The hazard pay bill passes, Lewis pitches more tiny home villages, and more.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
The Council passed a bill requiring hazard pay for grocery workers, plus a few other tidbits.
Continue readingLewis unveils new partnership to build twelve “tiny home” villages
This afternoon, Council member Andrew Lewis announced a new partnership, called “It Takes a Village,” to create an additional 480 units of “tiny homes” in twelve 40-unit villages sited across the city. The effort is intended to help close the gap between the number of people living unsheltered in the city and the number of emergency shelter beds available.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
Some local election news to start the week.
Continue readingCouncil fast-tracking hazard pay for grocery workers in Seattle
The Seattle City Council is fast-tracking an emergency ordinance that would require large grocery store companies to pay their Seattle-based retail workers an extra $4 per hour hazard pay through the end of the COVID-19 emergency. Passing progressive, labor-friendly legislation is their strong suit. Doing the math and working out all the details… not so much.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers
The first half of the week is packed.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
Lots of local news and commentary to end a momentous week.
Continue readingMobile vaccination team moves on to next phase
This morning the city’s new Mobile Vaccination Team, which is staffed by Seattle Fire Department paramedics and EMTs, announced that it has finished up its work on vaccinating residents and workers in adult family homes, and as of yesterday has moved on to its next set of people to vaccinate: home healthcare workers, and older residents of permanent support housing and affordable housing buildings in the city.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Councilmember Sawant receives threatening emails from a city email account, and more.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
The tyrant Donald Trump has been removed from power. The Republic is preserved. Now we must rededicate ourselves to the hard work before us: to learn from our many mistakes, to fix what is broken, to raise up downtrodden Americans, and to strive to form a more perfect union.
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