When Mayor Brandon Johnson took the wraps off his “People’s Plan for Community Safety,” it sounded more like a rebranded mix of plans championed by his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, with violence prevention initiatives bankrolled by business leaders sprinkled in. [Sun Times] 

But it turns out that Johnson does have at least the bones of his own plan to take the fight against the root causes of crime to a whole new level. [Photo: Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere /Sun-Times]

It starts with programs in four Chicago neighborhoods that have long been plagued by violent crime — Englewood, Little Village, Austin and West Garfield Park — and in the “most violent blocks” within those four neighborhoods.

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