Their passage gives Johnson much-needed money to continue the daily churn of migrant caretaking while adding a sprawling pool of cash to spend on housing, job growth and cultural projects.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stands before the Chicago City Council on April 19, 2024, as they consider his $1.25 billion bond proposal. Mayor Brandon Johnson scored two major victories Friday as the Chicago City Council passed his $1.25 billion bond plan and a $70 million migrant package.
The effort helped the funding pass in a 30 to 18 vote. Still, the fissures of a council bitterly divided shone bright as the legislation crossed the finish line. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent thousands of migrants to Chicago via bus and plane, Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th, said. Politically-motivated migrant shipments will ramp up before the Democratic National Convention whether the city has money to pay for care or not, he said.
Ald. Bill Conway, 34th, proposed lowering the plan’s total amount to $750 million, a halfway-measure between the $350 million he proposed last week and Johnson’s own proposal. Moments later, Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, repeated an effort to lower the threshold at which bond-backed projects would require the City Council’s approval from $5 million to $1 million. Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th, later proposed a $2.5 million threshold. All three motions failed.
The bevy of attempted amendments reminded Vice Mayor Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, of the infamous “Council Wars” of the mid-1980s, when a bloc of white aldermen attempted to stymie every effort made by Mayor Harold Washington, he said.
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