Request for a public hearing

Hold Hearing on Community-Based Summer Public Safety Plan

Last activity August 31, 2026 (19 days ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 8, 2026

  2. In committee

    The committee decides whether to send it to the full council.

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

This matter asks the City Council to hold a hearing to review a Community-Based Summer Public Safety Plan for Boston. It states that violent crime tends to rise in summer and seeks input from community organizations, residents, faith leaders, and local stakeholders to develop measurable safety goals. The hearing was filed July 8, 2026 and referred to the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee.

Affects Residents, Families, Businesses, Neighborhood organizations, and Visitors

Filed by Benjamin Jacob Weber, Enrique Pepén, Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Liz Breadon, Henry Santana, Brian Worrell, and Miniard Culpepper

Now with the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice

About Public Safety and Health & Human Services

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Official title

Order for a hearing regarding a Community-Based Summer Public Safety Plan for the City of Boston.

Timeline

  1. July 8, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

    On motion of Councilor Culpepper, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Worrell and Santana as original co-sponsors. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.