Committee of the Whole

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004 DRAFT CHAIRMAN PHIL MENDELSON COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING on Bill 26-227, One Front Door Act of 2025 Bill 26-285, Climatizing Our Overheated Living Spaces Regulation Amendment Act of 2025 on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Hearing Room 412 (Track B) John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW DC Council Website (www.dccouncil.gov) PUBLIC WITNESS LIST 1. Yesim Sayin Executive Director, DC Policy Center 2. MJ Gray Policy Fellow, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice 3. Erika Wadlington Vice President of Public Policy & Strategic Affairs, DC Building Industry Association 4. Eric Mayl Principal, CORE Group 5. Cortavia Freemen Brent ES PTA Co-President 6. Neil Flanagan Public Witness 7. Travis Baille Public Witness 8. Ethan Arnheim Public Witness 9. Ashlei Schulz Supervising Attorney of the Housing Law Unit, Legal Aid DC 10. Will Teass Member, AIA | DC Advocacy Committee 11. Stephen Smith Executive Director, Center for Building in North America 12. Emily Hamilton Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University 13. Makenna Osborn Senior Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 14. Alex Baca DC Policy Director, Greater Greater Washington 15. David Hoagland President, District of Columbia Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 36 16. Seva Rodnyansky Research Manager, Housing Policy Initiative at the Pew Charitable Trusts 17. Liz Kovacevic Member, AIA | DC Advocacy Committee 18. Brandon Scott Chair of the Public Policy Committee, DC Association of REALTORS 19. Harrison Beacher President, DC Association of REALTORS 20. Matthias Paustin Public Witness 21. Eric Jones VP of Government Affairs for DC Commercial, AOBA 22. Katalin Peter VP of Government Affairs for DC Multi- family, AOBA 23. Thomas Long Public Witness 24. Payton Chung Public Witness GOVERNMENT WITNESS LIST 25. Keith Parsons Strategic Enforcement Administrator, Department of Buildings 26. Nicole Rogers Chief Building Official, Department of Buildings