December 2, 2021

PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST OVER $3 MILLION IN LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY

November 30, 2021

CITY OFFICIALS HONOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

November 10, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS PRAISE COLLEAGUE QUIÑONES SÁNCHEZ FOR HIGHLIGHTING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES AMID HER OWN HEALTH CRISIS

November 4, 2021

CITY COUNCIL PASSES BILL ENSURING SUBCONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY- AND WOMEN- OWNED OR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES

November 4, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, ADVOCATES REAFFIRM WHY VOTERS SHOULD APPROVE ANNUAL HOUSING TRUST FUND APPROPRIATION ON NOVEMBER

November 1, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: ONE YEAR LATER, CITY SETTLES WITH FAMILY OF WALTER WALLACE, COMMITS TO SPECIFIC POLICE REFORMS

October 28, 2021

BOARD OF EDUCATION AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL CAPITAL BONDS AND GREEN BONDS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT

October 12, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER HELEN GYM CALLS FOR A COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS FOR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

October 7, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL REACTS TO SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT’S PLANNED DEPARTURE

September 30, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL’S FALL TERM BEGINS WITH EMPHASIS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT, EQUITY

September 24, 2021

CITY COUNCIL URGES CONGRESS TO END FORCED LABOR IN PRISONS BY STRIKING THE SLAVERY CLAUSE FROM THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

September 23, 2021

COUNCILMEMBERS REACT TO RECENT NEWS OF ADVANCED MOLD GROWTH IN FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL, DEMAND ACTION AND TRANSPARENCY FROM SDP

September 22, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT COMMENDING THE LAUNCH OF THE PHILADELPHIA GREEN CAPITAL CORP.

September 21, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES BILL FOR ASBESTOS AND MOLD REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS

September 17, 2021

SLA BEEBER SCHOOL COMMUNITY WINS DEMANDS FOR A SAFE RETURN TO SCHOOLS WITH SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL

August 30, 2021

KENNEY ADMINISTRATION SIGNS HOUSING TRUST FUND BILL, WILL APPEAR AS A QUESTION ON NOVEMBER 2 BALLOT

August 27, 2021

PHILADELPHIA ENERGY AUTHORITY, CITY OFFICIALS KICK OFF THIRD ANNUAL SOLAR WEEK WITH NEW PHASE OF SOLARIZE PHILLY PROGRAM

August 16, 2021

COUNCILMEMBERS GREEN, JOHNSON, GILMORE RICHARDSON INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO HOLD JOINT HEARINGS ON PGW’S SUSTAINABILITY, DIVERSIFICATION STUDY

June 24, 2021

MAYOR KENNEY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE ANNOUNCE WORKING GROUP TO CREATE TAX REFORM PLAN TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE RECOVERY IN PHILADELPHIA

June 24, 2021

CITY COUNCILMEMBERS CALL ON STATE OFFICIALS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT RESTAURANTS’ RECOVERY EFFORTS

June 23, 2021

CITY COUNCIL SENDS MANDATORY HOUSING TRUST FUND BUDGET QUESTION TO VOTERS

June 18, 2021

COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE CITY’S ADA COMPLIANCE WITH REGARD TO THE CAROUSEL HOUSE, OTHER PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES AND THE COMMUNITY AUTISM PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM

June 18, 2021

CITY COUNCIL GIVES APPROVAL TO FY2022 BUDGET WITH HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, POVERTY REDUCTION & POLICE REFORMS

June 17, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: HOUSING TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS, COVID-19 VACCINATION INCENTIVES, CURFEW CHANGES TOP LIST OF PROPOSED COUNCIL LEGISLATION

May 28, 2021

COUNCIL URGES PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNOR WOLF TO REJECT “COERCE TO WORK” LEGISLATION

May 27, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION PROPOSING A MANDATORY ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF CITY’S BUDGET TO HOUSING TRUST FUND

May 27, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS FOCUS ON PROPOSED TAX CUTS, COVID-19 VACCINATION RATE DURING FIRST WEEK OF FY2022 BUDGET HEARINGS

May 7, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS REACT TO CHAUVIN MURDER CONVICTION IN GEORGE FLOYD CASE, LOOK TOWARD REFORMS IN POLICING

April 22, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE CONVICTION OF EX-COP DEREK CHAUVIN FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD

April 21, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: MAYOR DELIVERS $5.2 BILLION FY2022 BUDGET PROPOSAL, COUNCIL OUTLINES VIOLENCE PREVENTION AGENDA

April 15, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS QUESTION MOVE TO VIRTUAL SHERIFF SALES, PROPOSE TAX AND REGULATORY RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES

April 8, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING ARRESTS OF PHILLY POLICE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON MAN WITH ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

April 2, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION OFFERING QUESTION TO PA VOTERS REGARDING RECREATIONAL CANNABIS

March 11, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: AS VACCINE SUPPLY INCREASES, MEMBERS DEBATE KENNEY ADMINISTRATION’S DISTRIBUTION PLAN

March 4, 2021

CITY COUNCIL PASSES BILL AMENDING CITY’S FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE POLICIES

March 4, 2021

CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN THE NATION IN OBSERVANCE OF COVID-19 REMEMBRANCE DAY ON MARCH 1

February 26, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN CALLS FOR HEARINGS TO EXAMINE THE LINKS BETWEEN POVERTY, GUN VIOLENCE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM IN PHILADELPHIA

