Re-Elect Janeese Lewis George Ward 4

Re-elect Janeese Lewis George

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As vaccines became available to everyone, we noticed that Ward 4’s vaccination centers were crowded and unsafe. I fought to secure a larger vaccine site at Lamond Recreation Center where thousands of Ward 4 residents (including my mom) got free vaccinations.

<h3>Since January 2021, I’ve had the honor of representing Ward 4 on the DC Council. Here’s what I’ve delivered for Ward 4 during my time in office.</h3><h2>Responding to COVID</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/dc582e18-0148-4e94-a334-fd3904dd8980/dc582e18-0148-4e94-a334-fd3904dd8980.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2048%2C1536&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">I became Councilmember in the middle of a pandemic that threatened everyone’s health and working families’ ability to simply get by. So we got to work.<ul><li>Staying home was a matter of safety during this time. I led the fight to extend the moratorium on evictions until rental assistance became available to allow as many people as possible to stay safe and stay home.</li><li>When rental assistance did become available in the form of the STAY DC program, my office worked with community organizations to host application assistance clinics right outside of apartment buildings in Brightwood to make sure Ward 4 tenants got the rental relief they needed.</li><li>Thousands of people depended on unemployment during the pandemic to cover basic expenses like housing costs and medication. Together with my colleagues on the Council, we provided millions of dollars in relief funds for workers excluded from traditional unemployment, including thousands of immigrant neighbors, returning citizens, and people in the cash economy who can’t use unemployment but who needed help.</li><li>Some of the people who needed vaccinations most were having trouble accessing them. We partnered with community organizations to reach out to seniors who don’t have internet access to help them sign up for appointments. Not only that, my office arranged for buses to take veterans and seniors to vaccination sites for their appointments.</li></ul>

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<h3>I’m a former Assistant Attorney General, born and raised in Ward 4, and I’m committed to delivering for every person in our community. </h3><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/7f284f4c-1321-43a6-97e5-c00d0ba123a1/7f284f4c-1321-43a6-97e5-c00d0ba123a1.png?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C212%2C320&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">I grew up on 2nd Street NW in Ward 4's Manor Park, the third generation of Washingtonians in my family. My mom has worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 36 years, and if you’ve been to the Brightwood Post Office, she’s still the person who helps you at the desk with a smile. My mom raised me and my two older siblings to know the importance of family, hard work, education, and public service. Growing up, my local DC public school, Rudolph Elementary, had leaking ceilings, books that were missing pages, and was in the middle of neighborhood violence that made studying seem like a luxury. But my mom worked to give me a better path. My grandmother was a lunch lady at Alice Deal Middle School in Friendship Heights, and together they helped me enroll as a student there.I remember my first time riding the E2 bus across Military Road to the neighborhood where Deal is located. It was like a different world. It felt so much safer. The books at school had all their pages. There were so many more resources and opportunities. And I couldn’t help but wonder, why can’t schools be like this on our side of the park? This experience gave me a clear understanding of what opportunity is supposed to feel like.