{"id":1493,"date":"2025-05-01T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T00:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:06:09","slug":"2025-2026-city-council-budget-schedule-be-ready-to-testify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/2025\/05\/01\/2025-2026-city-council-budget-schedule-be-ready-to-testify\/","title":{"rendered":"FY 2026 City Council Budget Hearings Schedule &#8212; Be Ready to Testify"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><b><font size=\"4\"><u>DC Budget Hearing Schedule was recently released (you can testify):<\/u><\/font><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1s8Uo-p7DgL7S3XgtEASdeSWFF-Nu2FhS\/view?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1s8Uo-p7DgL7S3XgtEASdeSWFF-Nu2FhS\/view?usp=sharing<\/a><\/div>\n<div><font size=\"4\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><font size=\"4\"><b>Here are key Budget dates:<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>May 27<\/i> &#8211; Mayor drops her budget proposal (Note: NO initial Council hearing with the mayor this year)<\/li>\n<li><i>May 29<\/i> &#8211; <i>June 17 &#8211;\u00a0<\/i>Budget oversight hearings by committee.<span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1s8Uo-p7DgL7S3XgtEASdeSWFF-Nu2FhS\/view?usp=sharing\"><u>See the full, detailed Hearing Schedule in the attachment<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,0)\"><b><i>June 18<\/i> &#8211; The \u201cbig COW\u201d hearing on the full budget<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><i>June 23-25<\/i> &#8211; Committee markups<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)\"><i>July 14<\/i> &#8211; First vote on the Local Budget Act and the Budget Support Act<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)\"><i>July 28<\/i> &#8211; Second vote on the Local Budget Act<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)\"><i>TBD &#8211; <\/i>Second vote on the Budget Support Act<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><font size=\"6\">SPECIFIC AGENCY OF INTEREST HEARINGS:<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-25-58.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-25-58.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"92\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-26-22.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-26-22.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"92\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-26-41.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-26-41.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"69\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-27-19.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-27-19.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"65\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-27-35.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-27-35.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"63\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-28-15.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-28-15.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"87\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-28-40.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-28-40.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"95\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-05.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-05.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"79\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-28.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-28.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"74\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-45.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-45.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"61\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-59.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-29-59.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"71\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-30-36.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-30-36.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"72\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-30-56.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-30-56.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"94\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-31-22.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2025-05-21_15-31-22.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"75\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gmail_signature_prefix\">&#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>DC for Reasonable Development<br \/><span>(202) 854-8327\u202c<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dc4reason.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.dc4reason.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/dc4reality\" target=\"_blank\">fb.me\/dc4reality<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dc4reality\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/dc4reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC Budget Hearing Schedule was recently released (you can testify): https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1s8Uo-p7DgL7S3XgtEASdeSWFF-Nu2FhS\/view?usp=sharing Here are key Budget dates: May 27 &#8211; Mayor drops her budget proposal (Note: NO initial Council hearing with the mayor this year) May 29 &#8211; June 17 &#8211;\u00a0Budget oversight hearings by committee. See the full, detailed Hearing Schedule in the attachment. June 18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1617u","category-dc-budget","category-mayor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mic1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedcpublicland.org\/the1617project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}