Municipal Government

Gauthier’s unconstitutional power-grab Christian J. Matozzo September 30, 2025 September 29, 2025

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The recently proposed Philadelphia City Council bill 250804 by Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier that would regulate land dispositions by nonprofit universities in West Philadelphia under the zoning code is an unconstitutional encroachment on a power that belongs only to the Pennsylvania Attorney General.

If passed, the bill would provide a power that originally belonged to the King of England to every member of Philadelphia City Council, turning each into an actual king or queen without a corresponding coronation through the Philadelphia Zoning Code.

Bill 250804 proposes a zoning overlay w

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