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POR 2026-61

Asked the City Manager to direct relevant City departments and staff to examine and report back on whether the city can require single-stall public bathrooms to be gender-neutral

How it started
Mar 19, 2026 · Proposed by Councillor McGovern, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillors Simmons and Al-Zubi: a formal request from the Council to the administration. Joined at the meeting by Councillors Flaherty, Nolan, and Azeem, added from the floor by motion.
What happened
Mar 23, 2026 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (Adopted as amended, unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Ayah Al-Zubi
  • Burhan Azeem
  • Tim Flaherty
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Cathie Zusy
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Roll call of Mar 23, 2026 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.
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