OpenPublica for community advocacy & residents
Catch up on your community.
OpenPublica helps you search recent and historical city council and other public meeting records in covered cities. Catch up on housing, street and park discussions before asking your city what comes next.
Search summaries and available transcripts. Ask AI research questions and open the supporting meeting records.
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What has been discussed about safer streets?
What is still unclear in the record?
From a question to the record.
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Search a street, neighborhood or issue. Try related terms when needed.
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Catch up on the discussion
Read the summary and transcript. Separate residents’ comments from council decisions.
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Prepare your question
Keep relevant meeting links and note what the record leaves unclear.
Will alerts announce upcoming hearings?
Alerts show new matches in OpenPublica. Check official city calendars for hearing dates and comment deadlines.
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Return to the issues that matter close to home.
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- Save street, park or neighborhood terms.
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- Choose alerts for new matching records.
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