Montopolis, a historic low-income community of color, is under assault by developer speculators and city planners. Montopolis was founded nine years before Austin and was only completely annexed by the city in the 1970s. Today, it is a prime target for redevelopment profits and displacement of people of color. Nine separate single-family tracts now are ...
A good example of the Austin Planning Commission’s heavy-handed, dismissive approach to East and Southeast Austin residents of color can be heard this Tuesday, July 14, when upzoning cases in the East MLK neighborhood and Montopolis community go before the Planning Commission. Please follow these new guidelines to let the Commissioners know that you want ...
“Fiscal chaos.” That’s how the Austin American-Statesman sums up the situation at City Hall, where elected officials and municipal staffers are trying to draw up a budget in the midst of a COVID-19 surge and an economy wounded by business shutdowns. With public funds dwindling and the local unemployment rate growing, the city is under ...
On July 14, Austinites head to the polls for a slew of elections postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Austin City Council Member Delia Garza and longtime city and county lawyer Laurie Eiserloh are vying for the Travis County attorney’s job, former Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Texas State Representative Eddie Rodriguez face one ...
Neighborhood advocates, small business owners, and other members of our community scored a huge victory on March 18, when Travis County District Judge Jan Soifer issued a ruling supporting Austinites’ right to protest City Hall’s controversial rezoning plan. Her decision meant city officials would need the backing of three-fourths of the Austin City Council (nine ...