November 24th, 2015
On the Monday the Council approved the 2016 City of Seattle budget. As Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee, I was responsible for assembling a balancing package for consideration by the City Council. The budget passed by the Council focuses on urgent, immediate needs. I believe that when more people have a chance to reach […]
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April 15th, 2015
Next week, on Thursday, 4/23, at 6:00 pm in City Council Chambers, Councilmember Kshama Sawant and I are co-hosting a Town Hall to discuss the impacts of rising rents on Seattle residents and what we can do about it. I hope that you can join us. Sponsoring organizations include the Community Housing Caucus, the Church […]
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January 23rd, 2015
Each year the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, organizes a one night count of people all over King County sleeping in their cars, in doorways, under bridges, in greenbelts, and in doorways. This year 1000 people participated in the count. This year, these volunteers counted 3,772 people without shelter in King County last night. This […]
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January 7th, 2015
Can art reduce the stigma of mental illness? The answer may lie in the current City Hall exhibit running through February 27th.
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November 21st, 2014
I appear in the November edition of Council Conversations, filmed at Hugo House. Host Josephine Cheng and I discuss the City budget, creating the Office of Labor Standards, homelessness, medical marijuana, and Seattle governance once districts arrive in 2016.
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November 13th, 2014
I believe that for I-502 to be successful, the medical marijuana industry needs additional regulation.
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October 15th, 2014
What I thought was equally important for the City of Seattle was that the resolution also looked at our own practices and committed the City of Seattle to redouble efforts.
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December 16th, 2013
Today, the Council passed an ordinance approving the Seattle Indian Services Commission’s decision to transfer of the Leschi Center building to the Seattle Indian Health Board and a Resolution in support of the social services provided by the Seattle Indian Center.
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November 20th, 2013
You may know that I have been seeking to increase shelter capacity for several years now, with a specific focus on unsheltered families with children beginning in 2011. You can read more about those past efforts here. As a part of this year’s budget process, the Council voted Monday to fund new shelter capacity for […]
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October 9th, 2013
About 13,000 people are currently in the program, but we know there are at least 20,000 people out there who would qualify.
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Posted: October 9th, 2013 under
Energy,
Human Services and Health.
