>> HEY THERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

>> WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION, THERE'S DICTATORSHIP.

>> WEST SIDE RESIDENTS PUSHED BACK ON A PLAN TO CONVERT THE FIELD HOUSE INTO A MIGRANT SHELTER.

AND THE TIME IS NOW TO BRING CHICAGO HOME.

A CONTROVERSIAL TAX PROPOSAL TO HELP HOUSE CHICAGO'S HOMELESS POPULATION RAISES TENSIONS INSIDE CITY HALL.

>> WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

MODERN PROBLEMS WITH OUR MODERN SOLUTIONS.

>> AND ONE ON ONE WITH CHICAGO, NATIVE AND CREATOR OF THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES.

YOUNG LOVE.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, RESIDENTS OF SOUTH SHORE AND OTHER SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY TO STOP HOUSING MIGRANTS IN PUBLIC SPACES.

THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAYING THEY WANT THE CITY TO STOP HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS IN LOCATIONS LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARKS AND POLICE STATIONS.

>> SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS STOPS.

WE'RE THEY HAVE THESE DUE DILIGENCE MEETINGS IN COMMUNITIES WITH DECISION OF ALREADY BEEN MADE ABOUT THE USE OF THOSE THEY ACTUALLY WELL, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO THAT.

WE FORCE THEM TO STOP FLAGRANTLY PUDDING.

ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ALREADY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THESE SPACES THAT ARE YOU SCORE BY YOU, THAT ELDERLY.

>> AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE IMPACT THE MIGRANT CRISIS IS HAVING ON BLACK RESIDENTS COMING UP.

THE OFT EMBATTLED HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ANNOUNCES HE'LL BE LEAVING THE POST AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER APPOINTED MARK SMITH TO THE JOB IN SPRING 2019.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS SMITH PRIORITIZED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES GREW FUNDING FOR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS AND INCREASED STAFFING TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 15 YEARS FOR THE AGENCY.

BUT SMITH WAS REPEATEDLY HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR FAILING TO ADEQUATELY HOUSE CHILDREN IN DCFS CUSTODY.

AND JUST LAST WEEK, A STATE AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT FOUND LAPSES IN TIMELY REPORTING OF SUSPECTED ABUSE AMONG OTHER CRITICISMS.

SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SEPTEMBER IN CHICAGO, ACCORDING TO THE CPD LATEST DATA, THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS OF 2023 SHOW HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS DOWN MORE THAN 10% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR WITH 45 HOMICIDES IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S 12% LOWER THAN SEPTEMBER 2022.

SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 13% COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE CITY HAS SEEN INCREASES, THOUGH, IN ROBBERIES, AGGRAVATED BATTERIES AND A CRIMINAL ASSAULTS.

NASCAR IS TAKING ANOTHER LAP IN CHICAGO.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ANNOUNCES NASCAR STREET RACE WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO GRANT PARK NEXT JULY.

IN A STATEMENT, JOHNSON SAYS RACE OFFICIALS AGREED TO SHORTEN THE EVENTS SET UP AND TEAR DOWN WINDOWS AND TO COVER THE COST FOR THE CITY OF STAGING THE RACE.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS CITY TOURISM OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THE INAUGURAL RACE ADDED 109 MILLION DOLLARS TO CHICAGO'S ECONOMY YEAR.

CHICAGO ICON AND MUSIC TEACHER TO THE STARS.

REVEREND DOCTOR LEANA MCLIN HAS DIED.

MCLEAN WAS A LONGTIME CHOIR DIRECTOR AT KENWOOD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, INCLUDING SHOCK ON MANDY PATINKIN.

AND JENNIFER HUDSON TO NAME A FEW USES.

SHE WAS ALSO THE NIECE OF THOMAS DORSEY, KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC.

MCLIN WAS 95.

AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO STATISTICIAN IS AMONG THE LATEST CLASS OF GENIUSES DUBBED BY THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, 40 YEAR-OLD REENA FOR WILL.

BARBER HAS DEVELOPED TOOLS THAT TEST THE ACCURACY OF PREDICTIONS MADE BY MACHINE LEARNING ON LARGE AND COMPLEX DATA SETS FOR THE BARBER IS ONE OF 20 RECIPIENTS THAT WILL RECEIVE $800,000 TO SPEND OVER 5 YEARS.

