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Detroit s controversial charter revision plan, Proposal P, fails

Detroit s controversial charter revision plan, Proposal P, fails With about 80% 67% of voters were rejecting Proposal P, the wide-ranging plan that outlined a new process for the selection of the city s top attorney and police chief and would create a voter-installed fire department oversight board.  It called for the establishment of a department of disability affairs and department of environmental justice and sustainability as well as a task force on reparations and African American justice. It proposed an office of veterans affairs and immigrant affairs, and an office of economic justice and consumer empowerment.  The initiative was crafted over three years by an elected nine-member Detroit Charter Revision Commission with support from a coalition of environmental and human rights groups. The commission and coalitions that supported it contended the plan would have refocused city government with a greater emphasis on quality of life issues including affordable water

Detroit Voters Reject Proposal P, Say No to Adopting New City Charter

Image credit: Jake Neher/WDET The controversial new charter plan faced steep opposition from Mayor Mike Duggan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and various business groups in Detroit. After months of turmoil, Detroit voters overwhelmingly voted no to Proposal P, opting not to adopt a new city charter. With all precincts reporting, the revised charter plan was defeated with 67% of voters rejecting the proposal, according to unofficial returns. Detroiters voted to establish a Charter Revision Commission in 2018. After meeting with citizen focus groups to workshop ideas and translate them into policy, the Charter Revision Commission finished its revisions to the city charter early this year.

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