<h2>A commitment to justice</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/f06c31ed-ea79-4ec6-94f1-0124cc3d1ea8/f06c31ed-ea79-4ec6-94f1-0124cc3d1ea8.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1826%2C1016&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="37" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">Fighting for DC is part of who I am. While in high school, I was elected to serve as a Student Representative on the DC Board of Education as well as Ward 4 Representative on the DC Youth Advisory Council. In 2006, I served as DC’s YMCA Youth Mayor and deepened my commitment to affordable housing, education, and the importance of civic engagement.I went on to study Government &amp; Politics at St. John's University. After graduating, I completed a year of service with City Year, providing academic, behavioral, and attendance support for seventh graders at Hollenbeck Middle School in one of Los Angeles' most underserved neighborhoods. Once again, I saw first-hand the interconnected effects of economic injustice.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/642899b1-48ca-4a9d-a05f-24169d231193/642899b1-48ca-4a9d-a05f-24169d231193.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1770%2C1412&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="30" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Inspired to fight inequality head on, I came back to DC to attend Howard University School of Law. In 2014, I earned my Juris Doctor and began as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, working for the city's first African-American District Attorney.&nbsp;In 2016, I came home to work for DC Attorney General Karl A. Racine as the Assistant Attorney General in the Juvenile Section of the Public Safety Division. There, I&nbsp;worked to advance juvenile justice reform by utilizing&nbsp; innovative, evidence-based practices and serving as an ambassador for the office’s “I Belong Here” and Human Trafficking Taskforce.<h2>Running for Council</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/a781445f-7d3a-4900-be82-317a5836545e/a781445f-7d3a-4900-be82-317a5836545e.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1500%2C1500&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">In 2017 and 2018, several things happened to my family that informed my decision to run for office. First, my father got sick around the same time the DC Council was considering a Paid Family Leave program. I realized how transformative it would be for families like mine, and was frustrated to see Ward 4's councilmember at the time vote against it. Then, when our landlord put my family's home up for sale, we used our Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) rights to purchase it. Shortly after, Ward 4's councilmember at the time vote to take away TOPA rights and shut this door to opportunity for thousands of families.The final straw was when the DC Council overturned Initiative 77. DC voters had passed this measure to phase out the unjust tipped minimum wage, and I was furious to see the will of the voters undone. I made the decision then to run for DC Council. In November 2020, I was honored to be elected to as the DC Councilmember for Ward 4. I'm honored to now represent my family, neighbors, and the community where I grew up. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="/my-record">Read more about what I've accomplished during my first term in office ››</a> I live in Brightwood with my husband Kyle and our dog, Sully.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/aa55988a-debc-40b1-85bf-7ae75c8b9494/aa55988a-debc-40b1-85bf-7ae75c8b9494.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1080%2C1346&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">

