>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE WEEKEND OF YOU.

I PARIS SCHUTZ TEMPERATURES DROPPING MIGRANTS ARE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD CHICAGO STRUGGLES WITH WHAT TO DO.

FROM DAY ONE.

SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO MORE.

MAYOR JOHNSON VISITS WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND ASKED FOR MORE FEDERAL MONEY TO ASSIST CHICAGO'S MIGRANT CRISIS.

I CANNOT CHANGE MY PLEDGE TO MY COMMUNITY.

>> I PROMISE THAT WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS TOGETHER.

AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON.

MISTER PRESIDENT, THAT I TO BE REPORTED AS MEANWHILE, NEW PLANS FOR MIGRANT SHELTERS AND AN ABANDONED KMART AND JEWEL RECEIVE ALDERMANIC PUSHED BACK CITY ORDINANCES TO REQUIRE PAID LEAVE FOR ALL WORKERS AND TO INSTITUTE A GRADUATED REAL ESTATE SALES TAX TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS ON TRACK FOR APPROVAL.

STATE LAWMAKERS PROPOSED NEW DISTRICTS FOR CHICAGO'S COMING ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD.

READ YOUR BILL IF YOU READ YOUR BILL, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHERE YOUR MONEY'S GOING TO STICKER SHOCK IN THE NORTH SUBURBS AS PROPERTY TAXES GO UP BY THE LARGEST AMOUNT IN 30 YEARS AND A LITTLE HALLOWEEN FUN AMONG FRIENDS DURING A CONTENTIOUS CITY COUNCIL DEBATE.

>> ALL HAD A HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND YOU ALL HERE.

WELCOME TO OUR PANEL.

JOINING US, OUR LAURA RODRIGUEZ PREZA WITH THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

OUR VERY OWN HEATHER SHARON, THAT WITH CHALK BEAT CHICAGO AND JACOBY COCHRAN WITH CITY CAST CHICAGO.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO ANOTHER SHARON.

MAYOR JOHNSON WANTS 5 BILLION DOLLARS UP FROM WASHINGTON AS DO OTHER MAYORS OF CITIES IN SIMILAR POSITIONS.

HOW LIKELY IS IT GOING TO GET ANYTHING IF THAT?

WELL, IT IS A BIG QUESTION BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT CONGRESS IS GRIDLOCKED.

THEY CAN'T EVEN AGREE ON A PACKAGE TO HELP ISRAEL DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS.

>> THE CHANCES OF MORE MONEY MAKING IT THROUGH THE CONGRESS.

I THINK PERHAPS ARE SLIM TO NONE.

AND THAT IS WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEK A RAMPING UP OF THE SORT OF CITY COUNCIL DEBATE OVER HOW TO CARE FOR THE UNSHELTERED.

THESE MIGRANTS AS WINTER IS BARRELING DOWN ME THIS WBZ THIS AFTER ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM THE PRESIDENT IF ANYONE IS GOING TO LIKE FEMA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ARE THERE ANY FUNDS TO BE UNLOCKED, TAKING A BRANCH IN 2022, THE CITY GOT SOME MONEY FROM FEMA.

IT HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO DECLARE DISASTERS.

YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SORT OF LEVELS TO UNLOCK THAT THINGS AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SORT OF BREAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY IT'S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS ONLY SET TO APPROPRIATE 150 MILLION DOLLARS TO CARE FOR MIGRANTS IN 2024, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COST OF THAT WILL BE AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT IF NOT MORE.

AND THERE'S NO REAL PLAN B.

WITH A LOT OF HARD, HARD CHOICES AHEAD.

AS THEY SAY, THIS IS GOING TO RUN THROUGH THAT MONEY IN A MATTER OF MONTHS OR A TREAT AS PRESIDENT.

IT'S COLD OUT THERE.

>> IT WAS COLD THIS WEEKEND, SNOW.

THIS WEEK, I THINK MY TO HANDLE THAT.

YOU WANT ON TOP THAT.

YEAH, THAT NOT.

A LOT OF LIVE IN COME FROM TROPICAL.

>> PLACES WITH VERY, YOU KNOW, WARM WEATHER.

