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Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps


Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps
April 1, 2021 at 11:13 am
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Tents line a downtown Seattle street. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook)
In an effort to overhaul Seattle’s approach to its homeless crisis, a coalition of downtown business leaders and non-profit representatives on Thursday introduced a citywide ballot measure to force the city to fund a battery of services and shelters for thousands of the town’s unsheltered residents.
Called the “Compassion Seattle” charter amendment, the initiative also would require the city to keep “parks, playgrounds, sports fields, public spaces and sidewalks and streets clear of encampments” once the mandated housing, drug, and mental health services are in place. ....

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Register for GeekWire's virtual roundtable: Tackling Public Policy Challenges During a Covid Economy


Register for GeekWire’s virtual roundtable: Tackling Public Policy Challenges During a Covid Economy
March 11, 2021 at 3:45 pm
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It has been one year since Washington state locked down with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. And now here we are 12 months later with businesses shuttered, schools closed and everyday societal norms disrupted.
From housing to education to rebooting the economy to social justice, we face a daunting number of public policy challenges.
To help make sense of where we go from here, GeekWire is excited to kick off a new virtual event series called Civic Conversations, presented by Microsoft. ....

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No job for the faint of heart | Westside Seattle


No job for the faint of heart
Mon, 12/21/2020
By Jean Godden
As we sit down to smaller than usual holiday celebrations, Seattleites are confronting an interesting dilemma. Who s going to be leading our city in future years?
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, after a tumultuous three years at the helm, decided not to run for a second term. In announcing her Dec. 7 decision, the mayor said she wanted to serve her final year restoring the city economy after months of being buffeted by riots, violence, hate crimes and ravages of the covid-19 crisis.
That makes Durkan the city s fourth mayor out of the last five to serve only one term. King County Executive Dow Constantine acknowledged that Durkan was handed a mess that no one could have foreseen. It has been chaotic: a pandemic, homelessness, nightly demonstrations and unrest. Dow s conclusion: The job chews people up. ....

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