>> TENSIONS RISING BETWEEN MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER OVER HOW THE MIGRANT CRISIS IS BEING HANDLED.

A NEW ORDINANCE COULD SEE GAS HEATING BAND AND ALL NEW PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION IN CHICAGO AND ACROSS THE CHICAGO POLICE MISCONDUCT IS AGAIN MAKING HEADLINES.

ALL THAT AND MORE IN THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT POLITICS HERE NOW IS, OF COURSE, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM.

AND EVEN IF HE HAD A SHARON AND PERES 18.

SO AS YOU MENTIONED, CLEARLY, A RIFT BETWEEN GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND MAYOR JOHNSON OVER THE HANDLING OF THE MIGRANT INFLUX INTO THE CITY.

HERE'S PITTSBURGH YESTERDAY.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT NOT PLANNING TO ADD MORE SHELTER CAPACITY.

>> I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER AS IT IS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

THE CITY HAS NOT TOLD THE STATE.

>> WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PUT OUR RESOURCES TO BUILD NEW SHELTERS OR HELP THEM BUILD THEIR SHELTERS SO WE CAN HELP THEY DON'T IDENTIFY THOSE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ENDING SHELTER CAPACITY AS THE CITY IS NOW PLANNING TO DO AT THE END OF WINTER.

>> SO THIS TENSION HAS BEEN BREWING A LITTLE WHAT IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE FRICTION HERE FOR I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ONE MAIN SOURCE BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST FRICTION, PERIOD.

I MEAN, THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM, INTRACTABLE IN SOME WAYS, PARTICULARLY WITHOUT ACTION ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

YOU HAVE A UNITED FRONT BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR CALLING FOR CONGRESS PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO MORE.

SO THEIR THEIR JOINT THERE.

BUT THE ON THAT THEY GOT THIS DEADLINE SORT OF OF THE DNC AND NEEDING TO GET THAT IN ORDER BEFORE THE CONVENTION COMES IN CHICAGO, SUPPOSED TO PUT ON A BRIGHT AND SHINY HAPPY FACE AND THEN FURTHER YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, THESE ARE HUMANS.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE IS JUST PRESSURE OF IT'S COLD.

IT'S ICY.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

DO SOMETHING.

WHERE THIS STEMS.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY WITH THE LIGHTFOOT ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS TALK OF, YOU KNOW, PERSONALITY CONFLICT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY THAT IS MUCH.

IT TRUE.

FRUSTRATION BETWEEN THESE 2 TEAMS OF GETTING SOMETHING DONE, BOTH SEEMING TO POINT THEIR FINGERS AT THE OTHER SIDE FOR WHY THAT ISN'T HAPPENING.

HEATHER, HOW IS THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION RESPONDING TO THIS WAS THEIR POSITION?

WELL, THEIR POSITION IS THAT CHICAGO HAS DONE MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE IN CARING FOR THE PEOPLE SENT TO CHICAGO.

MANY ON BUSES PAID FOR BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, BRANDON JOHNSON WANTS YES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO SORT OF HELP CHICAGO CANDLE THAT INFLUX BY SORT OF ENCOURAGING OTHER AREAS TO AGREE TO HOUSE AND CARE FOR THESE MIGRANTS.

THE ISSUE IS IS THAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS FACING A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION IN NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 6,000 MIGRANTS ARE GOING TO GET EVICTED ACCORDING TO THE CITY POLICY.

NOW, IN EFFECT AND WHETHER THEY SORT OF END UP HOMELESS ON CHICAGO'S STREETS, I THINK IS A VERY REAL CONCERN FOR GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS CONCERNED THAT IF THE CITY DOES NOT CONTINUE TO ADD SHELTER BEDS AT THE PACE THAT IT DID BEFORE A NEW INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.

NOW IT'S SLOWED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT'S GOING TO REALLY PUT THE CITY BACK BEHIND THE BALL.

PARIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A GOOD LOOK TO HAVE THE MAYOR AND THE IN A VERY PUBLIC SPAT.

CERTAINLY AHEAD OF THE DNC AS AMANDA MENTIONED.

IS THAT A CONCERN FOR EITHER OF THEM?

YEAH, I THINK THE GOVERNOR PROBABLY ANTICIPATES AN UPTAKE IN BUSES SENSE, ESPECIALLY AS THE MONTHS GET WARMER.

WE GET CLOSER TO THE DNC, BUT IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, ACTUALLY.

>> TO HAVE CALLING OUT THE MAYOR OF THE SAME PARTY IN THE BIGGEST CITY IN A STATE.

WE DIDN'T.

WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR AND LIGHTFOOT DIDN'T REALLY SEE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALLY.

