D.C. Council chair Phil Mendelson (D) said he would introduce a new version of the bill in a couple of weeks.
by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser , had evolved rapidly to garner the nine-vote supermajority needed for passage. But more than eight hours into the meeting, after Vincent C. Gray left to avoid an overlong day as he deals with health issues, it became clear Mendelson would not get it over the goal line.
left to correct deficiencies identified by federal officials. A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reviewfound that the authority failed to provide “decent, safe, and sanitary” housing for its residents, in violation of federal requirements. Bowser and Mendelson told reporters last week that board dysfunction was impeding the agency’s ability to move forward. “The current board is stopping a lot of things from happening,” Bowser said. “I think in the last couple of months, they haven’t even taken up much new business at all.”Many advocates who criticize Bowser’s plan blame her previous appointees, who have made up a majority of the board, for the agency’s problems.
A separate bill to overhaul the city’s troubled forensics arm passed its first vote with unanimous support from the eleven council members still present around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. While the council largely agreed on expansion, members disagreed about how to address the city’s growing number of unregulated marijuana “gifting” stores, which operate through a legal loophole that allows shops to “gift” adults small amounts of marijuana with a purchase of another item, like a lighter or art.
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