Yesterday’s tragic death of a homeless person, and the Council’s resolution on the Dakota Access Pipeline, head the news… but there’s much more coverage as well.
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News roundup: homeless and housing
The news is pretty light this morning, but don’t expect that to last as the Council dives into a very busy week.
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The slow road to an effective homeless crisis response, part 2: HSD’s plan
This is the second installment of a two-part report on last week’s big announcements around the city’s response to the homeless crisis in Seattle and King County. In response to the Poppe and Focus reports discussed in Part 1, the city’s Human Services Division (HSD) announced a new initiative to respond to the homeless crisis called Pathways Home.
Continue readingNews roundup: homeless
Yesterday’s big announcements on the homeless crisis response top the news this morning.
Continue readingMajor homeless response announcements today
Today the Mayor’s Office announced a new Pathway Home initiative to respond to the homeless crisis in Seattle. Along with the long awaited Poppe Report, the Mayor released another commissioned performance assessment on the Seattle/King County homeless response and an action plan for the city. In addition, the Council’s Human Services and Public Health Committee meets this afternoon to discuss all of this. Several hundred pages of reports and plans were released today, and it will take some time to digest. I’ll be burning the midnight oil tonight, and will have a full report in the morning. UPDATE 9/9/16 12:00 …
Continue readingCatching up on the city’s homeless crisis response
If you’ve lost track of what’s happening with the city’s response to the homeless crisis, you’re in good company: there are now four separate issues, all with significant action expected over the next month. So let’s get caught up.
Continue readingNotes from this morning’s Council Briefing
It was a very news-worthy council briefing: a preview of this afternoon’s debate and vote on the source-of-income discrimination ban, what’s up with secure scheduling legislation, lots of stuff in the GESCNA committee, an update on the homeless crisis response and a throw-down between Council members Juarez and O’Brien over the North Precinct police station.
Continue readingNews roundup: secure scheduling, homelessness, and police reform
Happy Monday! Let’s get to this morning’s news.
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