Not a lot of high-profile business for the Council this week; still, plenty of meetings and business to crank through, including several bills related to city spending.
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Monday news roundup
It’s a slow news day to start the week… I guess we’re all busy filling out our ballots. Also, VOTE.
Continue readingSPD withdraws subpoena for local media companies’ protest footage
This afternoon, the Seattle Police Department informed the Washington Supreme Court that it is withdrawing its subpoena for local media companies’ photographic and video footage from early summer related to its attempt to track down the man who stole a firearm out of a police car.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings, plus some schedule updates
Lots of schedule changes and updates, plus a few bills got their final blessing this afternoon.
Continue readingMayor to issue emergency order blocking evictions for nonprofits and small businesses
Tomorrow morning, Mayor Durkan is expected to sign an emergency order prohibiting the eviction of small businesses and non-profits during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
Continue readingSawant, Morales unveil “Amazon tax” bills (updated)
This morning, Council members Kshama Sawant and Tammy Morales jointly unveiled their legislation to impose a new payroll tax on businesses in Seattle.
Continue readingCouncil passes expansion of homeless encampment and “tiny home village” permitting
This afternoon, the City Council adopted by a 6-1 vote an ordinance that expands the maximum number of permits for sanctioned homeless encampments and “tiny home villages” that the city may issue, allows those permits to by renewed indefinitely, and streamlines other elements of the permitting process.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
It’s a quiet start to a short workweek, perhaps the proverbial “quiet before the storm” of Mayor Durkan’s State of the City address later today.
Continue readingShow some love for SCC Insight today
Here’s a reminder of what SCC Insight brought you this week: Coverage of the Council’s passage of a ban on winter evictions; We broke the story of Council member Sawant being charged with violations of the city’s ethics code for using city resources to promote her “Tax Amazon” ballot initiative; The latest developments in the pending ordinance to expand sanctioned encampments and “tiny home” villages; A deep dive on how much Amazon really pays in income taxes; An update on HB 2907’s authorization for a payroll tax, and Seattle officials’ attempt to prevent being preempted from passing their own; The …
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City launches new data “dashboards”
After largely abandoning for several months the “dashboard” pages initially set up by by Mayor Murray’s administration, today Mayor Jenny Durkan rolled out a new set of pages intented to keep Seattle’s citizens aprised of how their government is doing on its performance goals.
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