Rini Sampath

Environment / Energy Invest in alley cleanability, waste management compliance, and park maintenance to reduce pest and disease risk structurally. Infrastructure / Transportation Shift from reactive patching to preventive maintenance by linking repeat 311 complaints and pavement condition data to resurfacing and capital planning. Environment / Energy Launch a rat hotspot command using 311 service request data to target chronic problem areas. Taxes / Budget As Mayor, I’ll conduct a full review of the city's revenue mix to identify where revenue is concentrated, volatile, or misaligned with economic realities. We'll pursue growth-oriented strategies: supporting small businesses, revitalizing underused commercial space, and strengthening visitor economy revenues. Education Expand childcare subsidies using cost-based reimbursement rates tied to official cost modeling, while simplifying eligibility and renewal requirements. Taxes / Budget Launch a resident-facing spending tracker that connects budgets, contracts, payments, and outcomes, modeled on tools such as New York City’s Checkbook NYC and Chicago’s vendor, contract, and payment search portal. Taxes / Budget If service targets are missed for consecutive months, require public corrective action plans modeled on independent audit recommendation tracking. Education Publish a ward-level childcare supply-and-demand dashboard using Office of the State Superintendent of Education and subsidy program data. Housing Make DC a city that both protects renters and builds more housing, by improving enforcement, streamlining permitting, and accelerating new housing construction near transit and job centers. Taxes / Budget Require every major city program to maintain a public, monthly budget-to-results page. Housing Launch a housing enforcement initiative focused on high-complaint buildings to crack down on illegal fees, delayed repairs, and violations of tenant protections. Infrastructure / Transportation Direct the DC Department of Transportation to publish a monthly pothole and streetlight scorecard by ward using existing 311 data, including median repair times, percent completed within standard, and overdue requests. Housing Require clear disclosure of all rental fees and publish housing enforcement outcomes so residents can see where violations occur and how they are resolved. Infrastructure / Transportation Create a grocery permitting concierge to streamline licensing and inspections, paired with accountability for opening timelines. Taxes / Budget I will review every open DC Auditor report and performance dashboard to identify where the city is missing benchmarks and where residents are paying the price. We'll deploy a team of data and technology experts to translate findings into action. Infrastructure / Transportation We will bring in leading urban planning, transportation, environmental, and public-management experts to study what worked and why. We'll adapt proven strategies to DC's legal authority, fiscal constraints, and neighborhoods. Environment / Energy Expand containerized waste systems and align cleanup and enforcement teams using shared public maps. Infrastructure / Transportation Enforce bus lanes and transit signal priority as standard operations, not pilots. Infrastructure / Transportation Publish a neighborhood-level food access heatmap using Open Data District low-food-access area definitions, transit access, and store types. Taxes / Budget Scale financing and procurement support for local operators, including programs modeled on DC Central Kitchen’s Healthy Corners initiative. Education Implement a childcare workforce stabilization strategy so new capacity does not collapse due to staffing shortages.