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Anthony Quezada

Alderperson, Ward 35, Chicago City Council

Raised ICE and immigration enforcement at eight meetings. Named Logan Square most often: four times.

8 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified
1.1min a meeting at the City Council, at least
29questions at the Committee on Finance
20 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 7 committees

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Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda

Seven clips, newest first

Chicago6:28:24
ICE and immigration enforcementAnthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Nov 5, 2025 · 6:28:24You know, so like if ICE agents pull up at the Chicago Public School parking lot and start doing operations there despite the mayor making executive action Does the department have any authority, or will they take any step to tell ICE agents you are breaking a mayoral executive action?Open the meeting at 6:28:24
Head tax and budget revenue“The 3 things that I think have been highlighted, I just want to put on the public record that I have concerns with are debt and fines, um, the lack of structural revenue sources, and then the unstable revenue projections from the alternative budget.”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Dec 17, 2025 · 4:12:20“…from your perspective, why is it important that our laws reflect today’s rental market? And how does this ordinance help create more stability and predictability for both tenants and landlords?”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Housing and Real Estate · Jun 29, 2026 · 2:09:19“…in 2011, when we, we still had the corporate head tax at its full rate, um, does the budget director know how much money we were generating at that point?”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Finance · Nov 17, 2025 · 2:39:15“So how will these advertisements be targeted and protect our young people from buying things that they shouldn’t be buying? And what kind of advertisements are we talking about?”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Finance · Dec 16, 2025 · 4:03:10“…we know how many eligible former residents would be allowed to return? Doing— has there been outreach already to figure out how many folks would be able to return to their homes?”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Finance · Dec 2, 2025 · 40:53“…you speak to a little bit about the, um, strategies that you are deploying in regard to vacant lots and affordable housing development?”Anthony QuezadaMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Nov 4, 2025 · 6:59:36

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Quezada raised, by number of meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Where Quezada sits

Ward 35 on the current City Council map

Click a ward to open its member’s page.

Ward 1: Daniel La SpataWard 2: Brian HopkinsWard 3: Pat DowellWard 4: Lamont J. RobinsonWard 5: Desmon C. YancyWard 6: William E. HallWard 7: Gregory MitchellWard 8: Michelle HarrisWard 9: Anthony BealeWard 10: Peter ChicoWard 11: Nicole T. LeeWard 12: Julia M. RamirezWard 13: Marty QuinnWard 14: Jeylu B. GutierrezWard 15: Raymond LopezWard 16: Stephanie D. ColemanWard 17: David MooreWard 18: Derrick G. CurtisWard 19: Matthew J. O'SheaWard 20: Jeanette B. TaylorWard 21: Ronnie L. MosleyWard 22: Michael D. RodriguezWard 23: Silvana TabaresWard 24: Monique L. ScottWard 25: Byron Sigcho-LopezWard 26: Jessica FuentesWard 27: Walter Redmond BurnettWard 28: Jason C. ErvinWard 29: Chris TaliaferroWard 30: Ruth CruzWard 31: Felix Cardona, Jr.Ward 32: Scott WaguespackWard 33: Rossana Rodriguez SanchezWard 34: William ConwayWard 35: Anthony QuezadaWard 36: Gilbert VillegasWard 37: Emma MittsWard 38: Nicholas SposatoWard 39: Samantha NugentWard 40: Andre Vasquez, Jr.Ward 41: Anthony NapolitanoWard 42: Brendan ReillyWard 43: Timmy KnudsenWard 44: Bennett R. LawsonWard 45: James M. GardinerWard 46: Angela ClayWard 47: Matthew J. MartinWard 48: Leni Manaa-HoppenworthWard 49: Maria E. HaddenWard 50: Debra SilversteinCity HallDaniel La Spata · Ward 1Brian Hopkins · Ward 2Pat Dowell · Ward 3Lamont J. Robinson · Ward 4Desmon C. Yancy · Ward 5William E. Hall · Ward 6Gregory Mitchell · Ward 7Michelle Harris · Ward 8Anthony Beale · Ward 9Peter Chico · Ward 10Nicole T. Lee · Ward 11Julia M. Ramirez · Ward 12Marty Quinn · Ward 13Jeylu B. Gutierrez · Ward 14Raymond Lopez · Ward 15Stephanie D. Coleman · Ward 16David Moore · Ward 17Derrick G. Curtis · Ward 18Matthew J. O'Shea · Ward 19Jeanette B. Taylor · Ward 20Ronnie L. Mosley · Ward 21Michael D. Rodriguez · Ward 22Silvana Tabares · Ward 23Monique L. Scott · Ward 24Byron Sigcho-Lopez · Ward 25Jessica Fuentes · Ward 26Walter Redmond Burnett · Ward 27Jason C. Ervin · Ward 28Chris Taliaferro · Ward 29Ruth Cruz · Ward 30Felix Cardona, Jr. · Ward 31Scott Waguespack · Ward 32Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez · Ward 33William Conway · Ward 34Anthony Quezada · Ward 35Gilbert Villegas · Ward 36Emma Mitts · Ward 37Nicholas Sposato · Ward 38Samantha Nugent · Ward 39Andre Vasquez, Jr. · Ward 40Anthony Napolitano · Ward 41Brendan Reilly · Ward 42Timmy Knudsen · Ward 43Bennett R. Lawson · Ward 44James M. Gardiner · Ward 45Angela Clay · Ward 46Matthew J. Martin · Ward 47Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth · Ward 48Maria E. Hadden · Ward 49Debra Silverstein · Ward 50
Anthony Quezada sits for Ward 35. Click a ward to open its member’s page.Ward lines: Chicago Data Portal, Boundaries - Wards (2023-), p293-wvbd, fetched 2026-10-30.
Every roll call, and Quezada’s other bodies