I make a point to be with community members after incidents of violence. Not every councilmember does this, but I firmly believe that supporting one another and our entire community is the way we will end violence for the long term.

<h2>Strong schools for every student</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/f28e0ec9-b2e2-43af-a24c-a86b7f198eeb/f28e0ec9-b2e2-43af-a24c-a86b7f198eeb.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C877%2C1440%2C914&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Our Ward 4 schools are phenomenal. Ward 4 has outstanding educators, principals, social workers, parent-teacher organizations, and students, and they inspire me to make sure they have what they need to thrive.<ul><li>I led the Council to fund a full-time librarian in every DCPS school. School librarians are a key part of academic excellence but also supportive learning environments for every student.</li><li>We passed the DCPS Digital Equity Act to ensure that students and teachers have the classroom technology they need to succeed.</li><li>We fought against and reversed big budget cuts to many of our schools for 2023 that would have led to fewer teachers, fewer counselors, and fewer teacher aides at many of our local schools.</li><li>We fought alongside the Washington Teachers’ Union and won the pay increases for DCPS teachers, to help make DC schools a place where excellent teachers want to work.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/35e47114-b75c-40d6-9f2d-b9c5b140a9af/35e47114-b75c-40d6-9f2d-b9c5b140a9af.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C327%2C1536%2C1557&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"></li><li>Through the Homes and Hearts Amendment we also passed permanent pay raises for early childhood educators. Early childhood education is a key part of long-term academic success, and educators deserve to be paid comparably to their DCPS counterparts.&nbsp;</li><li>We did summer readiness tours to fix maintenance issues at every single one of our Ward 4 DCPS schools. I also led the Council to pass emergency school maintenance legislation to do the same for schools across the District.</li><li>I passed and funded the School Transparency and Security Act together with Councilmember Robert White to fix door locks, PA systems, and security cameras at schools that keep students safe.</li><li>We solved the severe overcrowding at Roosevelt High School and secured a new dedicated space for Roosevelt STAY — an achievement that many people told me was “impossible.”</li><li>We secured a swing space in Ward 4 for Truesdell Elementary to keep students from being sent to another ward while their school was being modernized</li><li>Together with school communities, we advocated and one an accelerated modernization of Truesdell, Whittier, and LaSalle Backus. The modernization of those schools is now expected to complete a year ahead of schedule.</li></ul><h2>Community safety</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/b554d74f-c86c-4843-8174-84ee293b40e9/b554d74f-c86c-4843-8174-84ee293b40e9.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1536%2C1708&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">Communities all over the U.S. saw an increase in gun violence in 2023. While most other U.S. cities have seen this violence subside since August, DC has been an outlier and serious violent crime remains intolerably high.DC needs an approach to community safety that delivers clear results. Everyone wants our communities to be safer. The best way to do that is to use safety strategies that are backed by data and clear evidence. That’s what I specialized in during my time as a prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General, and it has informed my approach to community safety. Here’s what that has included so far:<ul><li>DC’s crime lab and 911 response center are key pieces of our safety infrastructure that right now are in crisis. In October 2023 I co-sponsored the Whole Government Response to Crime Act, which focuses on improving these and many other aspects of our overall safety infrastructure.</li><li>Disagreements between young people should never escalate to deadly violence. This year I introduced a bill to require conflict mediation in every school curriculum in DC.</li><li>Kennedy Street has been the epicenter of much of our community’s violence, and so my approach has focused on intervening there in particular. The Office of the Attorney General’s CURE the Streets program now includes Kennedy Street; Kennedy Street is now a focus area for DC’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention; and together with OAG we addressed vacant and blighted properties on and around Kennedy Street to make it harder for illegal activity to take place. This year we took the first step toward bringing a DC Public Library location to Kennedy Street to bring public investment and resources to the corridor. And we also had accountability for the largest criminal crew in Ward 4, with a federal indictment of a dozen alleged members of the Kennedy Street Crew.</li><li>Kennedy Street isn’t the only place we’ve brought focused resources. We brought Violence Interrupters to Petworth and Brightwood Park, to support these other neighborhoods within Ward 4 that have clear patterns of repeated violence.</li><li>Poverty is a contributor to violence and ending poverty is a violence reduction strategy. We partnered with the Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement to create a dedicated job training and transitional employment program for at-risk individuals in Wards 4 and 5. And in 2021 we held a jobs fair on Kennedy Street with dozens of partner agencies who are hiring.</li><li>Securing six new CCTV security cameras in Ward 4 to address coverage gaps in at-risk areas and provide more evidence for MPD to investigate cases.</li><li>Every solution to reducing violence includes strong partnerships between agencies and the community. We have proactively requested support from and coordinated efforts between DC agencies. We also made sure that community members were part of these conversations, and have held community safety strategy discussions in multiple parts of Ward 4.</li><li>We know young people in particular are involved in violence at concerning rates, so I advocated for and won an additional lawyer in the OAG to do more prevention in at-risk youth. And in July this year we expanded Safe Passage to support student arrival to and departure from school.</li><li>All of this has had results: We have had measurable reductions in violence along Kennedy Street and in Petworth, our two areas that have had the most violence but also the most intervention.</li></ul>In the meantime, I make a point to be with community members after incidents of violence. Not every councilmember does this, but I firmly believe that supporting one another and our entire community is the way we will end violence for the long term.

