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Endorsed Initiative 82.
No observed position.
Grant has emphasized decreasing DC's incarceration rate by strengthening diversion programs and policing alternatives, but has also stated he supports a youth curfew.
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No clear position.
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Refused to sign I82 petition when asked in 2021, and publicly opposed I77 in 2018. Will support I82 if passed.
No clear position. Bowser has stacked government working groups with landlords and developers opposed to strengthening rent control. Has stated support for maintaining rent control where it is.
No recorded position. Opposed Pepco-Exelon merger; pursued a negotiated settlement with Pepco to ensure affordable rates for residents.
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Does not support ending the subminimum wage.
No observed position.
Has made expanding, strengthening, and unequivocally boosting the police force a cornerstone of her campaign.
No observed position.
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No observed position.
No observed position.
Decarceration of sex work, drug use, and other non-violent offenses are a core component of Sobin's platform.
No observed position.
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Voted against repeal of I77 in 2018. Supports I82 and is opposed to repeal or interrupting the outcome of the vote.
Voted in support of RRC legislation in 2020, committed to reintroducing RRC. Supports expanding rent control to smaller bldgs. Opposed Bowser's encampment evictions. Tried to salvage single-family TOPA, supports reinstating it.
Supports implementing recommendations of the police reform commission. Voted to halt Bowser's violent encampment evictions. Supports establishing drug overdose treatment facilities, decriminalizing drug use and sex work.
Voted against an amendment which cut funding to study the creation of a public power utility.
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Adamant support for initiative 82. Protested against repeal of I77 in 2018 and actively supported I77 as a public advocate.
Supported the Reclaim Rent Control platform and committed to reintroducing it. Supports broad expansions of rent control and reinstating TOPA to single-family homes.
Supports the full Defund MPD platform. Supports establishing a drug treatment facility, and decriminalizing sex work and drug use.
Active member in DSA's Public Power campaign. Actively supports social housing, would aide in boosting legislation.
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Voted to repeal initiative 77 in 2018, overturning the decision of voters. Now supports ending the sub-minimum wage.
As chair of the housing committee, failed to advance legislation to strengthen and expand rent control. Stalled and eventually killed the 2020 push to advance significant rent control expansion.
Voted to remove cops from school. Supported Bowser's violent encampment evictions. Co-introduced sex decrim bill in 2019. Supports drug decrim and establishing treatment facilities.
Introduced a successful amendment to gut funding which would have studied the creation of a public power utility. Supports social housing legislation.
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> IAFF 36
> LiUNA 11
> UNITE HERE 25
Supports I82.
Committed to reintroducing the RRC platform and has voiced support for social housing plans. Supports reinstating TOPA to single-family homes.
Supports implementing findings of the PRC. Supports decriminalization of drug use, but is skeptical (but open) to decriminalizing sex work and establishing overdose prevention facilities.
No observed positioning.
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Voted to overturn DC voters and repeal I77 in 2018. Would allow I82 to become law if passed. Major donors to McDuffie's campaign are corporations opposed to I82.
Not committed to reintroducing the RRC platform, claimed to have not seen the five-year old platform. Voted to limit TOPA rights for renters in single-family homes and remains opposed. Opposes expansion of rent control.
Voted to gut funding which would have studied the creation of a public power utility.
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> DC Association of Realtors
Would allow I82 to become law if passed.
Not committed to reintroducing the RRC platform, opposes broad expansions and strengthening of rent control. Opposes reinstating TOPA to single-family homes.
Open to adopting some findings of the PRC. Supports decriminalizing sex work, does not support establishing overdose prevention facilities or broad drug decriminalization.
Unclear position on social housing legislation.
> National Association of Social Workers
Vague position on 82, but has answered no at most questionnaires and forums. Would allow I82 to become law if passed.
Committed to reintroducing the RRC legislation. Supports general expansion of rent controls. Supports reinstating TOPA to single-family homes.
Running on a law-and-order platform, with some acknowledgement of systemic roots of crime and violence. Unclear position on issues related to drug or sex work decriminalization.
No orientation found.
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Does not support ending the tipped minimum wage, but would not repeal I82.
Committed to reintroducing the RRC platform.
