Housing & Homeownership

• Support market-rate housing in Foggy Bottom, Chinatown, Logan Circle, and the Southwest communities, in keeping with the historic neighborhood character
• Increase homeownership opportunities in Logan Circle and address resident and community concerns at Claridge Towers, Horizon House, James Apartments, Frontier Housing Dwellings, and the 1400 block of R Street
• Introduce legislation to increase university-student home ownership
• Develop plans for five thousand housing units to be built in downtown in three years
• Protect residents from displacement from their housing because of over-development
• Introduce legislation to seize nuisance properties
• Support legislation that will assist and protect residents that own or rent Cooperatives
• Support the continuation of Rent Control
• Introduce a tenants bill of rights
• Extend the First Time Home Buyers $5,000.00 Tax Credit

Parking

• Improve parking by supporting changes proposed by Georgetown's Neighborhood Pilot Parking Program and the Dupont and Logan Circle Parking Task Force
• Engage local churches to assist in parking relief on weekends
• Research legislation regarding valet parking

Seniors

• Support new assisted living facilities in Foggy Bottom, Shaw, and the Southwest communities
• Improve living conditions and outreach in public housing complexes
• Increase job training and employment opportunities for youth and seniors as part of local economic development initiatives

City Government

• Improve health, housing, and sanitation inspection procedures
• Keep weekly constituent services hours at scheduled locations across Ward 2
• Improve health and sanitation Inspections, DCRA, DPH
• Support improvements with the outreach and implementation of Social Service Programs that are administered by Department of Human Services, and Addiction Recovery and Rehabilitation Administration
• Research the development of a Regional Recovery and Treatment Facility at Oak Hill
• Support increased Funding for Metro maintenance
• Require Metro to change all their diesel buses to natural gas by 2003
• Require the Department of Public Works to inspect and purchase equipment on a yearly basis
• Continue to monitor the Water Treatment Facility at Blue Plains

Youth

• Improve youth employment, job training, and recreational outreach initiatives
• Support the creation of a policy-driven and productive School Board that is an asset to the learning environment

Economic Development

• Support continued vibrant and diverse development on Connecticut Avenue, 14th Street, 7th Street, and the Theatre District
• Promote and increase opportunities to establish more resident-owned small businesses
• Support every effort to revive and bring quality retail to Downtown Metro Center
• Support Small Business Growth Tax Incentives
• Disburse Federal funding for Small Business Development in Ward 2 Enterprise Zones

Historic Preservation

• Preserve and protect historic landmarks and the historic character of Dupont, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Burleith, Shaw, and all of Ward 2

• Hold annual townhall meetings to address Gay and Lesbian concerns
• Require complete and thorough hate crimes investigations
• Champion the development of new assisted-living communities for Gay men and Lesbians
• Supports Gay Marriages
• Supports Power of Attorney
• Needle Exchange Program
• Medical Marijuana
• Support continued funding for Ryan White Care Act
• Unique identifiers for HIV & AIDS name reporting to the CDC
• Full funding for the Civilian Complaint Review Board and Office of Human Rights
• Diversity and Sensitivity Training for all DC Government Employees
• Support appointments of Gay and Lesbians to Boards and Commissions

Latino Community

• Establish the first Ward 2 Latino Task Force to address the needs and concerns of Ward 2's growing Latino population
• Provide more access to minority contracting

Taxes

• Introduce legislation to cut the Sales Tax to four percent
• Continue to Support the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit
• Continue to Support Homestead Tax Exemption
• Support the Low Income Tax Credit
• Cut pension taxes for senior citizens

Education

• Support pay parity for Principals and Teachers
• Support better study procedures for students before the Stanford 9 Testing
• Increase funding for Capital Improvements for School grounds and facilities
• Direct involvement of new hybrid School Board appointees

Health

• Support Insuring all DC Residents who do not have Health Care Coverage

Public Safety - Policing for Prevention

• Request for more Police Bike Patrols in residential neighborhoods
• Provide more oversight regarding hate crimes and murder investigations
• Support for Community Policing, PSAs:
  • The District of Columbia is divided into 83 police service areas. The PSAs range in size from several square blocks that make up a single neighborhood to a few square miles that encompass several neighborhoods. Each PSA is led by a lieutenant, who is accountable for the overall quality of police services on that PSA. The PSA lieutenant is assisted by a regular team of PSA sergeants and officers. Individual residents, community organizations and other stakeholders work with the PSA team by providing information, participating in PSA meetings and helping to design and implement problem solving strategies.
• Support the Re-deployment of Police Officers to put more officers on the streets