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City council members moved to reject Mayor Johnson's plan to high property taxes.

One-on-one with outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on her last 8 years in office.

And advocates are pushing back on the city's new shelter approach for migrants and on House residence.

>> And now to some of today's top stories.

Chicago's board of education is pressuring a settle charter network to keep open 7 schools.

It's planning to close the six-member board unanimously approved a measure today demanding a settle return.

Any unspent public funding if it moves ahead with the settle leadership last month announced plans to seize up or Asians at the 7 schools.

Those closures would impact more than 2000 students in around 270 educational staffers.

Staffers.

In an update to a story we brought you back in June on.

51 year-old Michael Broadway, who died while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Broadway's Families now filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the department accusing State bill prison staff of ignoring his medical needs during an asthma attack that led to his death.

According to an autopsy report, the family's attorneys say prison guards were aware he was struggling to breathe in his cell during excessively hot conditions and did not provide him with proper care ideal see and Wexford health sources.

The controversial private health care provider for Ideal seat did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Broadway earned his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University while serving his in city.

Colleges of Chicago is celebrating the expansion of Malcolm X new campus on the city's west side today.

Elected officials in college staff gathered to break ground on a new community center for teaching and learning on the college's West campus in the Austin neighborhood.

The 17 Million Dollar Project is the second phase of City college's investment and is expected to include programs for health care rolls and recreational spaces for students and the community.

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Chicago sports fans.

There's a new way for you to watch your favorite games.

The Chicago Sports Network announced today it's launching its subscription-based streaming service on Friday.

The new platform will carry Black Hawks.

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Subscription packages will start at 1999 a month for one team or 29, 99 per month for all 3 teams live games.

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Now, up next, city council members reject Mayor Johnson's plan to high property taxes.

Heather Sharon with more on that right after this.

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>> Mayor Brenda Johnson's plan to hike property taxes by 300 million dollars is dead after unanimous vote today by the Chicago City Council.

That's as negotiations over the city's 2025.

Spending plan back to square one.

Heather showing joins us now with more on this stunning rebuke of the mayor.

There's a lot to talk about here, Heather.

So the city council voted 15 to 0 without debate to reject.

>> The hike of the property tax.

First, what message does that send?

And secondly, is that unusual?

It is unusual, especially the lack of debate politicians love to demand sort of accountability and rail against tax hikes.

None of that today.

This is also deeply divided city council and for them to get the same page tells you 2 things.

This was a deeply unpopular proposal by the mayor who I should remind promise not to hike property taxes elected mayor.

And it shows that he didn't fight He knew that it was dead in the water and did not insist that his allies take an unpopular vote when he knows that.

As you said, they have to go back to the drawing barred on the city's spending plan for 2025.

So does this mean property taxes will have to jump to fill the city's budget?

that is very much up in the air.

They will not.

Ray jumped 300 million dollars, but it is likely that the city council will have no choice but to approve a property tax hike of some size simply because the gap is so big in the city has just a such a limited number of levers that it can pull to raise taxes.

What you will see is sort of a larger amount of tax hikes, perhaps the bigger tax hike on alcohol, perhaps an increased garbage collection feet.

Really.

Everything is up for grabs except for layoffs.

Mayor Johnson says he will not accept a budget that lays off city employees or cuts city services.

So what happens now?

it is going to be a tough 47 days for everybody at City Hall.

The deadline is December 31st.

And so the rubber is going to meet the road even as people try to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas with their family.

This is a little bit of unprecedented territory for the city Council.

Last year's budget was approved November 15th, which is, of course, tomorrow we are far away from that day Will.

Thank you, Heather, for that update.

Thanks, John.

A and you can read Heather's full story on our Web site.

That's www dot com slash news.

Now to a brand is Freeman with an elected official about to leave office Prentice.

After 8 years in office.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is passing the torch.

FOX was among a cadre of so-called progressive prosecutors to take office around the country.