HOWEVER, THEY CHOOSE.

CONGRATS TO THE GENIUSES.

UP NEXT, COMMUNITY REACTION TO THE CITY'S HANDLING OF THE ONGOING MIGRANT CRISIS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 5TH 3005TH BANK.

AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> 3RD, WE BELIEVE WOULD DIVERSE VOICES ARE HEARD AND EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER A BETTER FUTURE HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO.

TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> CITY OFFICIALS WERE MET WITH ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AT LAST NIGHT'S COMMUNITY MEETING AMID A PLAN TO CONVERT THE AHMANSON PARK FIELD HOUSE INTO A MIGRANT SHELTER.

WEST SIDE RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR CURRENT PROGRAMMING AT THE FIELD HOUSE AND THE SHORT NOTICE IT MARKS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF CONTENTIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACROSS THE CITY AS OFFICIALS WORK TO FIND HOUSING FOR THE INFLUX OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS SENT FROM THE BORDER.

JOINING US WITH REACTION ON THIS AND MORE ARE SERENA SMITH MEMBERS, PRESIDENT OF THE QUINCY STRONG BLOCK CLUB AND AN AUSTIN RESIDENT.

CHERYL MILLER, HEALTH JUSTICE ORGANIZER OF SOUTHSIDE TOGETHER, ORGANIZING FOR POWER, KNOWN AS STOP AND ALDERMAN CHRIS TALIAFERRO OF THE 20TH WARD, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF AUSTIN, MONTCLAIR AND BELMONT CRAIGAN.

THANKS TO ALL 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

ALDERMAN WANT TO START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

BECAUSE THE AHMANSON PARK FIELD HOUSE IS IN YOUR WARD.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THIS PLAN?

YOU CAN.

WHEN I FIRST ABOUT HEARD ABOUT IT, BRANDIES AT, YOU IN FROM THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF THAT THIS COULD NOT HAPPEN.

THEN.

>> I STRONGLY OBJECTED TO IT.

THERE WAS NO PROCESS WHATSOEVER.

FOR ME TO ENGAGE FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY IN THAT AREA ON PARK.

SO I WAS OUTRAGE AND I JOIN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR FIGHT TO KEEP THIS FIELD HOUSE OPEN.

>> WE MENTIONED THAT WAS VERY SHORT NOTICE AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A WESTSIDE RESIDENT WHO EXPRESSED HER CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF AMUNDSEN PARK LAST NIGHT.

>> WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION, THERE'S DICTATORSHIP AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

IT MAKE US LOOK LIKE WE DON'T CARE IF THE PEOPLE AND WE DO.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU WORK ALL YOUR LIFE IN THIS CITY AND YOU WROTE AND YOU RETIRE, THEN YOU HAVE AN AUDI WHICH IS EUROPE HAD DISTRICT.

THEN YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER.

WE ACT AND ACT TAX PARKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> CERTAINLY THIS MONTH MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WHAT IS THIS FIELDHOUSE MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY?

>> PROMISE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL JUST SPEAKING OF THE BLACK PART OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH IN AUSTIN.

I'M A RESIDENT AND A CONSTITUENT OF ALL OF US HOW THE PHARAOH.

>> IT MEANS SO MUCH SO THAT PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY PROGRAMS FOR NOT JUST OUR YOUTH >> MOTHERS, OUR PARENTS, OUR SENIORS, AND THAT COMMUNITY IS PREDOMINANTLY HOME OWNERSHIP.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

THEY'VE INVESTED THEIR OWN MONEY AND TIME INTO THAT PART BY AIR CONDITIONERS, PROVIDING UNIFORMS FOR THE THE KIDS PROGRAMS, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT COLUMBUS PARK DOESN'T HAP WHAT I'M CLOSE TO MY DAUGHTER GOES OVER TO THAT PART.

JUST THE ONE THAT TRACK IT'S SAFER THAN COLUMBUS PARK, WHICH IS NOW A HOMELESS TENT SHELTER FOR A LOT OF OUR VETERANS IN CHICAGO.

