>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

BUDGET HEARINGS BEGIN WITH DEBATE OVER MIGRANT FUNDING SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THAT AND MORE.

>> YOU DON'T FIND THINGS LIKE THIS IN THAT EXCEPT IN BIG CITIES WHERE THEY REALLY LET LEND A HELPING HAND TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

>> A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR CHICAGOANS FACING HOMELESSNESS.

PLUS, WHAT TO REPORT SAY ABOUT THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

>> NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, SUPPORTERS OF A TAX CREDIT THAT PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE TO ATTEND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE HOPING A NEW PROPOSAL WILL KEEP IT FROM EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> THIS IS THE EQUITY THAT OUR CITY NEEDS IN OUR STATE NEEDS THAT THESE KIDS AND THESE FAMILIES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THESE SCHOOLS.

IF YOU ARE STUDENT AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, A PRIVATE SCHOOL, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND OFF RIGHT NOW?

COULD YOU PLEASE TURN AROUND AND LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND ADVOCATES DELIVERED THAT NEW PROPOSAL TO STATE SENATOR CELINA VILLANUEVA IS OFFICE IN LITTLE VILLAGE TODAY.

THEY'RE CALLING ON STATE LAWMAKERS TO AMEND THE INVEST IN KIDS ACT, CREATING A NEW PRIORITY CATEGORY OF SCHOLARSHIPS EXCLUSIVELY FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY POVERTY.

THE GROUP SAYS LAWMAKERS CAN EXTEND THE PROGRAM DURING THE VETO SESSION IN SPRINGFIELD STARTING NEXT WEEK.

CHICAGO POLICE ARE WARNING NORTH SIDE RESIDENTS ABOUT AN ARSONIST WHO IS TARGETING HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS.

POLICE ISSUED A COMMUNITY ALERT TODAY TELLING RESIDENTS IN LINCOLN SQUARE IN NORTH CENTER, THERE HAD BEEN AT LEAST 8 REPORTED FIRES SET SO FAR IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING ONE THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HOME.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A WHITE MAN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 35 40 YEARS OLD.

HE'S DESCRIBED AS BEING AROUND 6 FEET TALL, SLENDER BALDING WITH A BEARD AND MUSTACHE.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE ARSON SECTION OF CPD BUREAU OF DETECTIVES.

WANT TO GET A JUMP.

START ON YOUR NEXT PROPERTY TAX BILL.

THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER SAYS THAT YOU CAN HEAD TO THE WEBSITE.

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

NOW, OF COURSE, IF YOU'D RATHER WAIT, THEY'LL BE HEADED TO MAILBOXES EARLY NEXT MONTH.

THE BILLS ARE ALREADY LATE, THOUGH.

TYPICALLY THE SECOND INSTALLMENT IS DUE AUGUST.

1ST PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER FIRST TO PAY THIS ONE.

FOR MORE ON THE BUREAUCRATIC WRANGLING OVER WHY THE BILLS ARE DUE LATER THAN USUAL.

AND AN EXPLAINER ANIMATION ABOUT HOW YOUR BILL IS CALCULATED.

SHE'S VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

HOW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE BATTLING HOMELESSNESS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THE FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS REMAINS AN UPHILL BATTLE AS PART OF THE CHICAGO RECOVERY PLAN.

A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2020, A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS SPEARHEADS THE INITIATIVE CONNECTING PEOPLE FACING HOMELESSNESS TO MULTIPLE AGENCIES IN A SINGLE SPACE.

CHICAGO.

TONIGHT'S JOANNA HERNANDEZ TELLS US MORE ABOUT ACCELERATED MOVING EVENTS.

>> WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS EVER LIVING IN A SHELTER.

SOMETHING MICHELE KEARNEY NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE.

I GOT HOME THIS LIGHT AT THE MY MOM PASSED.

>> MIKE 18, 2020 MY DAD PASSED APRIL 19, 2020 RIGHT AFTER MY BIRTHDAY, KEARNEY HAS BEEN STAYING AT ONE OF OLIVE BRANCHES SHELTERS FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS.

>> BUT SHE'S WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO GET A PLACE OF HER OWN.

I LOVE TO OWN SPACE LATE.

SO MUCH BETTER.

PIECING QUIEN NO ONE WAKING YOU UP >> STANDING IN LINE FOR THE BATHROOM.

