Monday news roundup

Welcome back for another exciting (and busy!) week of Seattle city politics.  Here’s the news.

Reuters and the Seattle Times discuss Council member O’Brien’s bill banning natural gas piping in new buildings.

KUOW covers a new donation of city-owned land for affordable housing projects.

The Seattle Transit Blog looks at what the next Transit Benefit District might look like.

The Seattle Times has an op-ed critiquing the Council’s move to reform SEPA review rules.