ABOUT ME

Capitol Hill (and Washington, DC at large) is an amazing place to live, and housing prices reflect it. We are in one of the most desirable, and therefore expensive, areas in the city and country. In order to bring housing costs down, and allow all our neighbors to have a roof over their heads, we need to pull many levers including affordably priced dwelling units. However, the most effective lever is increasing housing supply. Housing supply must be increased city wide and neighborhood restrictions on increased development often have city-wide effects on housing cost. If we truly care about housing our neighbors across the city, I think the place place to start is right here.

While the Capitol Hill neighborhood has some of the best walking and biking infrastructure in the city (and perhaps in the US) we still suffer from most transportation planning being car centric. I pledge to advocate for making Capitol Hill a place where people are put first rather than cars. This is key element to reducing pedestrian and bike safety and attaining DC’s Vision Zero goals.

Our neighborhood has some amazing parks with some (mainly the Metro Park and Plaza) having been recently added. However, these parks have quickly fallen into disrepair due to agency turf wars. I pledge to focus on this issue so our new (and existing) parks are properly taken care of and don’t become a squandered resource.

At base, an ANC commissioner’s job is to help citizens interact with government agencies and serve as the communities “squeaky wheel”. Ask any of my friends or family, am I nothing if not determined, persistent and thorough. I pledge to use those qualities on behalf of my neighbors and constituents solving their problems.