>> Promising to reshape the nation's criminal justice system.

After FOX announced she would not seek a 3rd term.

Voters chose retired Judge Eileen O'Neill Burke to take over the office, saying that take a tougher on prop on crime approach.

Joining us is Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx can FOX.

Welcome back.

Thank you, Brent.

It's good to me that so when you look back on these last 8 years, how do you see that time?

How is the Kim Foxx of today?

Different from the one who took office?

FOX of 8 years ago was wildly optimistic about the opportunity to transform our criminal justice system.

>> And the older wiser Kim Foxx, really proud of the work that we've done over the course of the last 8 years.

I didn't anticipate it will be as rocky ride as it was.

But I'm incredibly proud of what we've done you are, of course, a vocal supporter of eliminating cash bail, which has been in effect for over a year now under the Safety Act.

What are your thoughts on how it's not only impacted public safety but also the people who come in contact with the criminal justice system.

And this is historic legislation.

No other state in the country has eliminated cash bail.

>> And a year out a little more than a year out, we've seen that people who are not a threat to public safety are able to go home work, provide for their families and are still showing up to court.

>> And that people who pose a danger are being detained.

And so the impact significant for those individual families and communities where the devastation trying to find cash to secure their freedom is no longer a burden and more importantly, we aren't seen scenarios where people would be willing to plead to anything to get out of jail, to go home.

And as we worked on wrongful convictions, I think people miss there's a connection with the cash bail system where people were languishing in saying and doing whatever they could to get home.

And we've minimize that all the legalization of cannabis in then expunging records of people with minor marijuana convictions in their past is another mission of your tenure.

Of course.

>> I'm just Cook County need to go further with weed equity.

What more do you think can be done?

You know, first of all, the fact that we legalize weed again for state to do it legislatively and the vacating of those convictions.

>> After remind people African-Americans, Latinos were 4 or 5 times more likely to be prosecuted for we cases, then white citizens.

And so from an equity standpoint, legalization and allowing everyone to be treated the same as critically important where we are now is that we don't see those prosecutions for marijuana.

But when you talk about going further, we still have in terms of the business model for people who are benefiting profiting legal marijuana sales are not reflective of the people who are harmed from the prosecutions in the past.

And so I know that there's been work to try to make the business more equitable from a criminal justice standpoint.

I'm proud to say that we are not prosecuting those cases throughout your time in office.

Certainly when you were first elected you along with several other prosecuting attorneys around the country were labeled a so-called sort progressive prosecutors >> but you've also taken some criticism from folks who feel that your office could have been tougher on crime and on prosecutions.

How would you describe your approach to criminal justice?

Our approach was being spied on crime.

I have to remind people that every day when they pick up a newspaper or watch news and they say >> prosecutors have charged her prosecutors got a guilty verdict that's come.

FOX is office.

I tend hear that.

My name is mentioned when there's something negative minutes, Kim Foxx, but every day our prosecutors are putting in the hard work of prosecuting gangs, guns and drugs prosecuting people were committing violent offenses, prosecuting the murderers of Paul Bauer and Ella French and Idea Pendleton and Tyshawn Lee.

Those those cases were happening.

We can do both.

And one of the reasons that we wanted to have data publicly available so that you can compare where we prosecute as many gun cases as my predecessor and the reality was not only were we press can as much but more.

And so I think that was a perception issue because we talk so much about reform.

The people took for granted that the hardworking men and women in states attorney's office prosecuting cases and higher levels than most other prosecutors offices in the country.

>> You've made it a priority for your office to review the integrity of some convictions to determine whether or not those conviction should still stand.

Why did you take that on?

Because I knew that the reality was that these are human endeavors and the criminal justice system is fallible.

>> And as a prosecutor, there's nothing that keeps me up at night.

More than thinking today put someone in prison for a crime.

They didn't commit.

Cook County had a reputation of being the false confession Capital United States.

We had a history.

Wait.

Commander John Birds.

