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Motions

What Carla achieved

With a motion, the city council asks the executive to take action. These are the motions Carla wrote as lead sponsor and that the council adopted.

86
council instruments as lead sponsor or initiator
15
adopted motions with Carla as lead sponsor
259
adopted motions and amendments co-sponsored
417
motions and amendments submitted, 2022–2026

Commitments

Promises Carla secured

A commitment is a promise from the mayor or an alderman to a councillor: “I will look into this” or “I will do this”. It is how Carla got things done, sometimes without needing a motion.

23
commitments to Carla
17
made to Carla alone
14
fulfilled

According to the city’s tracking lists

The city tracks, per portfolio, what happens to motions, commitments and written questions. These lists contain 278 items from Carla and her group. Reference date: 7 October 2026.

278
items on the tracking lists
256
completed
22
still open
232
days on average until completion

Alderman Melanie van der Horst

Passing on concern about transit card for low incomes

Pass on the concern about the cost of the new transit card for low-income residents to the poverty alderman.

To Carla

Alderman Sofyan Mbarki

Letter on study agreement for undocumented youth

Send a letter on the agreements in the Amsterdam covenant on studying for undocumented young people.

To Carla and Bentoumya, Schmit, Belkasmi✓ Fulfilled on 26 January 2026 (after 82 days)

Alderman Hester van Buren

Duisenberg recommendations to be adopted

The alderman committed to adopting the Duisenberg rapporteurs’ recommendations on the 2024 annual report, for better steering of housing policy. Completion is planned for mid-2026.

To CarlaStill open

Alderman Marjolein Moorman

Talks on support for parents of children out of school

Talk with the Children's Ombudsman and OCO about supporting parent groups of children out of school.

To Carla

Alderman Hester van Buren

Extra attention for inclusion and diversity in Zuidoost

The progress on the city’s inclusion and diversity programme pays extra attention to the Zuidoost district organisation. This was included in the November 2025 progress report.

To Carla and Van Pijpen✓ Fulfilled on 4 December 2025 (after 182 days)

Alderman Alexander Scholtes

Attention for young carers under 13

Draw attention to carers under 13 and explore with Markant how to reach them.

To Carla

Alderman Hester van Buren

Joining other municipalities against Schiphol nuisance

The alderman committed to informing the council about cooperation with other municipalities affected by Schiphol. This was done in a council information letter in April 2025.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 3 April 2025 (after 70 days)

Alderman Hester van Buren

A more reliable budget

After a critical Court of Audit report, the alderman committed to a plan for improving the budget’s financial forecasts. The plan followed in summer 2025.

To Carla and Van Pijpen✓ Fulfilled on 3 July 2025 (after 238 days)

Alderman Hester van Buren

Bulky waste locations in action plan

Include clarity on bulky waste drop-off locations in the waste action plan.

To Carla

Alderman Hester van Buren

Follow-up on emergency number question

Come back to Kabamba's question about the emergency number in complaint handling.

To Carla

Alderman Touria Meliani

Festivals within reach for people on low incomes

The alderman committed to talking with festival organisers about how festivals can also reach Amsterdammers on a low income. This was included in the new 2026 events policy.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 2 October 2025 (after 442 days)

Carla then withdrew motion 312

Alderman Alexander Scholtes

Why is the heat risk higher in Noord, Zuidoost and Nieuw-West?

During the heat plan debate, Carla asked why residents of Noord, Zuidoost and Nieuw-West face higher risks in hot weather. The alderman sent an analysis in September 2024.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 16 September 2024 (after 68 days)

Alderman Touria Meliani

Alderman joins the Black Heritage Tour

When Carla raised the Black Heritage Tours, the alderman said she would gladly join again and recommended the tours to all committee members.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled

Alderman Alexander Scholtes

Vaccination information through maternity care

The alderman had the city explore whether vaccination information, such as whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy, can be shared through maternity care. The public health service can include it in the intake.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 6 November 2024 (after 168 days)

Mayor Femke Halsema

Written answers on the UvA demonstrations

The mayor committed to answering the remaining questions in writing, including Carla’s, about police action during the demonstrations at the University of Amsterdam.

To Carla and overige commissieleden✓ Fulfilled

Alderman Marjolein Moorman

Better information for victims of the childcare benefits scandal

The alderman adopted the motion for an accessible information system for affected parents and committed to an update. The progress letter followed in January 2025.

