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* Crain’s | Read the full text of Brandon Johnson’s inauguration speech

* Tribune | Brandon Johnson sworn in as Chicago mayor: ‘Our best and brighter days are ahead of us’: Johnson began his sweeping remarks by shouting out the greatness of Chicago: the “beauty” of Lake Michigan, its “boundary-breaking” arts and cultural scene and even the signature Italian beef. And, ever eager to reference his former profession as a social studies teacher, he shouted out the unique history of Black Chicago, starting from its founder, the Haitian voyager Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, before broadening to the city’s tapestry of immigrants who hail from all corners of the earth.

* Sun-Times | ‘Soul’ searching: Johnson takes office, says ‘a brand new Chicago is in front of us’: By drawing on the “soul of Chicago,” a phrase he used more than a dozen times during the 40-minute speech, we can “write the story of our children’s and grandchildren’s futures,” he said. “And what will that story say? That Chicago with its sturdy shoulders and its diverse economy and the legacy of all of our generosity was too afraid to stand up? … No. That won’t be our story. Not on my watch,” Johnson said.

* Block Club | Brandon Johnson Pledges To Reopen Mental Health Clinics, Push Progressive Change At Inaugural Address: On Monday, he committed to reopening Chicago’s shuttered mental health clinics, which were closed in 2012 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and have since become a rallying cry for progressives in recent years. “I want to make sure that no one ever has to suffer because they do not have access to mental health services,” Johnson said in his speech.

* Tribune | Mayor Brandon Johnson to new City Council: Congrats, now let’s collaborate: The people of Chicago “are counting on us to work together to collaborate to make their lives better every day,” Johnson said at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena. “Now, we won’t always agree. But I won’t ever question your motives or your commitment. And I’ll always do my part to find common ground.”

* WBEZ | History, humility, hope — and a few hugs — mark swearing in of younger, more diverse City Council: Unlike four years ago, when Mayor Lori Lightfoot shamed Council members into standing and applauding for reform in their ranks, Johnson turned to face the alderpersons, telling them: “You deserve recognition,” leading the crowd in applause. “This is your day, too. … The people of Chicago are counting on us to work together.”

* AP | New Chicago mayor pledges commitment to progressive strategy, asks for unity: “Let’s show the world, Chicago, where our heart is,” Johnson said in his inaugural address before a cheering crowd. “Let’s build a Chicago that is the economic marvel of our the state, the Midwest and this nation. Let’s build a Chicago that means our economy gets to grow by rerouting the rivers of prosperity to the base of disinvestment. So that no one goes thirsty.”

* Greg Hinz | In inaugural speech, Johnson reaches for heaven, but hard realities await: Chicago now will find out if Johnson is the person to reconcile those views. On a warm and sunny day, I want to say he can. But in Chicago, nice weather never lasts long. In his favor, Johnson already in this transition period has shown himself to be something predecessor Lori Lightfoot never was: a politician. That’s good. Whatever else a mayor of Chicago is, he or she must be a politician who can work with other politicians to get the resources and backing that they don’t command on their own.

* WTTW | Brandon Johnson Sworn in As Chicago’s 57th Mayor: ‘There Is Something Special About This City’: Johnson said he would work to bridge the divisions separating Chicagoans, adding that he would highlight what those who love Chicago have in common, while working to make Chicago a safer place for everyone. “Many people who love our city deeply have radically different ideas about how to confront the shared challenges we face,” Johnson said, adding that was “marveling” at how much Chicagoans nevertheless have in common.

* The Hill | Chicago City Council now leads US in LGBTQ members: Lesbian, gay and bisexual alderpeople now account for close to a fifth of the 50-member city council, a historic high, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, an organization committed to increasing the number of openly LGBTQ people elected to public office. No openly transgender or nonbinary people have yet been elected to Chicago’s city council.

* The Triibe | After inauguration, Chicagoans give advice to Mayor Brandon Johnson: Nadia Dawson’s first piece of advice to Johnson is to stick to the morals that got him in office: listening to the people who are doing the work on the ground, to help find solutions to some of the city’s most challenging problems. “Don’t allow outside people to corrupt you,” said Dawson, a coordinator with Access Living, a disability services and advocacy nonprofit. “I don’t need somebody who is going to feed me things I want to hear. I would prefer to understand what’s going on, and why solutions aren’t working, [and] who’s stopping those solutions from working, and how we can get back on track.”

* Sun-Times | Meet the mayor: Hundreds line up to shake hands with Johnson, who vows ‘the fifth floor belongs to the people’: Some wanted to congratulate him. Others to get a look at him. And still others just to wish him well — whether they voted for him or not. “I want to see what he can do differently for Chicago’s youth,” said Eric Bynum, 21, a West Side resident who said he had high hopes for Mayor Brandon Johnson even though he didn’t vote for him.

* WTTW | From Accessible Gathering Spaces to Educational Opportunities, Young Chicagoans Share Their Hopes for Brandon Johnson’s Administration: Chase Ervin, 20, is a prevention specialist with BUILD Chicago and an Austin resident. He said the people in his community are looking forward to something new from this administration, and seeing Johnson following through on his campaign promises. “I grew up in Chicago all my life, all I’ve been hearing is that we want to see change,” Ervin said. “We would love to see the commitment that you really want to honor these people’s words and create change.”

* Crain’s | Hours after being sworn in as mayor, Johnson signs his own batch of executive orders: Just two hours after taking the oath of office, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed four executive orders inside his new fifth floor office. With supporters and the organizers that crafted the orders surrounding him at City Hall, Johnson’s first acts as mayor created three new deputy mayor positions and ordered the administration to scrape the city’s budget in an effort to find funding to pay for a youth hiring and enrichment program.

* NBC Chicago | Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Orders on First Day in Office. Here’s a Breakdown: The first of four orders seeks to boost youth employment by instructing the city’s Office of Budget and Management to analyze resources in the fiscal year 2023 budget that are available to fund youth empoyment and enrichment programs. The order also instructs the Mayor’s Office to coordinate youth employment and enrichment activities among city sister agencies and city departments for summer internships and community service opportunities, according to the news release.

* ABC Chicago | Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to spend 1st full day in office Tuesday: The second order, EO 2023-16, establishes a Deputy Mayor for Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights, who will coordinate and communicate between city departments and officials to support newly arrived migrants, refugees and immigrants. This includes immediate needs and long-standing policy and goals.

* WTTW | As Brandon Johnson Takes Control of Chicago City Hall, Massive Challenges Await: Johnson had just 41 days to put together his administration and lay the foundation for an ambitious agenda — the shortest mayoral transition in Chicago history. To complicate matters, that six-week period was studded with difficult moments: unrest on spring’s first warm weekend, the resignation of the city’s interim top cop and fraught negotiations with members of the Chicago City Council. “It would have been better to have more time,” Johnson told WTTW News Friday. “But we’ll be ready.” Because of the short transition period, Johnson’s administration will be staffed with holdovers picked by Mayor Lori Lightfoot for at least the first few months, including Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady, whom Johnson vowed to fire during the campaign.