February 26, 2021

CITY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS CALL ON MAYOR TO PUT MASS VACCINATION PLAN IN PLACE NOW

February 10, 2021

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS PROPOSE LEGISLATION TO CREATE POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, REFORM COVID VACCINE CONTRACTS

February 5, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES BILL AMENDING CITY’S FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE POLICIES

February 4, 2021

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING DEADLY CHAOS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL

January 7, 2021

PHILADELPHIA ELECTED OFFICIALS JOIN WITH BUSINESS, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CALL ON CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO APPROVE EMERGENCY RELIEF PACKAGE

December 9, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL ADVANCES DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TAX, ABATEMENT CHANGES; MEMBERS LOOK AHEAD TO COVID RECOVERY

December 4, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL TO WEIGH COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT REFORM; AS COVID CASES CLIMB, MEMBERS MONITOR VACCINATION PLANS

November 20, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: SHOOTING OF WALTER WALLACE, JR. BY POLICE HEIGHTENS FOCUS ON POLICE REFORM, MENTAL HEALTH

October 29, 2020

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING FATAL POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING OF WALTER WALLACE, JR.

October 27, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: CITY OFFICIALS UNITE TO ANNOUNCE GUN LAWSUIT AGAINST COMMONWEALTH; COUNCIL COMMITTEE REVIEWS POLICE RESPONSE TO PROTESTS

October 8, 2020

PHILADELPHIANS HARMED BY POLICE USE OF FORCE TESTIFY ABOUT EXPERIENCES IN WEST PHILADELPHIA AND ON I-676 DURING GEORGE FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS

October 8, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL, KENNEY ADMINISTRATION RENEW INVESTMENT IN “SAME DAY WORK AND PAY” PROGRAM; COUNCIL CALLS FOR URGENCY ON GUN VIOLENCE

October 2, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: ONLINE CLASHES WITH POLICE UNION HEAD, BREONNA TAYLOR CASE REACTIONS HIGHLIGHT ONGOING TENSIONS OVER REFORM

September 25, 2020

COUNCIL APPROVES COUNCILMAN JOHNSON’S “LET PHILLY BREATHE” BILL TO BAN THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS AND OTHER DANGEROUS RESTRAINTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

September 18, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: POLICE REFORM REMAINS AT THE TOP OF COUNCIL’S AGENDA

September 18, 2020

CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION URGING MAYOR KENNEY TO DECLARE GUN VIOLENCE A CITYWIDE EMERGENCY IN PHILADELPHIA

September 17, 2020

GOVERNOR WOLF, CITY OFFICIALS CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF SPRING GARDEN STREET SOLAR PROJECT TO POWER YARDS BREWERY AND CITY ARCHIVES 

August 20, 2020

CITY COUNCILMEMBERS JOIN COMMUNITY LEADERS, POLICE IN URGING HOME GUN CHECKS, SAFE DISPOSAL OF FIREARMS AMID INCREASED GUN VIOLENCE

August 13, 2020

CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD TWO HEARINGS TODAY ON DISPARATE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AND THE CITY’S FISCAL POSITION

July 28, 2020

CITY COUNCIL HOLDING HEARINGS IN JULY TO ADDRESS VOTING BY MAIL, DISPARATE IMPACTS OF COVID-19, AND CITY’S FISCAL POSITION

July 21, 2020

PHILADELPHIA FUNDS LEGAL DEFENSE INITIATIVE FOR IMMIGRANTS

June 25, 2020

COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON INTRODUCES “LET PHILLY BREATHE” BILL TO BAN THE USE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CHOKEHOLDS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

June 12, 2020

CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCES POLICE REFORM LEGISLATION

June 11, 2020

COUNCILMEMBERS GREEN, SQUILLA INTRODUCE JOINT RESOLUTION TO FACILITATE PHILADELPHIA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM COVID-19

May 22, 2020

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT IN OBSERVANCE OF THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVE BOMBING

May 13, 2020

COUNCILMEMBERS GREEN, BASS INTRODUCE JOINT RESOLUTION TO EXAMINE RACIAL, ABLEIST DISPARITIES OF COVID-19

May 4, 2020

COUNCILMEMBER GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING NEWS OF POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR PGW

April 28, 2020

PHILADELPHIA REOPENS SOLARIZE PHILLY, NOW WITH THE CITY’S SOLAR REBATE AND SOLAR SAVINGS GRANT PROGRAM

April 22, 2020

MEMBERS OF CiTY COUNCIL CONDEMN RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC RHETORIC AGAINST ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AMID THE RISE OF COVID-19

April 7, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL REACHES OUT TO COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND VICTIMS ON GUN VIOLENCE; MEMBERS HONOR CHINATOWN LEGEND

February 14, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: ONE MONTH INTO THE NEW TERM, COUNCILMEMBERS DIVE DEEPER INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

February 7, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: GUN VIOLENCE STRATEGIES AND ETHICS REFORMS TAKE CENTER STAGE; COUNCIL HONORS A SPORTS LEGEND

January 31, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: FOLLOWING INAUGURATION, COUNCILMEMBERS BEGIN NEW TERM, DIVE INTO POLICY DISCUSSIONS

January 22, 2020

WEEKLY REPORT: DIVERSE NEW CITY COUNCIL COMES INTO FOCUS AFTER ELECTION

November 8, 2019