HOMELESS PEOPLE.

SO THAT PARK IS A HUB TO THE AUSTIN BLACK AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE GO TO VOTE IT AS WELL TO ELECT DALEK THAT OFFICIALS SO MEANS A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS A LOT.

>> I'M CHERYL MILLER.

WE SAW SIMILAR COMMUNITY REACTION IN WOODLAWN WHEN UNDER THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION THERE'S AN ATTEMPT CONVERT WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY.

THE FORMER WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY INTO A SHELTER FOR THE NEW ARRIVALS.

WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE SEEING THIS?

THE FROM THE COMMUNITIES WHEN THIS HAPPENS?

>> WELL, AND IN TERMS WANTS WORSE, PEOPLE THERE A LOT OF CONCERN BECAUSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FORCED TO THE TURNED A COMMUNITY CENTER.

IT WAS VERY UNPOPULAR.

RAHM EMANUEL'S DECISION TO CLOSE LOTS EARTH WAS A VERY UNPOPULAR SO I AND I THINK THAT.

THE WAY THE SET UP IS PEOPLE DO END UP BEING PITTED COMMUNITIES, END UP BEING PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER AROUND ISSUES OF RESOURCES.

>> ALDERMAN, WHAT ARE YOU NOW HEARING FROM MAYOR JOHNSON AND HIS ADMINISTRATION ON THIS FOR A MONTH AND PARK FIELD HOUSE?

>> WHY?

I THINK THE THE MAYOR HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY THEY ARE.

AND WHEN I SAY TODAY THAT THE MIGRANTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE BECOMING TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO, IN FACT, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 12 BUSES TODAY.

AND IF YOU LOOK MULTIPLY THAT BY 50 AND THEN WE'RE GETTING ON AVERAGE 40 TO 50 BUSES EVERY WEEK.

THE MAYOR HAS A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY IN.

I REMEMBER BRIDGES AND I'LL SAY THIS VERY QUICKLY.

WHEN I MY FIRST CHILD WAS BORN.

MY WIFE AND I AND NO IDEA ON HOW TO BE PARENTS OTHER THAN WHAT WE READ.

AND WE TOOK A CHILD HOME WONDERING, OK, WHAT NEXT?

IN THE SAME WAY, MAYOR JOHNSON HAS A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY IN CARING FOR FOLKS THAT COME INTO CHICAGO, NOT ONLY JUST CARING FOR THEM, BUT THEIR SAFETY.

THERE WILL BE IN THEIR SECURITY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ABOUT UTILIZING PUBLIC SPACES TO HOUSE THEM IN TO SHELTER HIM.

YOU CAN'T TAKE IT.

A VALUABLE RESOURCE FROM ONE COMMUNITY.

A COMMUNITY THAT RICHLY DESERVES THAT RESOURCE.

TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

SO I I UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDERSTAND THE COMPASSION AND HOW WE MUST LEAD WITH COMPASSION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WHERE DEMOCRACY RULES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND HOW WE MOVE.

>> THIS IS OUR LAND.

AND HOW DO YOU THINK THE CITY COULD BATTLE BETTER HANDLE CARING FOR THE MIGRANTS WITHOUT CREATING THE SENSE OF DIVISION THAT THAT COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING.

CREATING A SENSE OF DIVISION.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WANT TO CREATE RIOT SIMILAC COMMUNITIES AMONG RACE RACE RIOTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF.

INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PEOPLE TO.

LET'S BE CLEAR THERE.

PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER IN THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM.

WHEN THE PEOPLE HERE IN THESE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THE MIGRANTS, IT DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM ANY LONGER.

>> THEY'VE RAISED OUR PROPERTY TAXES.

THEY HAVE RAISED OUR FUEL, OUR GROCERIES, THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS A FOOD DESERT.

LET'S BE CLEAR.

THEY CLOSE SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE LAST 50 SCHOOL CLOSING.

THE ALDERMEN KNOWLES.

CRIME IS RAMPANT IN THE 20TH WARD.

A LOT OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HEAR, SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT THAT THAT THAT ARE NOT BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE POLICE DON'T SHOW UP TO THE CRIME.

