Krystal Oriadha
Democratic · MD · Prince George's County Council Member, District 7
Krystal Oriadha has represented District 7 on the Prince George's County Council since 2022 and chairs the council. Her focus has been permanent rent stabilization with protections for renters, and support for Black maternal health and child care.
Where Krystal Oriadha stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Housing Affordability (9 records),
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 8 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
Sponsored a bill to create a county fund to protect access to reproductive health care; it was not enacted (CB-054-2024).
February 12, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a resolution encouraging grants to groups working to reduce Black maternal health disparities; the council adopted it 10-0 (CR-090-2023).
November 14, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Sponsored a law requiring health officials to give mental health and firearm safety materials to gun and ammunition sellers to display; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-010-2024).
June 18, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted no on the Better Bag Bill, which banned plastic checkout bags at stores and set a minimum charge for paper bags; it passed 8-2.
June 20, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Sponsored a law making county legal settlement agreements more transparent; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-011-2024).
July 16, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 8 oppose
As council chair, voted for the county's fiscal year 2027 budget, which passed 8-0.
May 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a child care facilities grant program to keep and add child care slots; the council enacted it 8-0 (CB-015-2026).
April 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a scholarship program to help modest-income families pay for child care for children up to age 3; the council enacted it 7-0 (CB-016-2026).
April 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a Homeownership Equity Program for county residents within the Housing Investment Trust Fund; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-101-2025).
November 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted no on an excise tax on telecommunications services, with the money set aside for public schools; it passed 7-3.
April 29, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a bill to create a county fund to protect access to reproductive health care; it was not enacted (CB-054-2024).
February 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a senior housing assistance pilot program and fund; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-042-2023).
June 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a county rental assistance program and fund for residents facing rent increases, based on income; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-023-2023).
April 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a resolution creating a guaranteed basic income pilot program modeled on Stockton, California's program; the council adopted it (CR-018-2023).
April 4, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support · 1 oppose
Sponsored Zoey's Law, which requires yearly police pursuit reports and a uniform pursuit policy with local towns; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-061-2025).
November 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law banning the transfer of untraceable 'ghost' guns to minors and raising the penalty; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-030-2024).
November 19, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law requiring health officials to give mental health and firearm safety materials to gun and ammunition sellers to display; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-010-2024).
June 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Cast the only no vote on a law letting commercial property owners ask the police chief to create zones with stricter youth curfews; it passed 10-1.
June 4, 2024Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a bill letting the Police Accountability Board investigate misconduct complaints on its own, alongside the police department; it was not enacted (CB-081-2023).
August 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 9 support
Sponsored a law creating a Homeownership Equity Program for county residents within the Housing Investment Trust Fund; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-101-2025).
November 18, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a voluntary moderately priced housing program that requires participating developments to include lower-cost units; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-075-2025).
November 17, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law requiring landlords to pay relocation costs when housing is declared unfit to live in; the council enacted it (CB-017-2025).
May 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Moved enactment of a bill to ban rent gouging by landlords; it failed with 5 votes for and 1 against, short of the 6 needed.
November 19, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored an emergency law extending the temporary rent stabilization law by six months, to October 17, 2024; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-008-2024).
April 9, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a senior housing assistance pilot program and fund; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-042-2023).
June 13, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored an emergency law treating it as illegal retaliation when a landlord ends a lease to force a tenant into a new lease and avoid the rent increase limit; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-051-2023).
April 25, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a county rental assistance program and fund for residents facing rent increases, based on income; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-023-2023).
April 18, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Co-sponsored and moved enactment of the Rent Stabilization Act of 2023, which temporarily limited rent increases; it passed 9-1.
February 28, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 4 support
Sponsored a child care facilities grant program to keep and add child care slots; the council enacted it 8-0 (CB-015-2026).
April 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored the Child Care Expansion and Quality Improvement Act, which created a county child care navigator and a strategic plan; the council enacted it 8-0 (CB-014-2026).
April 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a scholarship program to help modest-income families pay for child care for children up to age 3; the council enacted it 7-0 (CB-016-2026).
April 21, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a resolution creating a guaranteed basic income pilot program modeled on Stockton, California's program; the council adopted it (CR-018-2023).
April 4, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Track record — General
General · 23 records
Voted for a resolution restating how the park and planning commission's 'project charge' program works in the 2027 budget; it passed 9-2.
September 1, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law adding administrative citations and higher repeat fines for unmaintained vacant properties; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-043-2026).
July 21, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted yes on a two-year moratorium on approving data center development applications; it passed 7-0.
July 7, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted yes on a proposed charter amendment for the 2026 ballot to eliminate the council's at-large seats and have nine district members; it passed 8-2.
June 22, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored and moved a proposed charter amendment for the 2026 ballot exempting from referendum the taxes and fees on businesses judged harmful to the community; it passed 8-2.
June 22, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Publicly defended the council's moves to shift park and planning commission money to programs run through nonprofits after the commission sued the county over $39 million.
June 11, 2026
Source: nbcwashington.com
Sponsored a resolution placing a one-year moratorium on building or expanding convenience stores in Council District 7; the council adopted it 10-0 (CR-038-2026).
May 12, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law requiring hardship withdrawal terms in child care enrollment contracts; the council enacted it 9-0 (CB-018-2026).
April 21, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored an emergency law banning law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings that hide their faces while dealing with the public in the county; the council enacted it 11-0 (CB-008-2026).
April 7, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored an emergency law letting residents call county police to verify the identity of people carrying out immigration enforcement; the council enacted it 11-0 (CB-007-2026).
April 7, 2026
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Was elected chair of the County Council for the 2026 legislative year by a 10-0 vote.
December 2, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a resolution ordering a six-month study of a county-owned grocery store; the council adopted it 10-0 (CR-092-2025).
November 18, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law requiring a set share of county-based minority business participation in county contracts over $1 million; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-070-2025).
November 17, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law protecting applicants for police and other uniformed public safety jobs who disclose past legal marijuana use; the council enacted it (CB-016-2025).
July 8, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Moved to elect Edward Burroughs council chair in the middle of the 2025 legislative year; the motion passed 7-0.
March 25, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Was elected council vice chair for the rest of the 2025 legislative year by an 8-0 vote.
March 25, 2025
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted no on an omnibus bill revising procedures in the county's new zoning code; it passed 6-4.
July 16, 2024
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law changing the amount of parental leave for county employees; the council enacted it 11-0 (CB-004-2024).
June 4, 2024
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law requiring lactation rooms in certain county buildings; the council enacted it 11-0 (CB-003-2024).
June 4, 2024
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Voted no on giving builders two more years, to April 1, 2026, to use the old subdivision rules; it passed 6-5.
March 26, 2024
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating a vacant property registry for unmaintained empty homes and buildings; the council enacted it 11-0 (CB-080-2023).
November 7, 2023
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Sponsored a law creating the Cannabis Reinvestment and Restoration Board; the council enacted it 10-0 (CB-088-2023).
November 7, 2023
Source: princegeorgescountymd.legistar.com
Publicly said colleagues were using her upcoming maternity leave to silence her after the council rejected letting members attend meetings remotely.
September 19, 2023
Source: nbcwashington.com
Past race Krystal Oriadha ran in:
- County Council District 7 · November 3, 2026 · Prince George's County, Maryland · incumbent