33rd Ward Staff – Page 21 – Rossana Rodriguez

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Week in Review (02/24 – 02/28)

Monday (02/24) Safety is Lit Brigade Thank you to everyone who came out for our Safety is Lit Brigade. We were able to document dozens of lights out and have great updated information to share with our partners at CDOT. Tuesday (02/25) Meeting with Mayor Lightfoot On Tuesday, we met with Mayor Lightfoot and Deputy Mayor Susan Lee to discuss the recent crime and safety issues in our community, and how we can partner to address them with the urgency they require. They were both supportive of our community-driven, collaborative approach to preventing violence and said that it aligns withContinue

Mayor Lightfoot discusses Citywide Efforts to end Youth Gun Violence

In our recent post where discussed Community Safety Action Steps we informed you about the Mayor's recent commitment to bringing violence interruption to the 17th district through the Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO), a member of Communities Partnering 4 Peace. This week we met with ALSO (you can read the notes here) to discuss how we will be working with the Mayor's office to bring violence prevention services to our ward. Today, the Mayor spoke about her desire for a comprehensive approach to community safety in the city of Chicago. We will be meeting with the Mayor's office to discuss thisContinue

33rd Ward Team’s week in Review 2/17-2/21

Monday 2/17 (closed for President's Day) Tuesday 2/18 17th District CAPS Meeting // Beats 1724 & 1713 The 17th District CAPS team discussed the recent increase in crime. Robberies are up but the police have also made 3 arrests related to recent robberies. One of the individuals in custody is tied to over 12 robberies. There is another individual in custody related to a shooting incident from February 12 on the 3200 block of Belle Plaine. This individual is not affiliated with a gang. There was also discussion about the recent shooting incidents that have taken place in the 17thContinue

Safety is Lit Brigade, Mon 2/24

One important element to community safety is making sure that our streets are will lit by our street lights. Our office recognizes that in recent month there have been significant delays in the city's response time when it comes to fixing street and alley lights that are out around the city. This delay is due to low numbers in personnel but also due to high numbers of lights out issues that has been caused by the installation of the new LED Smartlights all around the city. With that said, a second barrier to getting lights fixed in our ward isContinue

Current Community Safety Action Steps for the 33rd Ward

Our neighborhoods have been hurt and shaken by gun violence resulting from a series of gang conflicts that have escalated dramatically in recent days. We have a beautiful community, and no one should be fearful to live here and enjoy it.I have been in regular communication with Mayor Lightfoot about the seriousness of this situation this week, and am pleased to announce that the city will be expanding its violence interruption efforts to include Albany Park and neighboring areas that have been hard hit recently by gun violence.Through the Communities Partnering 4 Peace program, agencies dispatch street outreach workers focusedContinue

2020 Participatory Budgeting Results

Our participatory budgeting process asked residents two questions: What percentage of our total menu funding should to go street repairs, and Which projects residents would like to see funded with the remaining money. As a result of the vote, 50 percent of menu funding--a total of about $500,000--will go towards street and alley repaving. The Department of Transportation makes the ultimate determination of which streets are priorities. (NB: Currently, aldermanic menu funds are the only funds available for street/alley resurfacing. The Inspector General thinks this should change, and so we do-- read more about that here). The remaining funding will beContinue

Prevención de Violencia

El sábado 25 de enero celebramos nuestro primer Foro de seguridad comunitaria. Más de 75 residentes asistieron y compartieron sus pensamientos sobre cómo podemos construir comunidades más saludables y seguras. Escuchamos a expertos en los campos de salud mental, prevención de violencia y justicia restaurativa. Los panelistas nos presentaron diferentes enfoques para la prevención de la violencia y nos dieron ejemplos de cómo se ven estas intervenciones en la práctica, incluido el increíble trabajo que Roosevelt High School, nuestro anfitrión del foro, está haciendo para implementar prácticas restaurativas y enseñar a los estudiantes sobre conflictos saludables resolución. Como comunidad, todosContinue

33rd Ward Safety Townhall

Last Saturday, we held our first Community Safety Town Hall. More than 75 residents attended and shared their thoughts on how we can build healthier, safer communities. We heard from experts in the fields of mental health, violence prevention, and restorative justice. The panelists introduced us to different approaches to violence prevention and gave us examples of what these interventions look like in practice--including the incredible work that Roosevelt High School, our host for the forum, is doing to implement restorative practices and teach students about healthy conflict resolution. As a community, we all committed to taking action. This initial meetingContinue

Actualización legislativa de enero

¡Fue una semana muy ocupada en el Ayuntamiento! Estaba orgulloso de unirme a Alds. Martin y Cárdenas al presentar una resolución declarando una emergencia climática y pidiendo una movilización climática de emergencia para alcanzar cero emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en todos los sectores de la economía. Puede leer más sobre la ordenanza aquí. También copatrociné la Ordenanza sobre el agua sin plástico que prohibiría los plásticos de un solo uso y la espuma de poliestireno en Chicago, uniéndose a más de 300 ciudades. Me sentí especialmente orgulloso de que esta ordenanza tomara en cuenta las perspectivas de laContinue

January Legislative Update

It was a busy week in City Council! I was proud to join Alds. Martin and Cardenas in introducing a resolution declaring a climate emergency and calling for an emergency climate mobilization in order to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy. You can read more about the ordinance here. I also co-sponsored the Plastic-Free Water Ordinance that would ban single-use plastics and styrofoam in Chicago, joining more than 300 other cities. I was especially proud that this ordinance took into account the perspectives of the disability community. Read more here. Activists have been fighting for years to makeContinue