News List

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Initiatives to Further Curb Unpermitted Water Sales

07/25/2020 7:52 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Honors the Life and Legacy of Congressman John R. Lewis

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued the following statement upon the passing of Atlanta’s revered Congressman John Lewis.

07/18/2020 9:36 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Veto Letter on Procedurally Defective Ordinance Passed by Council

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a notice to the Atlanta City Council requesting the body to sustain her veto of Ordinance 20-O-1449.

07/15/2020 5:18 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces One Atlanta: Economic Mobility, Recovery and Resiliency Plan

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the One Atlanta: Economic Mobility, Recovery and Resiliency Plan —a comprehensive plan to ensure economic and quality-of-life security for Atlanta residents and businesses.

07/14/2020 5:16 PM

Overnight Resurfacing Work on Peachtree Road Begins Wednesday, July 15

Expect traffic delays on Peachtree Road NE as overnight resurfacing work begins Wednesday, July 15.

07/14/2020 4:13 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Orders City’s Phased Reopening Plan to be Moved Back to Phase I

07/10/2020 6:43 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Executive Order Requires Use of Masks or Face Coverings

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued Executive Order 2020-113 requiring all persons to wear a mask or a cloth face covering over their nose and mouth within the city of Atlanta in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections. The Order also prohibits gatherings of more than 10 persons on city o

07/08/2020 8:52 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Extends Moratorium on Residential Evictions and Filings Due to COVID-19

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued an Executive Order calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Beltline Inc., Fulton County / City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority, Invest Atlanta, Partners for Home and the City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development to institute a tempo

07/07/2020 11:49 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council to Focus on Youth Entrepreneurship

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to convene an Advisory Council comprised of community members and partners to develop strategies to help promote youth entrepreneurship within the city of Atlanta

07/07/2020 9:32 AM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins Partner Cities to Announce Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a Privately Funded Pilot Program

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined 10 other mayors from across the country to announce Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a coalition of mayors that will explore cash payment programs in their cities for guaranteed income programs.

07/02/2020 2:42 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Administrative Order to Conduct Citywide Public Engagement in Policing Discussions and Reforms

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to procure services to conduct citywide engagement for a comprehensive examination of policing in the city of Atlanta.

07/02/2020 11:26 AM

City of Atlanta Launches Shareable Dockless Mobility Devices Program

Beginning July 1, the Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) will launch the first phase of the City of Atlanta’s 2020 Shareable Dockless Mobility Devices Program.

07/01/2020 1:29 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Extends Administrative Orders Related to COVID-19 for 60 Days

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued three Administrative Orders to assist Atlanta residents and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, to be executed for an additional sixty days through August 30, 2020.

06/30/2020 2:21 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Takes Immediate Action Upon Receiving Use of Force Advisory Council’s 14-day Recommendations

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms received the Use of Force Advisory Council’s 14-day recommendations as mandated in Administrative Order 2020-18. The Advisory Council provided 10 early action recommendations to Mayor Bottoms spanning three focus areas: Law and Policy, Police Culture and Mindsets, and Comm

06/25/2020 4:12 PM

Passage of Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ FY21 Budget

06/20/2020 10:32 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces Opening of creATL Fund Applications

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced applications are now open for the creATL Relief Fund to support Atlanta’s independent creative workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

06/19/2020 2:32 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Executive Order to Implement a Process to Begin Meeting Virtually

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order for the implementation of a process by which City of Atlanta Boards, Authorities, Commissions, Committees, or other similar bodies (BACE) subject to Section 3-401 of the City’s Charter, may begin remote meetings in accordance with the Georgia Open

06/18/2020 1:21 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues New Administrative Orders Related to Transforming the City of Atlanta Police Department

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued two new Administrative Orders related to transforming the City of Atlanta Police Department

06/16/2020 1:04 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Announces the Reimagining Atlanta City Detention Center Task Force Recommendations

The Reimagining Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) Task Force submitted to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, its Final Report on recommendations to close and reimagine the use of the Atlanta City Detention Center.

06/12/2020 3:03 PM

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Appoints Members to Use of Force Advisory Council

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the appointment of members to her Use of Force Advisory Council, which was created through an Administrative Order issued last week.

06/11/2020 11:31 AM