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HOME RULE

Protect DC’s Right to Self-Government
  • Oppose congressional interference in DC laws and policies.
  • Defend the authority of the DC Council, Mayor, and Attorney General.
  • Fight for DC residents to have equal representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Defend DC’s Budget and Fiscal Autonomy
  • Protect locally raised dollars from congressional delays and riders.
  • Ensure timely budgets so city services function without disruption.
Responsible Local Governance
  • Focus on laws that are workable and enforceable.
  • Use oversight and data to improve outcomes.

EDUCATION

Support Students at Every Stage of Learning
  • Expand quality PreK3 and PreK4 seats and fully fund pay raises for early childhood educators.
  • Prepare students for well-paying, in-demand careers through high-quality career and technical education, including paid apprenticeships.
Improve Teaching Quality Through Investments in Educators
  • Advocate for competitive pay, strong retention incentives, and quality professional development to support teaching effectiveness citywide.
  • Ensure every classroom is staffed on day one of the school year, with faster hiring processes to fill vacancies when they arise.
Safe, Modern Schools
  • Accelerate school modernization and address critical facility needs.
  • Ensure safe water, reliable HVAC, and functional 21st-century learning spaces.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Target Violent Crime and Support Survivors

  • Focus resources on the most serious violence, including armed carjackings and illegal guns.
  • Hold federal partners accountable for effective prosecutions and qualified judicial appointments.
  • Fully fund survivor-centered, low-barrier services for crime victims.

Accountable Policing

  • Support a well-trained, adequately staffed police force.
  • Strengthen transparency, oversight, and community engagement.

Safe Streets for Everyone

  • Design streets that move people safely whether walking, biking, using transit, or driving.
  • Invest in safe routes to school and child-centered street design.

Prevention and Second Chances

  • Expand youth programs, mental health supports, and job opportunities.
  • Target resources to youth involved in child welfare or juvenile justice systems and those at risk of dropping out.

HOUSING

Build More Homes, Faster

  • Streamline permitting, zoning, and approvals to cut red tape and speed construction.
  • Use public land and smart incentives to increase housing supply across all eight wards.

Protect Tenants and Prevent Displacement

  • Defend rent stabilization, fair leases, and protections against unjust evictions while ensuring buildings are well maintained.
  • Ensure new development strengthens neighborhoods and helps longtime residents stay.

Expand Opportunity and Stability

  • Invest in the Housing Production Trust Fund with strong oversight.
  • Fully fund workforce and middle-income housing for teachers, nurses, and first responders.

HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Invest in Accessible, High-quality Healthcare

  • Expand access to quality prenatal and postnatal care to improve maternal and infant health and reduce disparities.
  • Increase access to primary, mental health, and preventive care through community-based clinics and public health programs.

Support Emergency Services to Protect Residents

  • Ensure fair compensation, training and leadership development, and sufficient equipment and facilities for fire and EMS first responders. 
  • Improve transparency, staffing and management of DC’s 911 Call Center.

BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Make it Easier to Start, Run, and Grow a DC Business

  • Streamline licensing, permitting, and inspections.
  • Improve agency coordination to eliminate duplicative paperwork.

Fair Taxes and Predictable Costs

  • Reduce excessive fees and taxes that fall hardest on small businesses.
  • Support targeted tax relief for neighborhood-serving businesses.

Stronger Commercial Corridors

  • Support flexible use of commercial space.
  • Back local retail, restaurants, arts, and service businesses

ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION

Cutting the cost and increasing the safety of your commute

  • Support multi-modal transportation options that reduces our costs and serves residents in all eight wards.
  • Put DC residents and businesses first by exploring implementation of DDOT report on congestion pricing that has been working in other jurisdictions.
  • Support electrified transit options that reduce costs and dangerous air pollution.
  • Support pedestrian safety and a low-stress network for biking.

Energy Affordability

  • Support the Healthy Homes Act and programs to support low-income residents cut energy costs and reduce pollution in their homes.
  • Support tough oversight of the Public Service Commission to ensure that the District’s monopoly utilities are not leaving residents and businesses with crushing costs of power and heat.
  • Support robust implementation of the Carbon Free DC plan which has been successful in reducing costs and doing our part to reduce climate and air pollution.
  • Ensure that quality affordable housing development is affordable when residents pay their energy bills with more efficient and gas free construction.

Parks and Open Spaces

  • Prioritize development that supports outdoor recreation and exploration for DC residents.
  • Support our recreation centers and playing fields and ensure that they are well coordinated and managed to support our school and community use.