Tzedek DC Founding President & Director-Counsel Ariel Levinson-Waldman testified to the DC Council Committee on Business and Economic Development at today’s Oversight Hearing for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The testimony highlighted the need to reform DC’s so-called “Clean Hands Law” and its current practice of punishing residents with more than $100 in outstanding fines and fees by disqualifying them from obtaining a DC driver’s license or professional license. This testimony outlines five key points for consideration from Tzedek DC’s April 2021 report titled “Driving DC to Opportunity,” which details the problems of the current system which continues to prohibit the issuance or renewal of such licenses based on debt.
Read the full testimony here.