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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) were created pursuant to legislation approving the District of Columbia's Home Rule charter in 1973. They are collections of Single Member Districts (SMDs). ANCs allow input from an advisory board made up of the residents of the neighborhoods directly affected by government action. The ANCs are the body of government with the closest official ties to the people in a neighborhood. ANCs present their positions and recommendations on issues to various District government agencies, the Executive Branch, and the Council. They also present testimony to independent agencies, boards and commissions, usually under rules of procedure specific to those entities. By law, the ANCs may also present their positions to Federal agencies. ANCs consider a wide range of policies and programs affecting their neighborhoods. These include traffic, parking, recreation, street improvements, liquor licenses, zoning, economic development, police protection, sanitation and trash collection, and the District's annual budget. No public policy area is excluded from the purview of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. ANCs present their positions and recommendations on issues to various District government agencies, the Executive Branch, and the Council. They also present testimony to independent agencies, boards and commissions, usually under rules of procedure specific to those entities. By law, the ANCs may also present their positions to Federal agencies.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This dataset reflects the ANC boundaries delineated in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission Boundaries Act of 2022, signed into law on June 16, 2022. They are in effect beginning January 1, 2023.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |