With City Council gearing up for the new year, The Daily takes a look at Evanston’s biggest political stories in 2023. March: City Council expands reparations program, allows for cash payments Evanston became the first city in the U.S. to enact a reparations resolution for Black residents in 2019. The Restorative Housing Program, launched in.
Evanston City Council approved changes to the city’s lodging establishments ordinance which covers dormitories, hotels and apartment hotels like the Margarita Inn, a former hotel that has served as a homeless shelter since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.