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activeAug 20, 2026Water Conservation

GOOD|GOAT Calls for a Reclaimed-Water Transition Plan at City Golf Courses

GOOD|GOAT is contrasting the City of Phoenix's own conservation messaging — the Mayor's Save Water Pledge, Stage 1 drought status — with the six municipal golf courses it owns: 16 times more reliant on groundwater than the City's drinking system, and zero reclaimed water in twenty-five years. GOOD|GOAT is calling on the City to adopt a reclaimed-water transition plan for the six courses.

activeAug 18, 2026Echo Canyon

City to Fully Close Echo Canyon Trail Sept. 2–18 for Automatic Gate Installation

Phoenix Parks and Recreation will close Echo Canyon Trail entirely from September 2–18, 2026, to install new automatic gates and repair safety cables — the same automated-gate system GOOD|GOAT has been tracking amid its case over the trailhead's unannounced 4:30 AM to 5:00 AM hours change.

activeAug 18, 2026Echo Canyon

GOOD|GOAT Challenges Unannounced Echo Canyon Trailhead Hours Change

GOOD|GOAT is calling out the City's unannounced decision to delay Echo Canyon's trailhead opening from 4:30 AM to 5:00 AM, which has left cars illegally stuck outside the gates each morning and, combined with the summer 8 AM–5 PM hiking restriction, squeezes out older and less experienced hikers before the heat closure.

activeMay 7, 2026Public Safety

Safer 7s: GOOD|GOAT Launches Public Safety Campaign on Phoenix Reverse Lanes

Campaign page launched ahead of the City of Phoenix's May 7 virtual public meeting on the Midtown Core Transportation Study — which explicitly evaluates the long-term role of the 7th Ave and 7th St reversible lanes. The page documents crash-rate data, the critique of the City's flawed 2021 study, and the public input window through May 29, 2026.

deniedMay 7, 2026Voter-Mandated Compliance

City Misses Deadline on 3PI General-Ledger Records Request

The City of Phoenix did not produce 3PI general-ledger data in native format by the May 1, 2026 deadline set in GOOD|GOAT's Notice of Intent to Treat as Denial. The request now stands as constructively denied and litigation is on the table.

filedMay 6, 2026Public Records

Oral Argument Held on Discovery Motion in Public Records Case

Oral argument was held May 5, 2026 on Plaintiff's motion for limited discovery and an index of withheld records in the public-records case against the City of Phoenix and Councilwoman Laura Pastor.

filedMay 6, 2026Open Meetings

Notice of Appeal Filed: Thacker v. City of Phoenix

Plaintiff Jeremy Thacker has filed a Notice of Appeal in the Open Meeting Law special action against the City of Phoenix, sending the matter to the Arizona Court of Appeals.

activeApr 23, 2026Naming Rights

Jesse Owens Park — Renaming Campaign

GOOD|GOAT is petitioning the City of Phoenix to rename Cesar Chavez Park in honor of Jesse Owens, who made Phoenix his home from 1972 until his death in 1980.