Tag: Corrine Rahman
Contested plan to double units in five triplexes backed
A controversial plan to double the number of units at five existing buildings in south London has eked out an endorsement from politicians.
City council steers new homeless ‘drop-in spaces’ away from main streets
Politicians have voted to further crack down on where the city’s homeless can lay their head, specifically in business districts. Not only will encampments and service depots for their residents have to be located roughly a football field’s distance from any residential property line, but resting spaces also will be barred from the main streets […]
City politicians unfazed by police board’s $104K budget-pitch spending
A London city council effort to push city-funded agencies to not use taxpayer money for budget pitches has fallen flat. In a 10-5 vote on Tuesday evening, city politicians sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee endorsed denying the push stemming from the controversy of the London police board spending $104,000 to help sell […]
Politicians say no to allowing homeless camps within 25 metres of homes
City politicians want to strike down an effort to shrink the distance between encampments and homes, even as city hall says current guidelines put staff at risk and make homelessness increasingly visible. During Tuesday’s meeting of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee, politicians spent several hours combing over new recommendations for the city’s community […]
Former police officer joins call to tighten lobbying leash on city-funded boards
A former London police officer has thrown her support behind a push by two councilors asking city-funding agencies not to use taxpayersâ money to lobby council for bigger budgets.
Politicians push back against how city-funded boards use taxpayer money
Amid public backlash to the London police board spending more than $100,000 for advice on how to sell its record-setting budget request, two city councillors want a new guideline on the use of taxpayers’ money for budget pitches. The police board paid Navigator, a Toronto-based crisis communications firm with a history of representing high-profile clients, […]
Politicians give early support to big expansion of Hyde Park merchants group
City politicians on Tuesday gave the initial OK to exploring a massive expansion of the Hyde Park business association, but not without skepticism as to how it will operate. Members of council’s planning committee endorsed having city staff and the Hyde Park business improvement area (BIA) explore more than doubling its existing footprint. The proposed […]
Push for possible heritage designation of London city hall stalls
London city council had a tepid response to a suggestion to study protecting the interior of city hall. Council voted 9-6 at Tuesday afternoon’s council meeting to ignore a request by the community advisory committee for the city to consider designating city hall a heritage building. Councillors Anna Hopkins, Corrine Rahman, Sam Trosow, David Ferreira, […]
Two years out from next election, city council considers new ward boundaries
The fallout of London’s growth boom is cascading down to its election map, with changes potentially coming to all its wards to even out differences in population. City council is set to start discussions next week about what the cityâs electoral boundaries could look like as early as the 2026 municipal election after the city […]
Politicians laud 8,400-home mega-plan in east London: ‘Major change’
Politicians had nothing but praise on Wednesday for a proposed subdivision that would add the equivalent of a mid-sized town to London â the largest residential development in the city’s history.