Edward Pollard, Houston City Council member District J, talks about the all-terrain vehicle at the Houston Police Department's Gulfton Storefront, 6227 Southwest Fwy., Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in ...

Council Member Edward Pollard has proposed rebranding his district into its own "city" as he increases the number of services available to residents. The move, which comes down mostly to a name at ...

Houston City Council member Edward Pollard is rebranding District J in Southwest Houston as "J City." With more than 200,000 residents, Pollard pointed out, District J is more populous than many U ...

Supplemental services, like police patrols and home repairs, are paused in District J. Houston City Council member Edward Pollard says they’re being held up by Mayor John Whitmire’s office.

To combat this, Pollard wants to take a more district-first approach. To do that, he's changing the way he sees the district, not looking at it as a slice of Houston but as its own city ...