Ward 8 will be crossing the Anacostia River, and Ward 7 will push further west onto Capitol Hill. But the real debate Tuesday was on two unpopulated parcels along North Capitol Street.

Bowser says her encampment-clearing initiative helps unhoused people in dire circumstances, while homeless advocates say it perpetuates harm.

Some of the fiercest debate revolves around how far Ward 7 should move into the eastern end of Capitol Hill.

The expected expansion of Ward 8 across the Anacostia River reflected the fact that fast-growing Ward 6 had more people than any other part of the city.

Once a decade D.C. lawmakers set about redrawing the city’s ward boundaries — a process that often sparks debates about neighborhood identity, political power, and race.

Over the last decade Ward 6 gained more than 30,000 residents, fully one-third of D.C.’s population growth over that period. One problem: it’s now too big.

A decade-old idea to change D.C.’s residential on-street parking system is again being discussed, but will the D.C. Council get around to passing it this time?

Many wars have been fought over contested borders and boundaries, and two small technical errors written into the District’s recent redistricting could well have pitted four wards against each other in epic showdowns over territory and treasure.

This morning, the D.C. Council was slated to vote on the “Ward Redistricting Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2011” [PDF], a measure which will officially delineate the new boundaries of the city’s wards. Kind of important, right?

A quick update to our item this morning about Brandon Sparrow, the DYRS ward who escaped from custody on Sunday morning at BWI: U.S. Marshals located Sparrow this morning in the District.