The city leased the vacant warehouse last year and undertook renovations to accommodate up to 200 people. Two neighbors filed a lawsuit in October 2023, arguing the city had violated neighbors’ due process rights by relying on a state disaster proclamation to skirt normal zoning and construction laws for shelter. The lawsuit is still pending, with a hearing scheduled for next month.
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.