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Atlanta City Council Pauses Self-Storage, Requests $200M Hospital
Atlanta leaders project $2.2M surplus, pause self-storage projects, and request $200M hospital funding from Fulton County. June 2026 council actions.
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Atlanta mayor and council moved to pause new self-storage developments in the week of June 21-27, 2026. The action formed part of a broader set of policy steps tracked on civicatlanta.org. Several other items advanced or stalled during the same period.
Budget and Oversight Measures
The city projected a $2.2 million surplus by the close of fiscal year 2026. Council also asked Fulton County for $200 million toward a new hospital. A committee forwarded an ordinance that would require audits of alcohol licenses. Council members separately moved on June 21 to bar the use of public funds for lobbying campaigns.
Atlanta Public Schools learned it is owed $2 million in misdirected sales taxes. Fulton County jail hiring continued to lag even after a $16.7 million allocation and the hiring of a recruiting firm. Those items appeared in the June 21 updates.
Transportation and Education Steps
The MARTA committee advanced design work for Buford Highway. It also approved three new city liaisons for the More MARTA program. Council called for renegotiation of the overall More MARTA agreement on June 21. A surveillance technology transparency ordinance remained in committee without further action.
The APS board considered limiting student screen time in classrooms. On the same date, council adopted the mayor’s Neighborhood Reinvestment Act and urged that the 1996 Olympic cauldron stay in Summerhill. Fulton and DeKalb primary runoffs decided several commission races.
These updates appear on civicatlanta.org under the heading Policy Updates for the Week of June 21-27, 2026. The site lists each item with its date and status but does not project timelines for final votes or implementation.