People watch from their apartment windows and various protest groups join together before marching on the night of the 2020 Presidential election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at Cascade Playground in Seattle. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
Seattle won t fund eviction lawyers just yet, as Council delays vote By
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When someone is charged with a crime, they have a right to a free attorney. Some members of the Seattle City Council want to extend that right to all tenants facing eviction.
But on Monday, a majority of Council members voted to delay a bill to extend such legal access, due to unanswered legal questions.
Home-based businesses have more freedom to operate under new Seattle rules
Businesses like Yonder Cider in Phinney Ridge will now be able to operate from home during the pandemic with fewer restrictions. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 7:36 AM PDT March 16, 2021
SEATTLE The Seattle City Council approved a measure Monday to adjust certain land use codes that have negatively impacted home businesses during the pandemic.
Councilmember Dan Strauss sponsored the Bringing Business Home bill, which passed with an 8-1 vote Monday. The bill is designed to allow home-based businesses, including those that may have once operated out of a storefront, to operate with fewer restrictions during the COVID-19 civil emergency.
by Nathalie Graham • Mar 15, 2021 at 5:21 pm
Councilmember Kshama Sawant tried to stop a vote to delay action on her right-to-counsel bill by two weeks. SHITTY SCREENSHOT OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
Two people arrested for allegedly attacking Capitol police officer with bear spray: Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of West Virginia, are charged with nine counts of assault on multiple officers, plus civil disorder, and obstructing a Congressional proceeding, during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, according to the
Independent. One of the officers the pair allegedly attacked was Brian Sicknick, who died shortly after the insurrection. Video surveillance of the Capitol attack shows Khater discharging a bear spray canister into Sicknick s face. Sicknick s official cause of death is still unknown.
Popular neighborhood business allowed to stay open after Seattle council loosens land use rules
Greenwood s Yonder Cider. (Photo courtesy of Yonder Bar)
Seattle councilmembers approved legislation Monday, loosening a series of land use rules imposed on businesses operating out of homes.
The legislation came partly in response to the forced closure of a popular Greenwood business called Yonder Bar, which had been selling cider to go in cans and growlers. Yonder operated out of Caitlin Braam’s garage for seven months before a neighbor’s frequent complaints to the Health Department and Liquor Control Board got it shut down. At the time, the neighbor pointed out that operating a business that sold alcohol out of a residence blocks away from a school violated Seattle’s existing land use codes.
by Rich Smith • Mar 15, 2021 at 6:30 am
Hasegawa said she was the youngest woman of color ever to serve as a state-level cabinet member in Washington. Courtesy of the Campaign
On Monday Toshiko Hasegawa, executive director of Washington s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, announced her campaign for Port of Seattle Commission Position 4, a seat currently held by former port commission president and magician Peter Steinbrueck.
Hasegawa said her deep roots in Beacon Hill and her work as commission director prepared her for the role, where she plans to focus on a just recovery from the pandemic and a blue new deal.