THEY'RE BEING BABYSITTERS RIGHT NOW IN THE 15TH DISTRICT TO SO WATCHING JUST OVER C MIGRANTS.

THE RESOURCES WAS THE CALL TO POLICE FOR OUR BASICS.

CITIES AND SAFETY IS NO LONGER THERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, IF THEY CONTINUE TO TAKE RESOURCES FROM ANY MORE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THE LATINO COMMUNITY DON'T EVEN WANT THE MIGRANTS THERE.

THEY'RE PITTING PEOPLE AGAINST PEOPLE FO THE B BARE MINIMUM.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ALREADY IN THE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE OUR TAXES AND PUT IT ON THE BACKBONE OF THE CHICAGO ONCE.

GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE.

WE NEED MORE CITY SERVICES.

WE NEED COPS.

AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS PUT THEM DOWNTOWN.

AND IN THE OLD FEDERAL BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL WHERE THE MAYOR AND HIS WHOLE TEAM WHO SEEMS TO HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT INVOLVE ANY BY PUTTING ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW, 500 MILLION BACK FROM JB PRITZKER TO FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

CHERYL MILLER, HOW DO YOU THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE HANDLED US ALL ONE?

I THINK >> THE CITY HAS ALONG GOVERNOR PRITZKER HAS STARTED TO MAKE DEMANDS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE.

AMOUNT THAT THE THE ADMINISTRATION IS GIVEN TOWARDS REALLY RESOLVING THIS IS NOT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

AND I'M ALSO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PRIOR VENEZUELANS CALMING.

THERE ARE COMMON.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A MOVEMENT IN VENEZUELA, THE RIGHT TO STAY.

WE NEED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COULD IN THIS CRISIS BY LETTING UP ON SANCTIONS THAT ARE DESTROYING VENEZUELA AND FOR SAYING PEOPLE OUT.

SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKING THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AND AND GIVING US THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO HANDLE WHAT'S HAPPENING AS WELL AS THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

THAT ALDERMAN WE KNOW THE MAYOR HAS SIGNED A 29 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TO BUILD THE SO-CALLED TENT CITY TO HOUSE MIGRANTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN POLICE STATIONS.

>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE?

WHAT WHAT COULD THE CITY BE TAILING VETERAN DIFFERENTLY?

RANDY'S?

THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING SO MANY MIGRANTS ESPECIALLY GOING ON OUR WINTER MONTHS VERY SOON.

WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION.

I DISAGREE WITH USING TENSE, BUT THAT MAY BE THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US.

AND THAT'S HEATED YURTS OR HEATED TENTS.

AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF NECESSITY AT THIS POINT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PUBLIC FACILITIES TO HOUSE A MAN UNLESS WE CLOSE DOWN EVERY SINGLE SUPPORT THAT CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE JUST AS NEW YORK HANDS WE ARE MOVING OUT OF NECESSITY RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH 3 OR 4 MONTHS AWAY FROM EXTREME COLD WEATHER.

WHERE DO WE PUT THEM?

IN THE MEANTIME?

>> OKAY.

I'M SURE THAT IS THE SEVERAL 100 MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS TO ANSWER.

ALDERMAN CHRIS TALIAFERRO AND THAT YOU'VE GOT A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT YOU'RE GETTING TO SAY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US EARLY THIS MONTH.

MEMBERS AND SEAN MILLER, THANKS TO BOTH FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, A CONTROVERSIAL TAX PROPOSAL CLEARS A KEY HURDLE INSIDE CITY HALL.

>> SHARON WITH THAT STORY NEXT.

THE PROPOSAL KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME CLEARED A KEY HURDLE AT TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE PLAN WOULD HIKE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES TO HELP FIGHT HOMELESSNESS AND TODAY'S ACTION MOVE THAT PROPOSAL A STEP CLOSER TO THE MARCH BALLOT, BUT NOT WITHOUT THINGS GETTING HEATED.

HERE'S SOME OF THE DEBATE.

>> BRING CHICAGO HOME IS A BLANK CHECK TO INCREASE TAXES ON BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT A TRANSPARENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO.

IT.

>> THESE LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN RAISING RIGHT WAY BEFORE BRING CHICAGO HOME WAS INTRODUCED.

