Breakfast links: Paid leave cometh
DC paid leave details
The DC Council will vote on the most liberal leave law in the country. If passed, it would allow up to 90% of pay for 11 weeks but wouldn’t go into effect until 2020. (Post)
Transit oriented affordability
Communities along the Silver Line and future Purple Line are trying to figure out ways to keep housing affordable in hot transit accessible locations. (Post)
DC’s not into Metro’s late night plan
The WMATA board is considering a plan to close Metro earlier on weekend nights beginning July 2017. Although it surveyed the best of the post-SafeTrack maintenance plans put forward, Mayor Bowser says Metro isn’t doing enough to accommodate riders who depend on it. (WAMU)
Metro considers downsizing
Could Metro save money by selling its Chinatown HQ and buying smaller, less expensive office space elsewhere? They’re working to figure that out. The building probably needs more work than its worth. (WBJ)
Changes for Barrel House Liquor
Logan Circle’s Barrel House Liquor store may become a 7-story mixed use building, if all goes as planned. The developer, who hopes to break ground next fall, says they will retain the iconic entrance. (UrbanTurf)
What is middle class, anyway
Mayor Bowser is catching flak for celebrating Small Business Saturday at Shaw Bijou, where dinner for two can cost almost $1000. She discussed the importance of creating pathways to the middle class. (City Paper)
10,000 AirBnB inauguration guests
The house sharing site is projecting seven times more visitors to the DC area for the 2017 inauguration vs 2013. The record of 8,100 was set during this year’s playoff series between the Nats and the Dodgers. (UrbanTurf)
GSA’s Old Post Office lease drama
On January 20th, Donald Trump will breach the lease agreement for the Old Post Office building when he becomes an elected official. The lease explicitly prohibits the lessee from holding elected office. (GovExec)
Berlin’s rent control experiment
Berlin has enacted a complicated, formulaic kind of rent control for its growing population. So far, though, the benefits have mostly gone to larger, more expensive rentals. (City Observatory)