Doug Trumm
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrian streets, bus lanes, and a mass-timber building spree to end our housing crisis. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood and loves to explore the city by foot and by bike.
Next month the Seattle City Council will appoint a new Council President with the departure of Lorena González, who ran for mayor but lost....
Apartment-heavy areas continue to see lower turnout rates, but enough voted to eke out a win for Sawant.
Earlier this month, Councilmember Kshama Sawant survived...
In November, the King County Council unanimously approved a plan to build 232 affordable homes and a daycare on a portion of the expansive...
Business leaders just can't get rid of Kshama Sawant no matter how hard they try. Seattle's firebrand socialist city councilmember prevailed in her fourth...
Today, Governor Jay Inslee rolled out another big initiative, this one focused on housing and homelessness services. King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle Mayor-Elect...
Transit continues to take a back seat, and investments in walking, rolling, and biking are at the symbolic rather than transformative level.
Governor Jay Inslee...
We've covered how the 2021 election didn't go progressives' way in three key Seattle races, despite a late surge in progressive ballots. But new...
Councilmember Kshama Sawant is ahead by 232 votes after Thursday's ballot drop. With late votes trending strongly her way, that lead is likely to...