Worth noting that both the FY27 Local Budget Act and FY27 Budget Support Act (passed on June 23 & July 7, respectively) still haven’t been formally sent by the Council to the Mayor to take action on.

By a vote of 13-0, the DC Council passes the “Council Period 26 Recess Rules Amendment Resolution of 2026 (PR26-784), which, in part, allows the CEAL to hold up to 3 roundtables during the July 15-Sept. 15 summer recess, “on the matters of elections or campaign finance.”

Today is Independent At-Large Councilmember Doni Crawford’s last day (effectively) as a Councilmember (since the DC Council’s two-month summer recess begins tomorrow and CM-elect Elissa Silverman gets sworn-in on Friday, July 17)

It appears that Mendo has backed off putting the “Ranked Choice Voting Implementation Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026” on tomorrow’s DC Council legislative agenda (updated earlier today) - it’s not among the 12 emergency bills getting a vote!

A packed house on the dais in Room 500 of the Wilson Building for the current public hearing on the “Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026” (B26-684). Currently one CM in attendance (the Chair of the T&E Committee); watch here: www.youtube.com/live/tFFhC_G...

As of July 10, At-Large CM Doni Crawford still hasn’t pulled nominating petitions to run for the full 4-year term in the Nov. 3 general. With an Aug. 5 deadline to submit 3,000 valid signatures from DC voters, it seems unlikely she’ll run. Elissa Silverman defeated her by 29.6%

The permanent “Youth Curfew Amendment Act of 2026” became law effective July 2, 2026:

Here’s the list of 82 public witnesses + 3 government witnesses scheduled to testify at Monday’s public hearing on the “Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026” (B26-684):

It appears the DC Council will be taking a 1st vote on the FILTER Act (B26-436) on Tuesday, July 14. It’s a bad bill that will negatively impact the ability of District residents to get initiatives on the ballot—we need 7+ CMs to vote no on this!

So this is election interference and the overturning of part of I-83 that 73% of DC voters supported in Nov. 2024! Really hoping there’s not 9 votes for this emergency bill when it comes up for a vote on Tuesday, July 14; you can read the bill text here: chairmanmendelson.com/2026/07/09/r...

70 people have already signed up to testify at next Monday’s hearing on CM Allen’s AV bill - friendly reminder that the deadline to register to testify is today (July 8) at 5pm! You can also submit written testimony through 5:30pm, July 27: lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...

Here’s the list of 21 invited witnesses (spread out over five 30-minute panels) at tomorrow’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment public roundtable on the “Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Amendment Act of 2025” (B26-58):

50 people have signed up to testify thus far on the “Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026” (B26-684) at the DC Council’s T&E Committee hearing on Monday, July 13. The deadline to register is 5pm, Wednesday, July 8: lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...

The DC Council's T&E Committee today noticed a public roundtable for 9:30am-1pm on Thurs., July 9 for CM Nadeau's bottle bill (B26-58) -"Participation in this roundtable is limited by invitation. Members of the public are still welcome to submit written testimony for the record."

DC’s sole contribution to the America 250 time capsule, to be reopened on July 4, 2276, is a “challenge coin” - “Washington, D.C. 250” on one side & a building with flags and “Muriel Bowser, Mayor” on the other side - “Presented by Muriel Bowser” lives on! america250.org/time-capsule...

The DCBOE today added an additional 1,213 votes to the unofficial results! We’re now at 155,940 ballots counted, as of 2:48pm today. These are the pre-certified results - the official certification will occur on Friday, July 17! 32.3% of all DC voters voted in the end!

“Wright said the leading site under consideration [for the D.C. Armory] is an approximately 80-acre parcel at the Armed Forces Retirement Home campus, near the intersection of North Capitol Street and Irving Street NW. No final decision has been made.” www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...

"In a letter shared with Bloomberg Government, Mendelson said he is expecting legislation to be 'submitted shortly to my office for consideration by the Council. I commit to you that I will act promptly to move the legislation through public hearing and committee markup'"

Here’s the form to submit comments by Friday, Aug. 14: publicinput.com/rfkmasterplan “All comments will be reviewed and considered for incorporation in the final document submitted to the council in Fall 2026. We encourage you to set aside 10 - 40 minutes to complete this form…”

The new RFK Campus Master Plan went public this morning: dcgov.app.box.com/v/RFKcampusd... The public comment deadline is now Friday, August 14: publicinput.com/rfkmasterplan

56 additional mail-in ballots were received by DCBOE on Friday, June 26 (postmarked by June 16). This means that a total of 99,076 mail-in ballots were returned or mailed by June 16, 64% of those who voted this cycle: 35,817 via USPS 63,259 via drop box/in-person vote center

@maustermuhle.bsky.social asked Mendo a great question this morning about the DC Council simply allowing the Mayor to continue letting numerous agency heads (including at MPD) to illegally serve on an interim basis past 180 days, and his response was essentially 🤷‍♂️ Tells you a lot…

The DC Council’s Public Works and Operations & Health Committees are holding a joint public hearing on Monday, July 13 on two rodent-related bills: JLG’s RAT Amendment Act of 2025 (B26-492) and CM Henderson’s REMY Results Amendment Act of 2026 (B26-707):

@opindc.bsky.social will be posting its draft RFK Campus Master Plan for public review and comment through *Friday, August 7*; the draft plan should be available here beginning next week: ourrfk.dc.gov

Only 34 people have signed up to testify thus far on the “Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026” (B26-684) at the DC Council’s T&E Committee hearing on July 13. The deadline to register is 5pm, Wednesday, July 8: lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/reg...

A statement from Tony’s campaign:

The DCBOE today added an additional 604 votes to the unofficial results! We’re now at 154,727 ballots counted, as of 3:11pm today. Just one day remaining for the BOE to receive mail-in ballots postmarked by June 16 and still include them in the results:

2 Independents have filed to run for Ward 1 CM in the Nov. 3 general election, including Tony Donaldson Jr., who served as Jackie Reyes Yanes’ campaign manager in the recent Ward 1 CM Dem primary… 500 valid signatures from Ward 1 voters are due to the BOE by Aug. 5 for them to make it on the ballot

The DCBOE posted updated RCV round 2 tabulations today - not much change in the At-Large CM & Ward 1 CM Democratic primary results (16,353 votes & 2,745 votes added, respectively, since Sunday evening) - the next RCV round-by-round tabulation should occur on Friday, June 26