Notes on the Houston City Council Meeting on October 7, 2026, including a new anti-homelessness initiative and the mayor overriding the controller

Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on September 9, 2026, including public comment, council member comments, and spending.

WESTSTREETRECOVERY West Street Recovery was formed during Hurricane Harvey by a group of people who came together to perform rescues, distribute food and water, and meet the needs of flood survivors. ...

Members of the Southeast Lions little league football team know how to take hits on the field. One hit they didn’t see coming is the closure of Grimes Park.

Some residents don’t feel heard, but that’s exactly what public comment meetings are for.

Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on September 9, 2026, including public comment, council member comments, and spending.

Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on September 2, 2026, including debate on The Woodlands funding and annexation

Austin officers killed an unarmed 17-year-old at a park last month in what the chief swiftly deemed "suicide by police." Some call the concept a type of "junk science."

Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on August 19, 2026, including the new air conditioning ordinance.

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Notes on the Houston City Council meeting on August 12, 2026, covering public hearings, the monthly financial report, and the World Cup.

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Plus, more money for parks, and the investigation into the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Houston City Council meeting notes for July 29, 2026, including MWBE updates, ICE and HPD debate, and back-to-school events

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a hearing in Houston to hear eyewitness accounts and testimony about the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Notes on the Houston city council meeting on July 22, 2026, including information about Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the heat wave, and general spending.

Notes on the Houston city council meeting on July 15, 2026, including debate on ICE, park update, and the monthly financial report

Residents begged Houston City Council to stand up to federal officials and remove immigration agents from the city after last week’s fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Notes on the Houston City Council Meeting highlights from July 8, 2026, including the open space ordinance and condolences for a man shot by ICE