WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the below statement on D.C. Superior Court Judge Brian Holeman’s March 18 decision upholding the legality of the District’s Budget Autonomy Act:

“Throughout this litigation, all interested parties – the Mayor, the Council, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Office of the Attorney General – have shared the ultimate goal of gaining budget autonomy for the District, but disagreed on the legal means for achieving that goal. The Superior Court of the District of Columbia has now ruled that the Budget Autonomy Act is legal. Given the CFO’s decision not to appeal, the Office of the Attorney General will not seek appellate review of the Superior Court’s decision in this case. ”