Seattle Planning Commission Maps Out Equitable Covid Recovery Strategies
Racial equity and resilience were not prioritized highly enough pre-Covid. The Seattle Planning Commission wants to ensure the Covid recovery achieves positive results for...
Designing for Community in the Covid City
Cohousing offers ways to stay connected during the Covid pandemic that city planners, architects, and community organizers can learn from.
This spring, while people across...
Governor Inslee Extends Eviction Moratorium to October 15th, Promises $100 Million in Rent Relief...
At a Thursday press conference on the state's Covid response, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced he was extending the eviction moratorium and presumably the...
Council Votes 9-0 to Direct JumpStart Spending to Housing, Economic Recovery, and Green New...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved the spending plan for the JumpStart Seattle payroll tax, which passed 7-2 on July 6th. The...
The Defund SPD Community Teach-In and the Layered Resistance to Change
Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now are making a big ask. Their plan to reduce the Seattle Police Department budget is bound to...
Sawant Promises 1,000 Affordable Homes in the Central District via JumpStart Spend Plan
In the Budget Committee yesterday, the Seattle City Council hashed out the spending plan for the JumpStart Seattle payroll tax that passed earlier this...
Seattle Tops 761,100 Residents, Four-County Region Grows to 4,264,200
New population numbers for 2020 from the Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) show that Seattle has surpassed 761,100 residents while the four-county...
JumpStart Seattle Passes 7-2–Will Mayor Durkan Sign It or Force Veto Override?
On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to pass a payroll expense tax targeting companies paying high salaries. The final spending plan is...