“As your candidate for the open seat vacated by retiring Councilmember [Kshama] Sawant, I’m running for Seattle City Council because I believe in an agenda focused on establishing affordable housing and shelter for displaced people, sustainable development of our city systems to protect the ...
Created for CFOs by CFOs, the CFO Leadership Council’s Seattle Chapter provides leadership development programs that draw inspiration from the city’s innovative finance spirit to empower members in a robust network of professions across a variety of industries including technology, retail, travel, ...
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Since its incorporation as a city in 1869, Seattle has been governed under a succession of charters. Under the most recent one (1946), the city is governed by amayor, who is elected to a four-year term, and a nine-member city council, whose members are elected to four-year terms thr...
| Tagged affordability, development, pike pine, rent Seattle City Council weighs changes to COVID-19 rent repayment plan protections — UPDATE Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 8:59 am by jseattle The Seattle City Council Tuesday afternoon will consider legislation that would amend a Seattl...
TheSeattle City Councilhas been eyeing the city’s pandemic-eraJumpStarttax used to pay for services and affordable housing as a possible band-aid to patch up myriad holes from the city’s projected deficit. Now the council is considering a proposal that would raid the funding as an alternativ...
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In December of 2006, the Seattle City Council formalized an agreement to purchase the station from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway for $1. Later revised to $10, the deal was signed on March 8, 2008. The purchase freed up funds for further restoration, and the city devised a four...
The LA area contains 55,200 homeless people, according to data released by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. The homeless population in L.A. has surged75 percentin six years, and this has happened during a time when the economy has been relatively stable. ...
After months of upheaval in the streets during Black Lives Matter protests, clashes with the City Council and a deadly pandemic, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Monday she will not run for reelection next year. That decision will make Durkan the fourth mayor out of the past five to la...