DCist: Bowser Taps San Francisco Health Official To Lead DC Health
Dr. Ayanna Bennett has been tapped to lead DC Health, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced Thursday. She will replace Dr. Sharon Lewis, a DC Health veteran who had been leading the agency in an interim capacity following the departure of…
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser names new D.C. Health director after year-long search
Ayanna Bennett, a pediatrician and health equity officer in San Francisco, will succeed LaQuandra Nesbitt, who resigned last July.
DC left millions unspent from federal grants to end homelessness
DC returned over $10 million in federal grants intended to fund programs aimed at ending homelessness from 2017 through 2021, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and The Community Partnership…
District Links: Elevation to ‘Code Purple’ for unhealthy air quality brings closures,…
The unhealthy air quality in the District due to smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted modifications to DC government operations for the afternoon, the mayor's office announced.
Washington Post: D.C. plan to issue 5,000 security cameras to drivers draws ACLU rebuke
The ACLU criticized the program, which would give cameras to delivery and ride-hailing service drivers, as a dangerous expansion of government surveillance
Washington Post: D.C. reaches 100 homicides at the earliest time in the year since 2003
Three fatal shootings Tuesday night and early Wednesday in Southeast and Northeast Washington — including one of a 63-year-old woman — pushed D.C.’s homicide count to 102, the earliest point in the year the city has recorded 100 killings…
DCist: D.C. To Give Rideshare And Delivery Drivers Free Dash Cameras
Delivery and rideshare drivers in D.C. will be eligible to get free dash cameras through a new government program, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday. The city will use a $500,000 donation from DoorDash to buy about 5,000 dash…
DCist: D.C. Elections Take Center Stage On Capitol Hill, With GOP Bill Set To Target City
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives vehemently disagreed on Wednesday over whether D.C.’s current elections are a model for the rest of the country — or if Congress should use the city as an example by imposing…
Washington Post: House GOP floats rewriting D.C.’s election laws in latest hearing
House Republicans examined D.C. election laws Wednesday in their latest hearing digging into the city’s affairs, an opportunity for them to advocate for stricter voting laws in the deep-blue city.
DCist: Ex-Moon Rabbit Workers Will Get Their Union After Wharf Hotel Agrees To Recognize Bargaining…
D.C.’s Wharf InterContinental Hotel has agreed to voluntarily recognize its employees’ union after cards are checked, which will include workers from the now-shuttered Moon Rabbit restaurant, according to their bargaining agent UNITE HERE…
DCist: D.C.’s Air Quality Is In Code Red. Here’s What You Should Know
The air quality in the D.C. region reached Code Red — or worse — on Wednesday morning, meaning it’s unhealthy for the general population to be outside, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to waft over the area.
DCist: D.C. Council Passes 6% Cap On New Rent Increases At Many Apartment Buildings
The D.C. Council unanimously passed an emergency bill Tuesday capping many new rent increases at 6% starting July 1, bookmarking lawmakers’ frantic volley this spring to legislate around historic increases in rent prices.
District Dig: What Was And What Shall Be
The Bowser Administration commits to a transformative vision for redevelopment of 14th and U
DCist: Affordable Housing Preservation In D.C. Hits Road Blocks As Building Costs Rise
Fifty-four-year-old Earnest Wilkerson didn’t foresee leading his neighbors through the sale of their apartment building when he moved into Minnesota Commons five years ago.
District Links: House GOP urges changes to DC voting laws as Dems push back; DMV acknowledges notice…
House Republicans scrutinized DC's election laws at a public hearing today, as Democrats on the two committees holding the joint session pushed back against claims that procedures such as widespread mail-in voting and same-day registration…
DCist: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Health Gets C Rating In Annual Report Card
The Chesapeake Bay got a C in the latest annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card released Tuesday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) – the same score it received in the 2021 report.
DCist: D.C. Walks Back Claim It Did Not Know Driver Accused Of Fatal Crash Had Prior DUI Convictions
The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles now says that it had been notified about three DUI convictions involving the woman who is now charged with a fatal crash on Rock Creek Parkway that killed three people, walking back past claims that it…
Washington Post: D.C. Council caps rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings amid inflation
The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to cap rent hikes in rent-stabilized buildings after record-high inflation threatened historic rent increases.
Washington Post: Fire department adviser ignited change behind the scenes
In her decades working for the D.C. City Council and District government, Amy Mauro served as the prototypical staffer, who whispered in the ears of the people in power to ensure the right message was delivered before the taxpaying public.…
District Links: Council OKs rent-cap compromise for buildings subject to rent control; DC may…
A week after a rancorous debate on the same subject, the DC Council voted unanimously this afternoon to reduce the allowable rent increases for residents of buildings that fall under the District's rent control laws, generally meaning they…