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This week: budget kickoff

On 09/25/2016 By Kevin Schofield In appointments, budget, housing, police, this week, transportation, utilities

It looks to be a busy week, as the Council simultaneously kicks off the 2017–2018 budget development process and wraps up work on everything else.

Homeless advocates propose new ordinance on homeless encampment sweeps

On 08/24/2016 By Kevin Schofield In homeless

Filed under “well that didn’t take long…” This morning I posted a piece on the Council’s new strategy of defining a “cause of action” for people suing the city in order to drive police accountability. At the end of the article I suggested that the Council might see fit to use the same approach to stop homeless sweeps. This afternoon, five groups who advocate for the homeless proposed exactly that — and much more.

This week: crossing t’s and dotting i’s

On 08/07/2016 By Kevin Schofield In homeless, housing, police, this week

With the Seattle City Council’s August recess right around the corner, the Council is spending more time on cleaning things up and getting them out the door than major new efforts.