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September 15, 2023

In today's BG Reads:

🏠 City to allow tiny homes, RVs to be used as accessory dwelling units

⚖️ Ken Paxton impeachment defense rests after calling 4 witnesses

⚖️ Biden has been preparing to fight an impeachment for almost a year.

🆕 Bingham Group content: Our city of Austin org chart red line (as of 9.12.23)

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[BINGHAM GROUP]

🆕 Check out our red lined City of Austin org chart.  The changes reflect the many changes in city leadership since February 2023.

You can view those here: BG Blog: Tracking City of Austin Leadership Changes (Updated September 1, 2023).

🆕 We are excited to welcome Hendrick Automotive Group to Bingham Group!

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and employing more than 10,000 people, Hendrick Automotive Group is now the largest privately held dealership group in the country.In Austin, the Group’s portfolio includes BMW of South Austin and Audi South Austin, located in Council District 2.Bingham Group will represent Hendrick at the municipal and state level in Texas.

📸: Hendrick Automotive Group Chairman and CEO Rick Hendrick with Bingham Group CEO A.J. Bingham.

[AUSTIN METRO NEWS]

City to allow tiny homes, RVs to be used as accessory dwelling units (KVUE)

The City of Austin is tentatively allowing tiny homes and RVs to be used as accessory dwellings in single-family neighborhoods.

On Thursday, members of the Austin City Council discussed the matter, addressing worries from a number of critics that believe the move would allow for more short-term rentals to arise in Austin. Proponents of the move said it would help with housing density and potentially alleviate Austin's housing crisis.

The Council subsequently added language that would require homeowners to register homes if they're being used as short-term rentals… (LINK TO FULL STORY)

🔎 Actions taken by the City Council during the 9.14.23 meeting

📺 What’s ahead: Austin City Council Regular Meeting (9.21.2023 Agenda)

And in other Austin Metro News:

➡️ City, NXP to help fund child care through Chapter 380 agreement (Austin Monitor) -> LINK TO FULL STORY

➡️ Central Health faces scrutiny from Travis County ahead of budget approval (Community Impact) -> LINK TO FULL STORY

[TEXAS NEWS]

Ken Paxton impeachment defense rests after calling 4 witnesses (Texas Tribune)

Ken Paxton’s defense team rested their case Thursday evening after a full day of testimony in which they attacked several of the 16 impeachment articles and downplayed the suspended attorney general’s conduct as merely a part of his duties.

The prosecution and defense will present closing arguments beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, after which the rules call for senators to deliberate in private before emerging to cast votes on each of 16 articles of impeachment.

Support from 21 senators — two-thirds of those eligible — is required to permanently remove Paxton from office on any article. If an article is sustained, a separate vote would be held on whether to ban Paxton from again serving in state elected office…(LINK TO FULL STORY)

And in other Texas News:

➡️ Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo extends mental health leave (Texas Tribune) -> LINK TO FULL STORY

[NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS]

Biden has been preparing to fight an impeachment for almost a year. This is his strategy (Associated Press)

The White House has been preparing for a potential impeachment essentially since Republicans won control of the House in the November elections. It has roughly two dozen staff members in the counsel’s office detailed to the matter.

The new chief counsel, Ed Siskel, is a former Obama administration attorney who helped craft the response to the congressional investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.

The White House impeachment playbook so far has been: Dismiss. Compartmentalize. Scold.

That is, shrug off the charges as baseless, stay focused on policy, leave the impeachment question to the lawyers and chide those who give too much credence to it all… (LINK TO FULL STORY)

OTHER NEWS:

➡️ Google Sheds Hundreds of Recruiters in Another Round of Layoffs (New York Times) -> LINK TO FULL STORY

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