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Council dispute over chamber access surfaces as tenant legal clinic is scheduled for Oct. 15
Summary
A public dispute between Councilman Jackson and the council president over use of the City Council chambers escalated at the Oct. 14 workshop. The council president said facility use follows a clerk‑managed reservation process; a tenant legal clinic organized by corporation counsel and nonprofit legal services will proceed Oct. 15.
A disagreement about who may reserve and use the City Council chambers surfaced during the Oct. 14 workshop, when Councilman Jackson said he was denied access to the chambers for a community meeting he organized and that the clerk told him the council president had blocked use. The council president said the clerk follows a reservation process and that requests must go through the clerk’s office to avoid conflicts and overtime costs for building staff.
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