Charter: After 80 years, a change is needed
Our city, and the world, has transformed since 1940. Our charter needs an update, and residents are urged to vote “yes” on all three questions.
The Advancing Housing Affordability petition: What this zoning will do, and why it is needed
This petition will change zoning for single- and two-family homes without escalating housing costs or property values or destroying the city’s rich array of sustainable historic housing, adding units while preventing the tearing down of existing stock to build larger, more expensive housing.
Don’t allocate public funds before investigating whether repairs should be paid for by a business
Before the CPA approves a request for $200,000 for repairs to a section of retaining wall that may have been caused by construction work by a business owner, a thorough evaluation of the cause of the collapse should be completed.
Resident is eager for arrival of police alternative Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team
The Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team is an example of the success that can come when we follow the leadership of community members most affected by an issue and support their proposed solution.
Why Cambridge needs the green new deal zoning petition
To prevent the climate crisis from hurting the place we all call home, Cambridge needs to take bold climate action now. The green new deal zoning petition is a targeted policy designed to help our city actually reduce emissions while promoting economic and racial equity.
Five ideas for our upcoming election campaigns
Campaigners for City Council should consider these ideas to address the root cause of our ever-continuing displacement; establish a kind of municipal broadband; create housing for city employees; and more.
Being a welcoming community means for all, including future residents with lower incomes
No matter how long you or your family has lived in Cambridge, we were all new once, and Cambridge has the ability and the obligation to care for longtime lower-income residents as well as those seeking to move here.
The Affordable Housing Overlay is generating 350 new homes less than a year after passage
Clear-cut successes are uncommon in public policy. For a policy to go from idea to debate to passage to implementation, making concrete positive impacts on people’s lives in the span of a few years, is exceptional.
City’s plan to remove old oak trees is hypocritical, says Vassal Lane graduate who got to enjoy them
The city plans to cut down trees at the Tobin/Vassal Lane property that it wouldn’t let anyone else remove. To be a good government, you need to live by your own laws and lead by example.
Residents are urged to give testimony Monday that reparations orders aren’t ready to be voted
Residents who have been meeting weekly on the topic of reparations say they want more time to discuss what the policy means for them, so one is developed that reckons with Cambridge’s founding role in slavery and reflects the voices of more people.
