WEEKLY REPORT – A BUSY FIRST YEAR OF COUNCIL ENDS WITH APPROVAL OF A NEW SIXERS ARENA IN CENTER CITY
December 23, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES SEVERAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS THIS WEEK AND TAKES A CRITICAL STEP IN THE FUTURE OF A SIXERS ARENA IN CENTER CITY
December 17, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE RENAMING OF TANEY STREET AND OTHER BILLS THIS WEEK
November 18, 2024PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON ANNOUNCES DATES OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON PROPOSED 76 PLACE LEGISLATION
November 8, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO WORK ON LEGISLATION BEFORE WINTER RECESS IN MID DECEMBER
November 4, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION DURING THIS WEEK’S PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL SESSION
October 28, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DO THE WORK OF THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA WHEN IT COMES TO FINAL CONSIDERATION OF BILLS & RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR
October 21, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – CITY COUNCIL DID NOT HAVE A SESSION ON OCT 3 IN HONOR OF ROSH HASHANAH, COUNCILMEMBERS REMAINED BUSY, HOLDING COMMITTEE HEARINGS
October 7, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – CITY COUNCIL CANCELLED ITS SEPTEMBER 19 STATED MEETING TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICER JAIME ROMAN
September 23, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES LAND BANK BILLS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
September 16, 2024COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS VEHICLES FROM STOPPING OR STANDING IN ANY BIKE LANE THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA
September 10, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL RETURNS FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FALL 2024
September 9, 2024CHANGES MADE TO 9-1-1 AFTER CITY COUNCIL HEARING AND SUBSEQUENT BUDGET PUSH
August 22, 2024OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON ON CYCLING ACCIDENT ON 18TH AND SPRUCE STREETS
July 19, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – MAYOR SIGNS FY 2025 BUDGET INTO LAW
June 17, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – COUNCIL HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS
June 10, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – COUNCIL CONTINUES NEGOTIATIONS TOWARDS A FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AGREEMENT
June 3, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – LEGISLATION, A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY AND A WEDDING WERE ALL PART OF CITY COUNCIL ACTIVITY THIS WEEK
May 24, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS DURING THE MAY 16 MEETING
May 20, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS DURING THE MAY 9 MEETING
May 13, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS DURING THE MAY 2 MEETING
May 8, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AT THE APRIL 18 MEETING
April 19, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AT THE APRIL 12 MEETING
April 15, 2024PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF THE NEW PHILADELPHIA TAX REFORM COMMISSION
April 9, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AT THE APRIL 4 MEETING
April 8, 2024COUNCIL ANNOUNCES DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TOWN HALLS ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET
April 3, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL’S FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET HEARINGS STARTED THIS WEEK
April 1, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – COUNCIL APPROVED A VARIETY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS DURING THE MARCH 21 CITY COUNCIL SESSION
March 22, 2024WEEKLY REPORT – PHILADELPHIA MAYOR CHERELLE PARKER GIVES HISTORIC BUDGET ADDRESS TO PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK
March 15, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ORDINANCES DURING THE MARCH 7 CITY COUNCIL SESSION THAT WILL NOW GO TO MAYOR PARKER
March 8, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A VARIETY OF LEGISLATION DURING THE FEBRUARY 29 CITY COUNCIL SESSION
March 4, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF REMEMBER THE LATE CHIEF CLERK MICHAEL DECKER
February 23, 2024Weekly Report: Council President Johnson Introduces Resolutions to Reconvene the Tax Reform Commission & Create A Special Committee On DEI
February 16, 2024COUNCIL PRESIDENT JOHNSON INTRODUCES RESOLUTIONS TO RECONVENE THE TAX REFORM COMMISSION & CREATE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DEI.
