Jeanette B. Taylor

Alderperson, Ward 20, Chicago City Council

We identified Taylor’s voice at 25 meetings across seven bodies.

6 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.6min a meeting at the City Council, at least

70questions at the Committee on Housing and Real Estate

17 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Education and Child Development; sits on 5 more committees

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

Six clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Taylor raised, by number of meetings

Casino1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Taylor’s other bodies

Present at 17 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 3. 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 →

Committee on Housing and Real Estate: 2.8 min of speech a meeting, range 1.4–5.7. In the same range as 17 other members.
Committee on Finance: 0.4 min of speech a meeting, range 0.1–0.9. In the same range as 24 other members.
Committee on Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Education and Child Development: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights: present at 1 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Taylor asked 70 questions at the seven Committee on Housing and Real Estate meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Taylor’s 22 questions to city departments at the Committee on Housing and Real Estate, 13 went to administration, HR, contracts and facilities.

Who they question: 27 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Housing and Real Estate22 questions to city departments

Committee on Housing and Real Estate: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		1359%
Planning and zoning		627%
Housing		314%

Committee on Finance5 questions to city departments

Committee on Finance: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
City attorney / law department		5100%

Neighborhoods Taylor named

One place Taylor named in meetings

Lines where Taylor 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

Woodlawn 3 times, the most of any official

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Boundaries - Community Areas file (City of Chicago Data Portal). A dot says the place was named, not where Taylor was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Taylor’s voice

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

Oct 8, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate3.2 min1:11:22
Sep 24, 2026Committee on Finance1.1 min3:02:51
Sep 23, 2026City Council1.9 min2:47:53
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Police and Fire0.6 min32:09
Jul 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.8 min3:45:10
Jun 25, 2026Committee on Finance2.6 min1:55:07
Jun 17, 2026City Council0.5 min2:10:47
Jun 10, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate5.3 min1:17:56
May 26, 2026Committee on Education and Child Development15.9 min11:51
May 13, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate4.0 min1:06:01

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May 6, 2026Committee on Police and Fire3.7 min1:35:42
Apr 16, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight3.5 min1:05:27
Apr 15, 2026City Council5.0 min2:25:34
Apr 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.2 min3:01:36
Apr 8, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate8.0 min30:14
Mar 18, 2026City Council1.2 min2:02:35
Mar 12, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate3.6 min1:12:36
Feb 11, 2026Committee on Finance0.5 min54:31
Jan 22, 2026Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity4.8 min1:46:47
Jan 21, 2026City Council1.2 min1:49:01
Jan 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.5 min1:11:39
Dec 11, 2025Committee on Police and Fire0.4 min34:30
Dec 10, 2025City Council1.8 min1:27:12
Dec 4, 2025Committee on Finance1.7 min1:13:37
Dec 3, 2025Committee on Housing and Real Estate10.0 min51:58

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

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Taylor was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Jeanette B. Taylor’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 Taylor 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 Taylor or of Chicago alone.