Miguel Trindade Deramo
የWard 1 የምክር ቤት አባል — የዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ የመጀመሪያ ዙር ምርጫ, ጁን 16፣ 2026
በዲሲ ፍትሃዊ ምርጫ ፕሮግራም (Fair Elections Program) ይሳተፋል ✓Miguel Trindade Deramo (age 39) has lived in Ward 1 since 2023. He is the current Chair of ANC 1B, representing the U Street corridor, and describes himself as a child of an immigrant family and a former immigration professional. His father spent his career as a CWA member; his uncles were IBEW electricians; his mother was a schoolteacher in a non-unionized private school who bought supplies out of her own pocket. He saw firsthand how union membership shaped his father's career relative to his mother's. He previously worked as a federal analyst (Department of Homeland Security). He and his partner Luis are a car-free household in Ward 1; Luis lost his job when USAID was shuttered. He was the lead organizer and steering committee member for Initiative 83, DC's ranked-choice voting initiative, which passed with 73% of the vote — including a supermajority in every ward and a majority in every precinct. He then co-founded and served as first executive director of Grow Democracy DC, a nonprofit preparing voters to participate in DC's first RCV elections. He also led the successful citywide campaign to defeat the Initiative Amendment Act, a bill that would have gutted voters' ability to propose ballot measures. As ANC Chair, he founded the Home Rule Caucus (75+ commissioners from across DC) to coordinate autonomy actions, and led the effort to get 36 commissions to pass concurrent resolutions condemning the federal takeover. He personally lobbied on Capitol Hill with Free DC to restore $1 billion cut from DC's budget, ran weekly Know Your Rights outreach in English and Spanish, and rallied other ANCs to demand ICE stop wearing deceptive "POLICE" uniforms. He also organized Shakespeare in the Park at Malcolm X Park, hosted the Celebration of International Service for displaced USAID workers, got a composting bin installed at 14th & U, and conducted rigorous oversight of DC's response to a fatal V Street building collapse — pushing DOB and OSHA accountability well beyond what ANCs typically do. His housing platform calls for more supply through zoning reform and streamlined permitting, restoring TOPA for 2–4 unit buildings, using DOPA more aggressively, a new Housing Preservation Fund alongside the HPTF, exploring social housing modeled on Montgomery County, and a "housing first" approach to homelessness with no preconditions. On transit he would champion a seamless 14th St protected bike lane, all Ward 1 bus priority corridors (U St, Florida, Georgia, 14th, Crosstown), 25 new or expanded Capital Bikeshare stations, and ultimately fare-free buses funded by a land value tax. His education platform emphasizes school-based behavioral health (specifically concerned about the DBH transition), chronic absenteeism (37% in Ward 1), and annual walkthrough inspections of every Ward 1 school. He has a detailed rat-control platform including rodent-proof bins, composting expansion, and rodent birth control trials. He explicitly opposes permanent or repeatedly extended youth curfews, preferring programming, rec centers, and violence interruption instead.
በጉዳዮች ላይ ያሉ አቋሞች
ሁሉም አቋሞች በቀጥታ ከዕጩው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ ቁሳቁሶች፣ ከይፋዊ የመጠይቅ ምላሾች ወይም ከተረጋገጠ የዜና ዘገባ የተገኙ ናቸው። አቋሞች ከበጽኑ ይቃወማል (−2) እስከ በጽኑ ይደግፋል (+2) ባለው ሚዛን ይመዘናሉ። ያልታወቀ አቋም ማለት ምንም ይፋዊ አቋም አልተገኘም ማለት ነው።
ዲሲ TOPA ን (የተከራዮች የመግዛት ዕድል አዋጅ) መልሳ ማቋቋምና ማጠናከር አለባት፣ ይህም ተከራዮች ህንፃቸው ለውጭ ገዢ ከመሸጡ በፊት የመግዛት መብት እንዲኖራቸው ለማድረግ ነው።
Will reverse the RENTAL Act amendment exempting 2–4 unit properties from TOPA (which he says 'denies thousands of renters the opportunity to potentially become homeowners') and will work to shorten the 15-year TOPA exemption for new buildings. In a DC Beat interview he called TOPA 'a landmark law' that 'when it works, it delivers' and has kept Ward 1 residents from being displaced — saying the priority is to 'make it work very well.'
