Posts by George Olivar — Guest Contributor

George Olivar is a Buddhist Monk who came to DC in 2014 after spending 20 years in monasteries in Asia to study Buddhist texts in the Library of Congress. He unexpectedly found himself homeless because he couldn’t live on his social security. Now housed, George has been a member of PFFC for four years and is an active participant in PFFC's Downtown DC Public Restroom Initiative.

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  The public restroom bill passes: DC is on its way to more clean, safe public restrooms

  ActionBy Marcia Bernbaum (Guest Contributor), George Olivar (Guest Contributor), John McDermott (Guest Contributor), Janet Sharp (Guest Contributor) December 18, 2018 24

  We are thrilled to report that on Tuesday, December 18 at 2:45 pm the DC Council passed Bill 22-0223, Public Restroom Facilities Installation & Promotion Act of 2018. This a major step forward in addressing the lack of publicly available restrooms in our downtown area.  Keep reading…

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  Tell the DC Council: We need more public bathrooms downtown

  ActionBy Marcia Bernbaum (Guest Contributor), George Olivar (Guest Contributor), Janet Sharp (Guest Contributor), John McDermott (Guest Contributor) October 10, 2018 7

  Despite the fact that downtown DC receives more than 20 million visitors a year and hosts thousands of more residents every day, it currently only has five public restrooms available during the day off the Mall — all of the rest are privately operated. A bill before the DC Council this fall could change that, but it needs your help.  Keep reading…