Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson and 14 new alderpersons (including three elected for the first time after being appointed) will be sworn in on May 15, 2023. Chicago Cityscape has already transitioned its database to show the new ward boundaries by default. 

The old ward boundaries can no longer be used for any functions – such as submitting zoning change applications – as the final City Council meeting for the current council composition had its final meeting on Wednesday. 

Notifications have already been updated. Anyone who subscribed to a ward's Place Report is now subscribed to changes that happen in the new boundary. 

In searches, the new/current ward boundaries will also be the first to appear in search results using the syntax "Chicago ward". The old boundaries will appear as "Chicago ward (2011 map)". Eventually, we will move the 2011 map into the historical wards layer.