by Rich Smith • Jun 30, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Councilmembers Dave Upthegrove, Girmay Zahilay, and Jeanne Kohl-Welles sponsored the bill. King County Council
On Tuesday the King County Council voted 6-3 to pass a bunch of new protections for the 25,000 renters who live in the county s unincorporated areas, which include neighborhoods such as Skyway, parts of White Center, Vashon Island, East Renton, and other townships and census designated places out east.
As I wrote yesterday, Republicans and Rod Dembowski, one of the six liberal members of the technically nonpartisan body, made noises suggesting they might significantly water down the legislation, which was meant to shore up good but watered down protections that state lawmakers passed earlier this year, but at the end of the day they really only made a few tweaks.