ALL OF BRANCH IS ONE OF THE CITY'S OLDEST ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PEOPLE FACING HOMELESSNESS WILL GO TALK TO WITH ALL CHICAGO AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE OTHER AGENCIES HERE HE BROUGHT IN MORRIS HAS BEEN WORKING AT ORGANIZATION FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS.

HE SAYS HELPING PEOPLE IS SOMETHING HIS PARENTS INSTILLED IN HIM.

THEY TOLD US TO ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYONE TO SEE PEOPLE AS PEOPLE.

ALL OF BRANCH IS ONE OF THE MANY AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN OUR SOLAR RATED MOVING EVENTS.

>> A PROGRAM USING FEDERAL FUNDING TO CONNECT CLIENTS TO HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES.

THERE USED TO BE A SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO ONE LOCATION TO FILL OUT PAPERWORK AND ANOTHER LOCATION TO LOOK AT HOUSING IN ANOTHER LOCATION TO LOOK AT FURNITURE.

AND IF YOU RECALL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

>> THAT WASN'T SAFE.

AND SO WE DEVELOPED EMMYS, ACCELERATED MOVING EVENTS, BORN OUT OF THAT NEED AND DISCOVERED THAT IT'S JUST REALLY EFFICIENT DURING THE EVENT'S CLIENTS WORK WITH THE AMY TEAM TO BROWSE APARTMENT UNITS FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.

>> AND PICK UP FURNITURE FROM THE CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK.

IT ALLOWS THOSE AGENCIES BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENTS THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE, BUT THAT ARE AROUND THEM IN THE COMMUNITIES.

ACCORDING TO THE CITY, MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO BE HOMELESS IN CHICAGO.

>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE STAYING IN THE SHELTER HAS INCREASED BY 14% SINCE LAST YEAR.

>> HOMELESSNESS DOES NOT MEAN THAT SOMEONE IS CRIMINAL OR UP OR NECESSARILY JUST MEANS UNFORTUNATELY CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CAUSED HIM TO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO STAY EVERY WEEK.

THE ALL CHICAGO ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO HOST THESE EVENTS AND EVERY MONTH THEY SERVE PEOPLE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS OF JUST MAY CAN GET HOUSING MARKET RATE HOUSING.

THAT REALLY SUBSIDIZE FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN BIG GO LONG PROGRESSIVELY OVER COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, NEED TO BE DEVELOPING THEIR INCOME.

THEY HAVE A CASE MANAGER WORKS WITH HELPING FIND RESOURCES TO DEVELOPING INCOME.

EACH CLIENT COMES IN WITH A DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCE.

>> NICHOLAS FRANKEL SHARES WHAT HIS LIFE WAS LIKE GROWING UP ON THE STREETS, LEADING HIM TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON.

THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN YOUR HOUSEHOLD THAT YOU'RE RAISED IN THAT KIND OF LEAD YOU DOWN THAT PASSED.

SO I DIDN'T I NEVER LOOKED AT MUCH AS A CHOICE.

KIND OF IS IT WAS JUST LIKE A NATURAL PROGRESSION FOR US.

MY STEPFATHER WAS A BIG DRUG SO MY MOTHER WAS USING DRUGS.

THERE WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOW TO USE EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR HOUSEHOLD.

AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT NORMAL.

TODAY, HE SAYS HIS MOTIVATION FOR A BETTER LIFE IS HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER.

WHEN THESE PEOPLE GAVE US A HOME, I LIKE TO HELP ME FOR TEMPORARY MUSCLE BUILD MYSELF BACK UP YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN JOIN AND FEEL THE MUSCLE RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

FRANKEL SAYS HE CAN MOVE INTO A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN THE NEXT MONTH.

SLEPT ALL SEEM EMBRACES, THOUGH.

SO DOESN'T AFFECT ME AS MUCH.

BUT I KNOW FOR SURE.

SAW HAPPY FOR GOTTEN ANYTHING SISI BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST WE'RE GETTING OUR OWN PLACE SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE SINCE FEBRUARY FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, I'M JOINED HERNANDEZ GOT ORGANIZERS SAY THE ACCELERATED MOVING EVENTS HAVE BENEFITED 1800 HOUSEHOLDS SINCE THEY BEGAN.

>> THE CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT ON HOW LONG PEOPLE REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES ONCE THEY'VE BEEN PLACED THROUGH THOSE EVENTS AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE CHICAGO COALITION SHARED A REPORT SHOWING AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S HOMELESS POPULATION.

