Good governance
A grip on housing policy: clear goals in the annual accounts
The executive will implement the recommendations of the Duisenberg rapporteurs, so the council can better steer towards a future-proof housing stock.
✓ Unanimous
Motions
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.
Good governance
The executive will implement the recommendations of the Duisenberg rapporteurs, so the council can better steer towards a future-proof housing stock.
✓ Unanimous
Equality & anti-discrimination
In its action plan on anti-Muslim discrimination, the city also works with Black Muslim organisations, queer Muslims and feminist initiatives.
✓ Adopted
Care & financial security
The city will investigate whether night shelter for older people should be expanded and how structural homelessness among older people can be reduced.
✓ Adopted
Equality & anti-discrimination
Schools, parents and students are actively pointed to the Discriminatie.nl reporting centre.
✓ Unanimous
Housing
The public health service (GGD) will research the mental impact of mould at home, such as stress, anxiety and depression.
✓ Adopted
Global justice
The city will investigate whether its procurement contributes to mining in conflict zones, and share that knowledge in international networks.
✓ Adopted
Education & youth
During Black History Month, all Amsterdam secondary schools are pointed to an educational visit to The Black Archives.
✓ Adopted
Education & youth
Neurodivergence gets an explicit place in Amsterdam’s joint ambition agenda for inclusive education.
✓ Adopted
Care & financial security
The city makes digital support for older people more visible, with extra attention for older people with a migration background.
✓ Adopted
Housing
New students get a reminder when enrolling in their programme to register for housing in time.
✓ Adopted
Housing
The city launches a social media campaign on how to report damp and mould problems.
✓ Adopted
Care & financial security
A plain-language infographic of Amsterdam’s poverty support schemes, available online and offline.
✓ Adopted
Care & financial security
New students and residents are better pointed to free financial education and support.
✓ Adopted
Equality & anti-discrimination
The city sets up a video project in which refugees tell their own stories.
✓ Adopted
Care & financial security
Young people receive information about caregiving and available support with their public health check-up at secondary school.
✓ Unanimous
Commitments
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.
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.
Alderman Melanie van der Horst
Pass on the concern about the cost of the new transit card for low-income residents to the poverty alderman.
Alderman Sofyan Mbarki
Send a letter on the agreements in the Amsterdam covenant on studying for undocumented young people.
Alderman Hester van Buren
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.
Alderman Marjolein Moorman
Talk with the Children's Ombudsman and OCO about supporting parent groups of children out of school.
Alderman Hester van Buren
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.
Alderman Alexander Scholtes
Draw attention to carers under 13 and explore with Markant how to reach them.
Alderman Hester van Buren
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.
Alderman Hester van Buren
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.
Alderman Hester van Buren
Include clarity on bulky waste drop-off locations in the waste action plan.
Alderman Hester van Buren
Come back to Kabamba's question about the emergency number in complaint handling.
Alderman Touria Meliani
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.
Carla then withdrew motion 312
Alderman Alexander Scholtes
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.
Alderman Touria Meliani
When Carla raised the Black Heritage Tours, the alderman said she would gladly join again and recommended the tours to all committee members.
Alderman Alexander Scholtes
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.
Mayor Femke Halsema
The mayor committed to answering the remaining questions in writing, including Carla’s, about police action during the demonstrations at the University of Amsterdam.
Alderman Marjolein Moorman
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.
Alderman Reinier van Dantzig
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.
Carla then withdrew motion 126
Alderman Touria Meliani
Pass on the community wish for a broader name for the Slavery Museum to the project leaders.
Via Jurgen Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba)
Alderman Touria Meliani
Inclusivity will be included in the evaluation of Pride Amsterdam.
Via Jurgen Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba)
Alderman Reinier van Dantzig
Investigate how groups that do not naturally take part (such as women and children) can be reached in citizen participation.
Alderman Marjolein Moorman
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.
Mayor Femke Halsema
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.
Mayor Femke Halsema
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.
Agenda setting
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.
Agenda item
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Pulled from the for-information list at her request. Lijst Kabamba wanted to know how the renovation of De Mirandabad would affect the existing congestion and waiting lists for swimming lessons.
Agenda item
Gemeenteraad
After the OZA debate on 4 June 2025, she had the Thrive mental-health progress report put on the council agenda of 9/10 July 2025 for a short debate; on 9 July it was withdrawn at her request.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Discussion of the Labour Inspectorate's findings on harassment and social safety within the municipal organisation, tabled jointly with members of five other parties.
With: Krom (PvdD), Van Berkel (JA21), Burgers (VVD), Havelaar (CDA), Garmy (Volt)
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
On 4 June 2025 she joined the request to table the follow-up on the motion for a children's-rights test in the homelessness approach (research on homeless families); the OZA and WV committees were invited.