That is everyone is fully aware of and others.

And so I wanted to come in and say this and we owe a responsibility for people who don't trust the justice system to acknowledge when we've gotten things wrong and actively work to make them right as your time comes to an end.

I know that you've been getting a lot of calls and requests from who are either incarcerated or have a prosecution on their record as well as their attorneys for their cases to be reconsidered.

>> How much of that are you able to do before you leave office?

And obviously that time is coming quickly.

It's coming very quickly.

And listen, we appreciate the urgency of the matter for those who believe that they've been wrongfully convicted.

>> But we don't vacate a conviction late last month and a blase manner.

It's It's real effort to review the file.

Talk to witnesses.

Look at history of cases.

Sometimes there, 10, 2030, years old.

And so if those cases had been in the pipeline for some time, it's almost impossible to get to them.

And so it's certainly my hope that my successor, we'll continue to take those calls to have a unit that is aggressively looking at these cases because I believe just scratched the tip of the iceberg.

>> A state's attorney general, Kwame Raoul has launched his own conviction Integrity unit in his office, just announcing that this week.

Do you think something like that is necessary?

A statewide office?

Absolutely.

It's something that I've been calling for for the last couple of years.

>> If we in Cook County have 250 convictions that we vacate it thus far.

I know that the human system that we haven't cook is the same wanting to pay czar Alexander for Champaign County.

I also know that we have a budget and resources which still aren't nearly enough given the volume that those smaller counties don't have.

And so in the interest of justice, I think having a statewide review is important.

And I think it is very important that the attorney general is taking a lead on that.

Then there's the Jussie Smollett case.

how do you look back on Would you have done anything differently and and how do you think that will?

>> Where does that fall into the legacy your legacy of Kim Foxx?

Yeah, I think the media will always connect just the night together.

And listen, I've always said that my biggest regret about that is the light that shone on our office to eclipse the work that they do every single day.

This was a low-level nonviolent offense.

>> And it's still 5 years later being litigated before the Supreme Court.

And while that case was pending, there were people who trying rape cases, murder cases, significant cases.

And so, you know, in the in the history of media attention to one case, I've never seen anything like it.

What I certainly would hope is that we have that same level of scrutiny of what happened with Jesse in the cases of Jimmy Soto who spent 42 years prison for a crime he didn't commit or others or the fact that in that case we have a special prosecutor who was appointed almost within months.

And I think about the catchment case, mother of this man who was killed took years to get justice.

And so I think there is a conversation to be had.

I'm grateful to be a part of the conversation.

Even if the spotlight was high to talk about what is our priorities on justice and in Cook County, where a celebrity accused of a nonviolent offense could garner that much Inc.

But these poor black and brown folks who have been released from prison don't get nearly the attention that they deserve.

You're the first black woman to serve Cook County State's attorney, only black woman to serve as anybody's states attorney in the state of Illinois.

>> What challenges do you face?

What were the hardest parts that you went up against this?

And I think any time you're breaking a glass ceiling and it was indeed a glass ceiling, you get cuts.

And so I have a lot of scout There's a level of scrutiny that is very different when you come into this work as a people don't know what to expect.

And so there are those challenges of having your credibility question, folks undermining your decisions processees being different than what your predecessors had seen.

But I never worried about that.

There was work to be done.

And what I knew that as a black woman doing this work and all of that attention that I would garner that I had to have a level of excellence to deliver.

And it's why smile.

When we talk about we've eliminated cash bail, legalize marijuana.

They could hundreds thousands, hundreds of convictions and have prosecuted people who kill police officers and everyday citizens and proud.

You've said that you experience some some soup threats, though, some very real threats to your yourself or your family.

Absolutely.

I I didn't talk about it in real time because he used to work matters.

But the level of sexualizing, racial aspects that I received, there was a man who, you know, threatened to shoot me in the head and hang me from a tree and and was prosecuted for that.

There was a man who served 18 months in federal prison for threatening a rattle my brain with bullets.

I think we have to talk about that in this air this political climate we're in now feels that anything goes.

Public servants still sign up for that.

A mother of 4 daughters.

And I remember there were nights that I was afraid to walk outside of my home.

And I certainly would hope for my successor that she would would not have to see that as a woman doing this work and that she would have people around her who would make sure that she's safe and protected.

You have been in touch with with your successor, Overcast, giving her advice.

I son certainly I I looked he is well versed in the law.

She is.

>> And significant amount of experience.

It's very different being a lawyer and then be in the top prosecutor.

>> And so certainly, you know, I told everyone around her the county board included to give her grace.

But for her really can engage with the community, says she get from behind the desk, get into community and listen and have the humility to to work together collaboratively and we're out of time.

But everybody's gonna want to know what do next.

This radical thing called rest.

that.

I know.

So I'm gonna model what it looks like to be a leader.

This step steps away.

>> And places ambition on the back burner.

And best of luck in FOX.

Thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you.

And we're back with more right after this.

Local organizations are pushing back on the city's plan to merge its migrant shelter operations with its homeless shelter network.

>> The city is set to launch the plan known as the one system initiative launching January first with a total of 6800 shelter beds and the mayor's 2025 budget proposal is set to spend 21% more to fight homelessness than it did this year.

But critics claim these efforts are not enough.

Here with more on this.

Our on the day off these director of organizing at Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Action Council co-chair for the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights and on the Davis aldermen of the 40's Ward and chair of the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

We also invite the city to send a representative, but we did not hear back.

Thank you both for being here.

And I want to start with you.

What are your major concerns with the one system initiative?

>> Yeah, I think that we're we're hearing from folks.

It's like the worry and fear that there's not enough beds and it's great that we're thinking about like, how can we continue to like build these legacy shelters.

But at the end of the day, the amount of beds available for folks who have been and house in Chicago for a long time.

And like the new arrivals is not enough.

And the fear is that we're going to see more people out in the streets, families and families that are being dislocated from Mike, where they've already been building those safety networks.

>> Now is just cares that you have an input on this new initiative, a different feedback.

Once we got the news, similar the our concern was we've gone from 3,000 beds before the major mission up to about 15,000 beds for the population and support needed there.

Right now, there's 8,000.

So coming on a 6800, these about 1200 people without a place to live and what we've said time and time again is you're increasing homelessness in the city by doing so.

And that's going cost to it as well.

And so it's been pretty frustrating, watching develop, even though we had 7 beginning should have been one system and aldermen.

This is proposed spending plan for 2025.

Calls to spend 195.0 6 million homeless to services and increase.

>> From the 2024 budget are these funds sufficient think order address homelessness, any more funding, but some it's also problematic race.

And what are we doing to prepare?

The city has even prepare for extreme weather conditions during the winter.

>> And we're gonna have a lot more people need help.

So the funds are somewhat.

They're clearly we have our own financial constraints are trying to work through, but it's also what we do and how we plan things out that leave a lot of questions.

And what about the limitations?

You know, city plans to >> open the shelter for first time placement, but only for people who've been here for 30 days or less.

And there we know what is your main concern with that?

Yeah, we know what works.

And we know that if you're investing in people by offering them wrap around services, affordable housing rent assistance, then we're able to get them into like stable living conditions and we're concerned that they're like Alderman said there's not enough beds and there's people, the people out in the streets and thinking about the families and even just like individuals, we really need to stand in our morals and values right now and support the folks that are coming now are we already seeing a new arrivals actually be in tents outside their intense themselves.

You know what, in your opinion to starting groups received more prairie than others?

Will they be receiving more priority their families?

Here's a challenge.

>> The beds are already maxed out.

So go from 8,6000.

If not, there's any extra capacity.

So regardless of whether it's 30 days or they've been here born and raised in the city when they're going you know, submitted 3, 1, 1, request or whatever you get to go to the process, they're gonna find out.