HERE WITH MORE ON ALL OF IT ARE JULIE DWORKIN DIRECTOR OF POLICY FOR THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS MARQUIS DE SIMS, GRASSROOTS LEADER WITH THE CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND CHICAGO INSPECTOR GENERAL DE PERE.

WHAT'S BERG, THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

GENERAL, WHAT'S BERG?

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WHAT DID YOUR REPORT ON THIS ISSUE FUND?

WE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS OF ENCAMPMENTS.

THAT IS TO SAY A SUBSET OF THE CITY'S ON HOUSE POPULATIONS STAYING IN.

>> WHAT ARE SOMETIMES CALLED TENT CITIES.

WE LOOKED OUTREACH IN 2 CATEGORIES, ONE AROUND CLEANING OF THOSE ENCAMPMENTS.

BUT THEN SECOND MORE RELEVANT TO OUR CONVERSATION HERE TODAY.

THE CITY'S OUTREACH TO GET INTERESTED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ENCAMPMENTS TO THESE ACCELERATING MOVING EVENTS.

THESE ARE INTERDISCIPLINARY EVENTS, LOTS OF SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF.

>> TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT IT SECURE, STABLE HOUSING.

WE FOUND THAT THOSE EVENTS ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT HELPING PEOPLE SECURE HOUSING AND THAT THAT HOUSING IS QUITE STABLE.

VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SECURE HOUSING THROUGH THOSE EVENTS.

ARCE REMAIN HOUSE 6 MONTHS LATER, 2 IS WORKING FIRST.

REMIND US WHAT THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH MEANS ALSO WHAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT MEANS FOR USING THAT APPROACH.

>> SO HOUSING FIRST MEANS YOU IMMEDIATELY PUT SOMEONE IN HOUSING EVEN IF THEY'RE COMING STRAIGHT OFF THE STREET BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THAT'S THE FOUNDATION YOU NEED TO STABILIZE SOMEONE.

>> ON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, I THINK SHOWS HOW THESE ACCELERATED MOVING EVENTS ARE A GREAT METHOD TO BRING THE SERVICES TO PEOPLE AND GET THEM HOUSE VERY QUICKLY.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD CHANGE IS THAT I WOULD MAKE THE SUBSIDIES PERMANENT BECAUSE THESE ARE TEMPORARY SUBSIDIES, 18 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS.

AND AS THOSE SUBSIDIES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THOSE APARTMENTS LOCATED SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE TO TALK AS AS WE KEEP GOING.

WITH REGARDS TO HOW YOU DESCRIBE HOUSING DOES THIS REPORT AND DOES THAT ARGUMENT SORT OF COUNTER THE ARGUMENT THAT >> FOLKS FIRST NEED MENTAL HEALTH CARE OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENTS THAT NEEDS TO BE STABILIZED BEFORE THEY CAN SUCCEED AND HOUSING.

YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S HARD TO GET YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CARE TO GET A JOB UNLESS YOU HAVE STABLE HOUSING AND A STABLE PLACE TO TAKE A SHOWER TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S HOUSING FIRST APPROACH.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED.

FIRST MARKET OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH HOUSING.

OBVIOUSLY, WHAT OTHER KIND OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND ARE GETTING INTO A HOME, WHAT KIND OF SERVICES NEED.

THE NATIONAL HEALTH PACE.

>> ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT MESSES WITH MENTALLY SPIRITUALLY HOLISTICALLY AS A WHOLE PERSON BECAUSE THE HOUSE AND THIS TAKES EFFECT YOU IN EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.

SO THEY NEED.

COUNSELING.

THEY NEED THE THERAPY THEY NEED.

SO ACTUALLY JUST GO THROUGH PHASES OF HAVING LIKE A SUMMIT MANAGEMENT GOT THE ONE WITH THEM BECAUSE NOT EASY.

TRANSITION FROM SURVIVAL BACK AND THAT WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE?

WHAT WAS IT THAT THAT HELPS YOU INTO HOUSING STABLE E?

>> I WAS INCARCERATED IN IN SHELVES FLEEING FROM.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PIECE.

WHEN I WAS IN MY HOME WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS DOUBLED UP AND DOUBLED THAT IS NOT MY HOME NOT A LEASE ONLY SO.

I HAVE BAD THAT PEOPLE'S WILL LIVE IN THAT THEY GET BE ABUSIVE.

