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Council advances referendums on anti-discrimination and water ownership for May ballot
Summary
Council members debated and advanced ballot questions to supplement the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter with anti-discrimination language and a provision restricting sale or lease of water and sewer systems; one charter-related bill passed by a 6–2 recorded vote.
Pittsburgh City Council on Feb. 4 moved forward multiple proposed ballot questions that would amend the city’s Home Rule Charter to add anti-discrimination language and to restrict sale or lease of the city’s potable water, wastewater and storm sewer systems.
Council members in the finance committee meeting read multiple referendum ordinances that would place questions before voters in the May 2025 primary. The measures read into the record included adding a new charter section to prohibit discrimination in city conduct on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, gender…
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