The NHL is coming to Seattle. Now we just need to renovate the arena… and a name for the team…
Tuesday news roundup
Hockey, baby.
Council gets briefed on next steps for city-wide MHA legislation
This morning the City Council’s Select Committee on Citywide MHA met to get an update on where things stand after the Hearing Examiner’s decision last month, as well as next steps to move the legislation forward.
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Robart threatens to find SPD out of compliance with Consent Decree
Last Friday, the City of Seattle filed an official notice with the U.S. District Court that it had negotiated and ratified a new labor agreement with Seattle’s police officers. Judge James Robart, who oversees the Consent Decree, had previously signaled that he would not weigh in on the merits of the new contract until it was properly before his court. But now that it is, he wasted no time in making his thoughts known: this morning he issued an “Order to Show Cause” why he should not find that the city has failed to maintain full and effective compliance with the Consent Decree.
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Monday news roundup
Some interesting news broke over the weekend. Let’s get caught up.
Council considers revising ordinance allowing Uber/Lyft drivers to unionize
On Tuesday, the Council’s Governance, Equity and Technology Committee will take up an ordinance making a big change to its 2015 ordinance granting Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize — and in the process cutting the heart out of the ordinance.
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This week in Council Chambers
The Council gets back to work for a couple of weeks before its holiday recess…
Fort Lawton EIS upheld by the Hearing Examiner
Yesterday Seattle’s Office of the Hearing Examiner released a ruling on a legal challenge to the city’s final Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed affordable housing project on the Fort Lawton property adjacent to Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood. The ruling fully affirms the adequacy of the EIS and dismisses the challenge.
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Friday news roundup
This week has been an interesting kickoff to next year’s City Council elections.
Thursday news roundup
Next year’s election for seven City Council positions is already kicking into gear…