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview]
ዲሲ የኪራይ ማረጋጊያን (rent stabilization) ከ1975 በኋላ የተገነቡ ህንፃዎችን ጨምሮ ተጨማሪ ቤቶችን እንዲሸፍን ማስፋት አለባት።
Supports exploring expansion of rent stabilization to more existing multifamily properties, but with care to ensure rent caps don't hurt the financial feasibility of operating those properties amid rising costs. Raises the possibility of a rolling (rather than fixed) timeframe for applicability.
ዲሲ የቤት ምርት መተማመኛ ፈንድን (Housing Production Trust Fund) በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ማሳደግ አለባት።
Will fight for more resources for the HPTF focused on households earning up to 50% AMI, paired with rigorous oversight. Also proposes a new Housing Preservation Fund alongside the HPTF to protect existing affordable housing from being converted to market rate.
ዲሲ የማህበራዊ ቤት ሞዴል — በመንግሥት ባለቤትነት የተያዘ፣ የተለያየ ገቢ ያላቸው የሚኖሩበት ቤት — መከተል አለባት።
Will support DC taking a more active role in financing and developing permanently affordable, mixed-income, publicly and/or nonprofit-owned social housing, with Montgomery County's approach as a potential model. Would create a fund to test such investments with a growth plan toward a dedicated office or independent agency.
ዲሲ የዲስትሪክት የመግዛት ዕድል አዋጅን (DOPA) ተጠቅማ የመኖሪያ ህንፃዎችን በመግዛት እንደ ተመጣጣኝ ዋጋ ያለው ቤት መጠበቅ አለባት።
Will make more frequent use of DOPA by creating a financing tool for DOPA acquisitions, conducting oversight to ensure DHCD has the capacity to take on more properties, and exploring partnerships with values-aligned affordable housing organizations to acquire and manage DOPA properties.
ዲሲ ተጨማሪ የተጠበቁ የብስክሌት መንገዶችን እና ለአውቶቡስ የተወሰኑ መንገዶችን (bus lanes) መገንባት አለባት።
Will champion bus priority lanes on U Street, Florida, Georgia, 14th, and Columbia Heights Crosstown corridors; a seamless protected bike lane on 14th St from Columbia Heights to downtown; 25 new or expanded Capital Bikeshare stations; and bus frequencies of every 10 minutes or better on Ward 1's major corridors. Already secured two bikeshare station expansions as ANC chair. At the Bike, Walk & Bus PAC transportation forum he highlighted landing an expanded bike-share station plus a brand-new Malcolm X Park station in a year when DOT's new-station budget was $0 (assembled from spare parts), and his push to redesign and harden pedestrian crossings on 14th Street, stitch together the 11th and 14th Street bike lanes, and expand sidewalks in nightlife areas like U Street and around schools.
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [Ward 1 Council Candidate Forum on Transportation (Bike, Walk & Bus PAC)]
MPD በዲሲ ውስጥ በሚካሄዱ የኢሚግሬሽን ማስከበር ሥራዎች ላይ ICE ን ወይም ሌሎች የፌደራል ኤጀንሲዎችን መርዳት የለበትም።
Will introduce legislation to amend the Sanctuary Values Amendment Act to expand information-sharing prohibitions to people detained (not just in custody), add quarterly MPD reporting requirements, create protections at sensitive locations (schools, hospitals, clinics), and ban face coverings by law enforcement. Led 36 ANCs to pass resolutions demanding ICE remove masks and stop wearing 'POLICE' uniforms; ran weekly KYR outreach with Free DC; testified at Council's human rights hearing asking 'what is the value of the Sanctuary Values Act if not enforced?' In a DC Beat interview he backed the FAAR Act and faulted the Council for not requiring MPD months earlier to track its interactions with federal agents: 'if the feds are going to be here on the streets we want MPD to have its eyes open and giving us good reports regularly on what's going on.'
