Doni Crawford

ዲሲ የወጣቶችን ወንጀል ለመቀነስ መሣሪያ አድርጋ ለአካለ መጠን ላልደረሱ የሰዓት እላፊ (curfew) ማስከበር አለባት።

Conditionally supports teen curfews as a short-term measure, to be phased out by 2028. Her own legislation required curfew zones to be paired with alternative youth programming and placed clear limits on law enforcement discretion — emphasizing that curfews alone are not a public safety strategy.

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [Meet the candidates — The 51st]

ማንኛውም የወጣቶች የሰዓት እላፊ ለወጣቶች በአማራጭ ፕሮግራም ላይ — ሥራዎች፣ የመዝናኛ ማዕከላት፣ የአእምሮ ጤና አገልግሎቶች — ከፍተኛ ኢንቨስትመንት ጋር መታጀብ አለበት።

Authored legislation requiring that youth programming be provided alongside any curfew zone. Supports investing in out-of-school programming, behavioral health clinicians in schools, and extended rec center hours.

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [Meet the candidates — The 51st]

እያንዳንዱ የዲሲ የመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤት የተወሰነ የባህሪ ጤና ባለሙያ (behavioral health clinician) በሠራተኝነት ሊኖረው ይገባል።

Pledges to protect the School-Based Behavioral Health Program — which places clinicians in DC public and charter schools — from budget cuts, calling cuts 'not a savings but a cost we will pay in other ways.' Wants to expand out-of-school time funding for safe, structured after-school programming. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate she noted the program 'has been cut in the fiscal year 27 budget' and said 'I plan to fight for that program going forward.'

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

MPD በዲሲ ውስጥ በሚካሄዱ የኢሚግሬሽን ማስከበር ሥራዎች ላይ ICE ን ወይም ሌሎች የፌደራል ኤጀንሲዎችን መርዳት የለበትም።

Explicitly states that DC's police department must never be used as a tool of federal immigration enforcement. Has co-introduced legislation to protect DC residents from federal law enforcement overreach. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate she described introducing 'permanent and emergency legislation to require MPD to be more transparent when they're cooperating with federal immigration enforcement' and backing a pending bill to prohibit MPD collaboration absent a judicial warrant.

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ነጠላ-ቤተሰብ-ብቻ የዞን ገደቦችን በማስወገድ አፓርትመንቶችን እና 'የጎደለ-መሃል' ቤትን (ድብል፣ ትሪፕል እና ትናንሽ ባለ-ብዙ ቤተሰብ ህንፃዎች) በመላ ከተማው ሕጋዊ ማድረግ አለባት።

Supports 'building more housing across every ward, including duplexes and small apartment buildings in neighborhoods that currently only allow single-family homes, and converting vacant office buildings into places people can live,' and fixing the Inclusionary Zoning process so affordable units stop sitting empty. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate she chose 'faster housing production' when asked to prioritize, citing regulatory burdens pushing developers to Virginia and Maryland.

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ በትናንሽ እና በአካባቢ ንግዶች ላይ ግብርና ክፍያዎችን መቀነስ አለባት — እንደ የትንሽ ችርቻሮ ንብረት ግብር ቅናሽ ያለ እፎይታ መስጠትን ጨምሮ — እንዲከፈቱ፣ እንዲቀጥሉ እና እንዲያድጉ ለመርዳት።

Wants to 'make DC genuinely easier to do business in, especially for minority and women-owned businesses,' create a one-stop place for new business owners, and reduce unnecessary licensing barriers. Introduced legislation to examine whether DC's tax incentive programs actually benefit the District — emphasizing accountable incentives and lower barriers more than across-the-board tax cuts. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate she returned to this theme, noting DC has not 'comprehensively studied' its tax abatements since November 2018 and proposing to 'make some cuts and recapture that money and put it into social services and housing.'

