Chicago City Wire

Alderwoman Julia Ramirez penned a letter to residents that expressed her frustration that Mayor Brandon Johnson did not consult her office when choosing a location for a migrant encampment in the 12th Ward.

Last week, Ramirez and a member of her staff were battered by people protesting Johnson's plan to stand up a migrant shelter at 38th and California in the Brighton Park neighborhood.

In her letter to constituents, Ramirez said that she did not respond to the Johnson administration's request for aldermen to submit locations for temporary shelters within their wards. Instead, Ramirez wrote, the mayor's administration "has been in direct contact with the property owner of the site at 38th & California, without looping in my office."

“To my frustration, the mayor’s office did not consult with me or my office about their current plans to construct a temporary shelter — meant to house 1,500 people — at 38th & California, nor did they inform my office that they would be sending work crews to conduct a site assessment last week," Ramirez wrote.

Ramirez's letter encouraged residents to attend a public meeting to discuss the proposed migrant camp at Kelly High School, 4136 S. California, on Tuesday at 6 p.m.