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Notes from today’s Council meetings

On 10/17/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, full council, housing, transportation

Lots of stuff happened today. In no particular order: The Council received a first briefing this morning from the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR) on the upcoming session of the state legislature, which begins in January. Prior to each session, the Mayor and Council write a “legislative agenda” to prioritize the issues and positions they want to push for in Olympia. On their draft list so far: defending existing funding for human services the preservation tax exemption incentives for electrification of the transportation system Race and social justice issues Public records act reform Education funding. Council member Sawant continues to …

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 09/26/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, homeless, housing

Here are my notes from the weekly Council Briefing session, in which the Council members tell each other what’s going on.

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 09/19/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, crime, housing, human services, police, utilities

Here are some quick hits from this morning’s weekly Council Briefing. Council President Harrell noted that this week’s Education, Equity and Governance Committee will have a presentation from the FTC on combatting fraud in the African-American and Latino communities. Also, the Seattle Election and Ethics Commission will discuss their plan to roll out the Democracy Voucher Program. Council member Sawant mentioned that there are openings on the Seattle City Light customer review panel; in particular they are looking for a residential customer and someone with strong environmental advocacy interests. Sawant also said that at the next Energy and Environment Committee …

This week in Council Chambers

On 09/18/2016 By Kevin Schofield In committee, council briefing, full council, this week

It’s another long week of meetings (8 this week) as the Council tries to wrap up several items before plunging into the 2017-2018 budget development work.

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 09/12/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing

Several interesting notes on legislation being considered this week.

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 09/06/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, homeless, housing, human services, parks, police, zoning

The Council is back, and wasting no time getting busy on legislation. To no one’s surprise, homeless encampments were the big topic.

This afternoon’s Full Council meeting will be a big one

On 08/15/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, full council, housing, labor, police, utilities

In their last full meeting before their August recess, the City Council will tackle several important matters.

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 08/08/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, homeless, housing, human services, labor, police, public safety

It was a very news-worthy council briefing: a preview of this afternoon’s debate and vote on the source-of-income discrimination ban, what’s up with secure scheduling legislation, lots of stuff in the GESCNA committee, an update on the homeless crisis response and a throw-down between Council members Juarez and O’Brien over the North Precinct police station.

Notes from this morning’s Council Briefing

On 08/01/2016 By Kevin Schofield In council briefing, homeless, housing, police, utilities, zoning

There is a lot happening as Council members try to move things forward before their recess later this month.

This week: I hope you caught up on your sleep this weekend

On 07/24/2016 By Kevin Schofield In committee, council briefing, election, environment, full council, human rights, labor, parks, police, public safety, tax, this week, utilities, zoning

For the past several weeks the Monday afternoon Full Council meetings have been pretty tame affairs, with not a lot of legislation of substance up for approval. That streak ends tomorrow. Oh, and the committee meetings this week are equally full of important legislation and presentations.