To Carla and Yemane, Koyuncu✓ Fulfilled on 22 January 2025 (after 273 days)

Alderman Reinier van Dantzig

Affordable owner-occupied homes at Osdorpplein

The alderman committed to exploring opportunities for affordable owner-occupied homes in the Osdorpplein town centre with the project team, and raising them with developers. He reported back in May 2024.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 6 May 2024 (after 40 days)

Carla then withdrew motion 126

Alderman Touria Meliani

Passing on name suggestion for Slavery Museum

Pass on the community wish for a broader name for the Slavery Museum to the project leaders.

Lijst Kabamba

Via Jurgen Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba)

Alderman Touria Meliani

Inclusivity in the Pride evaluation

Inclusivity will be included in the evaluation of Pride Amsterdam.

Lijst Kabamba

Via Jurgen Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba)

Alderman Reinier van Dantzig

Participation: reaching women and children

Investigate how groups that do not naturally take part (such as women and children) can be reached in citizen participation.

To Carla

Alderman Marjolein Moorman

Letter on school transfers after the first year

After repeated questions from Kabamba about pupils switching schools (e.g. due to bullying), the alderman promised a letter in autumn 2022 on transfers after the first school year.

To Carla and Rooderkerk✓ Fulfilled on 2 November 2022 (after 125 days)

Mayor Femke Halsema

Knife game and VR tool against weapon carrying among young people

The mayor committed to informing the council about the “knife game” and the virtual reality tool used in the city’s weapons approach. This was done in a council information letter in 2023.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 9 March 2023 (after 252 days)

Mayor Femke Halsema

Reaching more voters in Zuidoost

In the research on voter turnout, the mayor committed to also focusing on new voters from Ghana, the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. They were included in the study’s focus groups.

To Carla✓ Fulfilled on 20 December 2022 (after 173 days)

Agenda setting

Issues Carla put on the agenda

A councillor can request a debate on a topic: a letter from the executive, a report or a letter from Amsterdammers (a public petition). This is how Carla forced debates on issues that would otherwise have passed quietly.

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agenda setting
28
agenda item
15
question time
  • Agenda item

    Het alsmaar toenemend ziekteverzuim bij Afval en Grondstoffen (VN2026-001080)

    Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)

    Discussion of persistently high sickness absence at the Waste and Resources department. The members who tabled it wanted to know the causes, the targeted measures per unit, and how the council would receive measurable progress reports.

    With: Havelaar (CDA), Krom (PvdD), Kreuger (JA21), Garmy (Volt), Burgers (VVD)

  • Agenda item

    Raadsinformatiebrief Veerkrachtige Democratie – aanpak polarisatie en inclusiviteit vanuit het jongerenwerk

    Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)

    Pulled from the for-information list at Kabamba's (Partij voor Morgen) request on 5 Nov 2025; after postponements it was discussed on 11 Feb 2026, brought forward at her request. She framed it as an existential question for young people ("does my vote still matter?"), pointing to polarisation, distrust and youth disengagement.

  • Agenda item

    Initiatiefvoorstel 'Aanpak van afvalmeldingen' van de leden Noordzij en Kabamba en de bestuurlijke reactie (VN2026-001051)

    Raadscommissie Duurzaamheid en Circulaire economie (DC)

    Discussion of Noordzij (PvdA) and Kabamba's (PvM) own initiative proposal on handling waste reports, tabled at the proposers' request. According to the results list it was then forwarded, at their request, to the council meeting of 18/19 February 2026 for a decision.

    With: Noordzij (PvdA)

  • Question time

    Gratis ov-pas voor Amsterdammers onder de armoedenorm

    Raadscommissie Mobiliteit, Openbare ruimte en Water (MOW)

    She asked whether everyone below the poverty line, including children, could get a free public-transport card plus an information campaign; the alderman promised to pass the concern on to the poverty alderman.

  • Agenda item

    Voortgang van de pilot Asielzoekers aan het werk (VN2025-015932)

    Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)

    Pulled from the for-information list at Kabamba's (Partij voor Morgen) request. She wanted an in-depth discussion of the pilot helping asylum seekers into work, because the Platform31 evaluation would only arrive in summer 2026, after the end of the council term.

