The Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine had anticipated over 10,000 participants at the rally, drawing people from across the Midwest.

“Guaranteed income fits squarely into the mayor’s thinking and vision around addressing root causes” of poverty, Ameya Pawar, senior adviser for the Economic Security Project, said. He added that Johnson’s administration is working through the numbers of the possible program. The pilot was funded with federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds, and it provided 5,000 residents with $500 for a year with no strings attached.

Evanston landlords launched a broad attack Tuesday night on proposed landlord tenant ordinance revisions they say would make it nearly impossible to evict disruptive tenants. The new rules would sharply restrict the right of landlords to not renew a lease at the end of its one-year term.