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Recent News About City of Atlanta
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Initiatives to Further Curb Unpermitted Water Sales
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a continuous effort in partnership with the Atlanta Police Department (APD) and local community advocacy groups to curb the recent increase in water sales on Atlanta streets.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Veto Letter on Procedurally Defective Ordinance Passed by Council
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a notice to the Atlanta City Council requesting the body to sustain her veto of Ordinance 20-O-1449.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Orders City’s Phased Reopening Plan to be Moved Back to Phase I
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued an Order directing the City of Atlanta’s five-phased reopening plan to be moved from the current Phase II back to Phase I effective immediately in response to the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases in the state of Georgia.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins Partner Cities to Announce Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a Privately Funded Pilot Program
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined 10 other mayors from across the country to announce Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a coalition of mayors that will explore cash payment programs in their cities for guaranteed income programs
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Lifted The Boil Water advisory Issued On Saturday, June 27
The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management has now lifted the boil water advisory issued on Saturday, June 27, 2020
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues New Administrative Orders Related to Transforming the City of Atlanta Police Department
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued two new Administrative Orders related to transforming the City of Atlanta Police Department.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announced The Creation of the CoA Recovery Fund
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the creation of the CoA Recovery Fund, a program to support businesses and facilities adversely impacted following the peaceful demonstrations in Atlanta.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council to Examine Atlanta’s Use of Force Policies and Procedures
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to convene an Advisory Council comprised of community members and partners to examine the City’s use of force policies and procedures.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Statement on Demonstrations in Atlanta
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement: “What we saw overnight was not a protest, and it was not Atlanta.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Reissues Administrative Orders Related to COVID-19
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued three Administrative Orders to assist Atlanta residents and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, to be executed through June 30, 2020.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Advisory Council for the Reopening of Atlanta Submits Final Report Outlining Recommendations for Gradual Reopening
The Advisory Council for the Reopening of the City of Atlanta has submitted its final recommendations for a gradual reopening to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Opens Applications for Strength in Beauty Fund
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the opening of applications for the Strength in Beauty Fund, a new relief effort to support Atlanta’s cosmetology industry workers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Convenes Members of the Advisory Council to Reopen Atlanta
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms convened the first meeting of the Advisory Council on the Reopening of the City of Atlanta on Friday, April 24, 2020.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches Senior Food Assistance Program
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms launched the City of Atlanta Senior Food Assistance Program to support senior residents who are experiencing food shortage due to COVID-19.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates $7 Million Fund to Assist Those Impacted by COVID-19
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order creating a $7 million emergency fund to provide assistance to those impacted by COVID-19.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Enhanced Hazard Pay Policies
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order to—among other actions—change the effective date of the previously announced Hazard Pay Policy from March 30, 2020 to March 11, 2020 and shall remain in effect through June 30, 2020.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches #ATLSTRONG Fund Giving Campaign
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launch of the #ATLSTRONG FUND, a donation campaign led by the Mayor’s Office in partnership with United Way of Greater Atlanta to support City of Atlanta residents experiencing economic hardships and health-related issues caused by COVID-19.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Launches #ATLSTRONG, Providing COVID-19 Information and Resources for Atlanta Residents
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launch of #ATLSTRONG—a new website that will serve as a COVID-19 resource hub for Atlanta residents.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Signs Legislation to Provide Relief to Aviation Concessionaires and Car Rental Companies to Allow Airport Businesses to Assist Employees Experiencing Reduced Hours and Lost Wages
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms signed legislation—sponsored by Councilmembers Andre Dickens and Marci Collier Overstreet—allowing the City to temporarily reduce Concessionaire and Car Rental Company rental requirements by suspending the Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) payment obligation in the Concessions and Consolidated Car Rental Agreements for a period of four (4) months, ending on June 30, 2020.
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CITY OF ATLANTA: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Administrative Order Halting Termination of Water Services for Sixty Days
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order directing the Commissioner of Watershed Management to refrain from taking any action which would result in the termination of water services for any Watershed Management customer due to non-payment for the next sixty (60) days.