Greater Greater Washington is endorsing candidates running for Advisory Neighborhood Commission seats in the District's November 2024 general election. We will endorse ANC candidates primarily based on their responses to this questionnaire, which addresses the issue areas we work on: housing, affordable housing, transportation, and land use. Completing GGWash's endorsement questionnaire is a prerequisite to be considered for our endorsement, and we publish all responses on our website as a publicly available resource for voters.

If you are an ANC candidate seeking ballot access in the November general election and wish to be considered for GGWash's endorsement, please fill out and return this questionnaire by 5 p.m. on Sun., Aug. 11, 2024. All questions are required. (We will update this page with a deadline for write-in candidates.) SurveyMonkey will not save your answers; we recommend drafting your responses in a separate document, then copying and pasting them into this form to submit.

If you have any questions, please contact GGWash's D.C. policy director, Alex Baca, at abaca@ggwash.org.
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* 1. Contact information

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* 2. Select the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in which you are running:

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* 3. Select the SMD in which you are running:

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* 4. Please upload a headshot that GGWash has your permission to use in its materials related to the 2024 election and endorsements process in the District, which may include publication on our website, in emails, on social media, or in other formats.

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Housing production

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* 5. Where in your Advisory Neighborhood Commission, not just your SMD, do you think density should be increased to accommodate the construction of new housing?

If you do not think density should be increased in your ANC, please write, "I do not think density should be increased in my ANC.”

Affordable housing

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* 6. I consider affordable housing to be (check all that, in your opinion, apply):

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* 7. I consider market-rate housing to be (check all that, in your opinion, apply):

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* 8. The District’s inclusionary zoning law “requires that eight to 10 percent of the residential floor area be set-aside for affordable units in most new residential development projects of 10 or more units.” The cost of doing so is paid by a project’s developer, and IZ units are income-restricted. Because the number of IZ units is tied to floor-area ratio, the larger a building is, the more IZ units will be built. Conversely, if the initial density proposed by a developer is reduced during the approvals process, rather than maintained or increased, fewer IZ units will be built.

ANC commissioners are likely to hear from some constituents concerned by a project’s potential impact—real or assumed—on traffic, parking, views, and property values and rents, and whether it fits the character of the neighborhood. While it is not a guarantee that a development proposal including IZ units will come before your ANC, if one does, what would you do, given the likelihood of at least some pushback?

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* 9. Planned unit developments are projects in which developers are able to exceed the height and density allowed by the District’s zoning code up to the density allowed by its Future Land Use Map (typically a modest increase in scale) in exchange for a community benefits agreement. While it is not a guarantee that a PUD will be proposed in your ANC, if one is, the commission is likely to be the party negotiating that community benefits agreement with a developer.

The following are examples of benefits that an ANC might push for in such an agreement. Please rank them in the order in which you would prioritize them.

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* 10. Check any of the below combinations of features that you would consider social housing.

Land use

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* 11. Should apartments be legal to build District-wide?

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* 12. Which statement do you agree with most?

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* 13. Which of these statements best describes your feelings about historic districts in the District?

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* 14. The District is likely to begin a rewrite of its Comprehensive Plan, its foundational land-use document, in 2025. In a rewrite of the Comprehensive Plan, which of these three options would be your top priority?

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* 15. My ANC, not just my SMD, has:

Transportation

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* 16. Do you think there are not enough cars, enough cars, or too many cars in the District?

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* 17. The Sustainable D.C. 2.0 plan includes a target of reducing commuter trips made by car to 25 percent. Do you agree that incentivizing residents and visitors to drive less should be an explicit policy goal of the District?

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* 18. Incentives for people to drive less and nudges to make them drive safely can prevent drivers from killing other people, but research shows such “carrots” won’t be enough to curb the public health crisis of increasing traffic fatalities. Keeping people alive and safe on District roads requires policies that actively reshape our transportation systems and built environment to decrease single-occupancy vehicle trips, and to slow down drivers when they do make those trips. Please rank the following policies in the order that you would like to see the District government pursue them.

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* 19. The above question asks about systemic policies to reduce trips by car that the District’s executive and legislative branches would need to initiate. As a commissioner, your powers are only advisory, but the intensely local nature of the role means that you can direct your attention to shepherding improvements to the built environment in your neighborhood that, while smaller in scale than changing District law or instituting a new citywide program, are no less important to making all road users safer. Please rank the following initiatives in the order you would be most enthusiastic about your ANC considering a resolution concerning them.

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* 20. On-street parking occurs in public space. This means that an on-street parking spot does not belong to a specific individual, and people park in different places at different times. What do you consider a reasonable rule of thumb for deciding if a neighborhood has enough street parking?

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* 21. The District's goal to be carbon-free by 2050 requires most of the reduction of its transportation emissions to come from residents turning existing single-occupancy vehicle trips into transit, walking, and biking trips. Please describe at least one trip you currently take by car (even if you, yourself, are not driving) that you can commit to taking on foot, by bus, by train, via a mobility device, or by bike instead.

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* 22. What do you feel is the biggest issue in your neighborhood, and what is your position on it? And, given the limited scope of commissioners’ and commissions’ authority, what would you, most realistically, do about that issue if you are elected?

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* 23. ANC commissioners represent about 2,000 constituents and, when sworn in, commit to upholding the District of Columbia's interests, not solely your commission's or single-member district's. With the understanding that you are not going hear from every single one of your constituents during your term, and that commissioners are sworn to act in the interest of the entire District, describe how you might make decisions as an elected representative.

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* 24. Why do you think you are the right person to serve as an ANC commissioner for your SMD?

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