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<h2>Expanding economic justice</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/2434dfa9-247a-40fe-965d-63ad25a1dc6f/2434dfa9-247a-40fe-965d-63ad25a1dc6f.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C913%2C604&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">From rental assistance to unemployment payments to school facilities and more, I’ve worked to bring resources to our community because the safest communities aren’t the ones with the most arrests but the ones with the most resources.<ul><li>When we passed Homes and Hearts, we put money back into the pockets of working families through the Earned Income Tax Credit.</li><li>We gave SNAP a raise and increased the minimum monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment guaranteed to all participants, helping families all over DC put food on the table.</li><li>I strongly support and remain committed to protecting Initiative 82, which phases out the inequitable tipped minimum wage for service workers.</li><li>And I was proud to help pass the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, to give domestic workers in DC some of the same basic workplace protections of every other worker.</li></ul><h2>Making streets safer</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/2c3bd138-53cf-4a14-8ded-14dad0de8e09/2c3bd138-53cf-4a14-8ded-14dad0de8e09.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C133%2C1512%2C1883&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">Everyone deserves to get around safely, no matter our age, ability, or whether we’re driving, taking transit, biking, or walking. DC has lost too many loved ones to traffic violence —&nbsp;including Ward 4 neighbors Timothy Abbott and Zy'aire Joshua —&nbsp;and neighbors all over DC have witnessed repeated crashes but have been told there was no reason to change the traffic pattern.<ul><li>I led the Council in passing and funding the Safe Routes to School Act, which will require major traffic safety improvements at every school in DC, starting from the ones that have been left behind.</li><li>I have fought alongside ANC commissioners and neighbors for traffic safety improvements at countless dangerous intersections alongside our ANC commissioners and neighbors.</li><li>Ward 4 now has dozens more speed bumps, speed tables, traffic lights, pedestrian islands, and all-way stops than it did three years ago — and every day we are fighting for more.</li></ul><h2>Supporting seniors</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/48b57b60-1838-4d7b-ab55-6dc65b0e3397/48b57b60-1838-4d7b-ab55-6dc65b0e3397.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=43%2C82%2C1163%2C904&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="42" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Ward 4 has the most amazing, caring, dedicated seniors in DC, and they have made Ward 4 what it is today.<ul><li>DC has a program to help seniors with home repairs and renovations, but it’s been backlogged for years. Through fierce oversight I succeeded in both increasing funding for the program and improving it so that seniors in Ward 4 can care for their homes and age in place.</li><li>To make sure seniors know about all the resources and programs DC has available, I deliver a print newsletter to hundreds of seniors in Ward 4 every quarter. (Know a senior who needs one? Learn more about this on the Council office website.)</li><li>And it has been an honor and a joy to host annual Turkey giveaways, holiday dinners, Senior Jubilees, Mothers Day and Fathers Day events, special events and programs with the Departments of Aging and Community Living and Parks and Recreation, and visits and ceremonial letters for special birthdays —&nbsp;especially our centenarians.</li></ul><h2>Meeting the needs of our community</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/97a594f7-d445-4e2e-abb0-8c576a5f8fa4/97a594f7-d445-4e2e-abb0-8c576a5f8fa4.avif?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2016%2C1344&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">Finally, constituent service requests for pothole repairs, leaf pickup, parking accommodations and more are a huge part of the work of any ward-level office. People from all over DC call our office with constituent service requests because they know the Ward 4 office gets stuff done.<ul><li>We've knocked on the doors of thousands of Ward 4 residents as part of our Community Access, Resource, and Engagement (CARE) Days. I started CARE Days during the height of the pandemic to listen to neighbors on their doorsteps, and bring resources and services to residents directly.</li><li>Over the last three years my office has responded to more than 7,000 requests for service. From broken streetlights to picking up bulk trash, we've responded to an average of 20 community requests every day —&nbsp;more than any other Council office.</li><li>I'm an incredibly proud supporter of our local small businesses, including our five Main Street corridors including Uptown Main Street, Takoma Main Street, Lower and Upper Georgia Avenue Main Street and our newest Main Street program at The Parks.</li><li>I've fought alongside neighbors to deliver on hyperlocal priorities like maintaining the Juanita E. Thornton Library in Shepherd Park, delivering an all-electric bus fleet for the future Northern Bus Garage in 16th Street Heights, and winning School Connect transportation services for students in Lamond Riggs.</li><li>And throughout all of this, I've prioritize consistent and transparent communication via weekly newsletters, print versions for seniors, and social media platforms to make sure every resident of Ward 4 knows what's happening and how to be part of it.</li></ul><h3>There is more to do. I look forward to building on everything we've already accomplished together.</h3>

