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Atlanta Council Approves Rent Control Resolution to State of Georgia

January 31, 2020 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — A resolution asking the State of Georgia to remove the statewide prohibition on rent control, or rent stabilization, passed the City Council of Atlanta at the Full Council Meeting on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2020/01/07/atlanta-resolution-would-ask-georgia-to-allow-rent-control/ The resolution, introduced by Councilman Antonio Brown (District 3), passed in a vote of fourteen to one. J.P. […]

Westmoreland Cuts Public Comment on Community Development, Human Services

January 30, 2020 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Matt Westmoreland (Post 2-at-large) has used his discretion as the new Chairperson of the Community Development/Human Services Committee (CD/HS) to make cuts to public comment time. Westmoreland has cut the total amount of public comment time from five minutes to three minutes per person, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Since 2010, members […]

State Sen. James Seeks Georgia Apology for Slavery

January 29, 2020 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — State Sen. Donzella James (D-Atlanta) has introduced a Senate Resolution, SR 537, seeking that the State of Georgia formally apologize for slavery and Jim Crow. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20192020/SR/537 On January 15, 2020, the Senate referred the resolution to the Rules Committee. The co-sponsors on the resolution are State Sens. Gail Davenport (D-Atlanta), Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta), Sally […]

Atlanta Resolution Would Ask Georgia to Allow Rent Control

January 7, 2020 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown (District 3) introduced a resolution encouraging the State of Georgia to allow cities like Atlanta to adopt rent stabilization, or rent control, laws. Currently, Georgia law, O.C.G.A. 44-7-19 prohibits cities and counties from regulating how much a residential lessor can charge a tenant for rent. “A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE […]