George Martinez

Anchorage Assembly rejects investigation into member Martinez's travel, 5-6

The Anchorage Assembly studied how to remove one of its own. It never has.

A substitute would swap Martinez's removal for a travel investigation

Anchorage takes another run at its missing-middle housing rules

“Anchorage must have more realistic housing options for working families, young professionals, elders, and longtime residents who want to age in place”

Removing an Assembly member takes 94 days and a supermajority

Anchorage Assembly weighs how hard to investigate Martinez's travel

Anchorage police oversight proposal dies without a second

Anchorage resolution would steer infrastructure to neighborhoods absorbing new housing

Anchorage's Assembly weighs censure — or removal — of George Martinez

Anchorage Assembly approves $750K True North grant after amendments fail and crisis-care dispute divides members

Perjury counts detail Martinez's 63-minute Fort Lauderdale trip and evasive oath testimony

“were unknown at the time of the transaction”

Anchorage Assembly to consider first-ever removal proceeding against Martinez

“the itinerary was designed to give me approximately 20 hours of uninterrupted planning time”

Anchorage takes another run at 'missing middle' housing

Anchorage Assembly introduces resolution to initiate first-ever removal proceeding against member Martinez

“were unknown at the time of the transaction”

Anchorage Assembly unanimously passes veteran-owned business preference ordinance

Anchorage Assembly members call on Martinez to resign after APOC ruling

Two Assembly members want Martinez out. The removal law may not reach him

Petersburg trades a sliver of land for a place to put its 911 gear

Anchorage city funds carry $45 million in deficits — biggest two still growing

Anchorage budget trade-off: schools OR general government, not both, may be coming

Anchorage Assembly will vote June 23 on $214,684 for a pedestrian safety campaign

“I'm more interested now in beginning to have a more holistic look at the relationship between traffic calming, safety improvements, and economic development.”

Anchorage Assembly reviews missing middle housing overlay for transit corridors

“this is really old language that we're bringing to implementation, and Anchorage seems to have a problem where the rubber meets the road. That's where we often seem to not be able to get past.”

Anchorage Platting Board to consider removing 1954 plat notes for ADU

“We're rolling back barriers. And that seemed like an arbitrary barrier.”

APOC fines George Martinez after campaign-paid flight to Florida

Mat-Su correctional-officer recruiting sessions run weekly

“struggled to find people to apply”

Alaska Corrections holds weekly recruiting sessions in Wasilla

“struggled to find people to apply”

Anchorage faces $1.3 billion stormwater infrastructure deficit

“I notice areas of regular, recurring maintenance problems with flooding for years on some of the areas that that seem to have the dots in my district.”

Petersburg sewer rates to rise 20% as EPA bans mixing zone

“I had a horrifying fascinating tour of the sewer treatment plant a few months ago, and there's nothing luxurious going on out there.”

Assembly advances cell tower ordinance requiring conditional use permits

“if the public has something they would like different, can that happen, uh, during the 3-reading process, or does it, does it reset anything?”

Petersburg voters to decide on sales tax cap increase in October

Assembly Approves $64.8M Bond Appropriation for Capital Projects

Anchorage faces mobile home park crisis as South Park Estates closes

Assembly rejects resolution seeking larger Basher Trailhead parking lot

Assembly Approves Study of Wildfire Service Area for High-Risk Zones

“AR 2026-52, resolution of the Anchorage Assembly declaring intent to evaluate a wildfire interface service area to support long-term risk mitigation, fiscal, fiscal sustainability in high-risk wildland urban interface zones”