“I am running for Seattle City Council D3 for many reasons: My deep love for our city, my desire for it to be a positive, healthy place to raise a family, my passion for municipal government, and my belief is that my experience makes me the right person for the job. I have sp...
2023 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Seattle King County Snohomish County Pierce County Kitsap County Seattle propositions Seattle Housing Levy Updated Jul 24, 2024, 6:07 AM VOTES % Yes 149,567 69.2% No 66,634 30.8% Seattle City Council Seattle City Council District 1 Updated Jul 24, 2024, 6...
The Seattle City Council will begin the legislative process Tuesday afternoon to change the way hate crimes are prosecuted in the city. CB 119288 would remove Seattle’s malicious harassment crime, the city’s current hate crime statute, and replace it with a “special allegation of hate crime ...
Seattle elected officials, including Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Attorney Ann Davison, and a supermajority of the City Council, have argued that the proliferation of drug use and other criminal activity in Seattle is partly the result of a lack of penalties that would otherwise deter people from c...
launched a $500 million initiativeto spur more affordable housing development in the region earlier this year. The Washington Technology Industry Associationendorsed candidatesin the Seattle City Council election for the first time in its history. Amazon, Zillow, and other tech companiesformed a new ...
Tonight: Seattle City Council Position 8 Election Forum Posted on June 3, 2024 by Nathan Dickey From 7:00 to 8:30pm this evening (June 3), at the Haller Lake United Methodist Church (13055 1st Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98125), Colleen Echohawk will facilitate an election forum featuring Posit...
The Seattle City Council recently considered such proposed legislation that could make this scenario a reality if passed. This would mean judges will dismiss criminal charges against offenders who show struggle with addiction, mental illness, or poverty. ...
SEATTLE-Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant wants to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination policy, saying discrimination takes place throughout the U.S. based on the South Asian practice of assigning people their social status at birth. ...
Last month, theSeattle City Councilapproved the plan already signed-off on by the county to transition the RHA “to a single oversight board to improve the agency’s coordination, accountability, and transparency.” The new agreement creates a Governing Board “responsible for setting strategic poli...
Seattle City Council appoints Mark Solomon to District 2 seat The Seattle Police Department’s crime-prevention coordinator aims to focus on his 10 months in office and does not intend to seek election this fall. by Josh Cohen /January 27, 2025 ...