Ken Sim clears Hastings Street and has thoughts on housing. Brenda Locke stands by her interpretation of a meeting.

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Vancouver passes a budget that “sucks” and kills the Living Wage. Progress Vancouver admits to breaking election financing laws. And the City is clearing tents and considering a new hotel.

Meanwhile, Burnaby is running an “alternative approval process” for a green waste facility, Surrey cops allege conflicts of interest and Harrison Hot Springs appeals to the Inspector of Municipalities to fix its council.

Mission school board has banned an extremist group from future presentation and Coquitlam council applauds pro-LGBTQ+ students.

And how you can be in the City of Vancouver’s Book of Freedoms.

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Vancouver passes new budget with 10.7% property tax increase | CBC News

Text of ABC budget amendment

Why can one Metro Vancouver municipality keep property taxes much lower than others?

City of Vancouver backs away from living wage pledge after council vote in closed meeting | CBC News

Statement on City of Vancouver’s decision to withdraw as Living Wage Employer

Working for a Living Wage Report

Defeated Vancouver mayoral hopeful Marissen accepted an illegal loan for Progress Vancouver campaign – Economy, Law & Politics

Progress Vancouver financing report

Vancouver’s efforts to remove DTES tent city residents “a violation of human rights”: advocate

32-storey hotel with 578 rooms and rooftop destination restaurant proposed for downtown Vancouver (RENDERINGS)

Have your say: Burnaby residents can vote on removal of parkland for green waste facility

Burnaby asks voters to decide on removing 21 acres of parkland

Alternative approval process for local government – Province of British Columbia

City opens feedback opportunity for park dedication removal | City of Burnaby (forms here) 

Surrey Police Union requests ethics probe into councillor | CityNews Vancouver

Surrey Council Code of Conduct Bylaw, 2020, No. 20020

Chaos at council: Harrison Hot Springs politicians beg for help | Fraser Valley Current

BC school district bans anti-LGBTQ group from presenting at board meetings – Campbell River Mirror

‘You had us at hello,’ Coquitlam mayor tells Best students for Pride flag, event – Tri-City News

Freedom of the City | City of Vancouver

Freedom of the City honorees prior to 2010 | City of Vancouver  

Photo credit: flickr/Taylor McBride

Elections BC has released the financial reports from the 2022 municipal elections and we can see how efficient each party’s spending was. Meanwhile, the staff report from the Climate Emergency Action Plan is pretty bleak and ABC opted to slash the climate justice charter from its further implementation. This prompted a question of whether ABC is predetermining outcomes of council votes (probably), which is better than in New West where they just have too many votes.

Back in Vancouver, successful votes mean social housing near the Italian Cultural Centre and the end of the single use cup fee. It also means the end of the Stanley Park bike lane – at least until another round of consultations is completed on installing a permanent lane. Until then, feel free to join Critical Mass once again on the last Friday of every month.

The cops and nurses plan turns out to be just cops. Langley SkyTrain is on track. And Surrey homeowners will pay more but not 55% more.

And in schools, Vancouver removes a racists’ name, Coquitlam students want pride events and Chilliwack residents want to ban books.

In our Vancouveratta, Cultus Lake sure is nice.

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Motions are passing unanimously at council but marginally more controversially at Park Board. The planning department is a mess, as is policing south of the Fraser. And sculptures!

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Boyle nonprofit housing motion passes

Vancouver City Council approves exploring expediting social housing up to 12 storeys 

Text of the Klassen amendment 

Hardwick abstained from speaking

CAC motion passes 

Vancouver Park Board approves immediate removal of Stanley Park Drive bike lane 

Thousands of Vancouver housing units in limbo in tug-of-war between developers, city planners – The Globe and Mail

City of Vancouver must reconsider controversial Chinatown development application, court rules 

Court ruling 

In defense of the “gentrification building” 

Surrey council votes to scrap police transition, B.C. public safety minister responds

Surrey policing: ‘Power politics’ at play in final decision, says criminologist

Langley, the township, is interested in breaking up with Langley, the city, on RCMP costs | CBC News

New Langley Township council looks to throw out predecessors’ plans

Port Moody mayor fined $200 by Elections BC over campaign’s phone-call promotions

West Vancouver mayor issued citation by Law Society of B.C. over handling of will | CBC News

Kamloops mayor recuses himself from entire council meeting in ‘surprising’ move | CBC News

Security company says Kamloops mayor directed presence to his auto dealership

Colin Basran investigated

Housing on the way to support people living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside | BC Gov News

Vancouver elementary school renamed wek̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm in Musqueam name gifting ceremony | CBC News

Move the East Van cross?

217.5 Arc x 13 | Vancouver Biennale 

Ian and Matthew react to the results of the 2022 Vancouver municipal election and check in across the environs.

2022 Election unofficial results – chart view

53 Years Ago, Vancouver’s Very Own Fool Turned This City Upside Down | MONTECRISTO