SO THEY HAVE HEARD THAT CHICAGO WAS COLD.

A LOT OF THEM TELL ME, BUT NOT THAT COLD FACE.

JUST THE BEGINNING.

RIGHT?

IT WAS INTERESTING TALKING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, THE COLTS COMING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE SNOW.

BUT WHEN THEY STARTED FEELING THE WIND AND THEY REALIZE WE HAVE TO LIVE OUTSIDE AND THE WIND IS GOING TO IT'S NOT THE SAME AS YOU KNOW, BEING INSIDE AND SEEN THE THE SNOW COME DOWN.

SO A LOT OF THEM ARE TO SEEING OR THINKING ABOUT MAYBE LEAVING THAT SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING THAT IT'S HAPPENING I THINK THAT SOME OF THEM ARE JUST UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT THE FIRST MIGRANTS GOT INITIALLY, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HOTEL AND SOME FOOD AND THEN EVENTUALLY SETTLING DOWN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE REALIZING THAT EVEN IN SHELTERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

IT'S NOT THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE IDEAL.

THERE'S NO HEAT OUT THERE FOR THEM.

THERE'S NO SPACE HEATERS IS NO ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS JACOBY COCHRAN.

>> ALDERMAN LIKE FRIDAY, MOSTLY ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST A SITE IN HIS WAR DEAD BY AN ABANDONED JEWEL ALDERMEN TO BARS IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THIS ABANDONED K MART WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE SAINTS THESE ARE GIANT WAREHOUSES.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THE TIME BEING TO HOUSE MIGRANT, I THINK IS THE LAST POINT THE BETWEEN THE TIME THE IDEAL SITE.

>> THEY'RE IDEAL SITES BECAUSE THERE YOU CAN HOLD LARGE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE.

AT ONE POINT.

BUT THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHY ARE THE SITES EVEN HEAR?

WHY DO WE HAVE ABUNDANCE OF ABANDONED KMART'S ABANDONED, SAVE A LOT ABANDONED.

NOW, WALGREENS.

ACROSS THE STREET FROM JEWELS PARKING LOT AND RUNNING MOST OF THESE WAR AND COMMUNITIES ACT.

DOES THIS SAY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S BEING INVESTED HERE?

YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO TURN THAT THAT JEWEL ON 115 INTO MIXED RESIDENTIAL UNITS TURNED INTO RETAIL TRY RIIS PARK INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT EVERY TIME THEY LOOKUP THEY'RE LOSING SOMETHING.

THEY'RE LOSING A WAL-MART.

THEY'RE LOSING A JEWEL.

THEY'RE LOSING A GROCERY STORE AND NOW THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT EVEN BEING COMMUNICATED ABOUT WHAT HE IS BEING BROUGHT TO THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH THESE POTENTIAL POTENTIAL WINTER ICE TENT CAMPS.

THEY HAVE NO SORT OF IN INSIDE THE UN SAID THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT START A SPACE AS A TEMPORARY SHELTER, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO GUARANTEE HOW LONG IT WILL REMAIN UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS IT FEEL LIKE WHERE ARE THE RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE >> MIGRANTS ARE HERE.

IT'S GETTING COLD.

THEY NEED TO STAY SOMEWHERE.

RIGHT.

AND THEN WE'VE RUN OUT OF SHELTER SPACE IN THE EXISTING SHELTER SYSTEM.

AND SO THE CITY >> NEEDS TO COME UP WITH THESE TEMPORARY TENTS ARE QUICK SOLUTION.

REHABBING EVEN IN ALL K MART GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CITY PROPERTY IS GOING TO TAKE TIME TO FIX UP.

SO THE CITY IS GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM AND THEN ALSO SOLVE THE SOLUTION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE LONG-TERM CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING WHERE PEOPLE CAN EVENTUALLY LIVE LONG-TERM PERMANENTLY.

