Council Members Garza, Casar, Flannigan, and Renteria gave powerful statements on CodeNEXT in a press conference today. FAN has published the video on YouTube here.
They expressed support for many of adopted goals of Friends of Austin Neighborhoods, especially enabling more and diverse people to live in our high-demand neighborhoods. They believe the first draft of CodeNEXT did not address fundamental problems of exclusion and de facto segregation, and that the second draft must address these problems to gain their support.