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Most residents have no idea what's being decided in the meetings that affect their neighborhood. This dashboard closes the awareness gap by filtering agendas to your specific jurisdictions.
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What you’re looking at
Enter your ZIP code to see what's on the agenda across Houston's four major governing bodies — City Council, Harris County, HISD, and Metro.
The question behind it
This dashboard connects residents to the decisions being made in their jurisdictions by aggregating agenda items from City Council, Harris County Commissioners Court, HISD Board of Trustees, and Houston Metro. ZIP code lookup maps users to their specific council district, county precinct, HISD trustee district, and Metro service area.
Why it matters
Most residents have no idea what's being decided in the meetings that affect their neighborhood. This dashboard closes the awareness gap by filtering agendas to your specific jurisdictions.
Open the full visualizationSources & method
- Harris County Commissioners Court (Legistar API)
- HISD Board of Trustees (Legistar API)
- Houston City Council (NovusAGENDA + City Secretary PDFs)
- Houston Metro (Granicus RSS)
Method
ZIP code mapping of 116 Houston ZIPs to council districts, county precincts, HISD trustee districts, and Metro service area. Agenda items aggregated via Legistar API, NovusAGENDA scraping, and Granicus RSS parsing.