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: homeless encampments, minimum wage
This morning’s news coverage touches on expected announcements from the city about homeless encampments for people living in their vehicles, including RV’s.
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Happy MLK Day! It’s a light news day, not surprisingly, but there is some coverage of the ongoing homelessness crisis.
Continue readingThis week at City Council: sweeps
Now that committees are starting to meet and the Council has dealt with most of the substantive holdover legislation from last year, the waiting game begins for new legislation to start appearing. But first, we’ll hear about the city’s sweeps of unauthorized homeless encampments.
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Another day of “a little bit of everything.”
Continue readingNews roundup: it’s Debora Juarez Day
Today’s news has two features on Debora Juarez. Plus lots of other things going on as the City Council gets down to business.
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It’s a fairly quiet news morning.
Continue readingPublic Health and Human Services
Council member Bagshaw’s Human Services and Public Health Committee kicked off their year with presentations from Catherine Lester, the Director of the Seattle Department of Human Services and Patty Hayes, the Director of Seattle-King County Public Health.
Continue readingNews roundup: Kshama Sawant in the spotlight
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant delivered the Socialist Alternative response to the State of the Union address last night.
Continue readingNews roundup: marijuana zoning and Amazon alley
This morning’s news coverages focuses on the big outcomes of yesterday’s Council meeting: updated marijuana zoning and approval of “Amazon alley.” Plus Sound Transit and Council members’ plans to meet their constituents.
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