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Ward 1 Update: Fighting for fairness while talking taxes

Fundamentally, the tax and revenue proposals the Council discussed are about fairness.

Effective services for residents start with effective contracting and procurement 

Contracting and procurement is the backbone of nearly every service provided to residents, from healthcare services to food programs and cybersecurity. But the District’s system needs help.

Food waste control is rodent control  

Food waste control is rodent control, and I’m excited to see this strategy prioritized in the Rodent Education and Management Yields Results Amendment Act of 2026 that Councilmember Christina Henderson introduced and the Council approved on first reading earlier this week.

Nadeau pushes back against ride fare scare tactics

“Uber is still working from its 2012 playbook of fear mongering and propaganda, saying they can’t afford to protect their drivers and passengers, all while their CEO makes $35 million a year. This time the Council is not rolling over."

Bill to protect ride-hailing drivers and passengers gets first hearing 

A D.C. Council Committee heard seven hours of testimony Monday on legislation that would reign in rogue ride-hailing services like Empower and overhaul the District’s for-hire-vehicle laws.

Council considers Nadeau tax measures, among others 

Reforming our tax code is about ensuring a fair, shared responsibility for the programs and services – for safe and clean streets, for public infrastructure, for housing assistance, for healthy food access – that we all rely on. Our District must work for all of us, not just those who can most easily afford it.

Nadeau pushes back against ride fare scare tactics

“Uber is still working from its 2012 playbook of fear mongering and propaganda, saying they can’t afford to protect their drivers and passengers, all while their CEO makes $35 million a year. This time the Council is not rolling over."

Bill to protect ride-hailing drivers and passengers gets first hearing 

A D.C. Council Committee heard seven hours of testimony Monday on legislation that would reign in rogue ride-hailing services like Empower and overhaul the District’s for-hire-vehicle laws.

Council considers Nadeau tax measures, among others 

Reforming our tax code is about ensuring a fair, shared responsibility for the programs and services – for safe and clean streets, for public infrastructure, for housing assistance, for healthy food access – that we all rely on. Our District must work for all of us, not just those who can most easily afford it.

Housing Targets Legislation Gets Committee OK 

The D.C. Council’s Committee on Housing on Thursday approved a measure – The Fair Share Housing Targets Act of 2025 – to establish clear, housing production targets for the District as a whole and in individual areas of the city – especially for affordable housing units, an important signal of the District’s ambitions and an invitation for new investment.

Nadeau introduces bill to create Duke BID

A new Business Improvement District will soon give the U Street Corridor and Shaw neighborhoods resources to coordinate and address needs ranging from parking, public safety, trash, and business vitality to arts and culture and nightlife.

Parking enforcement bill passes Council

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that will allow BIDs and other groups to pay for targeted parking enforcement in their neighborhoods.

FY27 Budget Wrap

The Council passed a budget that restored the holes in the social safety net, but with one-time funds. That means next year we'll have an even bigger hole to fill. Councilmember Nadeau speaks to what was accomplished in this year's budget process and why she's proposing a Wealth Proceeds Tax to generate revenue and make sure that the budget isn't balanced on the backs of those who can least afford it.

Supporting life-saving care & expanding food access

Even when faced with these financial pressures, we can still find ways to support some of our most vulnerable communities. I am excited to see funding for so many critical programs and supports, including the millions for the crisis response programs, school-based behavioral health, remote patient monitoring during pregnancy, chronic illness screenings for uninsured residents, and medical debt mitigation.

Curfews-first approach fails to support our youth

Councilmember Nadeau made the following remarks today ahead of the Council vote on the Juvenile Curfew Amendment Act of 2026 (Bill 26-461) on Tuesday, April 21. Councilmember Nadeau voted no. The measure was approved on first reading by a vote of 8-5.

Same space, more housing

There’s no silver bullet to our housing crisis but updating our building code allows for more, larger, and more livable family-size units at lower cost in the same amount of space.

Remarks at hearing on possible rights violations resulting from coordination with feds

Below are the opening remarks made by Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau, D-Ward 1, at today’s roundtable on incidents since January that involve D.C. government coordination with federal entities or joint enforcement activity that may violate D.C. human rights laws.

Tackling the crisis of chronic absenteeism

We are failing our kids. We are failing to tackle the crisis right in front of us.

Ward 1 Update: Fighting for fairness while talking taxes

Fundamentally, the tax and revenue proposals the Council discussed are about fairness.

Ward 1 Update: Taking care of each other

I have always believed that the way we treat our most vulnerable communities is a measure of how well the District is doing. And in recent years, we have asked those with too little to shoulder far too much of our budget burden–even as my colleagues and I have fought to restore and expand the safety net our neighbors most in need rely on–without asking others to pay their fair share.

Ward 1 Update: Roads that work better. For everyone.

Making our roads work for all users, not just cars, by prioritizing bus and bike lanes and safer crosswalks has long been a focus of mine, since I first took office as your Ward 1 Councilmember, and even before that, as a Ward 1 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner.

Ward 1 Update: Fall preview

Council is back in session, and we will see a flurry of activity as we approach the end of the two-year Council Period in December. Any bills that don’t make it all the way through the process by the end of the year will go away for good, unless a Councilmember introduces a similar one next Council Period. Legislative meeting agendas will be full as Councilmembers attempt to push legislation over the finish line.

Ward 1 Update: What our kids need to grow and thrive

The days of summer are drawing to a close and back-to-school season is here. As our DC Public Schools students and educators get ready to return to the classroom on Monday – and many DC Public Charter Schools students are already enjoying their first weeks of learning – I want to share resources to help you and your family prepare for success and tell you about some of the things I and other Councilmembers have been doing to ensure our schools are ready to serve as the stable, secure, and productive environment our kids need to grow and shine.

Ward 1 Update: We will always fight back

The people of D.C. are incredibly resilient. We have a long tradition of fighting back and protesting.

Let’s plug some budget gaps

In my final Committee budget as a Councilmember, we were able to send funds to every other committee to help fill gaps in the safety net created by the Mayor’s proposal, including to support more people in temporary housing, and to expand food access, wellness for seniors, and programming for teens. We found ways to take small actions, such as licensing and building code changes, to effect big results, like building more housing and speeding up business contracting issues.

FY27 Budget Update: Collaborative Conversations

Committees have now finished their budget oversight hearings and we’ve heard from the public and agency officials on how these cuts will impact people in their daily lives. The Council has continued doing something very positive this year – rather than wait to share the work of the committees right before the budget vote, we’re having weekly conversations about the budget.

Gutting the Social Safety Net

“These are cuts to existing programs with people in them, meaning people will lose their housing subsidies. And I don't know what happens then, because the budget doesn't have a plan for that."

Nadeau bill to improve substance use disorder outreach moves through Council

Sustained outreach and the development of trusted relationships with individuals have led to greater in success in moving people from substance use to treatment to more successful lives thanks to a pilot program that started in Columbia Heights.

Trash Talk: DPW Oversight Roundtable

Trash Talk: A lot more folks than usual have been experiencing delays in trash and recycling collection in the past couple months – enough that I asked DPW to come talk about why that is and their plans for improving service. There’s some encouraging news in their answers.

Tackling the crisis of chronic absenteeism

We are failing our kids. We are failing to tackle the crisis right in front of us.
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