Council Member Mike Siegel
@mikesiegeld7.bsky.social
Official account of Council Member Mike Siegel, District 7
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https://linktr.ee/mikesiegeld7
My statement on the outcome of Prop Q:
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My statement on the outcome of Prop Q:
Read about the City's response to the Federal shutdown, with resources for food access, utility bill relief, and healthcare services in our latest newsletter.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Read about the City's response to the Federal shutdown, with resources for food access, utility bill relief, and healthcare services in our latest newsletter.
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At the Housing and Planning Committee, our office co-sponsored a report from BASTA Austin showing evictions in Travis County are high and increasing. We're committed to working with BASTA and other advocates to protect renters from these stressful and destabilizing circumstances.
September 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
At the Housing and Planning Committee, our office co-sponsored a report from BASTA Austin showing evictions in Travis County are high and increasing. We're committed to working with BASTA and other advocates to protect renters from these stressful and destabilizing circumstances.
This Thursday’s Council meeting is one of the most important moments of the budget cycle and could determine the health of our City’s finances for years to come. We need to hear from you -- read more in our latest newsletter!
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July 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This Thursday’s Council meeting is one of the most important moments of the budget cycle and could determine the health of our City’s finances for years to come. We need to hear from you -- read more in our latest newsletter!
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*TOMORROW*
Join us for our District 7 City Budget Town Hall!
📅Tuesday, July 22nd
🕰️6 pm - 7:30 pm
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️Dinner is served!
RSVP Here --> forms.gle/exLAuDLmZMrH...
Join us for our District 7 City Budget Town Hall!
📅Tuesday, July 22nd
🕰️6 pm - 7:30 pm
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️Dinner is served!
RSVP Here --> forms.gle/exLAuDLmZMrH...
July 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
*TOMORROW*
Join us for our District 7 City Budget Town Hall!
📅Tuesday, July 22nd
🕰️6 pm - 7:30 pm
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️Dinner is served!
RSVP Here --> forms.gle/exLAuDLmZMrH...
Join us for our District 7 City Budget Town Hall!
📅Tuesday, July 22nd
🕰️6 pm - 7:30 pm
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️Dinner is served!
RSVP Here --> forms.gle/exLAuDLmZMrH...
🚨Minor DoW Correction -- District 7's Budget Town Hall is on *Tuesday* July 22nd.
🗓️ Tues. July 22d
🕔 Food & Tabling with City Departments 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Presentation and Q&A 6:30 pm - 7:30 PM
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️ Food provided
RSVP appreciated but not required
🗓️ Tues. July 22d
🕔 Food & Tabling with City Departments 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Presentation and Q&A 6:30 pm - 7:30 PM
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️ Food provided
RSVP appreciated but not required
June 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🚨Minor DoW Correction -- District 7's Budget Town Hall is on *Tuesday* July 22nd.
🗓️ Tues. July 22d
🕔 Food & Tabling with City Departments 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Presentation and Q&A 6:30 pm - 7:30 PM
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️ Food provided
RSVP appreciated but not required
🗓️ Tues. July 22d
🕔 Food & Tabling with City Departments 6:00 – 6:30 pm
Presentation and Q&A 6:30 pm - 7:30 PM
📍ACC Northridge Campus
🍽️ Food provided
RSVP appreciated but not required
Solidarity with Los Angeles and our Immigrant Communities
June 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Solidarity with Los Angeles and our Immigrant Communities
For now, Austin's ALPR program will end on June 30
We expect another ALPR proposal later this year, and we will let you know when it does.
We expect another ALPR proposal later this year, and we will let you know when it does.
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For now, Austin's ALPR program will end on June 30
We expect another ALPR proposal later this year, and we will let you know when it does.
We expect another ALPR proposal later this year, and we will let you know when it does.
📢UPDATE: Council will *not* be discussing or voting on Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) this Thursday. If you signed up to speak, you do not need to come to City Hall tomorrow (Thursday) – but stay tuned.
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
📢UPDATE: Council will *not* be discussing or voting on Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) this Thursday. If you signed up to speak, you do not need to come to City Hall tomorrow (Thursday) – but stay tuned.
Central Texas is creating its first-ever Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and your voice matters!
📢 Share your thoughts through our short survey and help shape bold steps toward a healthier climate and community.
👉 Take the survey today: bit.ly/ClimatePrioritiesCTX
📢 Share your thoughts through our short survey and help shape bold steps toward a healthier climate and community.
👉 Take the survey today: bit.ly/ClimatePrioritiesCTX
June 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Central Texas is creating its first-ever Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and your voice matters!
📢 Share your thoughts through our short survey and help shape bold steps toward a healthier climate and community.
👉 Take the survey today: bit.ly/ClimatePrioritiesCTX
📢 Share your thoughts through our short survey and help shape bold steps toward a healthier climate and community.
👉 Take the survey today: bit.ly/ClimatePrioritiesCTX
I was proud to speak at yesterday's #HandsOff2025 May Day March. In dark times, it's uplifting to see thousands from different communities all together, standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity against fascism.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I was proud to speak at yesterday's #HandsOff2025 May Day March. In dark times, it's uplifting to see thousands from different communities all together, standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity against fascism.
📷: @kutnews.bsky.social
📷: @kutnews.bsky.social
Capping the freeway with parks and plazas is a nice idea, but the decision to fund these caps could come at the expense of other critical investments.
These consequential trade-offs make me uncertain that building the caps is the highest and best use of our scarce City funds.
These consequential trade-offs make me uncertain that building the caps is the highest and best use of our scarce City funds.
