Overview
- Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Thursday creating the Office of Gun Violence Reduction inside the Mayor’s Office and naming Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Andre as its executive director.
- The office is charged with collecting gun‑violence data, publishing monthly progress reports, mapping Community Safety Priority Zones, and coordinating place‑based investments in hardest‑hit neighborhoods.
- The order creates a 17‑member Gun Violence Reduction Advisory Council with at least nine members required to come from neighborhoods disproportionately affected by gun violence.
- Supporters have proposed an annual budget around $100 million and a budget floor equal to 1.5% of the city’s corporate budget, but the administration has not finalized funding sources and faces a strained city fiscal picture.
- City Council will consider enabling legislation next month to convert the office into a full department and alderpersons have raised questions about cost, procurement authority, oversight, and potential effects on police funding.