Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Deputy Mayor Steve Kozachik want to start another process to force an edit of the racist provisions in the old bylaws, rules and restrictions governing the Homeowners Association. thinking about.
The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed these CC&R racist clauses in the 1940s, but the language remains in some old district books.
Romero and Kozachik hope to follow the lead Tucson has taken to remove racial and ethnic language from these pacts.
Is it crazy to suggest that these HOAs should review their restrictions to make sure they don’t include clauses banning Catholics, Jews, and African Americans?
Yes children. These are real, not “fake news” from a conspiring “deep state”. My grandparents lived in a neighborhood like that, and the house was in the family for years after they died. I read it like
This isn’t a particularly complicated week for public meetings, but there are some interesting things happening.
this old folk house
The Tucson City Council plans to discuss what to do with vacant and abandoned properties at a study session Tuesday.
In 2009, the council passed a neighborhood protection ordinance that seeks to establish certain standards for property maintenance. An enforcement program launched a crackdown, paid for with federal grants.
The Community Development Block Grant Program stopped funding the maintenance of the property in 2016, but work continued on a limited basis.
Council We’re going to talk specifically about one aspect of that ordinance: how to address the basic Scooby-Doo house. These are properties that are not inhabited by people, but were probably allowed to fall apart at one time (unless they were fully stocked with refrigerators for midnight snacks to feed a hungry, semi-literate Great Dane). may be).
of The city conducted an audit of their programs and powers to manage the chaos of private property. The audit ended in March.
The Board is currently considering new initiatives such as: Streamline enforcement actions and initiate seizures of property left to deteriorate.
If elected officials agree, city officials will work on a series of proposals to bring back to the council.
The council will also discuss the safety of those taken to the Pima County Jail after a string of deaths at the facility.
Alderman Lane Santa Cruz asked for 20 minutes to discuss prison mortality. This is a worthwhile conversation. It’s also a chance to beat the county that the Council enjoys.
Meanwhile, Pima County has set up a “Blue Ribbon Commission” to investigate prison safety and give voters assurances to build new, more high-tech prisons that can have better oversight and greater safety. I am looking for
There are prisons designed to operate with fewer guards, and the Sheriff’s Department has seen a significant decline in corrections officers since the height of the pandemic.
water and shelter
It shouldn’t be such a big deal, so I’m padding this out a bit. So the county is just spending $30,000 to save people’s lives.
Well yeah, that’s money going to Humane Borders… (sigh)…for the purpose of providing water…(lord)…in the desert…(Fox News upset) immigration Dehydration to help survive. No, they probably aren’t here legally. They should still be alive, right? Party of life?
If this were human civilization, it wouldn’t be a big deal to give people water in the desert. Half the country does not live in this world. Start a culture war. Cities and counties often don’t work together, even on prison-related issues.
Good to county administrator Jean Loescher for this humanitarian priority. The county has supported these efforts for generations. They have no chance of backing out of it.
Americans can debate border security and immigration while preventing deaths.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors gets an update on efforts to curb homelessness. An overview of the work done with the city on prisons to provide “wraparound” services for those fresh out of jail.
Interesting Fact: On any given day, 20-30% of the prison population is in custody because no warrants were issued. When they get out of prison they are given a list of available services to help them get placed if they have no place to go.
The county has established offices near prisons and provides a list of agencies that can serve people as part of their pretrial services.
Apparently, the majority of the homeless problem has to do with people who end up in and out of prison for petty crimes, but struggle to find stable homes after being released.
All this is good, but the problem isn’t just people having trouble with the criminal justice system. This area needs a new rental unit.
Counties are taking more action and agreeing to contract with local social services agencies to provide housing assistance. Vote on whether to award federal community development grants to social service agencies throughout Pima County.
Supervisor Steve Christie wants county leaders who attended US Senate hearings on border security last week to explain what they learned and said in Washington. Expect the lone Republican on the board to wave a finger about the state of the border.
He also wants more updates on what happened to the toxic waste spill on Interstate 10 in February.
And Christy wants to know the status of the county’s new website. A redesign is in the works and he wants his 4-1-1. Christy only plans to defend transparency and public information because he is a GOP supervisor. Go, Steve, go!
Of course, there are also fireworks. The board will vote on permitting graduation fireworks in three areas. mountain view (May 23), Sabino (24 May) and (25 May) walden grove high school.
Both start at 9pm
Oro Valley continues to discuss expanding the school’s resource officer program to have police officers on campus.
The cost of this program will be $212,000 per officer. It will collapse like this: Executive $92,000 (including salary and benefits). $87,000 per vehicle. $28,000 for equipment, $5,000 for training.
Oro Valley Police, meanwhile, told the town council that the response time for the most serious calls is about five minutes. It’s only at school. Once in school it may take a few more minutes to find the problem. So let’s talk about what we’re talking about. Otherwise, why are we talking about “response time”?
Yes, we are now institutionalizing and operating the assumption that there will be mass shootings in schools. Maybe 400 million guns is he 100 million too many?Just throw it out there.
Marana’s Department of Development Services wants the town council to discuss the list of public investment projects and private developments posted on the town’s website. I used to have to do a monthly roundup of “What’s going on over there?” people loved it.
Good to see Marana doing her own thing.
The South Tucson City Council will hold a special study session. Arizona Open Conference Act. good.
The Nogales City Council will decide whether to approve an ordinance that gives the director of the Department of Parks and Recreation the power to enact and enforce curfews.
The new law creates a curfew, prohibiting entry into city parks between 10pm and 6am.
The Manager also has a duty to “make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to manage, control, supervise, operate, use, preserve, and manage the park’s property, recreational facilities and activities, and to implement the operating hours and It is given more discretion, ‘you can specify the opening hours’. Facility closure times for various parks and recreation departments, which may vary for individual parks. ”
The Nogales Council will also vote on an ordinance that would make the appointment of Hector Tapias, the new Community Development Director, real.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will hold a study meeting on Tuesday at 10:30 am to discuss park maintenance. These study sessions are simply an opportunity to provide staff thoughts and ideas on specific issues facing government agencies. It’s also a chance to know the backstory of the administration.
The board will also vote on a $750,000 contract to improve emergency communications in schools. Transgender kids love to shoot hoops, so they probably don’t need this expense. Schools everywhere are being strengthened towards a new normal born of battle.
