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Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 4C · SMD 4C06
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Christen Boas Hayes

Candidate for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, ANC 4C, SMD 4C06

No party listedIncumbent

Background

Campaign website
christen4dc.com

Christen Boas Hayes has represented SMD 4C06 on ANC 4C since 2025 and is the commission's vice chair. She has lived in Petworth for seven years.

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Documented positions

Public safety

  • Co-introduced resolution opposing removal of sanctuary protectionsIn office

    Co-introduced with Commissioners Kovacevic and Warburton in 2025; it urged the Council to strike the provision from the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Act.

    ANC 4C resolution to promote community safety and protect the District's sanctuary city status

    Government record · Mayor's ANC Resolutions Portal (resolutions.anc.dc.gov) · Jun 16, 2025 · resolutions.anc.dc.gov

    “ANC 4C condemns Mayor Bowser's proposal to remove Sanctuary City Protections”
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Housing

  • Supports more housing density, safer streets and faster transit

    Christen Boas Hayes, ANC 4C06

    Campaign website · Christen Boas Hayes · christen4dc.com

    “Dinner conversations highlight the need for more housing density, safer streets, faster transit, and less gun violence.”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Led redesign of the Upshur Street bus lanes

    Her campaign site also says she oversaw the reconstruction of Grant Circle.

    Christen Boas Hayes, ANC 4C06

    Campaign website · Christen Boas Hayes · christen4dc.com

    “led the redesign of the bus lanes on Upshur”
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