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Petition Calls for Pittsburgh to declare itself a Sanctuary City.

Petition calls for Pittsburgh to declare itself a Sanctuary City.

Nearly 1,500 city residents signed a petition to declare Pittsburgh a sanctuary city. Doing so would prohibit all city agencies from cooperating with federal Immigration, Customs and Enforcement…

Private vendor’s contract may be extended for city police promotions.

City council is planning to take up a measure to extend a contract with a private company to provide police lieutenant and sergeant selection services for next year.

City looks to monitor social media for 311.

Pittsburgh is planning to start monitoring social media and tie individual users to their comments.

City could bar landlords from rejecting applicants over housing gaps.

The Commission on Human Relations is looking to add “past or present housing status” to the city’s code as a protected status.

Council Considers Homeless Protections From Housing Discrimination and May Monitor Social Media.

Land Bank looks to take abandoned homes after three years of delinquent tax payments.

After informally working together to try to move tax-delinquent properties back onto the tax rolls, the city has put together an agreement with the land bank, the county and school district.

Master plan for new emergency services training center proceeding.

Following weeks of public comment, City Council is poised to spend $1.8 million on a master plan to potentially build an $86 million public safety training facility in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar…

Emergency Services Training Center Master Plan To Proceed, Land Bank Partners To Expedite Property Acquisition.

Nonprofit to support teams of police, social workers.

Driver’s ed pilot program, supporting police/social worker teams and rooftop surveillance cameras—City Council Week of September 8.

City is renting rooftops for surveillance cameras.

Driver’s ed pilot program could help city residents get jobs.

Council prioritizes community needs over funding criteria for $1.7M grant distributions.

Sweeping public safety investments: automated red light enforcement, violence prevention grants, and fire station construction funding—City Council Week of September 1.

Red light cameras coming to six Pittsburgh intersections in early 2026.

Lincoln Place Fire Station gets $4.5M budget boost to escape muddy floodplain.

Also at this week’s meetings.

Councilmember Coghill trades postage budget for smart trash cans.

Council passes homeless tiny house legislation they hope "gathers dust."