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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December 5th, 2014
I stand with the multitudes who are mobilizing and saying “enough is enough.”
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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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April 16th, 2014
The City Council and the Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB) will jointly sponsor a public hearing as directed by Ordinance 122809, adopted in 2008 and sponsored by myself and Councilmember Tim Burgess. The hearing will allow us to hear directly from the public before the City begins labor negotiations with the Seattle Police […]
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Posted: April 16th, 2014 under
Public Safety,
Random.
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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September 4th, 2013
This is rock solid proof that dedication of school zone speed camera revenue to this purpose has already expanded these improvements to more schools, improving the safety of schoolchildren and others.
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Posted: September 4th, 2013 under
Public Safety,
Transportation.
July 19th, 2013
Surely we can find the political will and the resources to fulfill our promise that these families with children should not have to sleep in cars, in abandoned buildings or outdoors.
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May 30th, 2013
For the City to address the health and safety of current residents, address the concerns of neighbors, and support the Food Lifeline project we must work together to find a way to facilitate the relocation of the residents of the Nickelsville encampment.
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