February 15, 2024WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON VISITED HARRISBURG FOR PA GOV. JOSH SHAPIRO’S BUDGET ADDRESS
February 9, 2024COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON PRAISES PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF INCREASED FUNDING FOR MASS TRANSIT STATEWIDE
February 8, 2024COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON HIRES JOHN D. CHRISTMAS, ESQ. AS CHIEF OF STAFF & HELEN LOUGHEAD AS CFO
February 8, 2024Weekly Report – PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL PRESIDENT KENYATTA JOHNSON AND MAYOR CHERELLE PARKER SEND LETTER TO PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO SEEKING MORE FUNDING FOR SEPTA
February 5, 2024COUNCILMEMBERS KENYATTA JOHNSON AND JAMIE GAUTHIER DENOUNCE NEW LAW THAT STRIPS AWAY SOME PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITY FROM PA DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
December 18, 2023COUNCILMEMBERS DENOUNCE THREATS AGAINST ANTI-VIOLENCE VOLUNTEERS AND CALL ON COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SHOW SUPPORT
September 25, 2023COUNCILMEMBER GAUTHIER CALLS FOR HEARING ON 911 POLICE DISPATCH
September 25, 2023PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON PRAISES PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FOR THE CREATION OF THE FIRST-EVER WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
September 25, 2023COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON PRAISES THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS
June 26, 2023COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON RESOLUTION APPROVED BY COUNCIL URGING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S HALL OF FAME TO INDUCT PHILLIES ICON DICK ALLEN
June 16, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TASK FORCE FOCUSED ON REPARATIONS FOR BLACK PHILADELPHIANS
June 16, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: CITY COUNCIL GIVES PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO FY2024 CITY BUDGET
June 13, 2023PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON AND COMMUNITY GROUPS URGE INCLUSION OF FUNDING IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET TO SUPPORT HIS “SAVE OUR YOUTH” PLAN
June 7, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL APPROVES HOUSING PRESERVATION PLAN, READIES FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON KENSINGTON CRISIS
May 4, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COURT REJECTS LAWSUIT OVER COUNCIL DRIVING EQUALITY LAW
March 30, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY OVERRIDE MAYORAL VETO; COUNCIL HONORS LOCAL WOMEN LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS
March 23, 2023CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO OVERRIDE MAYORAL VETO OF CHARTER CHANGE LEGISLATION TO CREATE AN OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR
March 23, 2023COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON’S STATEMENT REGARDING THE RELEASE OF SEPTA BUS REVOLUTION PLAN 2.0 PLAN
March 22, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: FOLLOWING ASBESTOS CLOSURES, LEGISLATORS DEMAND A FACILITIES PLAN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
March 16, 2023COUNCILMEMBERS KENYATTA JOHNSON AND BRIAN O’NEILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REINSTITUTE A ONE PERCENT DISCOUNT FOR EARLY PAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES
March 13, 2023CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCES CHARTER CHANGE LEGISLATION TO CREATE OFFICE OF CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TO COORDINATE PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS
February 16, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL HEARS LONG DEBATE ON LAND USE; MEMBERS PLAN SERIES OF EDUCATION HEARINGS
February 2, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON ARRAY OF EDUCATION AND WAGE ISSUES ACROSS THE CITY
January 26, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL OPENS SPRING 2023 SESSION WITH VARIETY OF NEW LEGISLATION
January 19, 2023WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL CLOSES THE YEAR WITH STRONG PUSH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
December 15, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON PRESENTED A CHECK FOR $250,000 TO THE MARIAN ANDERSON HOUSE AND MUSEUM
December 14, 2022CITY COUNCIL LEADERS, CITY OFFICIALS BREAK GROUND ON FIRST OF 1,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES TO BE BUILT THROUGH COUNCIL’S NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION INITIATIVE
December 12, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS SEEK MORE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH
December 8, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: PROPOSED LEGISLATION REOPENS CONVERSATION ON CITY WORKER RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
November 18, 2022COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON COMMITS $320,000 IN CAPITAL FUNDS FOR NEW SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE
October 26, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: CITY COUNCIL RETURNS TO FALL SESSION, COUNCIL PRESIDENT ISSUES WRITS FOR TWO MORE SPECIAL ELECTIONS
September 15, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON WILL HOST A SERIES OF PROPERTY TAX WORKSHOPS TO HELP SECOND COUNCIL DISTRICT RESIDENTS REDUCE THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS
September 14, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON STATEMENT ON THE SHOOTING DURING THE WELCOME AMERICA FIREWORKS CELEBRATION
July 5, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON STATEMENT ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNING ROE VS. WADE
