#oversight-committee

#oversight-committee

Jennifer Friedenbach, a homelessness advocate and nonprofit leader who was the main architect of the 2018 Proposition C to increase funding for homeless services, lost a vote on Monday to retain her seat at the table. Proposition C, dubbed "Our City, Our Home," created a new tax on businesses with more than $50 million in annual gross receipts to fund the city's homelessness services and housing programs.

Dr. Kevin O'Connor exited a deposition after citing federally protected doctor-patient privilege and pleading the Fifth Amendment, declining to discuss Biden's health.

This body has lost its credibility. We must acknowledge that the public has lost faith in the Boston City Council, and we must act accordingly. The status quo, my friends, is no longer an option.