TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> A PLAN TO TRANSFORM A VACANT GROCERY STORE AND PARKING LOT NEAR 100 15TH AND HALSTED INTO A MIGRANT SHELTER.

RAN INTO A BUZZ SAW OPPOSITION WEDNESDAY, FORCING SUPPORTERS TO DELAY A PLANNED VOTE.

MAYOR JOHNSON SAID HE REMAINS COMMITTED TO GETTING THE MORE THAN 2800 PEOPLE OFF THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS IN THE COLD, CONCRETE OUTSIDE.

HE ALSO PLEDGED TO KEEP WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON SOLUTIONS.

HEATHER SHARON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE HEAD OR YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS IN THE PLAN TO BUY THE 67,000 SQUARE-FOOT VACANT, FORMER GROCERY STORE AND SURROUNDING 6.5 ACRES OF LAND HIT A BRICK WALL AFTER ALDERMAN RONNIE MOSLEY SAID THAT HE DIDN'T WANT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN HIS WARD.

HERE'S WHAT HE TOLD YOU BEFORE THE MEETING.

>> OUR COMMUNITY CAME OUT OF THE STRONG, SAID THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SO THERE'S STILL A LOT REACTION TO THAT.

AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE OUTSIDE?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN SUFFERING ASSASSIN TO TAKE ON MORE STAFF FOR HOW HOW WE BE MADE HOW HE MADE BETTER.

>> DID HIS OPPOSITION TURN THE TIDE AGAINST PLAN?

I THINK IT DID.

THERE ARE A CONCERTED GROUP OF OLDER PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM WHO REPRESENT BLACK WARDS THAT HAVE SEEN DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT HIGH CRIME AND GRINDING POVERTY WHO WANT MAYOR JOHNSON TO TAKE A NEW APPROACH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TO HIS APPROACH TO THE MIGRANT CRISIS.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS DECADES LONG TRADITION OF DEFERRING TO THE LOCAL ALDERPERSON OVER HIGH-PROFILE CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

AND SO WHEN RUNNING MOSTLY GOT UP AND SAID, MY COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT THIS AND I CANNOT SUPPORT IT.

THAT GOES A LONG WAY WITH OLDER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY THINK TO THEMSELVES WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO PUT A MIGRANT SHELTER IN MY WARD WHERE I DON'T WANT IT.

THEY WANT ALDERMAN MOSLEY'S PHONE AND THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE HIS THEM HIS VOTE TODAY.

ALTHOUGH MAYORAL ALLIES WERE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE TIDE WAS TURNING BLOCK THE VOTE AND WILL LIVE TO FIGHT, PERHAPS ANOTHER DAY, OK?

SO IT'S BEEN VERY COLD THIS WEEK.

HEATHER, DOES THE CITY HAVE A PLAN FOR, AS YOU SAID, MORE THAN 3300 PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING ON THE FLOORS OF POLICE STATIONS.

AND AT O'HARE.

SO REPORTERS PRESSED THE MAYOR.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

IS THERE A PLAN MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AGO, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD CREATE THESE WHEN TRICE BASE CAMPS TO GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET BEFORE THE WEATHER TURNED, HE SAID, LOOK, HE'S GOING TO KEEP WORKING.

THE STRATEGY REMAINS THE SAME.

AND THAT'S WHY, AS YOU REPORTED, HE'S GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TOMORROW TO PLEAD FOR NOT JUST COLD HARD CASH, BUT MORE COORDINATION AT THE BORDER AND MORE HELP SORT OF GETTING THESE MIGRANTS ON THEIR FEET.

BEYOND THAT, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A PLAN B.

DESPITE THE SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS PROPOSAL?

AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WASN'T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A VOTE?

ALSO ON THE BRING CHICAGO HOME PROPOSAL TODAY, TODAY WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WERE NOT A LOT HAPPENED, BUT BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSALS COULD COME BACK FOR A VOTE ON TUESDAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL'S NEXT REGULAR MEETING.

I FEEL IT CERTAIN THAT THE BRING CHICAGO HOME PROPOSAL WILL GET A FINAL VOTE WHICH COULD SEND IT TO VOTERS IN MARCH.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR THE MIGRANT CENTER AT 115 HOLSTON I THINK IS VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION AT THIS MOMENT.

I'M MORE TO COME HADASH AROUND.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS,