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To: Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Chicago 2021 Budget
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has magnified many of the structural inequities that underlie the greatest challenges our communities face. From public health and safety to affordable housing and economic opportunity, COVID has created unprecedented hardships in our communities to which the City Council and the City’s Budget for 2021 must be responsive.
Why is this important?
It is the duty of our elected officials to bring a visionary response that is compassionate and bold and that addresses long-term inequities. For months, Chicagoans
have participated in demonstrations which aimed to make our wishes abundantly clear. We demand a reimagining of public safety, which prioritizes holistic services and programs that address both the immediate and the long-term needs of the community, rather than continuing to pour our tax dollars into the Chicago Police Department.
Second, the economic hardships residents face are as varied and diverse as our city. Our City Council must protect public sector jobs, address the needs of our housing insecure and homeless residents, increase investment in equity, and avoid property tax increases.
Finally, City Council must continue to pursue and develop progressive revenue sources that will be vital to accomplish all of the above. I stand in solidarity with other Chicagoans and the Chicago Progressive Caucus which aims to address the needs of the 2021 Budget through bold measures which will help, not hurt, our communities.
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