June 26, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL APPROVES FY2023 BUDGET, MEMBERS HINT AT FALL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
June 24, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON AND COMMUNITY GROUPS URGE FINAL PASSAGE OF HIS “SAVE OUR HOMES” PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PLAN
June 22, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL COMMITTEE GIVES PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO FY2023 BUDGET; COUNCIL WELCOMES NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER
June 16, 2022COUNCIL COMMITTEE GIVES FIRST APPROVAL TO FY2023 BUDGET, TAKES STEPS TO MITIGATE PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS; INVESTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS
June 15, 2022CITY OFFICIALS, SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCE FUNDING TO INSTALL AT LEAST 100 SECURITY CAMERAS NEAR SCHOOLS IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE
June 13, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: AS NATIONAL AND LOCAL TRAGEDIES MOUNT, LEADERS SEEK SOLUTIONS TO RISING GUN VIOLENCE
June 9, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: MEMBERS PROPOSE NEW LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS CITY WORKER SHORTAGES, PROPERTY TAX CONCERNS
May 26, 2022STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE, AVI MONITORING GROUP AND CITY COUNCIL ON ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OPA ON PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS
May 3, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCILMEMBERS PUT QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER
March 21, 2022Councilmember Gym Announces Legislation to Give Back More than $1 Million Annually to Youth in Foster Care
March 17, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BILLS TO ADDRESS LEAD CONTAMINATION IN SCHOOLS, QUANTIFY UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
March 10, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL GIVES PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO REDISTRICTING PLANS; MEMBERS ANNOUNCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIONS
February 3, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON ANNOUNCES CONFIRMATION OF ADARA COMBS AS THE FIRST PHILADELPHIA VICTIM ADVOCATE
January 31, 2022WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL OPENS 2022 WITH REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION; HENON RESIGNS FOLLOWING 2021 CONVICTION
January 20, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON CALLS ON THE U.S. SENATE TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT AND THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT
January 20, 2022COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON ISSUES STATEMENT ON PHILADELPHIA SETTING AN ALL-TIME HOMICIDE RATE IN 2021
January 3, 2022COUNCILMEMBER JAMIE GAUTHIER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF CITY-OWNED VACANT LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES AND GARDENS
December 16, 2021COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON GETS APPROVAL OF LEGISLATION TO EXAMINE THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE IN PHILADELPHIA
December 14, 2021COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO EXAMINE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING BY CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AGENCIES
December 6, 2021COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON SAYS PHILADELPHIA’S GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM IS A MORAL, ECONOMIC, RACIAL AND HUMAN CRISIS
November 24, 2021COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON CONGRATULATES SEPTA AND TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION LOCAL 234 FOR REACHING A TENTATIVE TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT, AVOIDING A STRIKE
October 29, 2021WEEKLY REPORT: ONE YEAR LATER, CITY SETTLES WITH FAMILY OF WALTER WALLACE, COMMITS TO SPECIFIC POLICE REFORMS
October 28, 2021WEEKLY REPORT: VIOLENCE REDUCTION REMAINS A TOP COUNCIL PRIORITY FOLLOWING INCIDENTS NEAR SCHOOLS, ON SEPTA
October 21, 2021COUNCILMEMBER HELEN GYM CALLS FOR A COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS FOR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH
October 7, 2021WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL REACTS TO SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT’S PLANNED DEPARTURE
September 30, 2021CITY COUNCIL URGES CONGRESS TO END FORCED LABOR IN PRISONS BY STRIKING THE SLAVERY CLAUSE FROM THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
September 23, 2021MAYOR KENNEY SIGNS COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON’S PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PREVAILING WAGE BILL THAT WILL HELP WORKERS RECEIVE LIVING WAGES AND QUALITY HEALTHCARE
September 17, 2021COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON HONORS WURD RADIO OWNER/FOUNDER WALTER P LOMAX, JR., M.D. WITH RENAMING OF THE 1800 BLOCK OF WHARTON STREET IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
August 27, 2021CITY OF PHILADELPHIA OPENS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS TO ESTABLISH THREE COMMUNITY EVENING RESOURCE CENTERS
August 5, 2021COUNCILMEMBER KENYATTA JOHNSON PRESENTS A $100,000 CHECK TO THE MARIAN ANDERSON HOUSE AND MUSEUM IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
July 29, 2021COUNCIL APPROVES COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON’S CHRISTIAN STREET/BLACK DOCTORS ROW DEMOLITION MORATORIUM BILL
June 25, 2021WEEKLY REPORT: COUNCIL GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO FY2022 BUDGET CENTERED ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION, POVERTY REDUCTION
June 25, 2021