Good afternoon, it's Monday, July 2. I'm Elise Randall and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. The first hearing in a lawsuit that could force a vote over Austinâs controversial land use code rewrite started this morning in a Travis County state district court. A group of advocates that has been highly critical of CodeNext sued the city in June after the Austin City Council refused to place the matter on the November ballot.