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Two residents who live near Detroit's Renaissance Center were elected yesterday to help represent their neighbors as the landmark complex undergoes a $1.6 billion-plus redevelopment.

Why it matters: The nine-member Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) will help identify the project's effects on nearby communities — and what General Motors and Bedrock should do about them.

Between the lines: Teron Haynes Jr. and Gail Perry-Mason are the only members directly elected by residents; the other seven will be appointed.

Driving the news: Haynes and Perry-Mason prevailed yesterday over 16 other candidates seeking the NAC's two elected seats.

• Forty-one residents cast valid ballots.
• Haynes received 16 votes and Perry-Mason 13.

Catch up quick: GM and Bedrock want to remove two of the RenCen's five original towers as part of the redevelopment, a plan that has drawn skepticism from some residents.

What they're saying: Haynes, a military veteran who works for addiction-services nonprofit Face Addiction Now, told voters the council needs members willing to "hold Bedrock and GM to task."

• "If you're not hiring Detroiters, we're gonna make you pay for it," Haynes said. "If that affordable living isn't affordable, we're gonna make you pay for it."
• After his election, Haynes told Axios he wants the eventual community benefits package to require ongoing investment from the developers, potentially for public transit or schools.

Perry-Mason, a financial adviser and Detroit Development Fund board member, framed the redevelopment in investment terms.

• "What is the return on the investment?" she asked. "What is the return for the community?"

What's next: The 16 other candidates will be considered for the remaining seven appointed seats — City Council members will select three and the city's Planning and Development Department will select four.

• On Sept. 15, the city plans to detail the tax abatements and tax-increment financing reimbursements being sought for the project.

U.S. Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is trying to make amends with the state's Jewish Democrats. But he showed there are limits to how far he's willing to go.

• The big one: Hasan Piker.

Why it matters: El-Sayed's appearance before the state party's Jewish caucus over the weekend was an important early test of whether he can pivot from a primary candidate who electrified the party's progressive wing to a general-election nominee who can win over moderate voters.

Catch-up quick: El-Sayed apologized for his comments after the March attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield. It was attempted by a Lebanese-born man who lost relatives in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon the week before.

• El-Sayed's statement condemned the attack.
• The next day, he released a four-minute video in which he called it "an evil act of displaced rage" but also said that "hurt people hurt people."

What he said: El-Sayed on Saturday said he regretted those March comments.

• "I made a mistake," he told the Jewish caucus. "I should have issued a statement, of course condemning it, and it just should have been the full stop."

What he didn't say: El-Sayed keeps being asked to repudiate Piker, the incendiary left-wing streamer, but he won't.

• Asked repeatedly by reporters Saturday about Piker, El-Sayed wouldn't engage. "If you want to make this race about a streamer in California, I just think you're missing the boat," he said.

Between the lines: El-Sayed is trying to shift the conversation to bigger issues like affordability and health care.

• His Republican challenger, former Rep. Mike Rogers, has dubbed Piker El-Sayed's "running mate."

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🗣️ Residents are pushing back as Detroit's police oversight board considers ending virtual public comment. The board is expected to vote on the proposal at its meeting tomorrow. (BridgeDetroit)

🎓 The U-M Board of Regents yesterday confirmed C. Cybele Raver as the university's next president. Her five-year term begins Dec. 1. (CBS Detroit)

🧢 Streetwear label SANA Detroit will open its first brick-and-mortar store on Sept. 12 at 1275 Woodward Ave. The shop will include a café serving matcha on tap. (Metro Times)

Historic pottery center Pewabic is opening a new location.

The big picture: The Pewabic Neighborhood Studio expands Pewabic's public-facing programs for people of all ability levels interested in ceramic arts.

Zoom in: The new studio is under construction to open later this fall at the Cadillac Arts Centre on Detroit's east side.

• It's about a six-minute walk northwest of Pewabic's longtime East Jefferson home — which will continue its normal operations.

Between the lines: The Cadillac center is part of the arts-focused Little Village development area that also includes church-turned-gallery the Shepherd.

• Pewabic is making its new space fully accessible by partnering with the nearby Progressive Art Studio Collective that supports artists with developmental disabilities.

Michigan is now giving qualifying families across the state free water filters to reduce lead exposure.

Who qualifies: Homes with a child under 19 on Medicaid or a pregnant Medicaid participant. Their homes must have, or might have:

• Lead or galvanized plumbing.
• A lead service line.
• Or faucets or fittings sold before 2014.

Of note: The program also provides filter replacement cartridges.

Go deeper: Apply here … More on the Get Ahead of Lead initiative

Our picks:

💸 Joe has paid for a lot of car maintenance this year. Oof.

🐱 Annalise finished "Pet Sematary," and wow … it sure did get messed up by the end there. (But she never wanted to put it down)

Edited by Larry Graham.