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The powers of the ANC system are enumerated by the DC Code § 1–207.38: May advise the District government on matters of public policy including decisions regarding planning, streets, recreation, social services programs, health, safety, and sanitation in that neighborhood commission area;
Single-member district 7F08 of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 7F in Washington, D.C., has existed since 2023, its electorate consisting entirely of inmates of the D.C. Jail. From 2013 to 2022, the jail's residents made up a majority of district 7F07, from which 7F08 was then carved out.
Politically, Park View is in D.C.'s Ward 1 and falls within Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A (ANC1A). Three ANC1A Single Member Districts represent the neighborhood. ANC 1A08 represents the northern section, central Park View is represented by ANC 1A09, and ANC 1A10 serves the southern third of the neighborhood. [7]
[6] [12] [15] The Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat had been created in 2013, but Castón was the first person to hold the seat and the first incarcerated person elected to public office in Washington, D.C. [12] [15] [6] In the election, Castón beat four other incarcerated candidates. [12] [16] Castón was sworn into office on June 29 ...
November 9–23 – Occupy Wall Street protesters march from New York City to Washington DC, to demonstrate at a congressional committee meeting to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama's extension of tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) holds general elections every two years to fill various D.C. government offices, including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions.
Precautionary boil water advisories for Washington, DC, and Arlington County were lifted Thursday morning, local authorities announced.
The Council of the District of Columbia (or simply D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia.As permitted in the United States Constitution, the district is not part of any U.S. state and is overseen directly by the federal government.