Rahman Johnson
Context
Council Member, District 14 (surname only). From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.
Issues
- Walnut Street Historic Laundry PUD Rezoning - ex parte as a precaution; asked planning about the hours limit
- Eviction Diversion Program - offered the amendment that failed 9-10
- 2026-27 City Budget - offered amendments
- Cultural Service Grants - voted to move the grants above the line
- Florida League of Cities Membership Dues - League board member, supported
- City Hall History Museum Funding - supported it
- Gateway Jax Downtown Mixed-Use Completion Grant - lone no on the deferral, ready to vote yes
- Jacksonville Transportation Authority Financial Condition - questioned JTA on the 30 million dollars
- Committee Quorum Requirement - questioned it
- Sutel Drive Aggregate Storage Rezoning - consulted the chief health officer and EPA air data and spoke for passage
- Irvington Avenue Live-Work Rezoning - asked about the advertising fee
- Former JTA CEO Testimony Subpoena - voted no
- Affordable Housing Development Loan Funding - opposed the funding amendment
- Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Richardson Road Rezoning
Log
- 2026-10-23 - 2026-10-23 - Finance - Moved with White to remove the subpoena; failed 1-6.
- 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.
- 2026-10-20 - 2026-10-20 - Land Use & Zoning - Declared ex parte on the Walnut Street PUD, asked staff about the 10:00 p.m. limit and worried it could hamper an event business.
- 2026-10-20 - 2026-10-20 - Finance - Lone no on the Ford subpoena (called it too fast and unfair, wanted the board chair and CFO heard); opposed the housing funding amendment.
- 2026-10-20 - 2026-10-20 - Finance - Sole no on the subpoena, on the Tori Meadows substitute (6-2) and on the bill (7-1).
- 2026-10-13 - 2026-10-13 - City Council - Declared additional ex parte letters on Sutel Drive and Richardson Road; defended the Sutel Drive conditions as the result of a community meeting; led a moment of silence for a former council member; spoke for breast cancer awareness.
- 2026-10-06 - 2026-10-08 - LUZ - Explained the re-referrals to residents in the audience, laid out his air-quality and by-right land use reasoning on the Sutel Drive rezoning, and asked about the Irving Avenue advertising fee.
- 2026-10-06 - 2026-10-08 - Finance - Asked JTA whether more cuts are coming, questioned the Gateway Jax subsidy and the effect of Amendment 3, and spoke against the quorum change.
- 2026-09-22 - 2026-09-22 - City Council - Introduced several floor amendments (eviction diversion, community service center, telehealth) that failed, and spoke for the museum and League dues. Called "Dr. Johnson" in the meeting.