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview]
እያንዳንዱ የዲሲ የመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤት የተወሰነ የባህሪ ጤና ባለሙያ (behavioral health clinician) በሠራተኝነት ሊኖረው ይገባል።
Will champion fully funding and expanding the School-Based Behavioral Health program, which integrates licensed clinicians into schools; ensure schools are sufficiently staffed with nurses, counselors, and social workers; and ensure any transition from CBOs to DBH is meticulously planned so services are not disrupted. Notes that Ward 1's trusted local providers like Mary's Center would be discontinued under the current transition proposal.
ዲሲ ጥቃትን እንደ የሕዝብ ጤና ችግር ልትመለከተውና በጥቃት ማቋረጥ ፕሮግራሞች እና በማህበረሰብ-ተኮር መፍትሄዎች ላይ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።
Sponsored two ANC resolutions to maintain or increase DC's violence interruption investment; will bolster VI programs at all levels including CBT-based peacebuilding in schools, linking school programs to neighborhood-based VI programs; and supports Pathways 2 Peace for youth most at risk of gun violence. Emphasizes that investments must be based on rigorous research and data.
ዲሲ የወጣቶችን ወንጀል ለመቀነስ መሣሪያ አድርጋ ለአካለ መጠን ላልደረሱ የሰዓት እላፊ (curfew) ማስከበር አለባት።
States: 'Fundamentally, Miguel is not in favor of youth curfews; he does not support a permanent curfew or repeatedly extending the curfew as the only solutions.' Wants to prevent unnecessary interactions between youth and policing or the criminal justice system. As ANC Chair of U Street (where large youth gatherings have occurred), he prefers rec centers, night markets, and programming over enforcement. In a DC Beat interview he called the curfew a 'band-aid' with nothing healing the wound underneath — 'the investment in youth, to me it looks non-existent… I don't think we're doing anything differently now than we were before the curfew was instituted' — and faulted the Council for 'kicking the can down the road' instead of addressing the underlying issues.
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview]
ማንኛውም የወጣቶች የሰዓት እላፊ ለወጣቶች በአማራጭ ፕሮግራም ላይ — ሥራዎች፣ የመዝናኛ ማዕከላት፣ የአእምሮ ጤና አገልግሎቶች — ከፍተኛ ኢንቨስትመንት ጋር መታጀብ አለበት።
Will pressure the Mayor to reactivate the defunct Youth Advisory Council; support expanding Out-of-School Time seat capacity; champion the Mayor Barry Summer Youth Employment Program and High School Internship Program; and broaden city partnerships to create all-ages events, safe spaces at rec centers, and youth-led programming. Explicitly frames programming as the alternative to curfews. In a DC Beat interview he criticized the dormant Mayor's Youth Advisory Council ('I don't believe it's been meeting') and called for 'speaking with youth instead of at youth,' plus real investment in rec centers and late-night programming he says hasn't materialized since the curfew began.
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview]
ዲሲ ለፓርኮች እና መዝናኛ ዲፓርትመንት የሚሰጠውን የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ማሳደግ አለባት፣ የተራዘመ የመዝናኛ ማዕከል ሰዓቶችን እና የተስፋፋ የወጣቶችና የአረጋውያን ፕሮግራምን ጨምሮ።
Frames recreation centers as essential youth safety infrastructure (safe spaces for youth gatherings as an alternative to curfews) and supports expanding Out-of-School Time seat capacity. Organized monthly Malcolm X Park cleanups, brought Shakespeare in the Park to Malcolm X, and built partnerships with Washington Parks & People and the National Park Service to attract resources for the park.
