city council
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Shifting all of them to electric power would be the same as taking around 30,000 cars off the road annually, according to the city council, but costs and infrastructure challenges lie ahead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
One instance of enforcement occurred in 2006, when a former city council field deputy reported her Sherman Oaks neighbors for having basketball hoops near their curbs, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Lehigh Acres, which has no mayor or city council and relies on Lee County for services, is straining to keep up with its growth, said Welch, the chamber-of-commerce head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In the 1938 municipal elections, she writes, the Bund was “the most popular Jewish party in Poland,” gaining 16 of the 19 seats won by Jewish parties on Warsaw’s city council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He’d been elected to the city council two years before, on his second attempt, and there was rampant talk of a run against the mayor in the next Democratic primary.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
