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The Council is moving to require that more money from the Housing Production Trust Fund be used to build affordable housing for truly low-income residents, usually meaning between 0-30% of AMI.
And Mendelson has decided not to move forward to a number of proposed (and controversial) changes to D.C.'s open-records law. I broke the story on those changes and the possible impact last week:https://wamu.org/story/19/05/06/why-proposed-changes-to-d-c-open-records-laws-worry-open-government-advocates/ …
Bowser is losing her $20 million workforce housing fund (cc: @allyschweitzer), but it is being replaced with a package of incentives for developers to produce housing for middle-class residents and families. And her $130 million for HPTF was shaved down to $120 million.
Finally, there’s sure to be some analysis about what this budget cycle means for Bowser and her relationship with the Council. My thought: not much. She lost some big stuff, but is probably still getting 90% of what she proposed.
Every mayor who presents a budget acts like they know best and gets offended when the Council plays its role as a co-equal branch of government. Is it worse now than it was in the past? I’m not convinced it is. The push and pull over the budget is par for the course.
Some other budget odds and ends from @ChmnMendelson’s proposed changes to Bowser’s budget: @AGKarlRacine will get $3.7 million more for his “Cure the Streets” violence interruption program, and more flexibility to use some money from legal settlements for the program.
And the Council is moving to increase per-pupil funding for D.C. schools above what Bowser proposed. See below. And it is also recommending that Banneker HS be renovated and remain in current location, so a new Shaw MS can be built.pic.twitter.com/M5ejRldg94
Money is being set aside to start implementing a new bill that limits the rent increase that can be applied to a rent-controlled unit when it becomes vacant to 10%, down from 30%.
And the Council is moving to implement a bill that will allow medical marijuana dispensaries to create spaces for patients to consume their marijuana on-site. It’s meant to address residents who would face eviction if they consume at home (i.e. they live in public housing).
Also: the Council is repealing Bowser’s attempt to do away with the dedicated stream of funding from the sales tax for arts and humanities programs.
Oh, and this is critical: all the stuff in this thread is just what @ChmnMendelson included in his omnibus package of changes to Bowser’s budget. Some were his doing, but most come from the individual CMs. And nothing is final until the Council votes today.
Thank you for writing about the proposed changes. But for your article, DC residents wouldn’t know about the DC Council’s attempts to limit transparency. Glad to see that the problematic provisions were removed.
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