ዲሲ የተደጎመ የህፃናት እንክብካቤን ወደ ሁሉን አቀፍ ፕሮግራም ማስፋት አለባት — ለሁሉም የዲሲ ነዋሪዎች ምንም ይሁን ገቢያቸው የሚገኝ — በPre-K ማሻሻያ እና ማስፋፊያ ፕሮግራም (PKEEP) ላይ በመገንባት።
Will fill the funding gap in the Birth-to-Three for ALL DC Act (currently severely underfunded) so families pay no more than 10% of income on childcare for ages 0–3, which would benefit 12,000+ infants and toddlers. Will protect the Pay Equity Fund and the childcare subsidy program; also interested in zoning reforms to allow childcare on upper floors of commercial buildings.
ዲሲ ለዲስትሪክት ቤተሰቦች ከልደት እስከ ሦስት ዓመት ድረስ ነፃ፣ ጥራት ያለው የህፃናት እንክብካቤ — ምንም የመጠባበቂያ ዝርዝር (waitlist) ሳይኖር — ዋስትና መስጠት አለባት።
Will work to extend the city's early-childhood support to 'fill the gap by providing childcare for ages 0 to 3,' fully funding the underfunded Birth-to-Three for ALL DC Act so families pay no more than 10% of income — which he says would benefit 12,000+ infants and toddlers.
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።
Will champion zoning reform to allow more housing, citing Minneapolis and Austin: ease parking and setback requirements, raise restrictive height caps, build over existing low-rise retail on commercial corridors, and amend the Comprehensive Plan to facilitate 'missing middle' / 'gentle density' housing. Expects Zoning Commission nominees to prioritize changes that spur housing construction. In a DC Beat interview he called himself 'the most pro housing candidate in my race,' arguing DC's own zoning — not the federal Height Act — constrains growth ('our zoning is often lower than the Height Act would allow') and pressing to 'open the gates for taller buildings' on transit-rich corridors like 14th and U Streets rather than 'building low-slung buildings' there. At the Bike, Walk & Bus PAC forum he called transit-oriented development essential, noting that for already-dense Ward 1 building more housing 'kind of means everywhere,' while insisting other wards 'pull their fair share' and raise density near transit.
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview], [Ward 1 Council Candidate Forum on Transportation (Bike, Walk & Bus PAC)]
የዲሲ አውቶቡሶች ለሁሉም ተጓዦች ከክፍያ ነፃ (fare-free) መሆን አለባቸው።
Supports moving to fare-free buses in the District, which he proposes funding through a land value tax — part of a transit platform that also includes bus priority corridors, a seamless 14th St protected bike lane, and expanded Capital Bikeshare. At the Bike, Walk & Bus PAC forum he reaffirmed strong support but cautioned it must be done 'the right way' — locking in a reliable, multi-year dedicated funding stream first so the city doesn't fund free buses for a few years and then break the promise, and without sacrificing the frequency and reliability that surveys show riders value most. He opposed the earlier trade-off of scrapping the K Street Transitway to pay for free buses.
ምንጮች፦ [Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1], [Ward 1 Council Candidate Forum on Transportation (Bike, Walk & Bus PAC)]
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።
Takes a broad view of affordability and wants to 'align incentives to preserve and grow the missing middle' — locally owned restaurants, corner stores, and services most at risk of being priced out — and to protect DC's Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. Emphasizes preserving small/local businesses and reviving programs like streateries and the commercial trash compactor grant more than across-the-board business tax cuts.
