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To honor Tony Robinson and others with connections to Willy St who have lost their lives through violence. The mural and mosaic will be on the back of the Social Justice Center.

Something for everyone on here. I'll do a quick recap of the issues so you can see how much is going on at the city . . . with not many paying attention. Sadly, when you look at where our money is going, and the time, effort and energy of the staff, elected officials and others - its to accommodate developers. Not so much on equity and poverty. Here's a snap shot of why, and why the budget is so important to changing our ways.

19 meetings, 8 before 4:00, 2 after 5:30. Not good for community participation - assuming they want that. Not.

28 meetings, three meetings start after 5:30 . . . 8 meetings start before 4:00. Public testimony unfriendly.

Affordable housing trust fund? Meh. Who needs it?!?!?!?!?!?!

Without people educating people and helping them through the process, no one will file complaints! A landlord's dream. An equity, social and racial justice nightmare. Tenant Resource Center refers to the Fair Housing Center all the time, they are the experts in a complex area of the law. We need them! Please call your representatives.

Lots going on, little time, so catching up with lots of things all at once! Arranged by when things are happening, but the end has a random round up of not time specific items.

If we can quantify the returns to the state for an $80 million investment in a sports arena, why isn't it possible, with "big data" technology, to insist on obtaining a similar metric before approving $1.3 billion of highway bonding in the Governor's proposed budget?

This as good as I could do while sitting there. Updates coming.

Lots of ALRC recommendations that are new . . ..

A 4-4 vote. Since it ties, it fails. 4 quick observations this morning.

Only 4 meetings during the day, but only 11 meetings this week.