Dallas City Council has approved a $1.4 million increase in funding — totaling $5.9 million — for The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center.

The funding approval was last Wednesday, a day after four council members met to discuss homelessness solutions in the city — and, allegedly, to discuss moving The Bridge from downtown.

Because the meeting was not posted publicly ahead of time and there was a quorum, council members Adam Bazaldua and Paula Blackmon accused the group of violating the Texas Open Meetings Act .

Blackmon told KERA that the meeting was to discuss moving The Bridge from downtown to south Dallas near Dallas Executive Airport.

At Wednesday's council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Moreno added a motion to bring the good neighbor requirements to the Housing and Homelessness Solut

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