OKAY.

>> IT IS NOT THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT SOME BOOING HEADER.

SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE HAD TO REMIND US WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD DO.

SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU SELL A PROPERTY WORTH $300,000 YOU'LL PAY THE SAME REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAXES.

SOMEBODY WHO SELLS THE PROPERTY WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.

SO SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROPOSAL SAY THAT IS NOT FAIR AND IT'S NOT EQUITABLE.

SO THEY WANT TO RAISE THE TAXES ON THOSE MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY IS AND LOWER THE TAXES FOR PROPERTIES THAT SELL FOR LESS AND THAT WILL CREATE ABOUT 100 MILLION DOLLAR FUND THAT MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL USE TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS TO GET PEOPLE INTO SHELTER AND TO HELP CARE FOR MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID AGAIN TODAY THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT, THOUGH, THAT HE HAD ENOUGH SUPPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT THIS QUESTION TO VOTERS.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD YOU.

>> 68,000 PEOPLE ARE ON THE HOUSE AND THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.

EVERYONE AGREES.

AND SO OF COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PUSHING POOL.

THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY DOES.

>> NOW, THE NUMBER OF ON HOW CHICAGOANS IS GROWING, HEATHER, WHY IS THAT?

ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THIS PROPOSAL, THE CHICAGO'S HOMELESSNESS HOMELESS POPULATION HAS RISEN 4% IN 2021.

FULLY MORE THAN HALF OF ALL UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN CHICAGO ARE BLACK AND ANOTHER 30% OF LATINO AND BRANDON JOHNSON WAS ELECTED ON A PLATFORM THAT PROMISED TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THAT SORT OF RACIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITY.

AND HE SAYS THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

OF COURSE, IT'S BEEN COMPLICATED BY THE DEBATE THAT YOU JUST HAD OVER THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE NOW CERTAIN ADDING TO THAT HOUSING SHORTAGE IN CRISIS.

AND IT HAS REALLY COMPLICATED EVERYTHING AS IT PUTTING THIS IN THE HANDS OF VOTERS, THOUGH.

THAT'S ALSO COMPLICATED.

WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP?

WHAT NOW?

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE TO PUT IT TO VOTERS IN THE MARCH PRIMARY BALLOT AND WHETHER THEY WILL ACTUALLY DO SO IS THE NEXT MAJOR QUESTION.

THE DEBATE IS GOING TO BE FIERCE AS SORT OF THE BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZES IT AGAINST AS THE PROGRESSIVE COALITION SORT OF SEES THIS AS A MAJOR SORT OF FIGHT.

ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 2018 AND WAS BLOCKED THROUGHOUT THE TENURE AS MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT PAY MORE TO COME.

HAVE A SHARON.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS.

BRANDIS.

AND YOU CAN READ HEADERS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S WTW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, CHICAGO NATIVE MATTHEW, A CHERRY ON HIS NEW ANIMATED SERIES.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE BELOVED OSCAR-WINNING ANIMATED SHORT FILM HAIR LOVE.

IT'S CENTERED AROUND A BLACK FATHER NAVIGATING HOW TO CARE FOR HIS DAUGHTER ZURI AND HER HAIR.

FILMMAKER MATTHEW, A CHEERY EXPANDED ON THAT SHORT FILM BY CREATING YOUNG LOVE FEATURING SURREY AND HER FAMILY LIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO.

HERE'S A LOOK.

>> WE ARE I KNOW WITHIN A TWO-HOUR WAIT, ZING, YOU DO NOT NEED WIND.

YOU CAN YOUR HEAD AND NOW.

>> THE TRUCK WAS JUST TRYING YOU ARE READY FOR THAT RED CARPET GUERRERO.

>> WREG'S SHAY THE LOOKING FABULOUS EVER TOO.

AND LOOK OVER THERE.

IT'S YOUR AS YOUR HEATING WITH ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT HAIRSTYLES I'D EVER SEE.

WAIT, WHAT IS THIS?

>> AND JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON HIS NEW SERIES IS CHICAGO NATIVE MATTHEW, A CHERRY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME.

