The promise tracker

What the city promised, and what the records say it actually did. Green means the data backs it up; amber means we can't confirm it yet.

Did the city speed up building permits?

Improving

Permit wait times are trending down since the promise was made, though the three-week target is still out of reach for most projects.

Verified from public data · 2026-09-01

Where does the city's big capital money go?

Investing more

The city's big-ticket capital spending has grown 16% over five years — from $771M to $894M.

Verified from public data · 2026-09-01

Expand non-market housing supply

Directional

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon

Cut permit wait times to three weeks

On track

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon

Grow the capital budget for infrastructure

Investing more

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon

Improve transit snow & ice clearing

Not yet verified

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon

Strengthen coastal flood resilience

Not yet verified

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon

Protect food-security funding

Not yet verified

We're working on pulling the underlying records to verify this one.

Coming soon