City Council

What the City Council introduced, by year and by type. How each member voted is a separate record: see the roll-call votes page.

All matters introduced

All mattersmatters/year
05001,0001,5002,000200020032006200920122015201820212024
Data table (27 rows)
Chart data, matters/year
PeriodAll matters
2000613
20011,727
20021,577
20031,503
20041,511
20051,475
20061,510
20071,441
20081,467
20091,536
20101,378
20111,165
2012982
20131,186
20141,146
20151,349
20161,349
20171,219
20181,159
20191,302
2020854
2021968
20221,015
2023988
20241,030
2025852
2026586
Source: Legistar legislative API. 27 facts, 1 metric, 2000–2026. CSV

2026 is a year in progress: it counts matters introduced through July 15, 2026, the most recent introduction date in the Legistar records loaded here, and is not comparable to the full years before it.

Matters introduced by type

ResolutionsInformational reportsReports & recommendationsOrdinancesmatters/year
05001,0001,500200020032006200920122015201820212024
Data table (27 rows)
Chart data, matters/year
PeriodResolutionsInformational reportsReports & recommendationsOrdinances
20003471196846
20019185388791
200281136810976
2003925189105150
20041,2721172571
20051,1641214289
20061,2431702850
20071,1981343763
20081,226151770
20091,2461811984
20101,1591211262
20118092332262
20126312721759
20137253551270
20146483931087
20156505902084
201671737817278
201755816841774
201854213241555
201956319746177
20205407117662
202159311421446
202265810019658
202354411028250
202457111828358
20254719124643
20262978417431
Source: Legistar legislative API. 108 facts, 4 metrics, 2000–2026. CSV

The four largest matter types, charted apart from the total above; the smaller types (ORSA, ORA, JPA and JPFA resolutions) are in the CSV. The type totals sum to the all-matters figure above.

Reports & recommendations run 20 in 2015, 172 in 2016, 417 in 2017, 415 in 2018, while informational reports run 590 in 2015, 378 in 2016, 168 in 2017, 132 in 2018 and the all-matters total runs 1,349 in 2015, 1,349 in 2016, 1,219 in 2017, 1,159 in 2018. The two types together (610 in 2015, 550 in 2016, 585 in 2017, 547 in 2018) change far less than either type alone. The Legistar records carry only each matter's current type, with no record of a retyping and no dated change note, and no document in this site's corpus states one; the cause of the step is not established.

The 2026 point of every type is a year in progress (through July 15, 2026).

Every figure above names its source and links to the rows behind it. How a series is verified — the external anchor it is checked against, and what that check found — is on the methodology page.