city council
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of city council
First recorded in 1780–90
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Estuardo Mazariegos and Jose Ugarte, running against each other for a city council seat representing part of South Los Angeles, are immigrants from Latin America who arrived undocumented as children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The number of prosecutions in Peterborough rose from one in 2024 to seven in 2025, and the city council has brought four prosecutions so far this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Shifting all of them to electric power would be the same as taking around 30,000 cars off the road annually, according to the city council, but costs and infrastructure challenges lie ahead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
One instance of enforcement occurred in 2006, when a former city council field deputy reported her Sherman Oaks neighbors for having basketball hoops near their curbs, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was running for township commissioner, the equivalent of city council.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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