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Committee on Community Development

Committee on Community Development

  • City Council ‘Deletes’ One Committee, But No Further Reforms Planned

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    A scene at the City Council (photo: William Alatriste)


    At one of the shortest City Council hearings ever held, Council members from the Committee on Rules, Privileges, and Elections approved on Wednesday morning a resolution to “delete” the Committee on Community Development.

    The decision to eliminate one committee relates to questions regarding the number of Council committees, how many committees each member sits on, and member attendance at committee hearings. Regularly, by the time members of the public testify at City Council

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