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City Council Puts Ending Single-Family Zoning Back on the Table
Once again, the Cambridge City Council is considering a proposal to end single-family zoning across the city. On Monday, councilors discussed a new policy order requesting that City Manager Yi-An ...
The Boston Globe4mon
In dramatic overhaul, Cambridge becomes one of the first cities in Mass. to eliminate single-family zoning
The Cambridge City Council on Monday night passed a dramatic overhaul of the city’s land-use rules, broadly allowing buildings up to six stories in neighborhoods across the city. The plan makes ...
Boston.com1y
A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat herself. Then the city changed its rules.
Running for Cambridge City Council often means facing a massive field of candidates. But Adrienne Klein didn’t expect to be at odds with city leaders, too. Shortly after Klein, a council aide ...
Cambridge City Council declares city a ‘sanctuary’ for trans people
The Cambridge City Council voted unanimously on Monday to declare the city a “sanctuary” for trans and nonbinary people. The ...
Bisnow1y
Lawmakers Propose Allowing 6-Story Multifamily Buildings Anywhere In Cambridge
City Council Members Burhan Azeem and Sumbul Siddiqui have proposed allowing six-story apartment buildings to be constructed by right anywhere in Cambridge, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
The Harvard Crimson1y
How Was Yi-An Huang’s First Year as Cambridge City Manager? Council Says He ‘Met Expectations’
according to a performance assessment conducted by the Cambridge City Council and discussed at a special meeting on Dec. 18. Huang received an overall rating of 3.14 on a scale of one to four, ...
Southern Maryland News2mon
Cambridge City Council recognizes city's women leaders
CAMBRIDGE — To celebrate Women's History Month, the Cambridge City Council honored women who previously served the city as commissioners during a council meeting March 17. Citations honoring ...
Cambridge News2mon
‘Any unitary council for Cambridge needs to avoid diluting urban interest with non-urban majority’
A new unitary council that includes Cambridge should ‘avoid diluting urban interests in a non-urban majority’. Some councillors at Cambridge City Council shared support for the creation of a ...
Boston.com4y
The Cambridge City Council voted to develop an alternative policing model
The Cambridge City Council unanimously approved a measure Monday that calls for developing an alternative policing model by July 2022. Read more on Boston.com.
Wicked Local3y
OP-ED: ABC’s housing vision for the next City Council: Growth, affordability, stability
We write to stress, however, that the housing crisis is not a force of nature — it is a crisis of our own making, which elected bodies like the Cambridge City Council have meaningful powers to ...
The Boston Globe1y
A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat. Then the city changed its rules.
Running for Cambridge City Council often means facing a massive field of candidates. But Adrienne Klein didn’t expect to be at odds with city leaders, too. Shortly after Klein, a council aide ...