AND I THINK THE FIGHT YOU'RE HEARING AND CITY COUNCIL THAT, YOU KNOW, HEATHER WAS FRONT LINES THIS WEEK OF JUST THIS DISAGREEMENT AMONG AND THAT REALLY THE POLITICS AMONG THAT COUNCIL OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF NOT NOT IN MY WORD, NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING POINT OTHER SHARON, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME INTERESTING POLITICAL ALLIANCES AND >> SORT OF ENEMIES BEING FORMED RIGHT?

SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT PARIS ABOUT THE DECADES OLD TRADITION OF ALDERMANIC PREROGATIVE.

WHERE IS IF YOU ARE IN ALL THE PERSON YOU GET THE FINAL SAY OVER WHAT GOES IN YOUR WORD AND WHAT DOESN'T GO IN YOUR WARD.

>> AND BRANDON JOHNSON HAS SAID CLEARLY, LOOK, THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY OF LETTING EACH INDIVIDUAL ALDERPERSON MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

THE PROBLEM IS IS THEN THAT LEAVES THE MAYOR AT ODDS WITH NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO VEHEMENTLY ANGRY, BUT ALSO THE LOCAL ALDERPERSON AND IT HAS ALIENATED JULIO RAMIREZ WHO CAMPAIGNED FOR BRANDON JOHNSON, WHO SUPPORTS BRANDON JOHNS ITSELF IN THE 12TH ROAD.

THE 10 CITY WOULD GO IN THAT AND RUNNING.

MOSTLY ALSO SUPPORTED BRANDON JOHNSON.

SO HE IS LOSING ALICE ON CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHY YOU SAW HIS ALLIES STEP IN TO PREVENT A VOTE ON THE DEBT, THE TENT CAMP AT 100 15TH AND AND HALSTED.

BUT IT IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER VOTE ON TUESDAY.

SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL DO THIS WHOLE DEBATE OVER AGAIN.

IN ADDITION TO A FINAL VOTE ON THE PROPOSAL KNOWN AS BRING CHICAGO HOME, WHICH IS SORT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THOSE LONG-TERM ISSUES ABOUT HOUSING IN CHICAGO.

AND WE'LL GET TO THAT, SAY WITH LAURA RODRIGUEZ, IN THESE PROJECTS CAN STILL GO FORWARD.

EVEN DESPITE LOCAL DEMAND OF OPPOSITION KNOW, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY CAN WRITE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MUCH ANGER.

AM I?

>> I THINK THAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF SEEING THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

RIGHT.

PART OF THE REPORTING.

BUT I DO IS PRETTY MUCH SHOWING HOW INHUMANE IT IS TOO.

HAVE THOSE CHILDREN OUT THERE.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FAIR CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING TO THEIR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

ANATOMY OF THE 10 CITIES IS PRETTY INTERESTING IT IS RIGHT.

THESE PEOPLE DON'T.

I OBVIOUSLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WORK IN THE UNITED STATES IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CULTURE.

SO THAT DYNAMIC OF IT ALL VERY I AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IF THEY WERE TO BUILD THIS TEND HOW GOOD IT WILL DO FOR THEM A TENT CITIES WHERE YOU DRIVE BY ANY POLICE STATION RIGHT NOW.

LIKE RIGHT OVER HERE, LELAND PULASKI, THERE ARE 10 CITIES.

IT'S RIGHT.

CAMPER 10, JUST ALL AROUND.

RIGHT.

AND I TELLING YOU HOW THEY READY.

>> THEY'VE CREATED ALMOST LIKE SMALL HOMES.

THEY'RE RIGHT.

SOME OF THEM HAVE GRILLS OUTSIDE.

THAT IS WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR FOOD.

I PASS A A 12TH DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE CHAIRS.

THEY HAVE TABLES.

THEY HAVE EVEN I THINK IT WAS LIKE A DRESSER THERE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD VERY INTERESTING A SIGN THAT HOME SWEET HOME.

SO IT'S IT'S FOR THEM.

I FEEL LIKE FOR A LOT OF THEM.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, WELL, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE WEATHER IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE NICE AND WE CAN JUST STAY HERE LIVE HERE.

IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT WHEN WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

BUT THE COLD NOW IT'S MAKING THEM REALIZE THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO HERE COMING AND YOU WHY IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS INORDINATELY FALLING ON THE CITY OF CHICAGO NOW, ARE SOME SUBURBS PARK NOW STARTING TO STEP UP >> JOLIET TURN DOWN MONEY AT TO WHERE IT TO HELP FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I MEAN, >> CHICAGO IS THE 3RD LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA, RIGHT?

WE HAVE THE ARROGANCE THAT WE HAVE A CHICAGO IS THAT WE CAN'T SOLVE ANY PROBLEM THAT WE'RE UP TO ANY CHALLENGE MINUTES.

ACTUARY CITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS UP TO 40 YEARS IN, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT YOU HAVE TO STAND ON THAT BUSINESS.

YOU CAN'T JUST PROCLAIM WE'RE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME.

IF THEY'RE SEEKING ASYLUM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME FOR BETTER AND BRIGHTER TO BUILD THOSE SYSTEMS.

AND NOW THAT BEING ASKED TO SORT OF PUT THAT RUBBER TO THE ROAD IS CLEAR.

WE HAVE INVEST.

WE HAVEN'T INVESTED IN THOSE DECADES AND THAT THERE WAS AS CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL KIND OF CALLING CHICAGO'S LOOK IN THE MIRROR A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE HIGH-MINDED IDEALS, BUT AS YOU SAID, THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD THAT YOU SEE NOTHING.

BUT OPPOSITION SPEAKING THE SANCTUARY CITY, PART OF THIS, HEATHER, WHY IS THAT GETTING SO MUCH CONTROVERSY?

WE HAVE TO REMIND VIEWERS, SANCTUARY CITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO DO WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

BUT SOME ALDERMEN WANT TO MAKE THIS A BIG DEBATE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?

WELL, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS GOING BACK TO PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IN THE 1980'S TARGETED DEMOCRATIC CITIES FOR PROCLAIMING TO BE WELCOMING TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OR ALL IMMIGRANTS.

AND THIS IS NOTHING DIFFERENT.

THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT NOW TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT >> HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE THESE PEOPLE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE SEEKING A PIECE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AS ESSENTIALLY TO SORT OF FOR CHICAGO TO CONFRONT WHETHER IT IS ACTUALLY WELCOMING TO IMMIGRANTS OR WHETHER WE ARE AS A CITY HYPOCRITES AS TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT THINKS WE ARE IN.

THE QUESTION IS CAN CHICAGO LIVE UP TO THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT OR IS CHICAGO GOING TO SAY NOW WE DON'T WANT TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALDERMAN AND ALDERMAN ANTHONY BEALE AND ALDERMAN BRENDAN REILLY SAID THAT NO LONGER CHICAGO SORT OF EMBRACES THOSE IDEALS.

AND I THINK THAT CHICAGO HAS YET TO SORT OF GRAPPLE WITH THE FACT THAT SORT OF WHO WE ARE AS A CITY HAS ALWAYS RELIED WELCOMING IMMIGRANTS.

AND IN FACT, WE'VE WELCOMED AS A CITY JUST AS MANY UKRAINIAN IMMIGRANTS AS WE HAVE ALL COME TO VENEZUELA, INDIFFERENCE AND AND FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE JUST VERY DIFFERENT.

SO WHILE THE SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS DEBATE, REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS FOR DECADES HAVE USED AS WEDGE AND THEY HAVE FOUND SIGNIFICANT SORT SPACE TO DIVIDE CHICAGO.

AND THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR POLITICAL REASONS LEANED INTO CLEARLY CITIES LIKE CHICAGO ARE NOT READY FOR THIS.

I GIVEN WITH THAT, GOVERNOR ABBOTT DID TO PICK GOT TO MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS.

THE VOTE INSTITUTE, A GRADUATED REAL ESTATE SALES TAX TO FUND HOMELESS PROGRAMS.

IT'S STILL FOR NOW, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH >> DO THIS.

I MEAN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU HAS BEEN ALIVE SINCE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS ELECTED.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ADVOCATES WERE PUSHING BACK IN 2019, 2020, 18, AND SO IT'S BEEN STUCK IN THIS RULES COMMITTEE POSITIONS SORT OF IN LIMBO.

