The officer will be responsible for “fostering greater policy and operational coordination across city departments and sister agencies” to tackle the crisis, the mayor’s office said. The move comes a day ahead of a public hearing before the City Council on the mayor’s proposal to raise the real estate transfer tax on high-end home sales to create dedicated funding to combat homelessness.
This is the city going down the path of San Francisco with a Homeless Industrial Complex.
San Francisco spends 10x of ANY city in the country, that’s where this is headed.
Riverbender
2 years ago
A new tax and a new patronage hiring event. Who says nothing new happens in Chicago?
Giddyap
2 years ago
Another do nothing bureaucratic political dumping ground
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Once again, why has Chicago only spent 15% of it’s fed COVID funds dedicated to homelessness??
https://illinoisanswers.org/2023/08/10/chicago-homeless-people-city-spent-15-percent-52-million-federal-money/
Let the Boondoggle begin!!!
This is the city going down the path of San Francisco with a Homeless Industrial Complex.
San Francisco spends 10x of ANY city in the country, that’s where this is headed.
A new tax and a new patronage hiring event. Who says nothing new happens in Chicago?
Another do nothing bureaucratic political dumping ground