DC’s approved police budget is remaining relatively flat, on net and when accounting for inflation, despite the Mayor and DC Council enacting significant investments to expand the police force.
At tomorrow’s preliminary vote on the fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget, DC Council is expected to take up the MPD Budget and Staffing Transparency Budget Support Act Amendment.
Since 2001, the Clean Hands law has disproportionately prevented Washingtonian’s with low incomes from renewing their drivers, occupational, or business licenses due to any fees, fines, or taxes owed to the DC government totaling $100 or more.
Many advocates, however, would like to see more. Kate Coventry, senior policy analyst at DC Fiscal Policy Institute, is hoping to see the council provide additional funding to serve families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Kate Coventry, senior policy analyst at D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, is hoping to see the council provide additional funding to serve families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
There’s no research suggesting that unhoused people who are offered homes contribute to a rise in crime in their new communities, a point that Kate Coventry of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute raised on Twitter Friday.
In 2020, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute (DCFPI) partnered with the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (Urban) to create an online tool to demystify the local police budget in DC, one of the most heavily-policed jurisdictions in America.
As advocates for racial justice and community safety have pushed lawmakers to increase public safety by moving money away from the police and into community resources, the DC Council approved a budget for FY 2022 that does reflect major new investments in […]
DC policymakers and top education officials need to work more closely with impacted communities to set a multi-year, long-term vision to eliminate racial and income inequities in student experiences and outcomes.
While the DC Council has made important investments already, DCFPI calls on Councilmembers to make additional changes in the upcoming BSA vote to ensure a just recovery for all residents.
