Anti-Redlining Jail Siting Resolution

Recommended

NCSPHS failed 1-6 on 5/18/26 (Gay, White, Amaro, Boylan, Miller, Salem opposed).

Debated

The resolution would have expressed the Council's recommendation that any future pre-trial detention facility replacing or supplementing the John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Center not be located in any neighborhood designated "Hazardous" (Grade "D") on the 1937-1940 Home Owners' Loan Corporation Residential Security Maps, strongly advising that historically redlined areas be excluded from consideration and affirming the City's commitment to environmental justice and equitable development. CM Peluso appeared to speak on behalf of the bill, explaining the resolution's purpose and the historical context of redlined neighborhoods; there was discussion about the impact of identifying parts of the city where the jail should not be located. The measure was dead on arrival across every committee: NCSPHS failed it 1-6, Rules failed it 0-5, Finance failed it 1-7, and on reconsideration Finance failed it again 0-8.

Decided

FAILED — motion to approve the resolution voted down.