City Council
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Sep- 2019 -20 September#NNPA BlackPress
Board Approves New Sidewalk Encroachment Policies for Further Consideration
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Board of Public Works today approved changes to a policy that would require people…
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12 September#NNPA BlackPress
Councilman Koretz not a fan of extended bar hours
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The bill, SB 58, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would create a five-year pilot program…
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8 September#NNPA BlackPress
BCRI gets 17 new board members with Angela Davis fiasco behind
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Following backlash from a decision to rescind an invitation to civil rights activist Angela Davis, the Birmingham Civil…
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4 September#NNPA BlackPress
Whittier approves public artwork for York Field
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The City Council Aug. 27 approved the Cultural Arts Commission’s June 24 recommendation for an Art in…
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Aug- 2019 -27 August#NNPA BlackPress
Black Workers Call for City Council Summit on Discrimination in Hiring on City Projects
OAKLAND POST — African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that has been presented to the City…
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22 August#NNPA BlackPress
Rally Scheduled in New York to Rename Street After Obama
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We request the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block…
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17 August#NNPA BlackPress
Birmingham City Council approves $9M for 15 new buses to connect neighborhoods
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The City Council voted Tuesday on an agreement with the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA) to…
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17 August#NNPA BlackPress
Birmingham Promise Education program exceeded expectations, city officials say
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Birmingham Promise Initiative, launched this summer to build pathways into quality jobs for Birmingham City School…
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4 AugustArt
City Re-Establishes the Cultural Affairs Commission
OAKLAND POST — On July 16, the Oakland City Council passed an ordinance that re-established the Cultural Affairs Commission. This…
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Jul- 2019 -31 JulyBirmingham Times
City Council Approves Mayor’s $451M Budget for FY20
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — More than two months after Mayor Randall Woodfin presented his fiscal 2020 budget and three weeks after the…
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