35%: Holding DC Back
More than anyone else on the council, Councilmember Evans consistently votes in ways that block or slow economic justice at work, a right to housing, and government for the people.
Councilmember Evans’ votes that held DC back:
- Opposed fair scheduling for part-time workers
- Opposed universal paid family and medical leave
- Supported diverting paid family and medical leave funds to pay employers, rather than employees
- Supported putting control of paid family and medical leave benefits in the hands of bosses, rather than the democratically elected government
- Opposed guaranteed access to in-suite bathroom for shelter residents
- Supported restricting shelter access for people experiencing homelessness
- Opposed extended access to shelters for families in need
- Opposed a slow down of tax cuts for multi-millionaires and huge corporations
- Opposed delaying the millionaires’ tax cut
- Opposed delaying the corporate tax cut
- Supported a contract renewal for Veritas, which mismanaged United Medical Center
- Supported a contract for Corizon, which mismanages prison health systems