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Sources and methodology

Every figure on this site names the record it came from. This page lists those records in one place, and lists what has been looked for and not found.

Sources in use

Collected automatically from the trackers, the calendar and the petition routes. A source cannot appear here unless some part of the site relies on it.

Looked for and not found

These are records the site expects to show and cannot yet. They are listed because an incomplete public record and incomplete work are different things, and a reader is entitled to know which one they are looking at.

Looked for and not found
AreaLooked forLast checked
T01 · Tree, Canopy & MicroclimateCambridge tree removal permits2026-08-15
T02 · Rainfall · Space · FloodingNOAA Climate Normals and Cambridge stormwater records2026-08-15
T03 · TRUE Affordability Across GenerationsCambridge housing data and MIT Living Wage2026-08-15
T04 · TRUE Multifamily Living Across GenerationsCambridge housing data and multifamily zoning records2026-08-15
T05 · Voting & RepresentationCertified 2025 election results2026-08-15
T06 · Permits & Development AccountabilityCambridge Open Data permit records2026-08-15
T07 · Civic Process & Complaints NavigatorJurisdiction and process registry2026-08-15
T08 · Neighborhood Activity & Project PortfolioCambridge open meeting portal2026-08-15
Petitions · Zoning petitionCity Clerk’s Office and Election Commission — how the registration of the ten voters is checked, and what a petition should carry to make that check possible2026-08-15
Petitions · Zoning petitionM.G.L. c.40A §5 as applied in Cambridge — the period within which the City Council must act on a filed zoning petition, and what happens if it does not. Neither the City Clerk’s zoning-petition page nor the zoning FAQ publishes this figure, and reading it out of the statute here would be legal advice2026-08-15
Petitions · Zoning petitionCity Clerk’s Office — which categories of zoning petition require the six-vote supermajority rather than the five-vote majority. The zoning FAQ states that both thresholds exist but does not list which petitions fall under each2026-08-15
Petitions · Petition to the City CouncilCity Clerk’s Office — whether a petition to the City Council carries any eligibility or minimum-signer requirement. The Rules of the City Council set out how such a petition is handled but do not state who may bring one2026-08-15
Petitions · Petition to the City CouncilCity Clerk’s Office — whether a standard form exists for a petition or communication to the City Council, and what identifying details it must carry. No such form is published alongside the zoning petition form2026-08-15
Petitions · Petition to the City CouncilCity Clerk’s Office — whether any fee applies to a petition or communication to the City Council. A fee is published for zoning petitions; nothing is published for this route2026-08-15
Petitions · Petition to the City CouncilCity Clerk’s Office — which parts of a filed petition, including signers’ names and addresses, are published on the agenda and retained as a public record. Assume anything filed may become public until the Clerk confirms otherwise2026-08-15
Petitions · Petition to the City CouncilCity Clerk’s Office — how the disposition of a filed petition is recorded and where a petitioner reads the result. Agendas and minutes are published through the Open Meeting Portal, but no per-petition status record is published2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission — who may start a citywide initiative or referendum under the Charter now in force. Cambridge voters accepted a new City Charter at the November 4, 2025 municipal election, and the Commission’s charter page still describes the text as proposed2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission — the number or percentage of registered voters required to bring a citywide initiative or referendum petition, under the Charter now in force. No figure is stated here because quoting a threshold from a charter that may have been superseded would send residents to gather the wrong number of signatures2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission — the period within which signatures must be gathered and filed, and the deadline for a referendum after the measure it concerns is passed2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission — how signatures are certified, what a signature sheet must contain, and how many sheets a petition may be spread across2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission and the City Solicitor — the effective date of the accepted Charter and which petition provisions apply before and after it2026-08-15
Petitions · Citywide initiative or referendumCambridge Election Commission — the steps that follow the filing of a certified citywide petition, and the body that acts at each one2026-08-15

How figures are classified

Fact
Direct from an identified authoritative or primary source.
Calculated
The formula uses identified inputs and the method is reproducible.
Scenario
Selected assumptions rather than a record of what happened. Excluded from factual totals.
Community-submitted
Submitted by a member and published only after moderation. Not official evidence.
Missing
An expected field is unavailable. The attempted source and last check are shown.
Disputed
Two or more material claims remain unresolved. Every supported value stays visible.
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