ምንጮች፦ [Doni Crawford for DC Council — Campaign Website], [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ጥቃትን እንደ የሕዝብ ጤና ችግር ልትመለከተውና በጥቃት ማቋረጥ ፕሮግራሞች እና በማህበረሰብ-ተኮር መፍትሄዎች ላይ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate Crawford led with prevention as her primary public-safety approach — naming violence interruption programs, school funding, and access to healthy food as ways to address the root causes of crime. She also supports consolidating the District's community violence intervention programs for greater efficiency.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ለፓርኮች እና መዝናኛ ዲፓርትመንት የሚሰጠውን የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ማሳደግ አለባት፣ የተራዘመ የመዝናኛ ማዕከል ሰዓቶችን እና የተስፋፋ የወጣቶችና የአረጋውያን ፕሮግራምን ጨምሮ።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate Crawford said youth repeatedly tell her they lack places to go and want more spaces and activities across the city, and that existing recreation programming does not meet their needs. She tied a recent Council action to pairing any youth-restriction zone with investments and activities citywide.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ የቤት ምርት መተማመኛ ፈንድን (Housing Production Trust Fund) በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ማሳደግ አለባት።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate Crawford described the Housing Production Trust Fund as DC's primary affordable-housing tool and faulted it being funded at roughly $40M this year versus its usual ~$100M, noting the fund is required to direct 50% to the lowest (0–30% AMI) income band. She frames adequate HPTF funding as necessary to restart stalled affordable production.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ በከተማ አስተዳደር ላይ ለሚደረግ የትራምፕ አስተዳደር ጣልቃ ገብነት ጸጥ ካለ ዲፕሎማሲ ወይም ተግባራዊ ድርድር ይልቅ በቆራጥ፣ ይፋዊ አቋም — ክስ በመመስረት፣ የጥበቃ ሕጎችን በማጽደቅ እና ሕገ-ወጥ የፌደራል ትዕዛዞችን ለመፈጸም በመቃወም — ምላሽ መስጠት አለባት።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate Crawford answered the question on congressional/federal interference by pointing to protective legislation she has already introduced (permanent and emergency MPD-transparency bills) and a pending bill she wants moved that would bar MPD collaboration with federal immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant. Asked whether the Council should still act without executive alignment, she said it should 'move forward' where the votes exist — favoring assertive, codified protection over waiting for consensus.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ በዲስትሪክቱ ውስጥ አዳዲስ የዳታ ሴንተር ግንባታ ላይ ገደቦችን ማስቀመጥ አለባት።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate Crawford voiced concern about data-center growth driving up residents' utility costs and called for 'guardrails around that growth,' to be pursued with DC's regional partners. Supportive of limiting/managing new data-center development rather than an outright ban.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ የፖሊስ መኮንኖችን ከመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤቶች ውጭ ማድረግ እና በምትኩ በአማካሪዎች፣ በማህበራዊ ሠራተኞች እና በአእምሮ-ጤና ሠራተኞች ላይ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።

Reverse-coded question: declining to return police to schools aligns with keeping them out. In the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program debate lightning round on returning armed police to public high schools this fall, Crawford interjected 'no, not at the moment' — a brief, hedged lean against police in schools rather than a firm policy commitment.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program debate — At-Large Council special election (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ለMetro (WMATA) የሚሰጠውን የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ማሳደግ አለባት፣ ሌሎች የከተማ አገልግሎቶችን መቀነስ ቢያስከትልም እንኳ።

In the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program special-election debate lightning round, Crawford supported increasing Metro funding 'if we could get our regional partners on board with increasing their shares as well.' Conditional on regional cost-sharing; recorded as mixed.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large special-election debate (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ራስ-ሰር የትራፊክ-ማስከበሪያ ካሜራ ፕሮግራሙን (የፍጥነት እና የቀይ-መብራት ካሜራዎች) ማስፋት አለባት።

In the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program special-election debate lightning round, Crawford opposed expanding automated traffic cameras and called for reassessing the placement of existing ones.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large special-election debate (April 28, 2026)]

ሁለቱ ሲጋጩ፣ ዲሲ በእያንዳንዱ ፕሮጀክት ላይ የጥልቅ-ተመጣጣኝነት መስፈርቶችን ከማብዛት ይልቅ ተጨማሪ ቤት በፍጥነት መገንባትን — ገበያ-ዋጋን ጨምሮ — ቅድሚያ መስጠት አለባት።

Asked at the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program special-election debate to choose, Crawford picked 'faster housing production,' citing regulatory burdens driving developers to Virginia and Maryland and the need to 'make it just as easy to build housing.' Production-leaning, though she also defended the Housing Production Trust Fund's deep-affordability requirement.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large special-election debate (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ ባዶ የከተማ መሃል የቢሮ ህንፃዎችን ወደ ቤት ለመቀየር ማበረታቻዎችን መስጠት አለባት፣ ለእነዚያ ለውጦች የተመጣጣኝ-ቤት መስፈርቶችን መተውን ቢያስከትል እንኳ።

At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program special-election debate Crawford opposed waiving affordable-housing requirements for downtown office-to-residential conversions, proposing instead to fast-track projects that include a set percentage of affordable units toward gap financing.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large special-election debate (April 28, 2026)]

የዲስትሪክቱ የRFK ስታዲየም / Washington Commanders መልሶ ማልማት ስምምነት፣ በተዋቀረበት መልኩ፣ ለዲሲ ነዋሪዎች ጥሩ ኢንቨስትመንት ነው።

Crawford helped negotiate the RFK/Commanders deal's $50M community benefits agreement as a Council committee director. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program special-election debate she defended it, conditioning its value on 'rigorous oversight' at every step to 'secure the wins that we intended for our community.' Supportive, with an oversight emphasis.

ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large special-election debate (April 28, 2026)]

ዲሲ የሠራተኞችን ጥበቃ ማጠናከር አለባት — የሚከፈልበት የቤተሰብ እና የህክምና ዕረፍትን በማስፋት እና ዝቅተኛ ደመወዝን በማሳደግ — ለአሠሪዎች ወጪ ቢያስከትል እንኳ።

A former DC Fiscal Policy Institute researcher, Crawford led the coalition that won $41 million for excluded workers and centers her economic agenda on workers and local hiring, insisting development deals carry real commitments to hire DC residents. Supportive of strong worker protections.

ምንጮች፦ [Economic Growth That Reaches Everyone — Doni Crawford for DC Council]