Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott delivered his first State of the City Address on his 100th day in office, highlighting his administration’s initial progress towards building a safer, more equitable and more accountable Baltimore. He shared challenges and goals for the city in regards to education, jobs, public safety, economic development and more.
In order to ensure public safety agencies are working in partnership to address violence, Mayor Scott recently shared a request with Governor Hogan to restart the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which has been defunct.
“If combating crime was easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not,” Mayor Scott said. “Keeping neighborhoods safe is hard work, and it takes a comprehensive approach that requires all of us to play a role. And the vision I laid out for Baltimore is a major step forward.”
The Mayor also shared a number of new initiatives his administration will focus on in the weeks and months ahead, including launching “Open Checkbook” to explore City expenditures; taking action to ensure no one loses their home to tax sale during the pandemic; and establishing a local language access mandate to provide access to City services in languages beyond English.
Read Mayor Scott’s State of the City Address here.
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