IT HAS FINALLY TAKEN OUT OF COMMITTEE AND IT IS STALLED CURRENTLY.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR HAS THE SUPPORT OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT OF CITY COUNCIL AND IT WOULD IT WILL LIKELY BE ON VOTERS BALLOTS NEXT YEAR, JACOBY COP BY SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY THAT THIS IS JUST GOING DEPRESS THE MARKET TO EVEN MORE IF THEY INSTITUTE THIS.

>> ADDITIONAL TAX ON SALES FOR THAT INCREMENT OVER A MILLION.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE INCREMENT OVER 1.5 MILLION.

>> NO, I ALMOST ALWAYS DON'T BUY WHEN WHEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY SAYS THAT ANY ORDINANCE THAT LOOKS TO RAISE REVENUES, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX OR IT'S ABOUT OFFERING 10 DAYS OF PAID LEAVE TO YOUR WORKERS THAT SOMEHOW IS GOING TO TAKE THE BOTTOM OUT OUR REAL ESTATE.

OUR BUSINESS NEWS ALWAYS SORT OF SIGNAL THAT IS A BUT BUT I DO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S CONCERNS IS THAT AT THIS TABLE WILL BE MAKING 1.0 2, 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR ESTATE NO.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY CIRCLE ARE CONCERNED WITH YOU.

SO IT'S I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS BUT MORE TIMES THAN NOT.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS.

>> YOU KNOW, SORT PUT OUT THERE TO SCARE THE REST OF US OUT OF HAVING CURRENTLY ATTACKS THAT EXISTS AS A FLAT TAX.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE REAL ESTATE, THERE'S ALREADY THAT TAX ON THERE.

SO THIS GRADUATES AT SOUTH HERE.

>> IN THAT PER MILLION DOLLAR LEVEL.

YOU PAY A SLIGHTLY HIGHER, WHICH IS WHY A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES.

AND BY THE WAY, TO MAKE THIS MORE PALATABLE, THEY LOWERED SLIGHTLY THE RAID PROPERTIES UNDER MILLION HEATHER SHARON.

WHAT ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE VOTE INSTITUTE?

MANDATORY PAID LEAVE FOR WORKERS IN CHICAGO.

THE WILL BUSINESSES JUST FOLD UP GOING SUMMER.

WELL, THAT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS ALSO ARGUMENT BACK IN 2016 WHEN CHICAGO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO REQUIRE BUSINESSES TO OFFER THEIR EMPLOYEES SICK LEAVE.

PRETTY SURE THAT THE CITY'S ECONOMY WITHSTOOD THAT FRONTAL ATTACK.

>> AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON AND HIS ALLIES HAVE SAID THE CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS BECAUSE IT WILL MEAN THAT GOINGS WILL LIVE BETTER LIVES.

THEY WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND THAT THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE MORE STABLE BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A DAY OFF TO TAKE THEIR KID TO THE DOCTOR.

THE ISSUE IS THAT BRANDON JOHNSON IS SORT SAID HE'S A COLLABORATOR THAT HE WANTS TO REACH COMPROMISE.

HE TRIED REALLY HARD TO REACH COMPROMISE WITH THE BUSINESS COALITION LED BY THE CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COULD NOT GET THERE.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS FOR 15 DAYS OF PAID LEAVE FOR WHATEVER REASON SICK OR YOU JUST AREN'T FEELING IT.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SET FOR A VOTE ON TUESDAY WOULD BE 5 SICK DAYS AND PHASE PAID TIME OFF DAYS, WHICH WOULD BE MORE THAN ANY OTHER BIG CITY, INCLUDING NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES AND THIS FROM THE FLU THROUGH COMMITTEE SAFE TO SAY IT'S GOT THE VOTES TO PASS A FULL CITY COUNCIL.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE PARLIAMENTARY SHENANIGANS ON TUESDAY AND THEY WILL BLOCK A VOTE ON TUESDAY.

IT'S SORT OF GIVES MORE TIME FOR OPPOSITION TO SORT OF MARTIAL AGAINST SO WE WILL PROBABLY NOT GOING TO A FINAL VOTE ON THAT UNTIL NOVEMBER.