BILL PUBLIC THIS OFTEN FOR HIM TO GO PUBLIC.

I THINK MEANS THAT THE 2 CAMPS ARE NOT THEY'RE NOT AGREEING.

I WANT TO DO.

THEY CAN'T COME TO A MEETING OF THE MINDS ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS OR ELSE.

WHY WOULD THEY GO PUBLIC WITH IT?

I TO WHAT WAY, EXPAND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FAR.

>> THE GOVERNOR SAYS TEAM WE HAVE CHICAGO.

YOU SAY THAT YOUR ALL THIS, BUT WAIT, WE HAVE TAKING CARE OF.

WE PROVIDED THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

WE PROVIDE INTAKE CENTER.

WE PRINT WE ARE PAYING FOR SHELTER BEDS.

WE'VE OFFERED TO PAY FOR MORE AND YOU'RE NOT TELLING US WHERE TO PUT THEM.

WE DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SO FOR CHICAGO TO SAY, OH, GOSH, IT'S SO TOUGH ON US WHEN THERE WAS ENOUGH MONEY DID THE MAYOR HAS ADMITTED IN HIS OWN BUDGET NOT FARE.

SO REALLY IT'S JUST BOTH SIDES NOT GOOD.

AND IT'S A VERY TOUGH SITUATION.

IT IS.

OBVIOUSLY HAD MOVING ON.

A NEW ORDINANCE EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED AT CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

THAT WILL FORCE ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION TO USE ELECTRICITY FOR HEAT AND POWER RATHER THAN GAS.

WHO'S BEHIND THIS AND WHAT THE PROPOSAL?

WELL, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON HAS PUT THE FULL FORCE BETWEEN BEHALF OF THE NEWLY RECONSTITUTED DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT BEHIND THIS.

>> IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO DO 2 THINGS.

ONE, IT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT CHICAGOANS FROM HAVING TO PAY.

REALLY.

IT ORBITING CASAS FOR FOR NATURAL GAS WHICH WE'VE SEEN GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT IT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE ELECTRICITY FOR THE MOST PART IS A CLEANER SOURCE OF POWER.

SO THIS PREVENT NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION IN NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION FROM INSTALLING GAS.

APPLIANCES DISHWASHERS IN AND FURNACES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

NOW, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO OR ANY BUSINESSES TO RETROFIT BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY WE HEARD FROM CITY OFFICIALS TODAY THAT THIS WAS A BABY STEP, A REASONABLE FIRST STEP, BUT PEOPLE'S GAS IS VERY MUCH AGAINST IT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

AND THERE IS LOCAL ONE, 50, THE OPERATING ENGINEERS UNIONS WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR MEMBERS LOSE JOBS, INSTALLING THESE SORT OF GAS HOOKUPS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG FIGHT, EVEN THOUGH BOTH NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES HAVE SIMILAR LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT PASSED WITHOUT MUCH CONTROVERSY.

HARRIS IS A GIVEN WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE OPPOSITION?

I THINK IT'S A TEST OF WHERE SORT OF THE HEART OF CITY COUNCIL LIES THAT DOMINATED BY FURTHER PROGRESSIVE LEFT OR MAYBE THE MORE TRADITIONAL LEFT.

BECAUSE HEATHER MENTION, YOU SAW SOME ALL THE PEOPLE PREEMPTIVELY COME OUT AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE YESTERDAY IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AND LABOR UNIONS ARE A TRADITIONAL SOURCE OF POWER FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE SECTOR UNION TO THE TRADE UNIONS.

>> I WOULD GUESS THERE WOULD BE A MAJORITY SUPPORT, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO FACTOR INTO THE FULL HERE'S JUST MEAN MORE BUSINESS FOR COMED AND IS THAT THE CHICAGO IS COMING GOOD ABOUT GIVING LIKE ALL THOSE NEW COMED.

AND, YOU KNOW, LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HERE.

GOOD INTENTIONS.

>> YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT?

SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME.

30 SECONDS.

ANOTHER ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

HOW POLICE OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT, HOW THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND WHO GETS THE FINAL SAY A POLICE BOARD OR AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR WISE IS BACK FOR THE COUNCIL.

WELL, THE INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR FROM FIRST SORT OF CREATED THIS CONTROVERSY HAS REAFFIRMED RULING THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'LL BE FIRED OR SUSPENDED FOR UP TO A YEAR.

>> THAT DECISION NOW COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO EITHER REAFFIRM OR REVERSED THAT VOTE.

THEY TOOK BACK BEFORE THE FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE A JUST ADANI GROUP OF OF LEGAL FIGHTING WILL WILL COMMENCE THAT WILL REALLY DETERMINE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO HOLD OFFICERS ACCUSED OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT ACCOUNTABLE.

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