ዲሲ የዲስትሪክቱን ሥር የሰደደ የአይጥ ወረርሽኝ ለመፍታት ሁሉን አቀፍ የመላ-ከተማ የአይጥ ቁጥጥር ፕሮግራም ተግባራዊ ማድረግ አለባት — መደበኛ የቆሻሻ መያዣዎችን አይጥ በማይገባባቸው ማጠራቀሚያዎች መተካትን ጨምሮ።
Has a four-plank rat platform: (1) replace open-air trash cans with rodent-proof closed bins; (2) expand composting from pilot to permanent program including apartments; (3) stronger enforcement against illegal trash dumping in alleys by restaurants and landlords; (4) innovate with rodent birth control trials. Got Ward 1's first composting bin installed at 14th & U. Supports the RAT Amendment Act and RATSS Act. Explicitly avoids rodenticides due to harm to wildlife.
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።
Founded the ANC Home Rule Caucus (75+ commissioners), led 36 commissions to pass concurrent resolutions condemning the federal takeover, personally lobbied Capitol Hill with Free DC to restore $1 billion cut from DC's budget, ran weekly Know Your Rights outreach in English and Spanish, and rallied ANCs to demand ICE stop wearing deceptive 'POLICE' uniforms — a record of aggressive, public-facing resistance to federal interference. In a DC Beat interview he backed the FAAR Act as pushing 'an envelope that's important to push,' urged the Mayor and Council to 'lean in a little more' in defending DC's autonomy, and faulted the city's 'softly softly' response to the federal immigration crackdown that hit Ward One hardest — saying he 'didn't see the mayor come out to Ward One and stand on the street corner with people.'
ምንጮች፦ [Record — Miguel for Ward 1], [The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview]
ዲሲ የነዋሪዎችን የኤሌክትሪክ ሂሳብ ለመቀነስ በጽኑ መንቀሳቀስ አለባት — ለምሳሌ የPepco ዋጋ ጭማሪዎችን በሕዝብ አገልግሎት ኮሚሽን (Public Service Commission) በኩል በመቃወም ወይም መልሶ በመቀልበስ።
Trindade Deramo backs legislation to abolish junk fees on utilities in shared residential spaces and an Attorney General investigation into the practice — a regulatory and enforcement stance on utility billing and costs. Supportive of lowering residents' utility costs, though more narrowly targeted than a broad campaign against monopoly rate increases.
ዲሲ የሠራተኞችን ጥበቃ ማጠናከር አለባት — የሚከፈልበት የቤተሰብ እና የህክምና ዕረፍትን በማስፋት እና ዝቅተኛ ደመወዝን በማሳደግ — ለአሠሪዎች ወጪ ቢያስከትል እንኳ።
Trindade Deramo supports better worker protections and a higher minimum wage (and has used his ANC role for worker-safety oversight), but favors a gradual, tiered, Seattle-style implementation negotiated with labor and business to avoid job losses. Supports stronger protections with a cautious approach to wage mandates.
ምንጮች፦ [Provide Better Worker Protections — Miguel for Ward 1]
ዲሲ ካምፖችን በማፍረስ ላይ ከመተማመን ይልቅ ቤት አልባነትን ለመፍታት ቋሚ የድጋፍ መኖሪያ ቤትን እና 'Housing First' አገልግሎቶችን ማስፋት አለባት።
Trindade Deramo frames homelessness as 'a housing issue,' explicitly backing a Housing First approach with no preconditions, more permanent supportive housing, and a shift away from congregate shelters — and condemning 'the thoughtless clearing of encampments.' Strongly supports.
አጠቃላይ ምንጮች
- Priorities — Miguel for Ward 1 — Miguel Trindade Deramo Campaign. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-30.
- Record — Miguel for Ward 1 — Miguel Trindade Deramo Campaign. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-30.
- Meet the candidates running to represent Ward 1 — The 51st — The 51st. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-27.
- Ward 1 candidates helped clean Columbia Heights — El Tiempo Latino — El Tiempo Latino. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-28.
- The DC Beat — Ward 1 candidate Miguel Trindade Deramo interview — WUSA9. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-06-02.
- Ward 1 Council Candidate Forum on Transportation (Bike, Walk & Bus PAC) — DC Bike, Walk & Bus PAC. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-06-03.