AND I HAD TO FLEE.

SO I END UP GOING TO A SHOW, SIR.

THEY HAD THOSE SERVICES THERE PROVIDED THAT ACTUALLY HELPS GET GROUND BECAUSE THEY HAD THE COUNSELING THEY HAD TRANSPORTATION.

THEY MADE SURE THAT I WAS HOW CAN I SAY?

STABLE ENOUGH TO STAND MY OWN SOPHIE AND MAKE SURE THAT I GET MY WELL-BEING BACK.

CORRECTED MY SELF-CARE SELF-LOVE SO I MOVE FOR WHAT MY WIFE.

>> JULIE, ACCORDING TO THE COALITION'S REPORTING 2021, AN ESTIMATED 68,000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IN CHICAGO.

THAT'S UP.

2800 FROM LAST YEAR.

BLACK CHICAGOANS DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ACCOUNTING FOR 53% OF THE UNHOUSED THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS LARGER THAN THE NUMBERS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY'S ANNUAL POINT IN TIME.

COUNT, HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THAT FIGURE THAT 60,000?

WELL, IMPORTANT CONTEXT.

MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO ARE NOT CONSIDERED HOMELESS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

>> AND THEREFORE, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING RESOURCES.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING WITH OTHERS LIKE MARKET WAS DESCRIBING AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HOME SHARING OR A ROOMMATE SITUATION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARY PRECARIOUS, OFTEN UNSAFE SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE OVERCROWDED PICTURE, SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A KEY TO THE APARTMENT.

THERE'S THEY'RE WAITING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD CHICAGO WINTER.

THEY'RE SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR.

THEY CAN BE ASKED TO LEAVE ANY TIME.

SO THOSE FOLKS ARE NOT COUNTED IN THE POINT IN TIME.

COUNT, WE CAME UP WITH A WAY OF COUNTING THOSE FOLKS ESTIMATING HOW MANY THERE ARE IN CHICAGO BY LOOKING AT CENSUS DATA.

SO OUR REPORT IS INCLUSIVE OF THOSE WHO ARE ON THE STREETS IN THE SHELTER AND ALSO THOSE LIVING UP DOUBLED UP THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF AN ENTIRE YEAR.

SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE NUMBERS AND 65% OF THEM ARE IN THOSE DOUBLED UP SITUATIONS.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.

SO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF HOMELESSNESS IN CHICAGO AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO ADDRESS DEBORAH, REPORT SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT OFFENSE AS THE DEPARTMENT FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, NOT KEY RING OUT, FORCED PERMANENT REMOVAL OF ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS FROM PUBLIC SPACES.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY THE CITY'S PROCESS IS WORKING?

>> WE FOUND THAT IT'S WORKING QUITE WELL.

WE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF THE CITY CONDUCTING FORCED REMOVALS OF EITHER PEOPLE OR THEIR BELONGINGS.

THE CITY HAS A POLICY LAYING OUT HOW IT WILL CONDUCT OUTREACH, HOW WE'LL GO ABOUT CLEANING ENCAMPMENT SITES.

WHAT THE RULES ARE AROUND PERSONAL PROPERTY, RESPECT FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR AND THEIR PROPERTY.

AS I SAY, WE FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY WAS REMOVING PEOPLE BY FORCE.

JULIE, WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING ADVOCATES ARE OFTEN WORKING DO YOU THINK THE CITY IS DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS?

YEAH, WE FEEL THAT WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THE REPORT IS DECADES OF WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY OUR ORGANIZATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT PROTECT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, PROTECT PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REFLECTED FOR THE MOST PART.

THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING THESE CLEANINGS.

>> THERE ARE STILL INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO TO LEAVE IN A PERMANENTLY DISPLACED FROM ENCAMPMENTS WITHOUT FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.

AND WE CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

EXAMPLE WOULD BE WHEN THEY WERE CREATING A NATURE PRESERVE IN UPTOWN.

PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO TO MOVE.

PEOPLE LOST THEIR BELONGINGS AND SO WE THINK THAT THEY'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

BUT THERE STILL ARE INSTANCES WHERE IT'S HAPPENING.

MARKIE WHAT MORE DO YOU THINK THE CITY COULD BE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED?