Present at 20 of 20 roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. Nov 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 20 of the 22 meetings we hold, through Oct 14, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →
Questions

Quezada asked 29 questions at the five Committee on Finance meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Quezada’s 22 questions to city departments at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, 7 went to planning and zoning.

Who they question: 45 questions to a department, 4 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations22 questions to city departments
Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Planning and zoning732%
Human services, aging, youth627%
Budget, finance and controller523%
Police418%
Committee on Finance21 questions to city departments
Committee on Finance: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Budget, finance and controller1676%
Planning and zoning524%
Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards1 question to a city department
Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Public health and mental health1
Committee on Housing and Real Estate1 question to a city department
Committee on Housing and Real Estate: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities1
Neighborhoods Quezada named

3 places Quezada named in meetings

Lines where Quezada named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

Chicago
  • Logan Square 4 times
  • Avondale 2 times
  • Bronzeville 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Boundaries - Community Areas file (City of Chicago Data Portal); a well-known area with no boundary of its own sits at its OpenStreetMap point. A dot says the place was named, not where Quezada was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Quezada’s voice

36, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Quezada’s first remark.

  1. Sep 23, 2026City Council0.6 min1:57:38
  2. Sep 16, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.7 min2:46:21
  3. Jul 22, 2026City Council1.1 min1:08:16
  4. Jul 17, 2026Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights5.8 min3:00:20
  5. Jul 15, 2026City Council0.1 min4:50:04
  6. Jul 14, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards0.2 min1:14:23
  7. Jun 29, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate1.8 min2:06:33
  8. Jun 17, 2026City Council3.0 min1:29:45
  9. Jun 16, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards0.6 min2:53:10
  10. Jun 10, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate1.9 min1:20:55
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  1. May 20, 2026City Council1.9 min1:34:25
  2. May 18, 2026Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights4.2 min1:30:05
  3. May 7, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations0.8 min1:31:45
  4. Apr 15, 2026City Council2.4 min1:31:52
  5. Apr 14, 2026Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights1.6 min58:39
  6. Apr 13, 2026Committee on Workforce Development2.2 min1:06:07
  7. Apr 8, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate3.5 min43:06
  8. Mar 18, 2026City Council5.7 min2:16:36
  9. Mar 13, 2026Committee on Finance1.1 min1:37:45
  10. Mar 10, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations1.1 min1:10:55
  11. Feb 17, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards0.7 min1:00:42
  12. Feb 11, 2026Committee on Finance2.0 min1:45:41
  13. Jan 27, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations5.0 min2:17:34
  14. Jan 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate0.1 min41:51
  15. Dec 20, 2025City Council6.5 min1:50:03
  16. Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations2.6 min4:12:05
  17. Dec 16, 2025Committee on Finance3.1 min1:46:30
  18. Dec 9, 2025Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards3.4 min1:16:55
  19. Dec 2, 2025Committee on Finance1.0 min38:54
  20. Nov 17, 2025Committee on Finance4.6 min2:39:06
  21. Nov 13, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.6 min2:26:00
  22. Nov 13, 2025Committee on Housing and Real Estate0.1 min41:50
  23. Nov 5, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations5.8 min6:24:59
  24. Nov 4, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations2.0 min6:57:22
  25. Nov 3, 2025Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards2.1 min1:06:56
  26. Oct 30, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations5.1 min1:20:48
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

We identified Quezada’s voice at 36 meetings across eight bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Quezada was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Anthony Quezada’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Quezada said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Quezada or of Chicago alone.