Julia M. Ramirez

Alderperson, Ward 12, Chicago City Council

We identified Ramirez’s voice at 19 meetings across eight bodies.

5 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

0.7min a meeting at the City Council, at least

4questions at the Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards

19 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

One clip, newest first

Julia M. Ramirez · Member · Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards · Sep 22, 2026 · 2:40:56
“…you guys sort of reiterate what sort of space you guys are going to be utilizing, you know, for community? On the grounds?”

Issues Ramirez raised, by number of meetings

TIF districts1 meeting

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

Every roll call, and Ramirez’s other bodies

Present at 19 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 1. 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 Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards: talk time not compared. On a random sample of meeting time, between 51% and 66% of members' speech here carries a name; we rank when the low end reaches 60%.
Committee on Health and Human Relations: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Budget and Government Operations: talk time not compared. We could name only 13% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Workforce Development: Subcommittee on Youth Employment: talk time not compared. Seated for only 1 meeting in 12 months.
Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Finance: talk time not compared. We could name only 24% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Workforce Development: present at 3 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

What they talk about

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took 27% of Ramirez’s speech with a checked topic

By the topic two AI readers agree on for each stretch of their talk, at the City Council and its committees. 36 of 39 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials27%

Development and land use7.6%

Health and behavioral health1.5%

Questions

Ramirez asked four questions at the three Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Ramirez’s one question to a city department at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations went to environment and climate.

Who they question: 1 question to a department, 1 body · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations1 question to a city department

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Environment and climate		1

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Ramirez’s voice

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

Sep 23, 2026City Council1.9 min1:58:26
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards1.7 min2:37:36
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Finance1.5 min2:26:56
Jul 15, 2026City Council5.0 min1:48:26
Jul 14, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations3.9 min20:13
Jul 13, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy2.9 min2:07:33
Jun 24, 2026Committee on Workforce Development: Subcommittee on Youth Employment4.1 min2:09:27
Jun 16, 2026Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards1.0 min2:06:57
Jun 11, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations2.0 min1:30:22
May 20, 2026City Council3.3 min1:16:52

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May 18, 2026Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity0.9 min1:00:29
May 11, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy0.6 min51:58
Apr 15, 2026City Council1.8 min1:32:45
Mar 18, 2026City Council1.9 min2:11:26
Mar 10, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations1.1 min1:35:21
Mar 3, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy0.9 min1:53:26
Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations0.1 min15:00
Nov 3, 2025Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards4.7 min1:45:42
Oct 29, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.0 min6:14:06

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 Ramirez was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Julia M. Ramirez’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 Ramirez 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 Ramirez or of Chicago alone.