Alderman La Spata
@aldermanlaspata.bsky.social
1st Ward Alderman. Mon-Fri 10 AM-6 PM at 1958 N Milwaukee Ave / 872-206-2685 / [email protected]
The Committee on Finance vote made it clear that we have a lot of work to do before we can pass a budget, but I’m committed to working towards a responsible, transparent budget that supports safe, stable neighborhoods for all Chicagoans.
November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Committee on Finance vote made it clear that we have a lot of work to do before we can pass a budget, but I’m committed to working towards a responsible, transparent budget that supports safe, stable neighborhoods for all Chicagoans.
At today’s City Council meeting, I introduced ordinances tied to the budget and an ordinance requiring any company contracting with the city to disclose any past or current work with ICE/CBP. Any company that contributes to the harm of our communities does not deserve our business.
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
At today’s City Council meeting, I introduced ordinances tied to the budget and an ordinance requiring any company contracting with the city to disclose any past or current work with ICE/CBP. Any company that contributes to the harm of our communities does not deserve our business.
🚨 New blog alert! Review my updated budget priorities, informed by resident feedback, at www.the1stward.com/budget-blog-17
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨 New blog alert! Review my updated budget priorities, informed by resident feedback, at www.the1stward.com/budget-blog-17
I had the pleasure of joining WBEZ yesterday morning to discuss the proposed cuts to the library in next year’s budget. Listen to the full segment: linktr.ee/aldlaspata
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I had the pleasure of joining WBEZ yesterday morning to discuss the proposed cuts to the library in next year’s budget. Listen to the full segment: linktr.ee/aldlaspata
Just a few more days until the final Meet Me On Milwaukee and this one is going to be spooOOooOky 👻Heads up, this month we'll be shutting down a bit earlier at 4 PM to make sure we reopen the street safely as the sun sets a bit earlier.
Hope to see you out there!
Hope to see you out there!
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just a few more days until the final Meet Me On Milwaukee and this one is going to be spooOOooOky 👻Heads up, this month we'll be shutting down a bit earlier at 4 PM to make sure we reopen the street safely as the sun sets a bit earlier.
Hope to see you out there!
Hope to see you out there!
The Mayor’s proposed budget allocates more money from the Corporate Fund to CPD’s mounted unit ($2.8M) than gender based violence ($0). This is deeply concerning to me.
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Mayor’s proposed budget allocates more money from the Corporate Fund to CPD’s mounted unit ($2.8M) than gender based violence ($0). This is deeply concerning to me.
🗣️ 1st Ward business owners: Stop by our office (1958 N. Milwaukee) and pick up your sign designating your business as an ICE-Free Zone. Find more resources at the1stward.com/ice.
We’re closed tomorrow but back open on Tuesday!
We’re closed tomorrow but back open on Tuesday!
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
🗣️ 1st Ward business owners: Stop by our office (1958 N. Milwaukee) and pick up your sign designating your business as an ICE-Free Zone. Find more resources at the1stward.com/ice.
We’re closed tomorrow but back open on Tuesday!
We’re closed tomorrow but back open on Tuesday!
Park 399 is officially open! This project was voted on by 1st Ward residents and partially funded with menu dollars.
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Park 399 is officially open! This project was voted on by 1st Ward residents and partially funded with menu dollars.
What’s there to love about a car-free street? Everything.
Check out the full video on my IG: @aldermanlaspata
Check out the full video on my IG: @aldermanlaspata
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
What’s there to love about a car-free street? Everything.
Check out the full video on my IG: @aldermanlaspata
Check out the full video on my IG: @aldermanlaspata
Today marks the start of #WeekWithoutDriving and the forecast looks great for walking, biking, & public transit!
WWD is a chance to challenge yourself to cut back on vehicle trips and try other ways of getting around.
Let’s build communities that are inclusive and accessible for everyone.
WWD is a chance to challenge yourself to cut back on vehicle trips and try other ways of getting around.
Let’s build communities that are inclusive and accessible for everyone.
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Today marks the start of #WeekWithoutDriving and the forecast looks great for walking, biking, & public transit!
WWD is a chance to challenge yourself to cut back on vehicle trips and try other ways of getting around.
Let’s build communities that are inclusive and accessible for everyone.
WWD is a chance to challenge yourself to cut back on vehicle trips and try other ways of getting around.
Let’s build communities that are inclusive and accessible for everyone.
We’re talking speed camera reform in committee today. Tune in right now: www.chicityclerk.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We’re talking speed camera reform in committee today. Tune in right now: www.chicityclerk.com
The first #MeetMeOnMilwaukee is in the books! Huge thanks to everyone who made this day possible: the 1st Ward team, 14th District, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, & CDOT.
If you joined us on Sunday, please fill out our survey to make future events even better! forms.gle/X5wDqxZu4Fbh...
If you joined us on Sunday, please fill out our survey to make future events even better! forms.gle/X5wDqxZu4Fbh...
September 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The first #MeetMeOnMilwaukee is in the books! Huge thanks to everyone who made this day possible: the 1st Ward team, 14th District, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, & CDOT.
If you joined us on Sunday, please fill out our survey to make future events even better! forms.gle/X5wDqxZu4Fbh...
If you joined us on Sunday, please fill out our survey to make future events even better! forms.gle/X5wDqxZu4Fbh...
THIS SUNDAY! Milwaukee from Damen to Ashland. No cars. 10 AM - 5 PM. Be there or be square.
