City Tells Convention Center: Addition Public Benefits Are Too Small
Yesterday both the City of Seattle and Community Package Coalition told the planners of the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition that the public benefit...
Councilmember Mosqueda Proposes New Tenant Protections for Buildings Up for Sale
The Seattle City Council's housing committee will take up further discussion and possibly vote on a new tenant protection measure sponsored by Councilmember Teresa...
Mayor Ed Murray Wants To Tackle Source Of Income Discrimination Against Renters
Mayor Ed Murray made a big move yesterday in transmitting legislation to end rental discrimination based upon source of income. The legislation would build...
Seattle’s Stay Out Orders and Encampment Sweeps Continue Trend toward Criminalization
Emboldened by the Supreme Court's sweep-friendly Grants Pass decision, the Seattle City Council is advancing stay out zones in hopes of criminalizing drug abuse, sex work, and homelessness out of existence. History suggests this will not work.
Long Promised Center City Streetcar Would Be a Boon to First Hill
Within a year, 1,400 new housing units will come online in First Hill, which is already one of Seattle’s densest neighborhoods, as well as...
King County Urges Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public, Pledges to Provide 115,000...
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, people have watched the world around them transform in unexpected ways, but for many Americans the sudden...
Seattle City Council Notes: New Firearms Rules and Tax, City Enters Into Affordable Housing...
At a general legislative session yesterday, the Seattle City Council met to discuss a packed agenda. Topics ranged from the waterfront public space initiative to all-gender...
City Council Creates New Central Area Design Review Board and Guidelines, Adopts New Energy...
On Monday, the Seattle City Council commissioned design guidelines and a new design review board specifically for the Central Area. The design program will...