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Advisory committee approves legislative priorities letter for county manager and county board
Summary
The Policy & Equity subcommittee circulated a draft legislative priorities letter for 2027 covering education, human services, housing, and civil-rights items including continued application of the Virginia Human Rights Act to public entities; the advisory committee voted to send the letter to the county manager ahead of the July 31 deadline.
Michael Castellano, chair of the Policy & Equity subcommittee, summarized a draft legislative priorities letter for calendar-year 2027 developed by the subcommittee and supported by Equality Arlington research. The letter organizes priorities by theme (education and youth; human services; housing and land use; finance and economic development; criminal justice reform; general government) and cites unfinished 2026 priorities that the committee would like to reintroduce.
The committee moved to approve submitting the final letter to the county manager and to copy the county board ahead of the submission deadline. With quorum present the committee approved the recommendation by voice vote. Chair Samantha said she would follow up to coordinate the final subject line and links before submission.
