Boulder is getting a tough new gun law. Following hours of public hearings and discussion, KGNU’s Roz Brown says City Council has approved a ban on certain weapons that will need a third reading before it’s official. The nine-members of […]
Boulder City Council Gives Initial Approval to Assault Weapon-Ban
After a five-hour public hearing and more than 100 comments from those attending, the Boulder City Council passed on first reading Thursday a new law that would ban the sale and possession of assault weapons and bump stocks within the […]
Boulder City Council Delays Changing Height Limits
An ordinance that brought construction of taller buildings to a standstill in Boulder two years ago will stay in place for at least another 15 months. The local moratorium barring developers from putting up buildings taller than 40 feet was […]
Boulder City Council approves co-op housing ordinance
It took nine public meetings, hundreds of public comments and thousands of emails from residents, but Boulder City Council has finally approved a new cooperative housing ordinance that many say is an experiment that will need to be monitored closely. […]
City Council Homelessness Study Session
KGNU’s Roz Brown reports on the Boulder City Concil homelessness study session held August 31st. The meeting comes after a 50-member delegation returned from a fact finding mission to Oregon. The delegation visited Portland and Eugene to find out how […]
Boulder Rights Watch Debrief of Oregon Trip with City Council
Mike Homner and Darren O’Connor talk about their April trip with Boulder City Council to tour neighborhoods that have been created to house those experiencing homelessness. A summary: O’Connor: This trip was like going to a parallel universe where the […]
A Homeless Bill of Rights Already Seeing Momentum
(see video below) The energy doesn’t appear to have subsided after the Right to Rest Act failed to pass out of the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee last year. To the contrary, the mobilizations and organizing have become more strategic and frequent. […]
Boulder Progressive Candidate Forum
A Boulder city council candidate forum was organized by the Boulder Coalition and Alliance on Race, Boulder Community Housing Association, Boulder Rights Watch, the Family Learning Center, and Showing Up for Racial Justice. Topics of a social justice nature including […]