By David Alpert (Executive Director) • October 8, 2019
“I applaud your greenness and your desire to save the planet,” said architect and preservation board member Chris Landis, “and I realize that we are in crisis politically as well as sustainably. But I just have this vision of a row of houses with solar panels on the front of them and it just — it upsets me.”
By Alex Baca (Housing Program Organizer) • October 8, 2019
The DC Council voted unanimously today to pass the Framework element of the Comprehensive Plan, a planning document that directs how the city should grow. This brings to a close the nearly three-year saga of updating the Framework, which sets the tone for the rest of the document.
Generations of housing segregation in the United States has had lasting effects on social issues such as crime, education, achievement, and the environment. Many of the factors that led to the segregated housing situation in America and its subsequent wealth gaps stemmed from policies, often at the federal level, enacted to keep white Americans away from people of color, particularly African Americans.
By Jane Green (Development Director) • October 8, 2019
It may feel like summer outside, but we at GGWash are pushing forward with our fall member drive. Thank you to the 42 new members who joined the Neighborhood last month, and to the 51 current Neighbors who renewed their membership.
The DC Council passed a bill to change this Monday’s holiday celebration from Colombus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The bill was emergency legislation that will only last for 90 days, but there’s a permanent version pending. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
Metro’s safety oversight commission said that the rail car crash that disrupted service on three lines Monday was the result of one of the train drivers continuing ahead after being given a “zero speed command” to hold the train where it was. (Justin George / Post)
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson named a committee to review an external investigation into Evan’s ethical misconduct. The committee includes all the current council members except for Evans, meaning that, unlike with previous votes, Evans will not get to weigh in on his own investigation. (Rachel Kurzius / DCist)
After a dangerous bacterial outbreak in the water of DC’s only public psychiatric hospital, the city says that they hope to restore full water service to St. Elizabeths by early next week. Currently, the hospital is using bottled water, hand sanitizer, and portable showers to continue operations. (Mary Tyler March / WAMU)
County Executive Marc Elright plans to nominate Chris Conklin, the current deputy director for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, to head the department. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
The Maryland State Board of Elections says that Montgomery County must recommend a 12th site for early voting in the county, though it did not guarantee that the board would vote to approve the site. County activists have been pushing for an early voting location in White Oak. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
The county will install a system of cameras and sensors to monitor traffic between the border of Fairfax County and Gum Spring Road. The system was previously used on I-66 before the toll lanes were installed there. (Neal Augenstein / WTOP)
The parents and disability rights groups alleged that the county school system used seclusion and restraint on disabled students, which harmed them, and asked the court to block the schools from using either practice. Fairfax had investigated its practices after a WAMU report on the same issue. (Debbie Truong / Post)
Baltimore County Executive John “Johnny O.” Olszewski put forward a housing plan that would make it illegal for landlords in the county to discriminate against tenants that receive federal housing subsidies, tackling one element of housing discrimination. (Baltimore Sun)