15TH, BUT PERHAPS THEY'LL SURPRISE ME AND EVERYBODY WILL GET ON THE SAME PAGE AND SING KUMBAYA.

THAT WOULD BE A SURPRISE IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PARLIAMENTARY SHENANIGANS.

LET'S GO.

LET'S SHOW THAT PICTURE OVER THE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES WORN BY SOME OF OUR FRIENDS ARE FIRST OF SO THAT'S REALLY LOW AND THE LEFT.

WHAT WHAT VILLAIN IS HE DRESSED AS SUBZERO FROM MORTAL KOMBAT.

NOW I COME BACK.

HAD TO STOP HIM AND SAY GOOD, SIR.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF.

I AM OLD WHITE LADY AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AROUND YEAH.

SO ALDERMAN VASQUEZ WHO YOU RIGHT THERE IS DRESSED AS A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY.

AND THIS WAS A RELATIVELY LIGHT HEARTED MOMENT BECAUSE ALDERMAN LOPEZ WERE AKA, SUBZERO, WANTS THE CITY TO PUT NEW RESTRICTIONS ON THE LIBRARY'S TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM SORT OF PUTTING THEM UP IN THE PUBLIC WAY WITHOUT A PERMIT.

ALDERMAN VASQUEZ SAYS THAT IS A RIDICULOUS PROPOSAL.

IT IS A PERK, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S WHY HE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL DRESSED AS A LITTLE ON HALLOWEEN.

THAT WAS THE HIGH POINT OF CITY COUNCIL REALLY SHINES ON MORAL COMMENTS GOING TO ADD LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES VIDEO GAMES OF EVENING.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION FOR BIT >> SPRINGFIELD LAWMAKERS ARE NOW PROPOSING 20 ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY PER CITY LAW THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD PRETTY SOON HERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE 20 DISTRICTS.

>> EVENTUALLY THEY WILL ALL BE ELECTED.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HYBRID FOR A WHILE.

SO WITHOUT CONFUSING THE HECK OUT OF EVERYBODY, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL ABOUT WHAT?

THESE DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

>> WELL, WE HAVE A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ACTUALLY ALL 3 VERSIONS ON OUR WEBSITE TALK THE DOT ORG.

SO YOU CAN LOOK AND TOGGLE THROUGH TO SEE WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT DISTRICT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD FALL INTO.

BUT ESSENTIALLY DIVIDING UP THE CITY INTO 20 DISTRICTS.

I'M TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, COMPACT CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO KEEP LIKE MINDED VOTERS TOGETHER OR, YOU KNOW, INTEREST GROUP, BUT CERTAIN POPULATIONS TOGETHER.

SO THIS MAP, THIS 3RD DRAFT HAS 7 MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICTS, 6 MAJORITY LATINO DISTRICTS, 5 MAJORITY, WHITE AND 2 THAT NO MAJORITY BUT LEAN WHITE.

SO THEY'RE WHITE PLURALITY OF YEAR.

SOME GROUPS ARE ARE SAYING, THOUGH, THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS AND CPR, LATINO, WHICH SORT OF A DIFFICULT TASK GIVEN THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS 10% WHITE AND 46% LATINO ABOUT 38% BLACK.

WOULD BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO BE ABLE DRAW A MAP THAT MATCHES THE STUDENT POPULATION.

SO THEY HAVE TO DRAW THE MAP BASED ON THE ENTIRE POPULATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CRITICS EARLY IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY PUNTED THE DEADLINE FOR DRAWING THESE MAPS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO AT LEAST TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION TOWARD BLACK AND LATINO BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PRIMARILY SERVES.

SO THIS 3RD DRAFT IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID IT'S GETTING CLOSER GETTING BETTER.

IT COULD PASS IN THE VETO SESSION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHERE WHERE THINGS SHAKE OUT, WHERE YOU WANT TO JUST WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON, BUT SO IS IT THE NEW ARRIVALS?

IS THERE SOME IS THIS RESULT OF THE AMOUNT CHILDREN THEY'RE ENROLLING ARTS WELL.

