The controversial measure was approved in a close vote and goes to full City Council next week.
. She amended her initial plan to direct the cards to lower-income households and have 75% of them go to people who live in neighborhoods suffering from “high mobility hardship” on the West and South sides, before bringing it to the committee for an up-or-down vote.
[Most read] Is low-grade prostate cancer really cancer? University of Chicago doctor argues it’s time for a name change.Of the roughly 1 million households in Chicago, about 500,000 would be eligible for one of the 150,000 total cards, according to Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett. About one-third of the city’s households are within the “high mobility hardship” areas, Huang Bennett said.
The cards would be distributed via lottery if more eligible households apply than the number of cards that are available. Lightfoot defended the program this week as a public policy move not tied to her reelection campaign or a reaction to Wilson’s giveaways.Far South Side Ald. Sue Sadlowski Garza, 10th, voted no on Wednesday, saying the money should go to something “more sustainable,” such as mental health services. “I don’t think this is a good move. You’ve got a car, you’re filling it up twice and it’s over,” Sadlowski Garza said.South Side Ald.
Southwest Side Ald. Derrick Curtis, 18th, lamented that his residents wouldn’t see many of the cards because of the income and geographic hurdles. “If everyone can’t get a slice of the pie, no one should,” he said.
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