>> YOUNG LOVE IT SET ON THE WEST SIDE, SPECIFICALLY WEST WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, BOTH MY SIZE AND MY FAMILY ARE THE WEST SIDE OF A CHICAGO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN IT COMES TO CHICAGO REPRESENTATION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CHICAGO, NORMALLY THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE GET ALL THE REPRESENTATION.

SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO HONOR MY FAMILY KIND OF THE LIFE THAT AND TAKE THAT THEY LIVED AND KIND OF HOW THEY HAD TO STRUGGLE AND COME YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO SHOW LOVE TO THE WEST SIDE TO, OF COURSE, THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WESTSIDE CHICAGOANS YOU KNOW, IT WILL RESONATE WITH THEM.

BUT IN WHAT WAYS ARE YOU HOPING THE SERIES MIGHT RESONATE WITH NON CHICAGOANS?

>> YOU KNOW, WHICH IS RELATED WILL YOU KNOW, CHICAGO'S WERE IMPROVED.

BUT WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO SET IN THE HARD WORK AND CITY CODE IS REPRESENTED THOSE STRONG MIDWESTERN VALUES.

>> SHOWS ABOUT A YOUNG MILLENNIAL COUPLE IN A STEVEN ANGELA, WE'RE JUST COMING UP THIS HEALTH-CARE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE MIX THERE.

26 YEARS OLD AND THE OF THIS YOUNG DAUGHTER THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BE PRESIDENT FOR.

SO THEY'RE BOTH TRYING TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS, BUT ARE ALSO WE TURN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING THEIR DAUGHTER A GOOD LIFE, TOO.

SO IT'S A NEW CHARACTERS THE READY TO FIND.

AND HARRY LINICK CHICAGO ZONE ALSO STARTED.

HIS NEW CHARACTERS IS A JURY'S GRANDPARENTS.

AND WE HAVE TEAM ARE CRACKS IN ITS EARLY ROUNDS.

SO THIS REALLY DO SHOW THIS FUNDING FUN, FUN COMEDY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

>> SO GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WITH HAIR LOVE, YOU FIT A LOT OF STORY AND A LOT OF EMOTION INTO JUST A FEW MINUTES.

HOW DID YOU GET?

HAHA?

>> YOU JUST THE POWER OF ANIMATION, YOU KNOW, GOT A GREAT TEAM GOT A NEW NEW, A STORY.

WE WANTED TO TELL HIM NEW.

YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAIRSTYLE THAT JURY WANTED TO THE SUPER IMPACTFUL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE MOM KIND OF LOST ALL HER HAIR DEALING WITH CHEMO WITH SOME I'VE SEEN BEFORE.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE THE BIG JOB IN JUST HOW IMPACTFUL, YOU KNOW, HAIR IS TO BUY PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY IN JUST FELT LIKE A REALLY GREAT PART OF THE STORY TO GOING TO DROP IN ON THIS FAMILY.

AND NOW SHE'S FEELING BETTER AND GET BACK TO WORK IN THE SHOW.

>> I'M HERE.

LOVE WAS BORN OUT OF WANTING TO PROMOTE HAIR AMONG YOUNG, YOU KNOW, MEN AND WOMEN COLORED WOMEN OF COLOR, YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW MUCH OF OUR HAIR IS WRAPPED UP IN OUR IDENTITY AS BLACK PEOPLE.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALL OF IT.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SHOW WE REALLY TRY TO SHOWCASE JUST BEFORE RANGE, YOU KNOW, FROM PEOPLE WITH, YOU KNOW, NATURAL CUTS TO LOGS TO NO HAIR, YOU KNOW, DO WE EASE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN?

THAT JUST MAKES US WHO WE ARE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY AND GIVE YOU THE FULL CONFIDENCE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL >> DID YOU DID YOU EVER THINK THERE'S SORT OF A LACK OF IN WHAT WE SEE ON TELEVISION AND IN THE MEDIA AND MOVIES WITH REGARDS TO HER HAIR.

>> YEAH, FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY COULD HAVE A MOVEMENT IN THE 80'S.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN HAIR AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CONFORM A LITTLE BIT TO THE BEAUTY STANDARDS.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF HEAT THAT PEOPLE CAUGHT, YOU KNOW, ROCK AND AFROS BACK IN THE 70'S AND THINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS ALL EVOLUTION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING TALENT.

