The Minneapolis City Council is the legislative branch of the city of Minneapolis in Minnesota,United States. Comprising 13 members,the council holds the authority to create and modify laws,policies,and ordinances that govern the city. Each member represents one of the 13 wards in Minneapolis,elected for a four-year term. The current council structure has been in place since the 1950s.
Minneapolis is officially defined by its city council as divided into 83 neighborhoods. The neighborhoods are historically grouped into 11 communities. Informally,there are city areas with colloquial labels. Residents may also group themselves by their city street suffixes:North,Northeast,South,and Southeast.
East Harriet is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are West 36th Street to the north,Lyndale Avenue South to the east,West 46th Street to the south,and Lake Harriet,Lakewood Cemetery,and William Berry Parkway to the west.
Kenny is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are West 54th Street to the north,Lyndale Avenue South and Highway 121 to the east,West 62nd Street to the south,and Logan Avenue South to the west. Kenny is a part of Ward 13,currently represented by Minneapolis City Council member Linea Palmisano.
Fulton is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are West 47th Street to the north,Penn Avenue South to the east,West 54th Street to the south,and France Avenue South to the west. Fulton is a part of Ward 13,currently represented by Minneapolis City Council member Linea Palmisano.
Linden Hills is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Minneapolis on a hill overlooking Lake Harriet. It was one of the last areas to be developed in the City of Minneapolis. It is bordered to the north by Bde Maka Ska and West 36th Street,to the east by Lake Harriet and William Berry Parkway,to the south by West 47th Street,and to the west by France Avenue. Southwest High School is located at the southern edge of the neighborhood on West 47th Street between Abbott and Chowen Avenues.
Lynnhurst is a neighborhood in the Southwest community in Minneapolis,Minnesota. Its boundaries are 46th Street to the north,Lyndale Avenue to the east,54th Street to the south,and Penn Avenue to the west. It is located along the southeastern shore of Lake Harriet. Outflows from the lake run through a parkway for several city blocks to reach Minnehaha Creek.
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States. It is also the largest police department in Minnesota. Formed in 1867,it is the second-oldest police department in Minnesota,after the Saint Paul Police Department that formed in 1854. A short-lived Board of Police Commissioners existed from 1887 to 1890.
Elizabeth A.Hodges is an American politician who served as the 47th Mayor of Minneapolis from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represented Ward 13 on the Minneapolis City Council from 2006 January 2014.
Crime in Minnesota encompasses a wide range of unlawful activities that occur within the state,regulated by both state and federal laws. While crime rates in Minnesota are generally below the national average,certain areas and types of crime have garnered public attention.
Jacob Lawrence Frey is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Minneapolis,Minnesota since 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018.
Elizabeth Peterson "Lisa" Bender is an American politician,city planner,and a former member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 10th Ward. In 2018,she was unanimously elected president of the Minneapolis City Council.
The 2017 Minneapolis City Council election was held on November 7,2017,to elect the members of the Minneapolis City Council. The political composition remained unchanged,with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) retaining 12 seats and the Green Party of Minnesota one seat. Three DFL incumbents were defeated by intraparty opponents. The new City Council convened on January 8,2018.
In the United States,"defund the police" is a slogan that supports removing funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support,such as social services,youth services,housing,education,healthcare and other community resources. Activists who use the phrase may do so with varying intentions;some seek modest reductions,while others argue for full divestment as a step toward the abolition of contemporary police services. Activists who support the defunding of police departments often argue that investing in community programs could provide a better crime deterrent for communities;funds would go toward addressing social issues,like poverty,homelessness,and mental disorders. Police abolitionists call for replacing existing police forces with other systems of public safety,like housing,employment,community health,education,and other programs.
The following is a timeline of race relations and policing in Minneapolis–Saint Paul,providing details with a history of policing in the Twin Cities in the U.S. state of Minnesota from the nineteenth century to the present day. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office,with its headquarters in downtown Minneapolis,is one of the "largest law enforcement agencies in Minnesota" with division and unit facilities throughout Hennepin County. Twin cities,Saint Paul and Minneapolis,have their own police departments,the Minneapolis Police Department,which was established in 1867 and the Saint Paul Police Department. A union for rank and file officers in Minneapolis—the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis —was established in 1917.
Lisa Ruth Goodman is an American politician who served as a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 7th ward. First elected in 1997 and continuously re-elected for 26 years,she was the longest-serving member in council history. The 7th ward holds some of Minnesota's wealthiest neighborhoods,including Bryn Mawr,Cedar-Isles-Dean,Downtown West,East Isles,Elliot Park,Kenwood,Loring Park,Lowry Hill,and Stevens Square.
38th Street is a major east-west roadway in the U.S. city of Minneapolis and an officially designated cultural district in the Powderhorn community. The area developed into a residential zone when the Chicago Avenue street car line was extended to East 38th Street in 1880. Since the 1930s,the area has featured many Black-owned businesses,and the surrounding neighborhoods have had distinct histories from other neighborhoods in Minneapolis due to racial settlement patterns that concentrated Black residents there.
The police abolition movement gained momentum in the U.S. city of Minneapolis during protests of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and culminated in the failed Question 2 ballot measure in 2021 to replace the city's police department with a public safety department. The measure would have removed minimum staffing levels for sworn officers,renamed the Minneapolis Police Department as the Minneapolis Department of Public Safety,and shifted oversight of the new agency from the mayor's office to the city council. It required the support of 51 percent of voters in order to pass. In the Minneapolis municipal election held on November 2,2021,the measure failed with 43.8 percent voting for it and 56.2 percent voting against it.
Robin Wonsley is an American activist and politician affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America who has been a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward since 2021.
The 2023 Minneapolis City Council election took place in the city of Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States on November 7,2023. The Minneapolis City Council is made up of 13 members serving four-year terms,with one council member representing each of the city's 13 wards. The 2023 election was the first election since the city's form of government moved to an Executive Mayor-Legislative Council structure. The change was prompted after voters narrowly approved a ballot measure in 2021 to shift certain powers from the city council to the mayor. Topics surrounding public safety,affordable housing,rent control,and racial justice were at the forefront of the campaign.
