Posts tagged Muriel Bowser
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The Comp Plan guides DC’s growth. Here’s what proposed updates say about housing.
When Mayor Muriel Bowser and Office of Planning (OP) Director Andrew Trueblood released citywide targets for affordable housing production by neighborhood planning area, they also made public amendments to the rest of the Comprehensive Plan—all 24 chapters of it. The Comp Plan guides how the city will grow in the years to come. Keep reading…
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DC wants more affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods, per its newly-released targets
On Tuesday, DC released targets for affordable housing production by neighborhood planning area, which are similar to wards but don’t change with population shifts. Mayor Muriel Bowser committed to building 36,000 new units by 2025 in her inauguration speech, and these targets show where a third of this total, the affordable units, will go. Keep reading…
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Pledge not to take fossil fuel funds, an environmental group urges DC Council candidates
Four DC Council candidates on Friday morning signed a pledge not to take campaign contributions from Pepco, Washington Gas, and fossil fuel companies. Ward 2 candidate Daniel Hernandez, Ward 4 candidate Janeese Lewis George, and Ward 7 candidates Kelvin Brown and Anthony Lorenzo Green signed a poster listing the three provisions of the pledge. Keep reading…
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Mayor Bowser wants affordable housing to be equitably distributed across the District
Neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are among the city’s wealthiest, have not built their fair share of affordable housing, according to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser at a recent panel. And that’s a problem. Keep reading…
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A deputy mayor on the WMATA board could improve DC and Metro coordination
Lucinda Babers, DC’s Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure, will join the WMATA Board of Directors, Fenit Nirappil reported in the Washington Post over the weekend. In addition to Babers’ strong qualifications, having a deputy mayor sit directly on the board could help better coordinate transportation policies, avoiding the kind of situation that turned a well-meaning effort to make Circulator free into a controversy over equity. Keep reading…
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Jack Evans threatened Metro officials to keep his corruption secret, and two board members helped him
DC Councilmember Jack Evans (ward 2) not only allegedly tried to help companies paying him as a lobbyist while chair of the WMATA board, but threatened two top WMATA staff members to try to keep it quiet, according to a bombshell revelation from Robert McCartney in the Washington Post. Keep reading…
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Dozens memorialize two men killed by a driver while resting on a park bench
Last Thursday evening, about 50 people braved sweltering heat to memorialize two men who were struck and killed by an SUV driver at James Monroe Park on July 10. They were the 13th and 14th people to be killed in a traffic crash in the District this year. Keep reading…
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Sex workers struggle to find housing in DC. A bill to decriminalize their job can help.
Sex workers face stigma, legal penalties, and police violence in the District, and one of the impacts is that many have trouble finding a place to live. That’s one of the reasons why a coalition of DC sex workers and supporters are pushing a bill to reduce criminal penalties for consensually exchanging sex for money. Keep reading…
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Local bicycle shops ask Mayor Bowser to get serious about road safety
While advocates are often the ones who generate events and statements about road safety, now local bike shops are also speaking out about Vision Zero. On Monday, several local bicycle shop owners sent an open letter to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, urging her to make the District safer for people who bike. You can read it in full below. Keep reading…
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DC will set targets for housing, including affordable housing, in all 8 wards by this fall
At her second inaugural address, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called for DC to add 36,000 new housing units (and 240,000 in the region), and set targets to ensure each neighborhood plays its part in meeting this need. On Friday, she released more details of what her administration is going to do to get there. Keep reading…