Running on a standard law-and-order platform, with little acknowledgement of the economic roots of neighborhood violence.
Does not support social housing legislation.
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Did not support I77 and engineered the repeal. Failed to fund legislation to address concerns wage theft for tipped workers. Would not overturn I82, but does not support it.
Leveraged position as Council Chair to stop the RRC platform. Booted Councilmembers who introduced rent control legislation. Does not support expanding rent control. Does not support means testing rent control.
Does not support divestment. Supports decrim drug possession and use, does not support a drug treatment center or decriminalizing sex work. Voted to keep police in schools. Supported Bowser's violent encampment evictions.
Voted on matters involving Pepco despite stock holdings in the company.
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> UNITE HERE 25
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> DC Firefighters Assoc 36
> IBEW 26
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No clear position, but members and leaders of the DC Statehood Green Party have been active boosters of Initiative 82 and Initiative 77 a few years prior.
No public positioning, but activists associated with the Statehood-Green Party have historically participated in rent-control and tenant rights coalitions.
No observed public position.
No clear position, but the DC Statehood Green Party has long touted municipalization and nationalization of utilities.
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No observed positioning, although the DC Republican Party has quietly backed and boosted the opposition campaign to Initiative 82.
Is against rent control, emphasizes deregulation and free-market principles as a means for controlling rent.
Has promoted panic about crime and violence in the city, but has no clear policy proposals related to public safety.
No observed positioning.
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Did not support I77, but voted against repeal (I77 passed 57-43 in Ward 1). Has stated support for I82, and opposes overturning a referendum.
Introduced the Reclaim Rent Control platform in the Council in 2020. Supports dynamic expansion of rent control. Supports expanding rent control to smaller bldgs. Skeptical of means-testing RC units.
Voiced support for MPD divestment, but open to increasing force size. Co-introduced legislation to decrim sex work. Supports drug decrim and a drug treatment center. Led effort to halt encampment evictions. Voted to remove cops from schools.
Signed the public power pledge and committed to aiding in advancing legislation. Co-introduced legislation to establish social housing and accelerate lead pipe removal.
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> Washington Teachers' Union
> Working Families Party (DC)
> DC Latino Caucus
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> Capital Stonewall Democrats
> AFGE 1975, LIUNA and AFL-CIO Local
> SEIU 32BJ, 1199 and CIR
> UFCW 400, UNITE HERE 25
> Int'll Assoc of Firefighters 36
> Nurses United and NASW
No clear position, but activists associated with the Statehood-Green Party have been active supporters of both I82 and I77.
Otten has been a consistent activist for rent control and against the development of private luxury developments across the city.
No clear position, but the Statehood-Green Party has been a long-booster of police reform, drug and sex-work decriminalization and reduced incarceration.
No clear position, but activists associated with the Statehood-Green party have been historic advocates for public power.
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Supports repealing the subminimum wage and raising the subminimum wage by passing Initiative 82.
Supports expanding rent control to newer units. Opposes expanding rent control to four-unit buildings.
Supports embracing police reform commission findings. Supports police-free schools. Thinks sex work decrim should be left to public referendum. Supports establishing an overdose prevention facility and decrim drug possession.
No orientation towards public power identified. Supports GND legislation introduced by activists in the District.
> DC Tenants Advocacy Coalition
> Washington Teachers' Union
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> SEIU 32BJ
> DC Firefighters Association
Opposes Initiative 82. Has not committed to respecting the will of voters.
Unclear position, but has expressed strong emphasis on reinforcing "supply side" economics in the District.
Has made expanding policing a core argument for his candidacy. Supports Bowser's violent encampment evictions. Unclear positions on decriminalization proposals.
No clear positioning.
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Supports repealing the subminimum wage and raising the subminimum wage by passing Initiative 82.
Supports expansion and strengthening of rent control as a mode for creating affordable housing for DC's working class. Supports expanding rent control to newer and smaller bldgs.
Supports decriminalizing sex work and drug possession, and establishing a 24/7 drug treatment center. Supports full recommendations of the reform commission and supports a full audit of the force.
Signed the public power pledge and has rallied to motivate action. Supports legislation to build social housing and accelerate lead pipe removal.
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