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Property taxes increase by 20%, budget reaches $693 million and naming new violence prevention anchor organizations

2025-12-26 | By Amy Whipple | city-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council

Violence prevention funds to be redirected to city trucks, $6m planning contracts in jeopardy, and out-of-state property buyers to be blocked–Tell council what you think

2025-12-19 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Transferring 8th Street, winter salt storage and supporting local startups—Tell Council What you Think

2025-12-12 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council weighs housing fund cuts, surprise vehicle repair bills, and employee bus passes as $30 million budget gap looms

2025-12-05 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

This Week’s Top Agenda Items

2025-11-28 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

City unable to pay ~$5m water bill, selling water infrastructure for $1, and requesting $4.5 for overdue maintenance

2025-11-21 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

The sidewalk vendor debate continues, a new electronics, chemical recycling contract and studying city-wide composting

2025-11-14 | By Amy Whipple | city-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council

Cleaning endless litter, catching illegal dumpers, automating traffic tickets and repairing city steps

2025-11-07 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Opening up to more sidewalk vendors, emergency grants for social service orgs, and revising the Lower Hill’s community benefits agreement

2025-10-31 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Inclusionary Zoning Takes New Turn While Pittsburgh Addresses Failing Fleet and Preserves Landmarks

2025-10-17 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Weighing Neighborhood Meeting Reforms, Reviewing Storm Damage and a Contentious Snow Removal Debate

2025-10-10 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Petition Calls for Pittsburgh to declare itself a Sanctuary City

2025-10-03 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Considers Homeless Protections From Housing Discrimination and May Monitor Social Media

2025-09-26 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Driver’s ed pilot program, supporting police/social worker teams and rooftop surveillance cameras—City Council Week of September 8

2025-09-12 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Sweeping public safety investments: automated red light enforcement, violence prevention grants, and fire station construction funding—City Council Week of September 1

2025-09-05 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

One Thousand 911 calls in 1 minute, emergency communications breakdowns and an aging emergency vehicle fleet—City Council Week of July 28

2025-08-01 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

New urban search and rescue team and filling gaps in afterschool programming—City Council Week of July 21

2025-07-25 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

New regulations for short-term rentals, frustrations with unused funds and $1.5 million for food justice—City Council Week of July 14

2025-07-18 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council to expand LGBTQIA+ protections, deer population controls, and funding for police recruitment,—City Council Week of July 7

2025-07-11 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

An 8-hour Council meeting covers protecting sex workers, a new public safety training campus and funding violence prevention—City Council Week of June 30

2025-07-04 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Protecting gender-affirming care, respecting community input and park use—City Council Week of June 23

2025-06-27 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Reducing permit waits, buying City-owned houses and City Employee wellness—City Council Week of June 16

2025-06-20 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

City may get its own Department of Public Health and Park Improvement Funding—City Council Week of June 9

2025-06-13 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

This Week’s Top Agenda Items

2025-06-06 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Esplanade Jeopardizes Urban Farm, City Land Bank needs more money, and a call for Transparency from the Housing Authority—City Council Week of May 26

2025-05-30 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Aging EMS & Fire Fleets Pose Public Safety Risk - City Council Week of May 12

2025-05-16 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Extends State of Emergency, debriefs with Deputy Mayor after Storm - City Council Week of May 5

2025-05-09 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Approves Tiny Lots, Seeks State help To Save Public Transit - City Council Week of April 28

2025-05-02 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council to Consider Pollinator Gardens and Natural Landscaping; Public Hearing on Historic Designation for Closed Gay Bar in Polish Hill—City Council Week of April 21

2025-04-25 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Untested Sexual Assault Kits to Be Processed, 2024 Shelter Contract Delayed another 5 Weeks - City Council Week of April 14

2025-04-18 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Reports on Winter Shelters and Affordable Housing, Bakery Square Expansion & Police Recruitment - City Council Week of March 31

2025-04-04 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Broken Bathrooms in City Parks plus Green Lighting New City Vendors - City Council Week of March 24

2025-03-28 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Property Tax Exemptions, Bridge Demolition, and Zoning Reform - City Council Week of March 17

2025-03-21 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

City Council Week of March 10

2025-03-14 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Proposes New Hiring Process Following Interim Chief Ragland's Departure, a New Downtown Substance Abuse Center, and a Study to Reunite Manchester and Chateau—City Council Week of March 3

2025-03-07 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Discusses Residents' Frustrations on Snow Removal with No Action Taken, Sidewalk Repair Program for Low-Income Residents to be Made Permanent—City Council Week of Feb 24

2025-02-28 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

2025-02-21 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Council Calls for Public Hearing Ahead of Approving New Police Chief, Extends Downtown Ambassador Program, and more—City Council Week of Feb 10

2025-02-13 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

City Council Greenlights Three Charter Amendments, $4.2M for Children and Families, and $2M to Curb Evictions—City Council Week of Feb 3

2025-02-06 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Expanding Discrimination Protections & Unsafe Affordable Housing - City Council Week of Jan 27

2025-01-31 | By Amy Whipple | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

On the Docket

2025-01-10 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Smart Loading Zones Pilot to Be Extended with No End Date

2024-11-22 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Slag Remediation and Improved Plastics Recycling - City Council Weeks of November 3rd and 10th

2024-11-15 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Updates

2024-11-01 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Housing Affordability vs. Traffic Impact & City-Owned Solar - City Council Week of October 20th

2024-10-25 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Fair Housing zoning changes, Public EV charging - City Council Week of October 14th

2024-10-17 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Traffic Calming and Police Recruiting - City Council Week of October 1st

2024-10-10 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Trash Can Rule Enforcement updates and NFL Funds Pass - City Council Week of Sept. 29

2024-10-04 | By Chris Maury | Pittsburgh City Council, city-Pittsburgh

Red Light Cameras Pass - City Council week of Sept. 9th

2024-09-11 | By Chris Maury | city-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council

Requiring Trash Cans and Medical Marijuana protections - City Council week of Sept. 2nd

2024-09-03 | By Chris Maury | city-Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council

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