Tag: Denver Mayor
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Lisa Calderón launches bid for Denver mayor
The 2027 race for Denver mayor is officially underway as longtime progressive candidate Lisa Calderón on Tuesday announced her bid for the city’s top executive seat. This is her third time running for mayor. Calderón ran against Mayor Mike Johnston in the 2023 Denver municipal election but finished third, receiving 18.21% of the vote — two…
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Denver mayor hints of strategy as he prepares for March’s ‘sanctuary’ city hearing
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, whose administration just hired a law firm to help him prepare for an upcoming congressional inquiry into “sanctuary” cities, hinted he will insist that Denver’s approach to illegal immigration “works” when he testifies in the nation’s capital next month. “We think the data is quite clear that (our) approach works,” he…
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Feasible or unrealistic? Homeless advocates weigh in on Denver mayor’s ‘ambitious’ goal
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As Denver Mayor Mike Johnston launched his most aggressive goal yet this year — get 2,000 homeless people out of the city’s streets and 2,000 into “permanent” housing — some called it “ambitious but doable,” while others said the mayor is living in a different reality. “I think the world has changed and the voters have…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston cedes affordable housing ballot loss, vows to keep fighting
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A few days ago, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s office remained hopeful about a citywide ballot measure to advance his affordable housing priorities. But on Saturday, Johnston conceded Ballot Issue 2R’s failure, which lost at the ballot box by a slim margin. The latest tally showed the ballot measure trailing by fewer than 5,000 votes, despite…
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Denver mayor shifts responsibility of responding to illegal immigration to city’s refugee division
Johnston revealed the move in a letter outlining $7.3 million worth of budget changes in response to Denver City Council budget hearings.
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Progressive group criticizes Mike Johnston’s homeless strategy, while chamber says people feel safer
Denver’s largest homeless advocacy group condemns policing homeless people living on the streets.
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New $11-million Denver public safety office was announced before ‘strategic plan’ was developed
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When announcing a new public safety office that will emphasize “racial and social equity” earlier this month, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and other officials offered few details on specific strategies or day-to-day operations of the new entity. The reason? The city appears to be building…
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Town hall: Regional leaders delve into Denver’s illegal immigration crisis
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save America’s illegal immigration crisis is spilling into metro Denver. At last count, nearly 41,000 immigrants have arrived in the city in the last 16 months, and officials said the response this year will cost $90 million. Meanwhile, Aurora, Douglas County and other jurisdictions have adopted…
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston dismisses criticism from @DoBetterDNVR of his handling homelessness crisis
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said he doesn’t waste his time with an anonymous social media account critical of his administration’s handling of the homelessness crisis in the city. On Thursday’s episode of the City Cast Denver podcast, Johnston was asked by host Bree Davies and…
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Denver imposes hiring freeze, diverts funds to come up with $90 million for illegal immigration crisis
Denver taxpayers are on the hook for $90 million this fiscal year to pay for the city’s response to the illegal immigration crisis that has been spilling over into America’s interior cities from the southern border. That’s the latest estimate from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, which earlier said the city was poised to spend…