After a few days’ dry spell, everyone’s writing about the City Council again…
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News roundup: NCIS, Housing levy, safe injection sites, and more
Lots of City Council-related news this morning…
Continue readingPublic hearing tonight on Seattle Housing Levy
Tonight at 5:30 there will be a special public hearing on the 2016 Housing Levy. This will be the best opportunity for members of the public to let the Council know their thoughts on the proposed $290 million levy (to replace an expiring $145 million levy from 2009). The public hearing will be at City Hall.
Continue readingNews roundup: RV safe lot, housing levy
Happy Monday morning…
Continue readingCouncil hears Mayor’s proposal for 2016 Housing Levy
Last Thursday afternoon while nearly everyone was awaiting the great unveiling of the Sound Transit 3 plan, the City Council was getting a briefing on the Mayor’s proposal for the 2016 Housing Levy.
Continue readingNews roundup: Pronto, SODO, housing
Yesterday’s vote to buy out the ailing Pronto bike-share system tops the news this morning, but the SODO Arena hearings today take up a lot of column-inches as well.
Continue readingMaking sense of Seattle’s housing data
The City Council is partway through a series of information-gathering hearings as it begins its deliberations on the 2016 Housing Levy. Here’s an attempt to make sense of the mountain of data being presented.
Continue readingThis week in Council chambers: transportation, Larry Weis, secure scheduling, and FIRS
Lots of things happening this week in Council chambers, including a committee vote on Larry Weis’ confirmation, kickoff of lawmaking for secure scheduling, the Seattle Housing Levy, and a look at the FIRS Center.
Continue readingNews roundup: Pronto vote, Chamber of Commerce lawsuit, housing levy
Three big topics in the news this morning: the corrected vote on the Pronto bikeshare system, the Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit against the city over allowing Uber drivers to unionize, and the Mayor’s proposal for the housing levy.
Continue readingNews roundup: secure scheduling and homelessness
This morning an emerging discussion of “secure scheduling” for workers dominates the news, with continuing coverage of the homelessness crisis.
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