May 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Capping the freeway with parks and plazas is a nice idea, but the decision to fund these caps could come at the expense of other critical investments.
These consequential trade-offs make me uncertain that building the caps is the highest and best use of our scarce City funds.
These consequential trade-offs make me uncertain that building the caps is the highest and best use of our scarce City funds.
For obvious reasons … a lot of people have asked me what I think about the State trying to repeal our local ordinance which decriminalized low level possession of marijuana. 🧵 (1/5)
April 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
For obvious reasons … a lot of people have asked me what I think about the State trying to repeal our local ordinance which decriminalized low level possession of marijuana. 🧵 (1/5)
As a part of the Austin's Fleet Electrification strategy, the City is exploring adding Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) into our normal operations. This is one of the models being tested: a zero-emissions garbage truck currently serving Downtown!
#decarbonize #netzero
#decarbonize #netzero
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
As a part of the Austin's Fleet Electrification strategy, the City is exploring adding Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) into our normal operations. This is one of the models being tested: a zero-emissions garbage truck currently serving Downtown!
#decarbonize #netzero
#decarbonize #netzero
¡Aproveche el Programa de 2025 Amnistía de órdenes de arresto, del 31 de marzo al 25 de abril!
No necesita una cita
Servicios gratuitos
Interpretación en español disponible
Más información: austintexas.gov/Court o 512-974-4800
No necesita una cita
Servicios gratuitos
Interpretación en español disponible
Más información: austintexas.gov/Court o 512-974-4800
March 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
¡Aproveche el Programa de 2025 Amnistía de órdenes de arresto, del 31 de marzo al 25 de abril!
No necesita una cita
Servicios gratuitos
Interpretación en español disponible
Más información: austintexas.gov/Court o 512-974-4800
No necesita una cita
Servicios gratuitos
Interpretación en español disponible
Más información: austintexas.gov/Court o 512-974-4800
Have an active warrant or citation? Austin Municipal Court wants to help. Take advantage of the 2025 Warrant Amnesty program from Mar. 31-Apr. 25!
No appointment necessary
Free services
Spanish interpretation available
More info: austintexas.gov/Court or 512-974-4800
No appointment necessary
Free services
Spanish interpretation available
More info: austintexas.gov/Court or 512-974-4800
March 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Have an active warrant or citation? Austin Municipal Court wants to help. Take advantage of the 2025 Warrant Amnesty program from Mar. 31-Apr. 25!
No appointment necessary
Free services
Spanish interpretation available
More info: austintexas.gov/Court or 512-974-4800
No appointment necessary
Free services
Spanish interpretation available
More info: austintexas.gov/Court or 512-974-4800
Our office has heard from neighbors and constituents about an immigration action this weekend at Anderson and Wooten Park, a few blocks from where I live.
March 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Our office has heard from neighbors and constituents about an immigration action this weekend at Anderson and Wooten Park, a few blocks from where I live.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to attend the Ramadan Open House at the North Austin Muslim Community Center this week. Education about other cultures is key to a more connected community.
March 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'm grateful for the opportunity to attend the Ramadan Open House at the North Austin Muslim Community Center this week. Education about other cultures is key to a more connected community.
Are you on our mailing list? A new issue of our D7 Newsletter is hitting inboxes soon -- sign up at the link here:
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March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Yesterday I toured Planned Parenthood's North Austin Health Center and learned about just some of the many programs they offer. Planned Parenthood has provided free and low cost reproductive healthcare to Texans for 90 years, tallying up to 130,000 clinic visits annually.
March 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yesterday I toured Planned Parenthood's North Austin Health Center and learned about just some of the many programs they offer. Planned Parenthood has provided free and low cost reproductive healthcare to Texans for 90 years, tallying up to 130,000 clinic visits annually.
Cold weather shelters will open overnight Sunday, Feb. 16.
Go to One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Road from 6-8pm to register for overnight shelter.
More information at AustinTexas.gov/Alerts or call the Cold Weather Shelter Hotline: 512-972-5055. (1/2)
Go to One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Road from 6-8pm to register for overnight shelter.
More information at AustinTexas.gov/Alerts or call the Cold Weather Shelter Hotline: 512-972-5055. (1/2)
February 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Cold weather shelters will open overnight Sunday, Feb. 16.
Go to One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Road from 6-8pm to register for overnight shelter.
More information at AustinTexas.gov/Alerts or call the Cold Weather Shelter Hotline: 512-972-5055. (1/2)
Go to One Texas Center (OTC), 505 Barton Springs Road from 6-8pm to register for overnight shelter.
More information at AustinTexas.gov/Alerts or call the Cold Weather Shelter Hotline: 512-972-5055. (1/2)
Item #19 - Approving a tax credit application that will lead to the creation of deeply affordable housing in District 7
February 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Item #19 - Approving a tax credit application that will lead to the creation of deeply affordable housing in District 7
Item #4 - Support for people experiencing homelessness transitioning to permanent housing
February 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Item #4 - Support for people experiencing homelessness transitioning to permanent housing
Proclamation/Item #52 - Honoring the 150th anniversary of @hustontillotsonuniversity @hustontiland Ebeneezer Baptist Church by directing the City Manager to make improvements the African-American Cultural District. This item is coupled with a Proclamation by @cm_harpermadison
February 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Proclamation/Item #52 - Honoring the 150th anniversary of @hustontillotsonuniversity @hustontiland Ebeneezer Baptist Church by directing the City Manager to make improvements the African-American Cultural District. This item is coupled with a Proclamation by @cm_harpermadison
These are some highlights from today's City Council Agenda:
February 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
These are some highlights from today's City Council Agenda: