Tag: Lisa Calderon
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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 employees advised layoffs begin week of Aug 18
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Denver continues to grapple with its $250 million budget shortfall, nervous city employees got a first look at the timeline for layoff announcements and how severance packages for those affected may look. In a Thursday email to all city employees, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston…
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Source: Johnston pushes merit-based layoffs as Denver faces $200 million deficit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In pushing for changes to layoffs procedures, Mayor Mike Johnston is taking on entrenched interests that have often discounted skills and abilities that could make government more efficient, a source close to the mayor’s office argued. The city government should encourage the kind of innovations…
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Lisa Calderón: Mayor Johnston’s remarks on mall stabbings ‘callous’ and ‘missed the mark’
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Just days after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston addressed the city from the 16th Street Mall, where four people were stabbed, a political rival told local podcasters his words were conflicting and “totally missed the mark.” “I saw that he put his little podium out there for his press event,” Lisa Calderón, who ran against Johnston…
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Denver councilmembers defend budget cuts, as city struggles to find money for immigration crisis
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Denver’s councilmembers on Monday defended about $42 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at cobbling together enough funds to pay for the thousands of immigrants who arrived in — or yet to come to — the city after illegally crossing the southern border. During the hearing, one councilmember blasted the “national media” for allegedly reporting that the…
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Denver City Council has approved millions for homelessness over what mayor originally budgeted
At least $111.5 million has been approved for expenditures related to House1000, the mayor’s plan to end homelessness.
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Lisa Calderón endorses Denver school board candidate
Denver Public Schools Board of Education candidate Kwame Spearman has secured the endorsement of one of Denver’s most well-known progressives. Former mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón, who came in third in the April 4 Denver mayoral election, offered her support to Spearman’s campaign for the at-large seat. Calderón appreciated Kwame’s dedication to replacing police in schools,…
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Lisa Calderón retaliation lawsuit against Denver and former city officials allowed to proceed
A federal district court judge in Denver has allowed First Amendment retaliation and conspiracy claims against the city of Denver and several former officials to move forward. The lawsuit was brought by Lisa Calderón, a longtime Denver activist and candidate for mayor in 2019 and 2023. Calderón sued the city in 2018, claiming it retaliated…
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Mike Johnston’s administration continue responding to concerns around micro-communities
As Mayor Mike Johnston and his team roll out the next phase in bringing more supportive housing online, the administration has also responded to worries about overburdening Denver’s historically underserved communities with the city’s homelessness response and other critiques of micro-communities. Concerns sprung up around a list of nearly 200 publicly owned sites that the…
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Denver asks nonprofits to bid on operating micro-community sites, city can’t provide cost estimates
Denver is asking small organizations to bid on contracts to operate or provide supportive services at the “micro-communities” that Mayor Mike Johnston’s plans to open as part of his homelessness reduction strategy, although the city can’t provide estimates on costs or where micro-communities will exactly be located. Johnston and his senior homelessness adviser, Cole Chandler,…