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<h2>Addressing housing affordability</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/7b0efa9f-1d09-4b4e-aac7-1b9072f134e4/7b0efa9f-1d09-4b4e-aac7-1b9072f134e4.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1536%2C900&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed"><ul><li>Early in my first term I took action against negligent landlords by working with the DC Attorney General to file lawsuits and win consent decrees. In November 2023 I continued this work by introducing the Do Right by DC Tenants Act, to prevent landlords with unaddressed issues of severe neglect from taking on new properties.</li><li>One of my proudest achievements on the Council was working closely with Councilmember Brianne Nadeau to pass the Homes and Hearts Budget Amendment. This powerful provision of the DC budget funds new housing vouchers to end homelessness for hundreds of DC residents and families every year.</li><li>In early 2023, when tenants in rent controlled buildings were threatened with massive rent hikes, I successfully fought to limit rent increases for tenants in rent-controlled units. This win was particularly important for our seniors and neighbors with disabilities.</li><li>DC’s high housing costs are a challenge for seniors in particular. During COVID many seniors fell behind on their mortgages and risked losing their homes. I led the fight to extend the moratorium on foreclosures until federal assistance could arrive.</li><li>And part of being a leader is bringing new ideas to the table. One of the reasons I’m so determined to serve four more years is to pass the Green New Deal for Social Housing. This bill, introduced in April 2022, will create a new agency tasked with creating mixed-income, deeply affordable, and sustainable housing in ways that other cities around the world are already using with success.</li></ul>

Janeese Lewis George is a former Assistant Attorney General, born and raised in Ward 4, who is committed to delivering for every person in our community. As Ward 4 Councilmember she has worked meet the needs of teachers, tenants, seniors, students, and DC's working families. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="/meet-janeese">Read more ›</a>

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I launched my campaign for re-election one week ago today, and it's already clear that a huge community of DC voters are fired up and ready to go for people-powered leadership in Ward 4!<img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/7137feea-4542-4d3b-a8d7-0daf986c91d1/7137feea-4542-4d3b-a8d7-0daf986c91d1.png?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2000%2C2000&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" variant="base">An incredible 602 people supported the campaign in our first week. That's a clear vote of confidence in my time in office, and I'm honored to have earned your support. To every person who donated as part of our first week, thank you.Week 1 donors together contributed an amazing $24,563. These donors include 521 DC residents whose contributions will be matched 5-to-1 by DC's Fair Elections program. Together with matching funds we raised a total of $151,758 in just our first week.These early donations will provide the resources it takes to run a campaign, but having your support means much more to me. I remain committed to making Ward 4 and all of DC a place where each of us is seen, safe, and supported. I'm grateful to have your partnership in this effort.&nbsp;Thank you again for being a Week 1 donor to my campaign. I look forward to growing this effort together with you.&nbsp;

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It has been an honor to serve Ward 4 and the wider DC community over the last three years.Since taking office in 2021, I've worked to get the DC Council to meet the needs of early childhood educators, tenants, seniors, students, and working families. I've built an incredible team in our Ward 4 office who deliver some of the best constituent services in the District. Together we've worked to serve every part of Ward 4 and help everyone in our community lift as we climb.Today, I am excited to announce that I'm running for re-election as Ward 4 Councilmember. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/wehEm_vu1NBVXOKYSqOxTOi34aJoCJC1EivM7Ih953zcg71Ma-_p9UfqEiD8dhtWDMrVKlcOmMAX9yXeIW1E5jhKV4SR4cPX41I-9neRSxWS0DU1Wmg9TgI_W3ZKYT5zSKATTGKvtpl_wAPhuIFg3Ty3s_qELiAJDr2DmrU4iqZnS_DExGfwKTFQDKRtDB7emSBq9E7vJ30abrBQb5_naBVRspkHXtKmwXqcgdRZiYMRgGaIAn5fDQsnzShXOGquw6PQOKc2fT0hB_N2JVGBOIeviHRV5Jxwv6mM-XCwMQPrAbyMFQe4JoRGuncfSXjdLFiyEtpKZDFGjbi2KgLkYr0cU06D0TtlSidexlptb6JhG_AyvNcECXeZmDfXX7kFmGsp3lIqBhQwAYiDIji9ng/405/uR4GdfQRSwmH794ucasaDg/h1/MKfLNyt-ShAe4jOjLrISUkBA2POuybiXd7coz8u1XHg">Please consider becoming a Day 1 donor and one of the first people to support my campaign.</a><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ea9ffa5c-0fd8-4476-a541-05a4134d50d3/e6e4fd80-1f12-4759-9039-aaa1c4316109/e6e4fd80-1f12-4759-9039-aaa1c4316109.png?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1200%2C1200&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="50" variant="base">Over the last three years I've passed legislation to improve traffic safety and secured funding to expand SNAP food assistance. I've worked to address overcrowding at Roosevelt High School and get facilities repaired across our DC public schools. During the pandemic, our team held emergency rental assistance clinics to prevent evictions, and we helped seniors sign up for and get to their COVID vaccination appointments. Together with neighbors, we won all-electric buses at the WMATA Northern Bus Garage and knocked on thousands of doors as part of our community outreach CARE Days. As part of my belief in comprehensive solutions to violence, I brought DC's Cure the Streets program to Kennedy Street, the neighborhood where I grew up. These are just some of the things we've accomplished together.There is still more work to do. Fighting for our schools, supporting our seniors, replacing toxic lead pipes, making our streets and communities safer, and bringing social housing to DC are some of my top priorities as the Council's fall session gets under way. I'm determined to build on the work we started together four years ago, and I hope to earn your support for another term as Ward 4 Councilmember.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/wehEm_vu1NBVXOKYSqOxTOi34aJoCJC1EivM7Ih953zcg71Ma-_p9UfqEiD8dhtWDMrVKlcOmMAX9yXeIW1E5g3CmQz7wQVnG9hKT66MZB4Ltma9v-ZgvRQFNJ3Re5TBLddlFoHeSa9J8Fv0Er2Vmfu2MfgFCU2RPmluqgMFmA1QJMLxndQdj4-uaK5YnD2b2dhQahltCdPHWJz00WoRlf8PdERQ4MiHCvYGsajBylYJWWVZJGiPi2YzBtJmmVvSjwlQGHkM3xqLflWpIDGfMI2U87fwn9ljMKo7rTxyKuXv5eNuqnyDoseL4PlTmJFTCB1-8Ed3-5f9bC4ZSDzdo2zdDF4ch6E84AU_Sc1IqlxbOZfPOH8IMkYkIUC4tMBOlJeYMB3CUDsZbnYSGEYZyA/405/uR4GdfQRSwmH794ucasaDg/h4/qkmverx7eB7ZjqUOCkTNt4ZsjRqG3Ilx_ObW62co3_0">Make a Day 1 donation to help this campaign start off right.</a>&nbsp;After you've donated, or if you can't donate at this time, I would be honored if you spread the word to friends and DC neighbors that you support me for re-election.Thank you for being someone who was part of my first campaign, or someone I've had the privilege to work with over the last three years. I hope to have a chance to continue our work together.Sincerely,Janeese Lewis George

It has been an honor to serve Ward 4 and the wider DC community over the last three years.Since taking office in 2021, I've worked to get the DC Council to meet the needs of early childhood educators, tenants, seniors, students, and working families. Together we've worked to serve every part of Ward 4 and help everyone in our community lift as we climb.

It's official: I'm running for re-election

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