Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

Howard University students and community residents turned out in droves for an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1B meeting in Shaw last week. First on the agenda was a discussion about how the historic campus can curb neighbors who…

The murder of gay D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Dennis Dolinger inside his Capitol Hill house on June 4, 1999 drew citywide attention.

Hoodwinking season is at full bloom in neighborhoods throughout D.C.

The chairperson is not optimistic all the money will be recovered.

As the DC Council anticipates revisiting the Comprehensive Plan to add clarity to the development process in the city, a new bill would make the process more inclusive.

Cases will proceed against a Southeast Washington advisory neighborhood commissioner accused of threatening to shoot a rival commissioner and separately threatening to kill the mother of his child.

A neighborhood-level elected official in Ward 8 was arrested last Friday for threatening to kill the mother of his child and a fellow commission member in two separate incidents.

LGBT members of the city’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions have formed a Rainbow Caucus, which they say will serve as a forum for sharing ideas and concerns and possibly advocating for issues and legislation.

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are the most hyperlocal form of D.C. government—each commissioner serves about 2,000 people without any pay except for one big perk: a free parking pass. Now, more than 20 commissioners have decided to…

Seventeen (and counting) Advisory Neighborhood Comissioners are pledging to give up their free parking passes, making them our latest Urbanist Heroes of the Week. Signees are urging the DC Council to prioritize making the city better for…

At the D.C. Council's Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau introduced a bill that would give advisory neighborhood commissioners—the neighborhood-level elected officials who weigh in on development…

The District’s most hyperlocal political arena—Advisory Neighborhood Commissions—saw at least half a dozen longtime incumbents voted out on Tuesday, in some cases signaling shifts in neighborhood views on development, transit, zoning, and…