With: Abdi (PvdA), Krom (PvdD)
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Tabled at her request following an anonymous email about racism and discrimination within the Zuidoost district organisation. She argued the findings reflect wider patterns of exclusion that deserve council-level follow-up; the researchers presented and the alderman promised extra attention for Zuidoost.
Public petition
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
A letter from the National Slavery Monument Foundation came in at the council; on 14 May 2025 the council decided, at her request, to discuss it in the AZ committee. She added an op-ed on reparations for descendants of enslaved people and argued for concrete repair without pitting communities against each other.
Agenda item
Gemeenteraad
At the request of Kabamba and Yemane, the Children's Ombudsman report on discrimination and racism experienced by Amsterdam children was put on the full council agenda of 14/15 May 2025, aiming for concrete policy measures.
With: Yemane (GL)
Question time
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
She asked the mayor to reflect on a citizen's testimony during the public speaking slot.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Pulled from the for-information list by Kabamba on 22 January 2025 and, after two postponements, discussed on 7 May. She described the situation of victims of the childcare-benefits scandal as the aftermath of a human-rights scandal still without a solution.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
She tabled the follow-up to her own motion on educational school visits to The Black Archives during Black History Month, asking about next steps; the alderman said schools had been informed about the tours.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Pulled from the for-information list by her on 26 February 2025 (postponed on 26 March). She wanted to discuss how the city implemented her motion on digital support for older people with a migration background.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Tabled by Kabamba and Wehkamp, who had it postponed so the Children's Ombudsman could present the report in person. They wanted concrete measures: safe spaces to discuss discrimination, accessible reporting points and targeted support for children.
With: Wehkamp (D66)
Agenda item
Gemeenteraad
After the SED debate (22 January 2025) she put the report on young people without basic qualifications on the full council agenda of 5/6 March 2025; at her request it was moved to 2/3 April 2025.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Tabled by Kabamba (first for 4 December 2024). The report covers about 3,340 young Amsterdammers aged 23-26 without basic qualifications, concentrated in Noord, Nieuw-West and Zuidoost; she wanted to discuss causes and consequences and prepare targeted motions.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Pulled from the for-information list on 4 December 2024. The letter launched a two-year pilot helping asylum seekers into work and settled motion 257a, which she co-signed; Lijst Kabamba considered the topic very important.
Agenda item
Gemeenteraad
After the SED debate on 2 October 2024 (with input from the Zuidoost district committee) she had the letter on alternative locations for supported-housing facilities put on the council agenda of 13/14 November 2024; she later asked for it to be withdrawn.
Question time
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Question on budget cuts at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and how redundancies could be turned into teaching jobs.
Urgent debate
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Prompted by NRC and AT5 reports on metal fatigue, breakdowns and intimidation at Amsterdam's public transport company GVB; DENK, Lijst Kabamba and Lijst Ahmadi-Veldhuyzen had worked on the issue for 2.5 years. The alderman promised an update in the autumn.
With: Mangal (DENK), Ahmadi (Lijst AV), Meerburg (PvdD)
Question time
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Question to alderman Meliani about Black heritage tours.
Question time
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
She raised the attendance of the speaker of the House, Mr Bosma, at the Keti Koti commemoration on 1 July 2024 and announced a multi-party motion.
Question time
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Question on how Amsterdam would use the new national subsidy for financial education in schools.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Six parties including Lijst Kabamba tabled this report on children's experiences in intensive closed youth care units (ZIKOS), to discuss its recommendations for Amsterdam; the author presented it in person.
With: Nadif (GL), Abdi (PvdA), Wehkamp (D66), Yacoubi (DENK), Perdok (Lijst AV)
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Stadsontwikkeling (SO)
At the request of Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) and Staartjes (VVD) on 10 January 2024, the monitoring report on the Zuidoost and Nieuw-West masterplans was pulled from the for-information list and discussed on 13 March.
With: Staartjes (VVD)
Question time
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Follow-up to Yemane's question on the Zuidoost district committee's unanimous preference for Kraaiennest as the site of the new OBA Next library.
With: Yemane (GL)
Interpellation
Gemeenteraad
Interpellation (formal questioning of an alderman) on whether the alderman could have known earlier about delays for emergency services caused by closing the Weesperstraat.
With: Wijnants (VVD), Kreuger (JA21), Havelaar (CDA), Garmy (Volt), Koyuncu (DENK), Bobeldijk (SP), Van Schijndel (FvD)
Public petition
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
On 11 October 2023 the council decided, at her request, to put residents' letters about the location of the planned erotic centre on a committee agenda; they were discussed in the AZ committee on 2 November 2023.
Urgent debate
Gemeenteraad
Council debate requested by Khan, Ahmadi and Kabamba because the city raised only the Israeli flag, not also the Palestinian one, although hundreds of victims fell on both sides.
