Tessa Weinberg | WBEZ
Tessa Weinberg
The report from advocates for unhoused people comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson seeks to raise a tax on high-end property sales to fund services for unhoused people.
El grupo de residentes de Chicago que coordina comidas, duchas y ropa para los migrantes sabe que esto es solo el comienzo de un viaje mucho más largo para ellos: buscar el estatus de asilo.
As of last week, more than 770 people were staying in police stations in Chicago and three dozen were at O’Hare Airport, waiting for a spot in shelters already housing more than 5,260 people.
The middle child in a family of 10 children, Johnson grew up in a three-bedroom Elgin home with parents who were pastors and also foster parents. After his mother died, Johnson helped to carry the ministry forward. “This is really a faith walk,” he says of his run for mayor.
Despite following very different paths, both now have their sights trained on Chicago’s City Hall.
Under state law, local governments can prohibit video gambling machines from operating at restaurants or bars within their city limits. But both mayoral candidates favor lifting Chicago’s longstanding ban on the machines.
Brandon Johnson is proposing a slew of new revenues, mostly new taxes on big businesses. Paul Vallas promises to use budgetary acumen to work within the existing budget’s bounds. Neither plan is failsafe, experts say.
Hasta el martes en la noche, Vallas había obtenido el 35% de los votos, Johnson el 20% y Lightfoot el 16%. El congresista Jesús “Chuy” García ocupó el cuarto lugar con el 14% de los votos.