Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth

Alderperson, Ward 48, Chicago City Council

We identified Manaa-Hoppenworth’s voice at 28 meetings across eight bodies. Named Edgewater nine times, more than any other official.

4 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

1.0min a meeting at the City Council, at least

11questions at the Committee on Public Safety

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

Four clips, newest first

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Every roll call, and Manaa-Hoppenworth’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 →

Committee on Public Safety: 2.0 min of speech a meeting, range 1.1–3.1. In the same range as 15 other members.
Committee on Housing and Real Estate: 1.3 min of speech a meeting, range 0.6–2.6. In the same range as 17 other members.
Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety: 2.2 min of speech a meeting, range 0.7–4.3. In the same range as eight other members.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. On a random sample of meeting time, between 41% and 70% 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 Immigrant and Refugee Rights: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 12 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

What they talk about

Streets, traffic and parking took 20% of Manaa-Hoppenworth’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. 96 of 100 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Streets, traffic and parking20%

Housing and tenants8.7%

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials8.5%

Homelessness5.4%

Health and behavioral health3.6%

Development and land use0.1%

Questions

Manaa-Hoppenworth asked 11 questions at the six Committee on Public Safety meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Manaa-Hoppenworth’s 7 questions to city departments at the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development, 5 went to budget, finance and controller.

Who they question: 15 questions to a department, 4 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development7 questions to city departments

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Budget, finance and controller		571%
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		114%
Mayor's office		114%

Committee on Housing and Real Estate4 questions to city departments

Committee on Housing and Real Estate: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Housing		2
Building permits and inspection		1
Homelessness services		1

Committee on Public Safety3 questions to city departments

Committee on Public Safety: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Administration, HR, contracts and facilities		2
Mayor's office		1

Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety1 question to a city department

Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Transportation and transit		1

Neighborhoods Manaa-Hoppenworth named

2 places Manaa-Hoppenworth named in meetings

Lines where Manaa-Hoppenworth 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

Edgewater 9 times, the most of any official
Uptown 4 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 Manaa-Hoppenworth was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Manaa-Hoppenworth’s voice

28, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Manaa-Hoppenworth’s first remark.

Oct 1, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations3.5 min1:55:39
Sep 16, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate4.3 min2:13:21
Sep 15, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety3.6 min56:34
Jul 15, 2026City Council3.8 min1:39:12
Jul 14, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations1.7 min50:37
Jul 13, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy2.8 min2:41:40
Jun 29, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate4.2 min2:54:20
Jun 17, 2026City Council4.5 min1:39:46
Jun 10, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate3.1 min1:59:03
Jun 9, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety5.9 min1:14:42

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Jun 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.8 min2:17:13
May 13, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.2 min1:17:31
May 12, 2026Committee on Public Safety1.9 min1:25:03
Apr 15, 2026City Council1.0 min3:32:15
Apr 14, 2026Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights2.6 min46:52
Mar 12, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.8 min32:48
Mar 10, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations3.9 min2:05:24
Mar 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.3 min1:09:30
Feb 9, 2026Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety7.5 min1:12:44
Feb 3, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.3 min1:48:12
Feb 3, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy3.3 min44:00
Jan 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate3.5 min2:56:40
Jan 13, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.2 min24:41
Jan 7, 2026Committee on Public Safety5.5 min59:40
Dec 20, 2025City Council9.1 min2:44:54
Dec 3, 2025Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety2.8 min58:50
Nov 12, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development8.2 min1:39:42
Nov 10, 2025Committee on Public Safety3.1 min1:12:40

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 Manaa-Hoppenworth was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth’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 Manaa-Hoppenworth 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 Manaa-Hoppenworth or of Chicago alone.