Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cornerstone initiative to tackle homelessness through a referendum question on the March 19 ballot was invalidated by a Cook County judge on Friday as she sided with business and real estate interests who oppose the measure. The ruling by Judge Kathleen Burke places the future of the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum in significant doubt, while an appeal of the ruling is .
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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s cornerstone initiative to tackle homelessness through a referendum question to voters has essentially been booted from the March 19 ballot after Cook County Judge Kathleen Burke on Friday sided with business and real estate interests who oppose the measure. The coalition of business groups filed suit to stop the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum question from .