BETTER ROCKING THESE NATURAL HAIRSTYLES.

THESE GOING TO BE RIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT AND JUST COOL TO SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CROWN ACT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THESE MOVEMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO BE WHO WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN RELAX AND WORK A CERTAIN JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, WASN'T LIKE THAT.

ALWAYS LIKE EVEN CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE LIKE TURN THAT HE'LL BE MAKING GRADUATED.

THEY ANSWERED HAIRSTYLES A BREAK.

SO IT'S JUST CRAZY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY THERE'S BEEN A TENSION MADE TO IT.

SO NOW WE CAN GET BACK TO BEING OURSELVES.

YEAH.

>> OF YOUNG LOVE PICKS UP WHERE HAIR LOVE LEFT OFF.

AND I STARTED WATCHING YOUNG UP WITH MY 10 YEAR-OLD SON AND HE TOLD ME I CAN'T WATCH ANYMORE.

BUT WITHOUT HIM WE KNOW THAT IN THE SHOW, AS WE'VE 6 YEAR-OLDS ARE E IS THE DAUGHTER OF STEVE IN VOICE OF MISS GOODY.

ALSO KNOWN AS KID AND ANGELA YOUNG BOYS RACE TO RAISE.

YOU'VE GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STORY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL WHAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME ALSO THE HAIR IS ITS OWN CHARACTER.

>> THAT WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO REPRESENT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES.

YOU YOU KNOW, FATHERS THAT TATTOOS AND THAT LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL FATHER THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THIS THAT COMES BACK IN THE DAY?

WELL, YOU THAT MEETING LIKE, OH, I LIKE THAT.

I GOT AT US LIKE I AM A SHOW FOR MY DAUGHTER 100% IS LESS ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT JUST WHERE YOU CAN SHOW UP.

AND YEAH, IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION.

YOU KNOW, WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE STEVEN.

HIS WORLD TURNED TO ME IS THE PRODUCER TRYING TO COME UP IN THE CITY.

WE SEE ANGELA WORKING IN THE NATURAL HAIR SALON THAT SHE WORKS AND TRYING TO KIND OF GET BACK FROM THIS ILLNESS AND THOUGH SEASON KIND OF FILES OR JOURNEY AND JUST TRYING TO GET BACK TO.

SHE WAS IN FILM AND SHE'S LOST A LOT OF TIME AND THERE IS VERY, YOU KNOW, JUST SUPER CONFIDENT BECAUSE HE'S A TYPE A AND C KID THAT WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD SHE SEES A PROBLEM.

SHE'S GOOD, TRY TO FIX IT.

SO IT'S A REALLY FUN SHOW IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT BOTH ADULTS AND KIDS CAN WATCH.

>> YES, HE'S A PRECOCIOUS LITTLE PERSON.

ISN'T SHE?

IS THAT YOU YOURSELF?

YOU HAD AN UNCONVENTIONAL CAREERED.

PATHY WENT FROM BEING A FORMER NFL WIDE RECEIVER TO ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER FEW SECONDS LEFT.

WHEN DID THIS PASSION FOR YOU BEGIN?

>> REALLY JUST GROWN UP IN THE CITY.

YOU OBVIOUSLY JUST GROWN UP WATCHING GREAT MOVIES.

SO MANY AMAZING LOCAL VIDEO STORE THAT WAS RELEASED FROM HIM YOU KNOW, WANTING TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY OWN STORIES TO KNOW SHOWCASES THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET TO SEE THERE'S A CABO GET SUCH A BAD RAP AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND A MISS SCHOOL TO PUT SOME ON THE WORLD THAT SHOWCASES THE POSITIVE SIDE OF KIND OF LIKE CHICAGO AND JUST HOW FAMILIES PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

>> OK, MATTHEW, A CHERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

LOOK FOR THE NEXT TIME.

>> I THINK YOU >> AND YOU CAN STREAM THE SEASON FINALE OF YOUNG LOVE TOMORROW ON MASKS.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH WHOSE ATTORNEYS EMBRACE A CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN SERVICE BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR