Field of Dreams: A Missed Opportunity To Change Course On Homeless Sweeps
As I write this, city officials are conducting a sweep of The Field of Dreams, a homeless encampment next to an I-90 overpass in...
Ed Murray Rolls Out Big Plans In State Of The City Address
On Tuesday at Idris Mosque in North Seattle, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray drew a stark contrast between Seattle's approach to governance and the one...
Sunday Video: Under The Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPp3DXc6n0
This author and photographer, Tim Durkan with King 5 news, interviews people experiencing homelessness and photographs those experiences, including the East Duwamish Greenbelt (commonly called...
Incentive Zoning Nets $32 Million To Help Fund 610 Affordable Homes
Mayor Ed Murray announced $47 million in funding for affordable housing via the City's optional incentive zoning program and the housing levy at a...
Seattle’s Slow Progress on Homelessness
Seattle is now more than a year into a city-declared state of emergency around the issue of homelessness. On November 2, 2015, the office...
Safe Housing Is A Human Right
Seattle, we have a problem. A few dozen or so of our housed neighbors --claiming to represent "thousands" of Seattleites--showed up to the City...
Council Passes 20 Is Plenty Law, 2+U Alley Vacation, And New Madison Valley Park
Monday was a somewhat unusual meeting for the Seattle City Council. Leading off the proceedings was Mayor Ed Murray who delivered his remarks on the...
Council’s Homeless Sweeps Bill Could Lead To Showdown With Mayor
The Seattle City Council's Human Services and Public Health Committee held a special meeting yesterday (video) to consider legislation to make treatment of the...