SO OUR ENROLLMENT FLAT-LINED THIS YEAR IN PART BECAUSE OF THE NEW ARRIVALS IN THE MIGRANT STUDENTS THAT ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE LIVING INTENSE ON THE STREETS, BUT THEY'RE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS ARE FEELING THE CRUNCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SERVE THE STUDENTS, MANY OF WHOM DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH.

SHE LET YET THEY'RE ENROLLED INNING OR ENGLISH LEARNER PROGRAMS.

THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO STAFF UP FOR AND I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MAP IS THAT EVEN BEFORE THE MIGRANTS, THE NEW ARRIVALS THERE WAS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, MANY STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE NOT DOCUMENTED AND THEREFORE CANNOT VOTE.

AND SO HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE?

IS IT SOME KIND OF COMMITTEE OR TASKFORCE WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE A VOICE TOO, YOU KNOW, SAY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR PAY ATTENTION TO OUR VOICE EVEN IF WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, HAVE SEAT ON THIS IS REALLY CONFUSING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A HYBRID SCHOOL BOARD FIRST.

SO ONLY HALF OF THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS WILL GET TO VOTE.

HALF THE DISTRICT WILL GET OF THE FIRST.

THERE'S A PROPOSAL THAT WAS LITERALLY JUST DROPPED BEFORE THIS SHOW BEGAN.

WILL HAVE TO BE DEBATED NEXT WEEK OR IN SPRINGFIELD IN THE SPRING.

BUT >> ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT, YES, 10 OF THE DISTRICTS WOULD VOTE WOULD BE ELECTED IN 2024.

10 WOULD BE ELECTED IN 2026 AND THEN GOING FORWARD, YOU HAVE STAGGERED ELECTION.

SO EVERY 2 YEARS THERE WOULD HALF THE BOARD WOULD TURN OVER THE SCHOOL BOARD.

PRESIDENT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ELECTED AT LARGE BY EVERYONE IN THE CITY, BUT THEY'LL BE APPOINTED THE THE MAYOR WILL GET TO A POINT.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE 10.

YOU DON'T GET SAYING MIGHT BE DIFFERENT NEXT FRIDAY, RIGHT IN THE YOU KNOW, LAWMAKERS WILL.

>> DEBATE DECIDE AND ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FROM THIS UP.

THEY HAVE UNTIL APRIL 1ST.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, YOU CAN START COLLECTING PETITIONS ON MARCH.

26 OF 2024 LOT A LOT MORE ON THEIR SLEEVES AND COME OUT WITH DISTRICT ARE AND IF YOU WANT IF YOU ARE ALMOST FOLKS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAR THERE AND SO TEND TO KNOW WHAT'S COOL THAT GOING TO BE DIFFICULT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A 6 OR A JOB TO COME FEEL OF A CIVICS LESSON.

TRIAL IS STARTING ON MONDAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A CIVICS LESSON INTO THE OLD CHICAGO WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?

>> LEARNING WHAT IT ONCE THIS TRIAL GETS UNDER WAY.

I LEARNED EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SITTING DOWN WITH WBTW HAS ALL HAD THE CITY WORKING ON THAT ROUTE ON MONDAY.

>> AND INTERESTED TO SEE HOW MUCH OF CHICAGO'S POLITICAL WAY IS ON TRIAL AS MUCH AS AND BURKY IS SO MUCH OF HIS DEFENSES WILL.

THIS IS HOW POLITICS ARE DONE.

I'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG.

THIS IS THE CHICAGO WAY AND OTHERS ARE ARGUING, WELL, THAT WAY HAS BEEN WRONG.

IT THAT WAY HAS BEEN ILLEGAL THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS, YOU KNOW, DON'T JUST COME UP SINCE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WIRETAPS THAT THE PEOPLE THESE QUESTIONS FOR FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

AND SO I MENTIONED SEE HOW FAST THE TRIAL GOES.

HOW MANY CHARGES WILL THE JURY VOTE GUILTY OR NOT AND THEN ULTIMATELY, HOW DOES THE CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD AND BURKE IS NO LONGER AN ALDERMAN BUT HIS HIS SHADOW STILL LOOMS LARGE OVER CITY HALL.

