Washingtonian: Meet the DC Couple Who Manage 60 Airbnb Listings
Lara Hawketts and Alejandro Fuentes Gonzalez employ five people and a constellation of contractors. A bill before the DC Council, they say, would put their business in danger
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WTOP: Tenants, DC council air criticism, demand action after senior housing fire
WASHINGTON — The owner and the management company of Arthur Capper Senior Apartments declined to attend a fact-finding hearing held Thursday by D.C. officials parsing city response to a fire that displaced some 160 residents last month.
Washington Post: D.C. candidate promised a plan for paid family leave. Now she says to wait until…
Dionne Reeder launched a bid for the D.C. Council more than a year ago with harsh criticism of a law on paid family and medical leave, winning support from Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and the business community in what has become the most…
WAMU: At D.C. Council’s Urging, Zoning Commission Says It Will Consider Allowing Home-Sharing
The D.C. Zoning Commission will consider making changes to the city’s zoning code next week to permit short-term rentals through home-sharing platforms like Airbnb and VRBO, a move prompted by a letter from the D.C. Council urging they do…
City Paper: The D.C. Council Wants to Find Ways to Deal With Conflicts of Race and Religion
The D.C. Council is at a tipping point. In a time of elevated racial and economic tensions, councilmembers are searching for a constructive way forward. They’re looking to prepare for future conflicts. But they’re stumbling along the way.
Washington Post: D.C. zoning body to hold special meeting Monday on revising Airbnb regulations
The District’s zoning commission moved ahead quickly Wednesday to review a unanimous plea from the D.C. Council to permit short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods and thus smooth the way for planned legislation to regulate…
Washington Post editorial board: The D.C. Council should take care as it considers legislation on…
D.C. COUNCIL member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) does not bother with any pretense when he talks about a proposal to legalize sports betting in the District . He doesn’t gamble, doesn’t like gambling, and acknowledges the risks and dangers of…
Washington Times: Homeless advocates: D.C.’s winter shelter plan falls short for families,…
Homeless advocates told a D.C. Council hearing Tuesday that city’s winter shelter plan has “gaping holes” in it. Advocates and homeless people testified that the plan lacks low-barrier shelters for families, coed shelters for couples and…
jonetta rose barras: Undemocratic campaign reform in DC
When Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen took over as chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety nearly two years ago, he pledged to push through campaign finance reform, consolidating and advancing a host of legislative…
Washington Post: An ‘urban Republican’ runs for city council in Trump-despising, Democratic D.C.
Michael Bekesha, a Republican candidate for a D.C. Council seat in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, stood by his booth at the H Street Festival on a sunny October Saturday, having a perfectly civil exchange with two Ward 6 residents.
The Post Editorial Board: The Post’s endorsements for D.C. Council
WITH MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D), Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D), D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) — all of whom we have endorsed — facing nominal challenges in their reelection bids,…
Kevin Smith in The Post: More broken promises on returning citizens
On July 12, 2016, the D.C. Council passed the Incarceration to Incorporation Entrepreneurship Program Act to provide business planning and related training, college courses in entrepreneurship, apprenticeship training, leadership and…
jonetta rose barras: Health care rescue
What took them so long?
DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…
Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety approves campaign finance reform package that restricts…
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October 18, 2018
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Councilmember Charles Allen’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety approves campaign finance reform package that restrict pay-to-play contracting, limits money in…
Washington Post: D.C. Council pressures Bowser to intervene in Providence Hospital closure
D.C. Council members ramped up pressure on Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to halt the controversial closure of a hospital in Northeast Washington, unanimously approving legislation this week that empowers her administration to force hospitals…
WTOP: DC Council moves closer to passing sports betting measure
WASHINGTON — Optimism and a sense of urgency surround a move to legalize sports betting in D.C., where leaders hope to beat Maryland and Virginia to the punch. “Sports betting is going to happen and I believe we should act before our…
Bloomberg Tax: Legalized Sports Betting Possible in D.C. Before MLB Season
A proposal to legalize sports betting in Washington is moving forward after the bill sponsor again affirmed he has secured the necessary support. If passed, Washington would join eight states that have legalized the activity. Five of those…
Greater Greater Washington: Newly proposed DC Comprehensive Plan language prioritizes affordable…
It’s been almost seven months since the epic spring hearing on the DC Comprehensive Plan, a planning and land use document that guides how the city will grow for years to come. Yesterday, October 16 the DC Office of Planning (OP) released…
WAMU: Proposed Bill Could Ease Student Loan Burden For D.C. Residents and Students
D.C. residents are some of the most burdened by student debt in the country. Now, a new bill seeks to lighten some of that load. The legislation, called the Student Loan Authority Establishment Act and introduced today by At-Large…
WAMU: Emergency Legislation To Stall Providence Hospital Closure Approved By D.C. Council
In an effort to delay Providence Hospital’s planned closure, the D.C. Council voted to approve emergency legislation on Tuesday that would require hospitals to get approval from the city before they close or end services.