>> I FEEL THE CAMPAIGN THERE WERE WORKING ROOM FOR A CHICAGO HOME A PART OF BECAUSE HOUSE, WHERE AM I GOING TO SAY HOMELESS THIS TIME A HOUSELESS AND GIVE THEM THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY SO THEY DON'T FEEL OFFENDED.

THEY PEOPLE ARE NEEDING TRANSFER TAX.

SO MAKE SURE THERE THEY ARE PERMANENTLY HAVE INSTEAD OF JUST 2 PER SITUATIONS LIKE MISS JULIE WAS EXPLAINING TO HOT OUT LOVE IN THE TRUST FACTOR IS SO PEOPLE ARE NOT GO.

SAID BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO AROUND AND KICK RIGHT BACK OUT.

SO TO HAVE THEIR HOUSING FEEL SECURE BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES AND ALL TYPE OF STUFF TO KILL THE STEREOTYPES THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST LAZY.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IS PEOPLE OUT HERE.

IT IS NOT A LIVABLE WAGE.

THEY PEOPLE WORKING 2 OR 3 JOBS.

I'M A PRIME EXAMPLE TAKE A LOT MORE BASIC WAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN JUST PROVIDING A HOME.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT, THOUGH.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING DO ITS WORK AND MARKETS INS AND OF COURSE, >> CHICAGO'S RECORD GENERAL GOVERNMENT THANKS.

UP NEXT, WHAT AN ETHICS VIOLATION COST.

A LOCAL ALDERMAN SPOTLIGHT POLITICS OUT AND MUCH MORE AHEAD.

>> BUDGET HEARINGS BEGAN OVER MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON.

16.6 BILLION DOLLARS SPENDING PLAN.

CITY OFFICIALS CONSIDER A VACANT LOT IN BRIGHTON PARK FOR THE WINTERIZED BASE CAMPS FOR MIGRANTS AND CHAOS IN CONGRESS OVER FINDING ENOUGH VOTES FOR HOUSE SPEAKER.

HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM HEADER.

DEMAND OF IN TURKEY IN PARIS SCHUTZ HAND SO BUDGET HEARINGS KICK OFF THIS WEEK AS WE SAID FOR THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 16.6 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET PLAN.

HEATHER ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CONTENTIOUS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DECIDE ON.

WELL, EVERYBODY'S RELIEVED.

THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED FO FOR PROPERTY TAX HIKE OR MORE FINES OR FEES.

>> BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO CARE FOR THE NOW.

MORE THAN 18,500 MIGRANTS, MOST FROM VENEZUELA WHO ARE NOW CALLING CHICAGO HOME.

AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY QUESTIONS THAT THE MAYOR'S FINANCE TEAM REALLY COULDN'T ANSWER.

WE KNOW THAT ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN JOINED PARIS HERE ON THE PROGRAM LAST NIGHT.

HERE HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE 150 MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE.

>> FOR MIGRANTS IN THE 2024 SPENDING PLAN.

>> THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN PARTICULAR ENDEAVOR.

THIS IS NOT A CHICAGO PROBLEM.

THIS IS A FEDERAL ISSUE.

IT'S FEDERAL POLICY IS DRIVEN US TO THIS PARTICULAR POINT.

WELL, WE TO HELP HELPING OUR FELLOW INDIVIDUALS ON THIS IS SOLELY A CHICAGO PROBLEM.

SO I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MAYOR'S MARKER.

WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO, WHAT WE DO NEED SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

>> AND OF STATE PARTNERS GIVEN ANY INDICATION THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING TO THE CITY.

NO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

FIRST OF ALL, ILLINOIS DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT ALSO LET'S RECALL JUST HOW.

>> HUGHLEY CONTENTIOUS THIS ISSUE IS WITH FOLKS SAYING, HEY, WAIT A SECOND, WHY ARE WE GIVING MONEY TO THESE NEWCOMERS WHEN THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY NEEDS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THAT ARE BEING CARED FOR.

THIS IS A FIGHT THAT WE'VE SEEN PLAYED OUT IN CHICAGO AND JOLIET REALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE.

STATE LEGISLATORS.

THEY ALSO HAVE AN ELECTION ON THE HORIZON.

SO THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO TAKE ANY MONEY THAT AGAIN, ILLINOIS DOESN'T HAVE SPARE CASH SITTING AROUND WHEN IT IS THAT POLITICALLY CONTENTIOUS WHEN THEY'RE ASKING VOTERS TO SIGN THEIR PETITIONS, VOTE FOR THEM IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

STATE IS SORT OF FURTHER PASSING THE BUCK IN YOUR CITY.

