Hobart Twins Park – 700 Block of Hobart Place, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I know I’ve written to you about it before, and many popville readers would dismiss this saying “it’s a side street, of course it’s ignored by the city,” but it’s driving everyone on the block absolutely crazy how terribly the city is responding. It’s so bad that we have folks on our neighborhood group chat debating whether we should just petition for the removal of the trash cans outright. (more…)
From the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), led by Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb:
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb sued the owners of two apartment complexes in Ward 1 for allowing their buildings to fall into extreme disrepair and for failing to pay back the District for the cost of re-housing dozens of tenants after a gas explosion severely damaged one of the buildings and forced them from their homes.
The lawsuit alleges that John and Herminia Steininger allowed their properties located at 1433 Columbia Road NW and 1841 Lamont Street NW to fall into extreme disrepair, putting the health and safety of their tenants at risk. Since 2018, they have received citations for over 120 housing code violations as well as fines of over $140,000, yet they made no changes to fix the properties. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Dreaded to go to renew my license (could not do online after two prior renewals – needed that new pic).
Went to the Benning Ridge Service Center and was blown away.
Efficient, courteous, fast, so kind – (more…)
From the Office of Ward 4 DC Councilmember Janeese Lewis George:
“ICYMI: On July 1st the D.C. minimum wage increased to $18.40 per hour and the tipped minimum wage increased to $10.30 per hour. (more…)
From the office of Councilmember Henderson:
“On Monday, June 22, Councilmember Henderson introduced the Rodent Education and Management Yields Results (REMY) Amendment Act of 2026. The bill targets eliminating food sources for rodents while protecting residents from health risks associated with untrained application of rodenticides. (more…)
photo by Kyle
“Dear PoPville,
I am a parent of a DC Wave swimmer and a member of the team’s Booster Club. I want to raise awareness of an issue facing the District’s long-standing swim club, DC Wave, that has provided a competitive opportunity for a diverse group of young athletes across the city since 1983. After 2 coaches left the program in 2024, DPR Aquatics took away those FTEs from the program with no explanation and no plan for how the team was meant to maintain its USA Swimming-required coach-to-swimmer ratio. We were just informed that the head of Aquatics decided to turn those FTEs into administrative staff at other pools. Our team of over 330 swimmers has limped along for the last 2 years, and we are at a point where the current coaching staff is facing burnout.
We want DPR Aquatics to reinstate the 2 FTEs that were taken away from the club. (more…)
photo by Adam Fagen
Yesterday’s DC primary election results for Washington DC from the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE):
“DEM MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
First Rank Results
First rank results only report each voter’s marking in the first rank column of an RCV contest and do not indicate the leader.
Round-by-round results will be available June 21, 2026.
DEM DELEGATE TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (more…)
From the office of Chairman Phil Mendelson:
“DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson released the following statement regarding the District’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget proposal.
“The Mayor handed the Council a budget with hundreds of millions of dollars of cuts in critical programs like the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund, the Childcare Subsidy Program, Universal Paid Leave, Access to Justice and domestic violence programs,” Mendelson said. “The budget I am proposing restores all these programs. A vast majority of the money I am using for these restorations comes from tax revenues the CFO withheld from the Mayor’s budget formulation, as well as a small reduction in the fiscal stabilization reserve fund.”
“This isn’t the first time the Council has drawn from reserves for budgets,” Mendelson said. “The city’s goal is to have 60-days spending in reserve. Right now, we have over 60 days’ reserves. With this budget, we’ll have 62 days.”
The Chairman’s recommendations include increasing our supports for public EDUCATION by: (more…)
Latest stats from DC City Administrator Kevin Donahue:
“🚨 Update on scofflaw vehicle enforcement:
📌FY26 YTD: @DCDPW has impounded 4,450 cars with total of $23M in unpaid citations
📌 Of those, 1,987 were “high value scofflaws” (cars w/$3k+ in unpaid citations) that owed $20M in unpaid tickets”
Updates as new numbers are released.
From a press release:
“US Ignite, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), and Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) are thrilled to announce plans to launch an Autonomous Vehicle Observation (AVO) Zone Challenge in June 2026, a pivotal step toward understanding autonomous vehicle activity on public streets in dense urban environments.
The AVO Zone Challenge is designed to (more…)