Cara Mendelsohn
Dallas leaders are stepping up their game when it comes to removing unsheltered residents from city streets, but not everyone is satisfied with a proposed approach to create alternative options, which could pull funding from what proponents say is a proven, successful Housing Forward model. Members of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homeless Solutions…
Last week’s meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics proved that District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn is not suffering fools. That somebody messed up by allowing employees to work for four months in a building that didn’t have permits and wasn’t up to code is an accusation she takes seriously. As…
A plan to distribute $31 million annually over five years to Dallas-based U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant programs is slated for adoption in June and implementation in October — but Dallas City Council members don’t agree on how to distribute the funds. The Dallas City Council reviewed the plan in February and revisited it…
Dallas voters sent a clear message by approving all 10 bond propositions on the May 4 ballot. They want to house the homeless and have upgraded libraries and arts and culture facilities. But most importantly, Dallasites want their roads fixed. The Dallas bond election proposition that got the most votes was at the top of…
Lest we be accused of burying the lead, nobody got fired (yet) and an audit of what exactly went down at the City of Dallas’ Development Services Department’s new office building is imminent. Dallas City Council members convened Thursday as the Ad Hoc Committee on General Investigating and Ethics to discuss the building at 7800…