OFFICIALS SAY WE NEED MONEY FROM ILLINOIS.

YOU HEARD ALDERMAN ALSO SAY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ALSO HEAR FROM STATE OFFICIALS.

WE NEED THE FEDS TO STEP IN.

THAT TWO-FOLD.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS THE FEDS HAVEN'T COME TO ANY SORT OF SOLUTION GENERALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION.

>> AND THEN FURTHER, IT'S EASY TO PASS THE BUCK TO THIS BEHEMOTH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S THING WITH THE SAME 2024 ELECTIONS.

IT IS A LITTLE TRICKY POLITICALLY FOR DEMOCRATS AND EVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN TO JUST KEEP THIS OF CASH ON DEMOCRATIC CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND GET AWAY WITH A POLITICALLY.

SO IT'S IT'S THE SAME TRICK BOX.

SO CITY OFFICIALS THEY MIGHT HAVE FOUND A SITE, THOUGH, FOR THE PROPOSED WINTERIZED BASE CAMP FOR MIGRANTS.

PARIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS?

WELL, THAT THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF CITY CREWS ON THIS SITE CLEARING IT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEAR 38TH IN CALIFORNIA IN BRIGHTON PARK.

IT'S A PRIVATE LEON LOTT.

>> WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY ALL THE PEOPLE IS THAT THE CITY'S ISSUED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE IT'S FEELS LIKE EVERY CITY OWNED PROPERTY FIELDHOUSE PARK HOUSE IS BEING REJECTED.

SO NOW THEY HAVE TO GO TO LIKE FOCUSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ALDERMAN RAY LOPEZ LAST NIGHT WAS ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM SITE.

DIDN'T LIKE IT.

SAID THERE'S A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY AROUND THAT AREA AND THAT COULD BE A TENDER BOX.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY OPAQUE FROM CITY OFFICIALS AND OTHER WOULD KNOW THE 4, 1, ONE FROM WHAT CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE OPAQUE.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY CONFIRMING OR DENYING THAT SOMETHING'S GOING FORWARD.

THERE OR WHETHER THEY'RE STILL CONSIDERING OTHER SITES.

BY THE WAY, IT'S GOING TO GET COLD.

YES.

SO THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY ON THE SITE.

IT WILL GIVE RESIDENTS OF TO 12 FLORIDA CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN.

>> BUT ALDERMAN JULIO RAMIREZ WAS VERY CLEAR IN A LETTER TO HER CONSTITUENTS TODAY SAID, LOOK, IF THE WATER DEPARTMENT FINDS THE SITE SUITABLE FOR THESE MASSIVE, LIKE STRUCTURES.

THEY'RE GOING THIS WILL HAPPEN HERE.

WHETHER I SIGN OFF ON IT OR NOT, THE CITY IS SIMPLY OUT OF OPTIONS.

SO THEN THE QUESTION WILL BECOME HOW ARE THESE BASE CAMPS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, GOING TO BE RUN?

HOW WILL THE PEOPLE THERE BE PROTECTED AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE SORT OF HOUSED THERE?

THERE ARE NEARLY 4,000 PEOPLE LIVING AT POLICE STATIONS AND AT O'HARE AIRPORT REALLY WITH NO SHELTER FROM THE DROPPING TEMPERATURES AND NO SHELTER FROM THE RAIN AND WE HEARD MAYOR JOHNSON SAY THAT HE'S NOT GOING GO TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE WANTED TO STAY HERE AND SORT OF START FIGURING OUT THESE ISSUES.

AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE SITES CAN HAS ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE WHILE GREAT.

THAT'S 4TH OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH MORE PEOPLE ARRIVING EVERY AND TO THAT POINT, WHETHER THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO THE BORDER, HE'S GOING TO SEND A SMALL GROUP OF CITY OFFICIALS INSTEAD.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE WANTS TO STAY HERE AND FIGURE OUT.

WHAT WHAT'S GOING FORWARD.

HE GIVE ANY OTHER ANY OTHER REASON DOWN NOT REALLY.

HE HASN'T TAKEN QUESTIONS DIRECTLY ON THIS ISSUE FROM REPORTERS FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE WAS MORE THAN A MONTH AGO THAT HIS OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WAS EVEN THE PLAN AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE JUST NOW HEARING ABOUT LIKE A SPECIFIC LOCATION GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN TO FIND THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE TENSE.

