Photo of 2-year-old Royce Hawkins
ALERT: MPD is searching for missing 2-year-old Royce Hawkins. The child has not been seen since his mother was fatally shot last night in Northwest.
Please share! See the child? Call 911. Info on case? Call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
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I can’t in good conscience vote for something that is tried and proven as bad policy. This is a rebranded version of the tough-on-crime laws of the past – a curfews-first approach that’s ineffective because it fails to support our youth.
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This morning, we will hear from the Office of Administrative Hearings - an independent agency that serves as administrative court for DC - to understand how potential budget cuts will affect its mission of providing timely and fair adjudication.
Watch live ⬇️
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Committee on Public Works & Operations Budget Oversight hearings schedule
Budget oversight hearings begin this morning. Your voice matters as we begin this process. This is your budget, and it should reflect the values and voices of District residents. I encourage you to testify at the upcoming budget oversight hearings.
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Sierra Club's DC Council scorecard, 2020-2025. Brianne Nadeau, 82%. Environmental Champion. Brianne Nadeau received bonus points for being the lead sponsor of the DC Bottle Bill.
I’m so proud to receive the highest score in the Sierra Club’s DC Council Scorecard for my environmental record over 5 years. Let’s get the Bottle Bill passed!
All of those things go together and if we don't adequately pay them, we will not have enough educators to do any of the rest. The Mayor cuts this each year, knowing that the Council will then have to do the work of finding the needed funds from somewhere else. This is not how this should work.
children AND support the workers without whom it would not be possible.
If we want affordable access for all families, we must pay educators fairly, credential them well, reduce red tape for opening new facilities, expand in-home care, and ensure adequate subsidies for families that need them.
Every year we fight over the Pay Equity Fund to support salaries for early childhood educators. Now the Mayor wants to cut it again. Today we learned that the Mayor sees the Fund only as a way to support salaries. I see it as a way to build and sustain a robust high quality childcare system for all
What if every medium-sized building had space for 10% more units? The Council gave unanimous approval to my bill, which frees up more room for housing, one of several measures I'm pushing to address our housing shortage.
Read more about the One Front Door Act.
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Hope to see you tonight.
Meet with me, on your block. Join me this Monday, April 6 from 6-8 pm at Kookoo Restaurant (3310 14th Street NW). Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas.
Registration is encouraged.
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Meet with me, on your block. Join me this Monday, April 6 from 6-8 pm at Kookoo Restaurant (3310 14th Street NW). Bring your questions, concerns, and ideas.
Registration is encouraged.
brianneknadeau.com/boyb
Happy 50th, Metro! Thanks for keeping us moving and grooving all these years. To many more!
In addition to my major housing production finance overhaul, I’m introducing two other bills to address the need for more affordable housing by making it more feasible and attractive to build much-needed housing in the District.
Public Hearing Fair Share Housing Targets Act of 2025 Housing Production Omnibus Amendment Act of 2026 Committee on Housing Monday, March 30, 10 am Wilson Building Room 500 DCCOUNCIL.GOV
DC desperately needs more housing of all types to make it affordable. I’ve introduced 3 bills to increase production.
Today at 10 am the Housing Committee will hear testimony on 2 of those bills: Fair Share Housing Targets & Housing Production Omnibus.
Tune in: lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
The Housing Production Trust Fund has built lots of housing in DC – it can do even more. @robertwhitedc.bsky.social and I have introduced a bill that would replace it with a Housing Opportunity Fund - a more robust and modern financing mechanism to speed up building more housing.
Read about all three bills and see my other two videos at brianneknadeau.com/news.
The other bill would update building code to allow for more apts & larger apts at lower cost by eliminating the req for 2 staircases in smaller buildings. With modern fire suppression & design, small multifamily buildings with single entry are just as safe or more safe than buildings with 2 stairs.
One, the Fair Share Housing Targets bill, would require the Mayor to set housing targets every five years. Mayor Bowser set goals in 2019 and we met them! Which is great, but we need to keep that going.
In addition to my major housing production finance overhaul, I’m introducing two other bills to address the need for more affordable housing by making it more feasible and attractive to build much-needed housing in the District.
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social & @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social co-introduced.
It’s one of 3 bills I’ve introduced to bolster production of affordable housing in DC & it will be taken up by the Housing Committee on Monday. You can learn more about this & the other bills at brianneknadeau.com/news.
The Fund will have 5 sub-accounts: to build new housing & rehabs, subsidize deeply affordable units, preserve existing affordable homes, help tenants purchase their homes & allow DC to buy & lease land in support of affordable development.
The Housing Production Trust Fund has built lots of housing in DC – it can do even more. @robertwhitedc.bsky.social and I have introduced a bill that would replace it with a Housing Opportunity Fund - a more robust and modern financing mechanism to speed up building more housing.
With the Office of Planning making weak plans, I’m working multiple angles, including an overhaul of the Housing Production Trust Fund, setting housing targets, and removing unnecessary barriers to maximizing construction.
DC desperately needs more housing of all types to make it affordable. I’ve introduced three bills to increase production – 2 of them go before the Housing Committee on Monday, the other will reach the full Council soon.
I’ve made affordable housing one of my top priorities since I was first elected to the Council in 2014. I’ve put thousands of units of housing in the pipeline here in Ward 1where we’ve exceeded housing targets by 50%. brianneknadeau.com/commitment-t...
I thank DC Dept. on Disability Services Dir. Reese for embracing this law and ensuring it is implemented with fidelity & enthusiasm. I thank Ricardo & Donna and the many people in the developmental disability community who continue to advocate.
#developmentaldisabilitiesawarenessmonth
It is one of the things I am most proud of in my tenure as Councilmember.
We believed from the start in the moral obligation to ensure that people with developmental disabilities have the support they need to live full lives in community, across the course of their lives.
Councilmember Nadeau poses with award, with Ricardo, Donna, and another man at the front of the room.
Large seated audience.
Councilmember Nadeau speaks at the podium.
Councilmember Nadeau gives a hug to a guest.
Making a law that expanded support for adults with developmental disabilities was one of the most meaningful things I did as Human Services Committee chair. I'm truly honored - not just by the Advocate Equity Award but by the opportunity to have played a role in this incredible work.
needed to address the shortage of affordable housing. We must aggressively pursue more housing in all parts of the city. I have a lot of questions for the Office of Planning, and the Council will have a lot of work to do to get the map on track for building housing everywhere that we need it.
