Byron Sigcho-Lopez | |
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Member of the Chicago City Council from the 25th ward | |
Assumed office May 20, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Solis |
Personal details | |
Born | Ecuador [1] | July 7,1983
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Cumberland University (BA) University of Illinois,Chicago (MA) |
Byron Sigcho-Lopez (born July 7,1983) is a Chicago politician and community activist. He is the alderman of Chicago's 25th ward,having taken office as a member of the Chicago City Council in May 2019. He won an open race to succeed outgoing alderman Daniel Solis in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic election. [2] [3] He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [4] He was elected as 25th Ward Democratic Committeeperson in 2020. [5]
Sigcho-Lopez was born and raised in Quito,Ecuador. [6] Sigcho-Lopez earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Mathematics from Cumberland University in Tennessee,and a Master's in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is pursuing a PhD in Policy Studies in Urban Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Sigcho-Lopez unsuccessfully challenged Danny Solis in the 2015 Chicago 25th Ward aldermanic election.
In 2019,Sigcho-Lopez was elected to succeed outgoing 25th Ward alderman Danny Solis.
On April 10,2019,prior to being sworn in,Sigcho-Lopez joined six other newly elected members of the City Council in protesting against the approval of tax increment financing for the Lincoln Yards and The 78 real estate developments. [7]
Sigcho-Lopez assumed office May 20,2019.
On June 12,2019,Sigcho-Lopez demanded a review of all permits and licenses approved by disgraced former Alderman Danny Solis. [8]
In November 2019,Sigcho-Lopez was one of eleven aldermen to vote against Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first budget. [9] He joined all five other members of the Socialist Caucus in signing a letter to Lightfoot which criticized her budget for "an over-reliance on property taxes" and "regressive funding models" that are "burdensome to our working-class citizens,while giving the wealthy and large corporations a pass." [10] Sigcho-Lopez,over the course of Lightfoot's mayoralty,would be regarded to be a vocal critic of her. [11]
On March 22,2024,Sigcho-Lopez spoke at a City Hall rally against the Israel–Hamas war where Marine veteran Zachary Kam had burned a flag that he had flown while on tour in Afghanistan,prompting some of Sigcho-Lopez's City Council colleagues to call for him step down as chairman of the Council's Housing Committee. [12] On April 1,2024,a resolution to remove him as chair failed 29 to 16. [13]
Sigcho-Lopez is married to Loreen Targos. In June 2022,Sigcho-Lopez and Targos became parents to triplets. [14]
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