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
THIS SUNDAY! Milwaukee from Damen to Ashland. No cars. 10 AM - 5 PM. Be there or be square.
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
When caught in its earliest stage, the survival rate for breast cancer is 99%. I'm happy to share that FREE mammograms will be available in Humboldt Park starting on Monday! No insurance or appointment is required. Please share widely and help keep our communities healthy!
August 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When caught in its earliest stage, the survival rate for breast cancer is 99%. I'm happy to share that FREE mammograms will be available in Humboldt Park starting on Monday! No insurance or appointment is required. Please share widely and help keep our communities healthy!
Next Wednesday: Join me and Ald. Fuentes for a community meeting on the upcoming water main replacement on California (North to Armitage). Register at bit.ly/dwm82725
🕐 6:00 p.m.
📍Moos Elementary
🕐 6:00 p.m.
📍Moos Elementary
August 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Next Wednesday: Join me and Ald. Fuentes for a community meeting on the upcoming water main replacement on California (North to Armitage). Register at bit.ly/dwm82725
🕐 6:00 p.m.
📍Moos Elementary
🕐 6:00 p.m.
📍Moos Elementary
How can Chicago be more transparent, equitable, and effective when it comes to speed cameras? Where should the revenue go? Take the Equity in Enforcement Working Group’s Community Priority Survey and weigh in on 20 draft reform recommendations. Survey open until 8/25. bit.ly/ASE-survey
August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How can Chicago be more transparent, equitable, and effective when it comes to speed cameras? Where should the revenue go? Take the Equity in Enforcement Working Group’s Community Priority Survey and weigh in on 20 draft reform recommendations. Survey open until 8/25. bit.ly/ASE-survey
No matter how you choose to travel through Chicago, we all rely on sidewalks to get to our final destination. Yet too many of our sidewalks are cracked, uneven, or missing altogether. (1/3)
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No matter how you choose to travel through Chicago, we all rely on sidewalks to get to our final destination. Yet too many of our sidewalks are cracked, uneven, or missing altogether. (1/3)
Progressive Caucus statement on the June 4 ICE incident and necessary accountability for CPD and OEMC. Full statement available online at www.the1stward.com/june-4-ice-s...
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Progressive Caucus statement on the June 4 ICE incident and necessary accountability for CPD and OEMC. Full statement available online at www.the1stward.com/june-4-ice-s...
Starting this weekend, rideshares/taxis will no longer be allowed to pick-up/drop-off passengers on Milwaukee Ave between California & Sacramento from 7pm–4am on Fridays & Saturdays. This change is in response to increasingly dangerous traffic patterns on this busy corridor.
July 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Starting this weekend, rideshares/taxis will no longer be allowed to pick-up/drop-off passengers on Milwaukee Ave between California & Sacramento from 7pm–4am on Fridays & Saturdays. This change is in response to increasingly dangerous traffic patterns on this busy corridor.
Our annual Shred-A-Thon is back! Bring your boxes of old documents to the parking lot of St. Aloysius where one of Midway Document Destruction’s mobile shredding trucks will quickly and safely dispose of them. Prescription pill takeback and electronic recycling will also be available!
July 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our annual Shred-A-Thon is back! Bring your boxes of old documents to the parking lot of St. Aloysius where one of Midway Document Destruction’s mobile shredding trucks will quickly and safely dispose of them. Prescription pill takeback and electronic recycling will also be available!
A little over 2 hours left to submit public comment on traffic stops in Chicago. Send in your thoughts to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety!
June 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A little over 2 hours left to submit public comment on traffic stops in Chicago. Send in your thoughts to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety!
Our subject matter hearing on the Chicago Police Department's use of traffic stops is back on!
📅 Thursday, June 26
⏰ 1:00 pm
📍Council Chambers
I want to hear from you, too! Submit written comment to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety by 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 25.
📅 Thursday, June 26
⏰ 1:00 pm
📍Council Chambers
I want to hear from you, too! Submit written comment to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety by 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 25.
June 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our subject matter hearing on the Chicago Police Department's use of traffic stops is back on!
📅 Thursday, June 26
⏰ 1:00 pm
📍Council Chambers
I want to hear from you, too! Submit written comment to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety by 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 25.
📅 Thursday, June 26
⏰ 1:00 pm
📍Council Chambers
I want to hear from you, too! Submit written comment to bit.ly/pedtrafficsafety by 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 25.
My statement on today’s passage of the snap curfew ordinance by the City Council.
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My statement on today’s passage of the snap curfew ordinance by the City Council.
Have thoughts on the use of traffic stops? Send in public comment before Monday’s subject matter hearing at bit.ly/cptscomment!
Written comment deadline is today at 12 PM.
Written comment deadline is today at 12 PM.
June 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Have thoughts on the use of traffic stops? Send in public comment before Monday’s subject matter hearing at bit.ly/cptscomment!
Written comment deadline is today at 12 PM.
Written comment deadline is today at 12 PM.
Congratulations Renaissance Social Services on launching the Triage Bridge Housing Program! 30 short-term units to rapidly house unsheltered folks and connect them with healthcare and long-term housing options. This is how we fight homelessness.
June 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congratulations Renaissance Social Services on launching the Triage Bridge Housing Program! 30 short-term units to rapidly house unsheltered folks and connect them with healthcare and long-term housing options. This is how we fight homelessness.