Constantine Responds To Youth Jail Critics In State Of The County Speech
During his State of the County speech yesterday, King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled plans to open two reception centers for youth accused of...
Seattle and King County See Increase of Unsheltered Homeless
In the early morning hours of Friday, January 23rd, volunteers spread across King County in order to complete the One Night Count. This annual...
Could Preserving Affordable Rental Housing Stop Displacement in Seattle?
As Seattle City Council debates legislation that would require additional housing affordability contributions from developers, big questions have emerged about whether efforts to preserve...
Metro Previews Policy Updates for System Growth and Equity Focus
Updates to King County Metro's key policy documents have been delayed due to Covid-induced impacts, but the agency hopes to complete them this year...
Sunday Video: The Buildings “Model Cities” Built
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnBo5nqUzI&t=1166s
Model Cities is a little known chapter in our urban history. It was part of LBJ's War on Poverty, and was the last gasp...
Sunday Video: How San Francisco Erased A Neighborhood
https://youtu.be/tcsdglJFT0M
Vox shares a story of colonization, racism, and gentrification that created and then erased a Filipino neighborhood in San Francisco. This story was repeated...
Sunday Video: LGBTQ-Affirming Affordable Senior Housing in Seattle
Capitol Hill Housing is looking toward LGBTQ-oriented affordable senior health and housing services in the future. This video captures the perspectives of advocates, sociologists,...
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...