  • Agenda item

    Resultaten zwemdiplomameting 2025 (VN2025-015930)

    Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)

    Tabled at Kabamba's (Partij voor Morgen) request to discuss the swimming-diploma targets for Zuidoost, Nieuw-West and Noord, where children lag behind.

  • Public petition

    Beantwoording raadsadres over mogelijke fouten in het plan-MER Programma Windenergie Amsterdam 2030

    Gemeenteraad

    Residents wrote to the council about alleged errors in the environmental assessment for the wind-energy programme. After the DC debate (tabled by Koppejan), Kabamba had it put on the full council agenda of 8 October 2025.

  • Agenda item

    Reactie op motie 422.24 van de leden Kabamba c.s.: Amsterdamse verantwoordelijkheid in de wereldwijde energietransitie (VN2025-012245)

    Raadscommissie Duurzaamheid en Circulaire economie (DC)

    Discussion of how the city implemented her own motion on mining from conflict areas in municipal procurement and the impact of the energy transition on the Global South. She tabled it to dig deeper, contribute ideas and ask questions.

  • Agenda item

    Raadsinformatiebrief vervolgaanpak inclusie stadsdeelorganisatie Zuidoost – doorgeleid naar de raad

    Gemeenteraad

    After the FKD committee debate (5 June 2025) she had the report on racism and exclusion within the Zuidoost district organisation put on the full council agenda for 9/10 July; it was withdrawn at her request then and re-listed for 17/18 September 2025.

All adopted proposals

Building majorities together

Carla submitted 417 motions and amendments, often together with councillors from other parties. These 259 were adopted. Search by subject or filter by year.

Subjects are shown in Dutch, as recorded by the city council.

  1. Amendment 394Meer studentenhuizenDebate ↗
  2. Amendment 511Route naar herstelDebate ↗
  3. Amendment 516Meer steun voor dierenopvangcentraDebate ↗
  4. Amendment 517Eerste hulp bij digitale vragenDebate ↗
  5. Amendment 525Red de kringloopDebate ↗
  6. Amendment 527Maak stadspas toegankelijk voor ongedocumenteerde kinderenDebate ↗
  7. Motion 386accentBehoud DiemerbosDebate ↗
  8. Motion 402Tref voorbereidingen voor komst kinderen uit GazaDebate ↗
  9. Motion 547Ambtswoninggesprek met nazaten van contractarbeidersDebate ↗
  10. Motion 54114 hectare meer stadslandbouw in de LutkemeerDebate ↗
  11. Motion 543Bijeenkomst organiseren om de samenwerking met toeslagenouders, steungroepen en gemeente te verbeteren in kader van de hersteloperatieUnanimousDebate ↗
  12. Motion 408Veranker duurzaamheid in de evenementenbeoordelingDebate ↗
  13. Motion 409Een stad die viert én vergroent: naar een duurzaam en klimaatbestendig evenementenbeleidDebate ↗
  14. Motion 410Eerlijke tarieven voor levendige buurtenDebate ↗
  15. Amendment 433Behouden eindtijd op zondagDebate ↗
  16. Motion 436Red KwakuDebate ↗
  17. Motion 446Samenwerking tussen zorg en jeugdzorg voor een soepele overgang 18-/18+UnanimousDebate ↗
  18. Motion 367Verantwoordelijkheid begint aan de topDebate ↗
  19. Motion 376Motie 376 van de leden Nadif, Heinhuis, Hofland, Khan, Bakker, Broersen, Alberts en Kabamba overnemen aanbevelingen VN onderzoekscommissieDebate ↗
  20. Motion 282Overnemen van de aanbevelingen methode Duisenberg bij het Jaarverslag 2024Lead sponsorUnanimousRead more →Debate ↗
  21. Motion 268accentVerzet tegen de asielwetDebate ↗
  22. Motion 301Voorkomen schulden vanaf 18 jaarDebate ↗
  23. Motion 304Aandacht voor uitvaartarmoedeDebate ↗
  24. Motion 305Geen algoritmische risicoprofilering voor voorspellen van fraude of criminaliteitDebate ↗
  25. Motion 210Versterk de rechtspositie van Amsterdammers met complexe ondersteuningsvragen in het proces van verstrekking en gebruik van hulpmiddelenUnanimousDebate ↗