Politics and Government

Seattle Community Councils Push Against Restoring Neighborhood Growth Centers

Neighborhood groups are pushing back on additional density in Wallingford, West Seattle, and Queen Anne. An amendment from Alexis Mercedes Rinck to restore eight growth centers dropped from the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan at an earlier stage is front-and-center.

Top Urbanist Action: Support MASS Green Sheets, Racial Equity Analysis of Urban Village Strategy

The Seattle City Council is frantically putting a final budget together with a big day of hearings on Wednesday November 14th. The Move All...

More Evidence To Build More Housing

If you are concerned about housing costs, you should know that building a lot more housing will be critical to control or reduce costs. We...

Ballots Mailed: Better Know Your Districts

Ballots are in the mail, and that can only mean one thing: it's election time! The upcoming August Primary will present voters with some important...

2015 Seattle City Council Election, District 6: Mike O’Brien Interview

Article Note: The Urbanist is publishing a series of interviews with a selection of 2015 Seattle City Council candidates. In June, we will release...

Harrell Ducks Police Accountability Forum, Burgess Rides In to Attack González

Yesterday, the Seattle Community Police Commission (CPC) announced that Bruce Harrell had declined their invitation to a mayoral candidate forum on police accountability and...
Inslee holds the scissors and other high-level officials look on outside the SR-99 tunnel in February 2019.

An Elegy for a Tunnel Ribbon Cutting

After Ian Frazier Greetings, friends! We've gathered hereto cut the ribbon, give a cheer-it's time to open, rise and shinethe buried tunnel ninety-nine. Oh, the group...

Save Seattle: Tax, License & Insure Pedestrians

Throughout the City of Seattle, residents are seeing their neighborhood streets besieged by free-loading, scofflaws, also known as pedestrians. The crux of the problem...