AND HEATHER, ARE WE GOING TO SEE DANNY SOLIS?

SO IS THE ALDERMAN WHO GOT AND A LOT OF TROUBLE OF HIS OWN TURNED ALL THE FBI BASICALLY PUT AWAY OR ON AND SAID, OKAY, NOW GO PRETEND YOU'RE GETTING AT BIRTH TO DO THIS.

NOW GO FOR 10.

YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS.

>> IS HE GOING TO TAKE THE STAND?

WELL, BERKS LAWYERS SAY THEY WILL CALL DANNY SOLIS TO THE STAND, BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER PROSECUTORS MAKE THEIR CASE.

AND PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT CALL DANNY SOLIS.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH AN OPEN QUESTION AT THIS POINT.

I THINK ALL CHICAGO REPORTERS WANT TO HEAR DANNY SOLIS TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID AS A GOVERNMENT INFORMANT AND TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT SERVING AS THE MOST IMPACT FULL GOVERNMENT INFORMANT IN POLITICAL CORRUPTION CASES IN CHICAGO'S HISTORY, WHICH IS NO SMALL FEAT.

>> THE LARGER QUESTION I THINK IS WHAT IS AT BERKS DEFENSE GOING TO BE?

IS IT GOING TO BE THAT'S JUST HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE OR IS IT GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT ALDERMAN PATRICK DALEY, THOMPSON ARGUED IN HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL?

WELL, I WASN'T PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO HIS LAWYERS HAVE SORT OF PUT OUT BOTH DEFENSES IN PRETRIAL HEARINGS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE SORT OF HOW THAT ALL SHAKES OUT.

BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A MOMENT TO JUST SAY THAT THIS IS A STUNNING MOMENT IN CHICAGO, POLITICAL HISTORY.

ED BURKE WAS THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN WHO RULED CITY HALL WITH JUST AN IRON FIST FOR DECADES.

HE THWARTED MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON.

HE CREATED SORT OF COUNCIL WARS AND THEN HE WENT ON TO SORT OF SERVICE THE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, STENT, YOU KNOW, SENATORIAL SORT OF CHICAGO HISTORIAN, WAXING NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE YES, YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK I AM JUST FASCINATED TO THAT.

HE IS ABOUT TO TURN 80.

HE WILL TURN 80 JUST BEFORE NEW YEAR'S AND HE NOW FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF SPENDING HIS RETIREMENT YEARS IN PRISON BECAUSE IF HE'S CONVICTED, HE FACES A SIGNIFICANT SENT.

WE WE KNOW THAT HE WOULD MUCH RATHER BE SPENDING THAT TIME EMPOWERS LAKE.

OKAY.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR NOW.

IT'S OUR THANKS TO LAURA RODRIGUEZ, PRESIDENT HEATHER SHARON.

>> VIVI AND JACOBY CA COCHRAN.

AND WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

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

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LET'S TALK SOME SPORTS HERE.

THE BEARS.

>> THEY'RE NOT IN CONTENTION.

YESTERDAY WAS WAKE ME UP WHEN IT MATTERS.

GET THIS PASS RUSHER.

MY MIND HAS SWEAT FOR A SECOND ROUND WHERE THEY ACTING LIKE THEIR TEAM.

THAT'S LIKE JUST ON THE CUSP OF PLAYOFF CONTENTION.

KNOW THEY'RE TRYING PRETEND THEY'RE THE RAPTORS GETTING KAWHI LEONARD LIKE WEATHER.

IF YOU DON'T SOUND AS WE GET A CHAMPIONSHIP THAT'S NOT NO.

SO WE'RE LOSING DRAFT SOME TYPE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.

A QUARTERBACK IS STILL HURT.

YEAH, THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON ALREADY LOOKS LIKE THIS TIME TO WRAP THINGS UP AND THEN REALLY NAME ON LIKE A GREAT NAME FOR A FOOTBALL >> CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT, A CLIFF AND CLIFFORD LAW, OFFICES PERSONAL INJURY, LAW FIRM,