city council

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Residents learned of the project just nine days before a scheduled city council vote in mid-February.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Its chairwoman said at a city council meeting in March that her staff had been “unfairly vilified.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

They had now been in and out of courtrooms, in city council meetings; they had been demonized by friends and local activists.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

At the city council meeting, however, critics during public comment pointed out that no housing has actually been built under the provision, so there likely won’t be any built under the newly adopted strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

An elderly man making a complaint to the city council one day in September said he had given documents to a city employee to copy for presentation to the council.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger