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Representatives

Columbia Heights is covered by 12 Single Member Districts in 3 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Each district elects one unpaid commissioner, your closest elected official.

Your commissioners

12 SMDs · 3 ANCs
3
Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
12
Single Member Districts
0
vacant seats
ANC 1A · 7 SMDsANC 1A site ↗
  • 1A02Dieter Lehmann Morales
  • 1A03Vacant
  • 1A04Jeremy Sherman
  • 1A05Christine Miller
  • 1A06Anthony Thomas-davis
  • 1A07Shane Mccartyh
  • 1A10Billy Easley
ANC 1D · 1 SMDANC 1D site ↗
  • 1D07Gary Decker
ANC 1E · 4 SMDsANC 1E site ↗
  • 1E01Brad Howard
  • 1E02Audra Grant
  • 1E03Philippa Hawker
  • 1E04Rashida Brown

Some of these districts may reach beyond the Columbia Heights boundary. Names of elected officials are public record.

Find your district

Your Single Member District depends on your exact address. DC's ANC office has a lookup that returns your district and commissioner.

Look up your SMD by address anc.dc.gov ↗

Next ANC meetings

No meeting notice posted yet for the next 30 days. ANCs usually post a week or two ahead.

ANC Decoder: what's on the table

9 posts · 6 months
  1. ANC 1E Invites Residents to Neighborhood Beautification Day on August 29Other ANC 1E · Aug 25
  2. WUSA9: “Local ANC leaders demand RFK project safeguards to protect DC ratepayers from cost overruns”Other ANC 1E · Aug 13
  3. WUSA9: “Park View residents seek solutions after 3 shootings in just a week”Other ANC 1E · Aug 13
  4. NBC4: “Park View residents raise concerns after shootings happen days apart”Other ANC 1E · Aug 13
  5. Following Recent Shootings, ANC 1E Hosts Public Safety Community Meeting on SaturdayOther ANC 1E · Aug 7
  6. RSVP: Park View Public Safety Community MeetingOther ANC 1E · Aug 7
  7. ANC 1E Seeks Residents to Join Committees, Shape NeighborhoodOther ANC 1E · Aug 5
  8. ANC1E Approves $2,500 Grant for Lower Georgia Avenue Chili CookoffGrant request ANC 1E · Jul 12
  9. ANC 1E Calls on DC Health to Fix Rat Birth-Control Pilot, Strengthen Long-Term Fight Against RatsOther ANC 1E · Jun 2

ANC 1A and ANC 1D don't publish a feed we can read, so only ANC 1E is decoded here.

What the topics mean

  • Grant request (1)ANCs can give small grants to local groups; each one is voted on.

Recent meeting notices

DC Office of ANCs

DC's ANC office posts a notice for each public meeting, often with the recording. We started collecting them for Columbia Heights's ANCs (ANC 1A, ANC 1E, ANC 1D) on Oct 31, 2026; they'll collect here.

What an ANC does

An Advisory Neighborhood Commission is the most local level of DC government. The city is split into ANCs, and each ANC into small Single Member Districts. Every district elects one commissioner. Commissioners are unpaid neighbors.

ANCs don't make final decisions. They vote on positions and send them to DC agencies, which by law must give those positions "great weight": the agency has to respond to the ANC's concerns in writing when it decides.

Where ANCs weigh in
  • ZoningVariances, special exceptions and new development before the zoning boards
  • Liquor licensesNew bars, restaurants and stores, and changes to their hours
  • Public spaceSidewalk cafes, driveways, curb cuts and anything built in the public right of way
  • PermitsBuilding, historic preservation and other city permits that affect the neighborhood
See the permits issued in Columbia Heights this month Projects →