With: Khan (DENK), Ahmadi (BIJ1)
Urgent debate
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Co-requested by Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) after an anonymous letter reporting racism and discrimination at the city's Work, Participation and Income department; the alderman promised to share two research reports.
With: Mangal (DENK), Van Pijpen (GL), Krom (PvdD), Namane (PvdA), Schmit (D66)
Urgent debate
Raadscommissie Woningbouw en Volkshuisvesting (WV)
Co-requested by Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) on housing construction falling about 3,000 homes short of the college's target for 2023.
With: Van Berkel (JA21), Von Gerhardt (VVD), Minderhoud (PvdA), Van Renssen (GL), Havelaar (CDA), Broersen (Volt), Ahmadi (LAV), Mangal (DENK), Aslami (D66)
Question time
Raadscommissie Financiën, Kunst en Diversiteit (FKD)
Question by Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) on the name of the future slavery museum.
Urgent debate
Gemeenteraad
Co-signed by Kabamba: incidents involving emergency services caused by the Weesperstraat closure were missing from the alderman's reports. According to the results list the debate did not take place.
With: Koyuncu (DENK), Wijnants (VVD), Kreuger (JA21), Van Schijndel (FvD), Boomsma (CDA)
Urgent debate
Raadscommissie Mobiliteit, Openbare ruimte en Water (MOW)
Committee debate requested by seven parties including Lijst Kabamba on the effect of the Weesperstraat traffic closure on emergency services.
With: Wijnants (VVD), Nijssen (VVD), Koyuncu (DENK), Bilgin (FvD), Wijmenga (CDA), Kreuger (JA21)
Public petition
Gemeenteraad
At her request the council changed the proposed handling of a resident's letter about the erotic centre: the college must answer it and send a copy of the answer to the committee.
Urgent debate
Gemeenteraad
Council debate on closing the Weesperstraat to cars. Kabamba also submitted motions in this debate, including on better communication about alternative public-transport routes.
With: Wijnants (VVD), Koyuncu (DENK), Kreuger (JA21), Bobeldijk (SP), Boomsma (CDA), Van Schijndel (FvD)
Question time
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
Khan (DENK) asked, also on behalf of Lijst Kabamba, about the flag protocol (half-mast) during Keti Koti.
With: Khan (DENK)
Question time
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Question by Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) on why foundation SPE, whose director was Amsterdammer of the Year, was refused a subsidy.
Question time
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Question by Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) on the departure of the Masterplan Zuidoost director and safeguarding community input.
Question time
Raadscommissie Stadsontwikkeling (SO)
Question on cooperation between the Masterplan organisation and other organisations in Zuidoost and possible friction with existing processes.
Question time
Raadscommissie Mobiliteit, Openbare ruimte en Water (MOW)
Question by Wijmenga (CDA) and Olivieira (Lijst Kabamba) about the malfunctioning OV-pay system.
With: Wijmenga (CDA)
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Debate on the initiative proposal to tackle period poverty in Amsterdam, submitted and tabled by seven parties including Lijst Kabamba.
With: Yemane (GL), Ahmadi (BIJ1), Bouhassani (PvdA), Wehkamp (D66), Bloemberg-Issa (PvdD), Khan (DENK)
Urgent debate
Raadscommissie Algemene Zaken (AZ)
Committee debate requested by twelve parties including Lijst Kabamba after an incident in which powers were exceeded during targeted weapons searches; the mayor apologised to those wrongly searched.
With: Abdi (PvdA), Nadif (GL), Hofland (D66), Martens (VVD), Koyuncu (DENK), Bloemberg-Issa (PvdD), Bons (BIJ1), Nanninga (JA21), Alberts (SP), Broersen (Volt), Boomsma (CDA)
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Pulled from the for-information list on 2 November 2022. She wanted an explanation of the response to this motion against stigmatising vocational (mbo) students, which she co-signed, and had follow-up questions.
Question time
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Question whether the city can help families beyond the national childcare allowance as childcare costs rise.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
Tabled by Kabamba (then BIJ1) on 7 September 2022 for the OZA committee, because of signals about how COVID-19 affected vulnerable pupils and how this was handled.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Sociaal, Economische zaken en Democratisering (SED)
Pulled from the for-information list by Kabamba (BIJ1) on 7 September 2022 to discuss the college's response to the motion on raising welfare benefits for homeless people.
Agenda item
Raadscommissie Onderwijs, Zorg en Armoedebestrijding (OZA)
At the temporary general committee of 29/30 June 2022 Kabamba (BIJ1) asked for this letter on the minister's decision to fund three new schools in Amsterdam to be discussed at the next OZA meeting.
Question time
Tijdelijke Algemene Raadscommissie (TAR)
Question about the death of Ludoki in relation to the effects of nitrous-oxide use.
All adopted proposals
Carla submitted 417 motions and amendments, often together with councillors from other parties. These 259 were adopted. Search by subject or filter by year.
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