Entrance to Houston City Hall.
Houston voters could have a major local initiative on the November ballot this year: a new proposal that would give council members more power at City Hall.
A non-partisan group of Houstonians dropped off over 40,000 signatures at City Hall on Monday, with supporters including the Harris County Republican Party, Indivisible Houston, the Houston Professional Firefighters Association, and the Democratic Socialists of America s Houston chapter.
Mayor Sylvester Turner has publicly criticized such a proposal.
Only two out of 16 current council members attended Monday s press conference in support of the measure District A Council member Amy Peck and At-Large Council member Michael Kubosh.