Apart from the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy passing, and short-term homeless shelter funding passing, here’s everything else that went down today in Council Chambers.
Council passes Mayor’s “bridge housing and shelter” plan
This afternoon the City Council approved Mayor Durkan’s package of bridge funding for homeless shelters, her attempt at a “surge” to get more homeless people off the streets and into safer locations.
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Council passes Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy
This afternoon the City Council approved the Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy, sending it to the Mayor for her signature and ultimately to the November ballot.
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Monday news roundup
A quiet start to a busy week…
Mosqueda introduces Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
This week Council member Teresa Mosqueda is introducing a “domestic workers’ bill of rights,” an ordinance that establishes several rights and protections for domestic workers in Seattle.
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Lawsuit filed challenging Council’s repeal of the head tax
Late last week, a lawsuit was filed against the City of Seattle, alleging the City Council and the Mayor violated the Open Public Meetings Act when they pushed through a repeal of the controversial head tax last Tuesday.
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This week in Council Chambers
Here’s what’s on the agenda this week for the City Council.
Thursday news roundup
More on the head tax repeal, as well as short-term homeless response measures and traffic at Alki.
Wednesday news roundup
The Council repealed the head tax, and everyone’s talking about it.
Council repeals the head tax
As expected, this afternoon the City Council voted to repeal the employee hours tax, aka the “head tax,” that it enacted last month.