What Is an ANC?
ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION /
ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONER
An old adage says that “all politics are local.” Well, it doesn’t get any more hyperlocal than Washington, DC’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Without statehood, DC residents do not have county councils or town boards. We do have an elected DC government: the Mayor and their extended administration, which functions as our executive branch, and the DC Council, which makes policy and enacts or amends DC laws and functions as our legislative branch.
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are elected to two-year terms to advise the DC government on its decisions about their neighborhoods in terms of both the opinions of the neighbors and the best interests of the District of Columbia as a whole. In 2023 to 2024, there are 345 commissioners serving in Single-Member-Districts (SMDs) on 46 commissions across all 8 wards. After the 2020 census, the ANCs and SMDs were realigned so that each of the 345 Commissioners represents 2,000 residents.
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are elected to two-year terms to advise the DC government on its decisions about their neighborhoods in terms of both the opinions of the neighbors and the best interests of the District of Columbia as a whole. In 2023 to 2024, there are 345 commissioners serving in Single-Member-Districts (SMDs) on 46 commissions across all 8 wards. After the 2020 census, the ANCs and SMDs were realigned so that each of the 345 Commissioners represents 2,000 residents.
ANC 2C02
Within Ward 2, Commission 2C is the southeastern corner of Ward 2 and includes Penn Quarter, Chinatown, and much of the Mall. SMD 2C02 is the northwestern portion of Commission 2C; almost half of our 885 registered voters live in the same apartment building at Scott Circle. Most of the other voters live among 6 apartment buildings, all bordering Green Court, between Thomas Circle and 13th Street, with the remainder living in smaller buildings on 16th Street and at McPherson Square.
We are served by both the Downtown and Golden Triangle Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and by the 2nd District of the DC Metropolitan Police.