Thursday news roundup

The First in Time tenant protection ordinance is struck down.

The Seattle Times, The Stranger, Crosscut, The Urbanist, and Capitol Hill Seattle Blog report on a judge’s ruling yesterday tossing out the city’s “First in Time” tenant ordinance.

Real Change and GeekWire continue the conversation about a proposed “head tax” on Seattle businesses.

The Seattle Times reports on the rollout of a new $2 million homelessness prevention program.

The Stranger and SeattleMet cover activists’ push for the city not to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by two police officers against Council member Kshama Sawant.