Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson's allies push for $12 billion financial package to raise taxes, defund police

Allies of newly-elected Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are pushing for a $12 billion financial package that would raise taxes for certain residents in the city in an effort to “fund a just Chicago."

From housing and education to climate and violence prevention, the People's Unity Platform called for Johnson's office to take action on a number of its suggestions in the proposal titled "First We Get The Money." Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent to kyle.morris@fox.com and on Twitter: @RealKyleMorris.

"Chicago must pass the Bring Chicago Home ordinance, which would eliminate homelessness in Chicago by providing permanent, affordable housing and homeless services by instituting a real estate transfer taxon transactions worth over a million dollars," the group said in its proposal. "Chicago must fully fund loving and liberatory schools, with appropriate class sizes and staff ratios, a nurse and counselor in every school, transformative curricula, restorative justice practices, and a true commitment to sanctuary schools."