This morning, Council member Sally Bagshaw hosted a roundtable discussion of the response to the homelessness crisis. It featured an impressive array of resources and enthusiasm, but a lack of executive leadership to get all the efforts aligned.
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2016 Work Plan for Gonzalez’s Committee
Last week the proposed 2016 work plan for Council member Gonzalez’s Gender Equity, Safe Communities and New Americans Committee was presented for review.
Continue readingCity staff get grilled over homeless encampment sweeps
This morning three Seattle city staff members had the unpleasant duty of briefing the City Council on the city’s approach to removing unauthorized homeless encampments.
Continue readingNews roundup: bicycles, needles, RV’s
Turn off the Bowie albums and the replays of that missed field-goal kick for a minute. This morning’s City Council news discusses the new lane for bicycles along Westlake, along with a plan to take a needle exchange program mobile.
Continue readingNews roundup: out with the old, in with the new
With the City Council in recess until next Monday things are pretty quiet, but the big December issues (Uber/Lyft drivers union, gun violence tax, upcoming changeover in Council makeup) are still generating coverage.
Continue readingNews roundup: gun tax allowed
Lots of coverage this morning on yesterday’s court hearing on the recently-enacted tax on purchasing guns and ammunition in Seattle.
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