Citywide ballot initiatives? Formal auditing of the housing fine and appeal process. People use those fines to push their own agenda, penalize resident groups that try to organize. I lived here 25 plus years caring for my property without a single problem with housing fines. I received my first and second fine this year when I questioned why the new councilwoman and her friends made it difficult for the local organizations to work, while promoting her friends’ organization. I wasn’t eligible for the fine appeal process because the Environmental Control Board didn’t send the notice to me on time, a failure of the Environmental Control Board meant that the Environmental Control Board was allowed to deny my right to appeal the fines. The circular non logic of the situation supports corruption. The fine process does nothing to address the vacant houses and new slumlords who don’t care for their properties, those properties don’t receive fines. The fines are only used to penalize people who own their homes and try to live here. The process needs an audit or investigation, I’d support a ballot initiative creating an audit process for those fines.