Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez is proud to be endorsed by the following publications:

The Chicago Tribune

“In his first term, incumbent Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez has understood the value of balancing new investment with the need to preserve Pilsen’s cultural fabric and prevent the displacement of families that have been in the neighborhood for generations. He’s a strong proponent of affordable housing to fend off displacement and has enabled the creation and preservation of more than 800 affordable units, many of them family-sized.

“Lopez is also keenly aware of the massive, 46% increase in average property tax bills that Pilsen homeowners were hit with last year, and says there’s an urgent need to cap property tax increases. “A 46% increase overnight — that shouldn’t be allowed,” he told us. “That should be illegal, and we must have a cap.” Lopez also impressed us last year with his fight against the use of campaign funds by politicians for criminal defense purposes, a battle he focused on his predecessor, former Ald. Daniel Solis, who spent $220,000 from his campaign coffers on criminal defense lawyers helping him through an ongoing FBI probe at City Hall. …

“Lopez has admirably represented his ward in his first term.

“Lopez is endorsed.”

 

Gazette Chicago

“Byron Sigcho-Lopez, incumbent alderman for Pilsen and Little Village’s 25th Ward, is simply one of the best City Council members with whom Gazette Chicago ever has worked, and we believe he is the best alderman in the City of Chicago.

“Sigcho-Lopez is progressive and people-focused. He always is on the right side of every issue, backing the residents over developers, corporations, and other government officials every time. Sigcho-Lopez gets involved in every issue in the community, from fighting gentrification so as to keep current residents in the neighborhood through affordable housing; to battling crime by attacking its root causes, such as poverty, mental health, and lack of education; to standing up for the residents on specific issues such as the Hilco smokestack implosion and the proposed sale of St. Adalbert Church. He has opened his ward office for people of diverse languages who have been victims of the rampant increase in postal thefts and check laundering schemes. Sigcho-Lopez has spoken up with courage when current Chicago Police Department leadership failed to fire a cop over his ties to the far-right Proud Boys. 

“He always is responsive to the media—and not as a showhorse, but as a workhorse who serves as a voice for the voiceless and who attempts to educate both the public and media on aspects of issues they may have missed. Sigcho-Lopez will never be a rubber stamp for the mayor, no matter who she or he is.

“...[Aida Flores] is Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s candidate, and we are not enamored of Garcia or anyone else working to build up his or her own political machine now that the Daley/Emanuel and Madigan machines are out of power. According to Sigcho-Lopez, PAC money funded by Emanuel cronies and developers recently funneled $100,000 to her campaign.

“In this race, we give our strongest possible endorsement to Byron Sigcho-Lopez for 25th Ward alderman.”

 

Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide

“As far as that record goes? It’s stellar. Byron has increased affordable housing in his Ward, stood with the CTU and committed to fully funding and staffing schools, joined the #StopGeneralIron hunger strike, fought for transparency from City Hall, and consistently, constantly, tirelessly showed up for marginalized people and workers across the City, day after day. Seriously, I have seen Byron at more protests and rallies than any other Alderperson, and I know a few of the other Green endorsees in the Guide go to a lot of rallies. He’s always the guy you’ll see at the Palestine Solidarity rally, or standing up for trans people, and or using his access as Alderman to help out jail support efforts. There are a lot of folks on the City Council who are right alongside Byron in those efforts, and we need every single one of them back as Alderpeople. I don’t think his opponent can come close to making those commitments.

“He's the real deal, and the 25th Ward would struggle mightily to do better than his passion, values, and commitment to doing what's right for his neighborhood and his Ward. Byron Sigcho-Lopez gets my strongest support and endorsement in this race.”

 

Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez is proudly endorsed by the following public officials, labor and community organizations:

  • Cook County Treasurer Marie Pappasunnamed_(2).jpg
  • State Representative Lakesia Collins
  • Commissioner Brandon Johnson
  • Former Alderman and Professor Dick Simpson
  • Former Congresswoman Marie Newman
  • Community Organizer Kina Collins
  • Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant
  • Berwyn Alderman of the 5th Ward Rob Pabon
  • 25th Ward Independent Political Organization
  • Chicago Teachers Union
  • SEIU Illinois State Council
  • Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600
  • Chicago Chapter of the National Organization for Women
  • AFSCME
  • Activate Parents Chicago
  • United Working Families
  • Democratic Socialists of America
  • Westside Democracy for America
  • Better Streets Chicago Action Fund
  • Socialist Alternative
  • Network for Public Education Action
  • Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241
  • People’s Lobby