City Council's Legistar website is pretty useful if you know what you're looking for, but it's not exactly optimized for political activism.

There are a ton of bills, and resolutions, and ordinances on there at any given time and it can be tough to cut through the noise if you just want to know the really important legislation on deck that week. Also, everything is in PDF format, which rather obnoxiously requires you to download bills and agendas instead of just reading them on the website. 

That's why we're going to be publishing a weekly Council Report Card featuring the bills that matter that week, described in plain English so you know what's being proposed. We'll only be focusing on major bills, not resolutions and small-ball ordinances like sidewalk cafes and such.

Here is our first Council Report Card with the bills Councilmembers introduced last week.

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