# The Small Business Advocacy Council

Lobbying client. 78 lobbying filings, 1 lobbyists, 3 legislation lobbied, $0 to 0 alderpersons since 2019 (company $0, employees $0, lobbyists $0).

## Legislation lobbied

- [Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 4-4-315 and 17-12-1000 restricting obstruction of public-facing window spaces of any business by signs to no more than twenty-five percent](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/85533BBE-351A-F011-9989-001DD830951E) (O2025-0016695)
- [Call for adoption of Small Business Bill of Rights](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/C88096DE-7863-F111-A823-001DD80071EA) (R2026-0026043)
- [Amendment of Municipal Code Section 17-13-0103-A regarding separate Special Use zoning application fees for certain for-profit and other applicant types](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/A608A6F7-3810-EE11-8F6C-001DD806D3F2) (O2023-0001213)

## What they lobbied for

- CHANGES AND REFORMS TO SPECIAL USE PERMITS (Mayors Office)
- CHANGES AND REFORMS TO SPECIAL USE PROCESS (City Council/Alderpersons)
- REFRAIN FROM ADVANCING AND PASSING HEAT ILLNESS PREVENTION ORDINANCE (City Council/Alderpersons)
- CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ACTIONS AND REFORMS IN PACKAGE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES (Planning And Development)
- NO INCREASED FEES AND FINES, OPPOSITION TO HEAD TAX AND PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY IN BUDGET (City Council/Alderpersons)
- CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF CHANGES IN PACKAGE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES (City Council/Alderpersons)

## Lobbyists

- [Elliot Richardson](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/lobbyist/24782-elliot-richardson)

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