All those beds are full.

Re.

So all of those things, whether we talk about rapid rehousing, right, we're investing money in that.

We have where if the beds are full and that's the problem that's never been answered.

The administration he's presenting is that they're expanding the system.

actually limiting it further.

>> Now we did have the city deputy mayor of immigrant and refugee Rights Beatrice Bolton layout on the show last month address concerns people might have about sheltering will rivals with long-term on House residence.

Let's take a listen.

>> We already have new arrivals and some homeless services shelters and those shelters to figure out the right balance but part of the one system initiative in the recommendations that came to us from providers in the working groups is to have additional training to provide, you know, bringing organizations that know how to work with different populations.

And I think that as that work continues, it will make it will build the capacity of our shelter system to do that.

>> And that what has communication between your organization in the city?

Yeah, we definitely want to see more communication and especially went before policy is implemented.

And I think that as an organization that is working directly with those new arrivals, a new neighbors, we're able to better inform the city and have case managers recommend folks like this is what our concerns are under worries are and not only that before a policy is implemented like during the implementation process and the evaluation of a policy that is impacting these folks.

>> And aldermen Vasquez will recommendations.

Would you include in the one system initiative use?

Did say you had some input.

So what would that look like with the?

But if you what is our feedback at this point?

Yeah.

I mean, language access its own challenge and we're talking bear fundamentals.

The city is not that good at doing language access having needs to make sense.

Although there's different organizations that want tap into how do you track somebody no longer has a place to live.

How do you figure out how get in contact with them again?

If they do need the services, it actually it's not a thorough process to figure that out and it further complicated in a Trump presidency.

We have concerns about what they're going to So there's so many things to account for.

And it sometimes feels like only focusing the administration is like folks and it's right in front of them that the next 2, 3, steps for what you need to do to do this properly.

We know homelessness has been an issue for decades.

It's no surprise.

There's more than 18,000 Unhoused residents in Chicago.

How are these efforts different from the ones we've seen before?

>> The only thing that's different you have 3800 more beds.

But again, not enough for the population as necessary.

Not in the preparation for extreme weather, 90 preparation for permanent housing, at least in the 40th Ward.

What I did in our offices, we actually converted a motel to become not congregate shelter, so shelter with wraparound services, a clinic on safe.

You need to have that in order for people to have someone on the journey with them to feel more stable and get on the path to permanent housing.

So if you're you're doing is providing a a rooftop and a bunch of cots, you're not going to solve the problem and we don't have enough of them.

Even saw his current deputy mayor.

You know, she did mention this was going to be a hard transition.

Could this change?

>> The existing migraine, homelessness filter system.

>> I think that it's only going increase the number of unhoused folks.

I saw that the alderman along with 49 other alders voted no on the property tax increase and I'm looking forward for the alderman to push forward progressive policies solutions are recommendations to help fund the wraparound services in the case management.

That's going to help all Chicagoans get into stable housing and youth have been on the ground.

What has it been like, especially with now knowing the Donald Trump is a president-elect?

You know, what has it been like for the people that you spoken with at the shelters?

Folks are really scared.

And a lot of folks are still waiting for their work permits and they're like what's going to happen once we transition and they have children who are involved in CPS, schools, unlike what happens if Trump comes and we don't get the work permits and then we can stay in the shelters and can't work.

And it's like feels really important is that we've been here before.

And there's also 11 million undocumented folks in the United States.

It's like how do we continue to support the folks who aren't are unable to get those protections and help them integrate into our communities and also support longtime Chicagoans who also need support snow really have a couple seconds.

What are your final thoughts?

Yeah, I mean, it.

>> I think everyone here is feels dire.

It is clear.

only thing that brings me any level sauces that we've through 4 years of a Trump presidency before.

So some of that muscle memory is still there.

But what's going to take it all is having real conversations with each other and figure how to partner up.

And if we don't do that, we're going to be even worse off.

thank you both for joining us.

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