AND HE WILL ALSO HAVE TO BAIL FRUSTRATION, ANGER FROM HIS OWN ALLIES WHO DO NOT WANT TO SEE MIGRANTS HOUSED IN THESE SORT OF INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE HONESTLY MORE COMMON IN WAR ZONES AND REFUGEE AREAS RATHER THAN MAJOR AMERICAN CITY.

YES, FUNERAL WAS HELD YESTERDAY FOR WHAT OUT FOR YOU MADE THE 6 YEAR-OLD MUSLIM BOY WAS STABBED ALLEGEDLY BY HIS LANDLORD, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

AMANDA LAUNCHING A FEDERAL HATE CRIME INVESTIGATION INTO THIS CASE.

WHAT WE ABOUT THE DETAILS.

IS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING?

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T REALLY SAYING MUCH OTHER THAN THAT.

THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE FULL FORCE OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BEHIND THIS.

THERE WAS A COMMENT FROM MERRICK GARLAND SAYING THAT THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE THIS IS IT IS SO BRUTAL.

>> THAT EVERY LEGAL AUTHORITY WILL BE USED TO CRACK DOWN ON THIS SORT OF ACTIVITY, I THINK REALLY BRING US WHAT IT DEMONSTRATES IS JUST THAT THIS IS HIGH PROFILE AND THAT THIS GETS TO REALLY HEART OF THESE TENSIONS BROUGHT OVER FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE ANY SORT OF ACTIVITY AGAINST MUSLIMS AGAINST JEWS.

WE'RE SEEING THIS SO HIGH PROFILE THIS INCIDENT WHEN UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE MURDERS ARE HATE CRIMES ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS A VERY HIGH PROFILE.

AND SINCE HOPING TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE, IT'S HORRIFIC.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SPILLS OVER INTO CITY COUNCIL.

THE FACT THAT I'M A MUCH LESSER LEVEL, THERE WAS CHAOS ON FRIDAY OVER THIS RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN THE HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL AND >> SOME MORE PROGRESSIVE FOLK SAYING WE NEED TO BROADEN THE LANGUAGE TO CONDEMN ANY ATTACK ON PALESTINIANS.

ANY ATTACK ON INNOCENT GAZANS AND AND IT AGAIN, GET TO THAT TENSION.

A MAN IS TALKING ABOUT WHERE LANGUAGES IS A PROBLEM.

AND CITY COUNCIL HAD CLEAR OUT CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT GOT SO HEATED.

THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT GETS TO THE EXTREME WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT WAS CLEARLY NOT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND.

TRAGIC CASE.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS HEATHER ALDERMAN JIM GARDNER HERE WITH A $20,000 FINE FOR VIOLATION OF AN ETHICS ORDINANCE BY >> RETALIATING AGAINST A CRITIC OF HIS WITH, QUOTE, UNFOUNDED CITATIONS.

WE DID NOT GET THE CHANCE TO JUST ASK INSPECTOR GENERAL DENVER, WHAT SPURRED ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST SEGMENT.

BUT SHE TOLD YOU THIS WAS A LANDMARK ACTIONS.

THE SIGNAL A NEW ERA OF TACKLING CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO.

SHE TOLD ME IT DOES.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CHICAGO BOARD OF AND THE ETHICS HAS LEVIED THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR 10 VIOLATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT ETHICS ORDINANCE AGAINST A SITTING ALDERPERSON.

NOW THESE OFFENSES TOOK PLACE IN 2019, ACCORDING TO THE ETHICS BOARD.

IF TAKEN PLACE IN LATE 2020 ALDERMAN GARDNER WOULD SPEND ON THE HOOK FOR THE MAXIMUM CURRENT VIOLATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT $200,000 IN FINES, SIGNIFICANCE.

SO HE STILL CAN APPEAL THESE.

HE DID NOT RETURN MY PHONE FOR KITE NOW.

SHOCKING.

WHAT'S HE LEGAL BILLS A REPORTED INVESTIGATION PROBE INTO SOME OTHER ACT IN AND OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSE SPEAKER NEXT WEEK.

HOPEFULLY WE KNOW WHO IT IS HIS SPOTLIGHT BEEN A KEY AND HAD A THANKSGIVING.

>> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10 FOR CHICAGO.

TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES.

>> NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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