Tag Archives: Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison

Natasha Harper-Madison looks forward to planning progress for her district

With two years left on her term of office, Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison is looking forward to helping move the Northeast Planning District toward the bright future she envisions for it. That’s “really at the top of my list” of…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Dec 23, 2024

After hiatus, Harper-Madison puts focus on wellness, community involvement

Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison speaks plainly about the burnout and fatigue she was facing for much of 2023, which led to her decision in September to take a nearly two-month leave of absence from her seat on City Council. A…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 28, 2023

Austin City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison takes temporary leave to address mental health

Austin City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison will temporarily step away from her position to address her mental health, she announced Monday. “This year has been extremely challenging for me,” she said. “I live with depression and anxiety. Thankfully these issues can…

City Council • By Luz Moreno-Lozano, KUT • Sep 26, 2023

$9.1M emergency homeless shelter at the Marshalling Yard expected to open by end of August

City Council on Thursday approved a proposal to operate a $9.1 million temporary emergency homeless shelter at the Marshalling Yard, a city-owned facility located near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The move comes as Austin sees 10 straight days of temperatures…

City Council • By Andrea Guzman • Jul 21, 2023

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Harper-Madison looks to spark D1 civic involvement in 2023

After completing her fourth year in office, City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison wishes she’d known from her first day roughly as much as she knows now about the workings of city government. Her thinking: There should be an apparatus that…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 22, 2022

Harper-Madison looking for improved help during heat emergencies

Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison expressed concern on the City Council Message Board this week about “how the city is addressing the stability of our electrical grid, local outages,” and the impact that has on “marginalized communities at the greatest risk…

Public Health • By Jo Clifton • Jun 30, 2022

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APD making headway toward academy reforms, but still a work in progress

The Austin Police Department is well on its way toward implementing recommended changes to its training academy, according to a presentation Monday from consulting firm Kroll Associates. APD has enacted nearly all of the short-term recommendations and just under half…

Police • By Jonathan Lee • May 25, 2022

Council endorses changes to East 11th and 12th street development regulations

Before a troubled history of urban renewal and disinvestment led the city to declare the areas blighted, 11th and 12th streets were once thriving corridors in East Austin’s Black community. Now, the city is shepherding land use changes along the…

Planning • By Jonathan Lee • May 2, 2022

Natasha Harper-Madison’s focus in 2022? ‘Housing, housing, housing’

Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison’s tenure on City Council has been marked by crisis. Elected in November 2018 as the District 1 representative, Harper-Madison barely had a year in office before Covid-19 struck. “What a time to have your first…

City Council • By Jonathan Lee • Dec 21, 2021

Black leaders say Austin's list of proposed sites for homeless camps is inequitable

Black leaders in Austin called the city’s list of proposed sites for public encampments inequitable and criticized staffers for placing most of the locations east of Interstate 35. The group on Monday called for a revision of the plan, which…

City Council • By Andrew Weber, KUT • May 25, 2021

Ethics commissioners dismiss complaint against Harper-Madison

An ethics complaint against Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison was automatically dismissed Wednesday, May 12, after the Ethics Review Commission failed to reach a majority six votes on a motion to postpone or a separate motion to dismiss. The latter…

City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 20, 2021

Natasha Harper-Madison: Creating a more equitable city

“Greetings!” Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison’s phone voice message said, “I look forward to connecting with you.” Harper-Madison represents District 1, which includes Northeast, East Central and far East Austin. The Council member has been hard at work, sometimes even on…

City Council • By Sumaiya Malik, Reporting Texas • Jan 4, 2021