If voters shoot down the tax renewals, the Library would lose more than half of its annual budget, and the city would lose millions of dollars for affordable housing initiatives.
Advocacy group worries that the patrols will be used to harass street performers.
A proposed zoning change will ban the use of certain park spaces — including Armstrong Park — for a new City Hall.
Moving residents from Gordon Plaza site will likely cost tens of millions of dollars. Council members hope to allocate the money in the capital budget, but that takes time.
State and federal match programs could grow the program even more.
The variant has not been found locally yet but has spread to several countries in Europe and Africa and was found in Canada over the weekend.
City has provided no answers about varying Housing Fund collections and has not followed required budgeting procedures for the affordable housing tax, the group says.
A French Quarter sales tax is expected to produce about $2.3 million in revenue next year, all of which will go to off-duty police patrols.
The two City Court clerks are vying to replace Arthur Morrell, who is retiring after more than a decade in the post.
