Thank you to everyone who's sent me a real estate referral or used me as an agent yourself! If you need a residential real estate agent to help you buy or sell a home of any kind--or you know someone who does--I'd love to be of service. My website is here, or see here for client reviews.
|
|
|
Mayor Bruce Harrell delivered his first State of the City address, which focused on hiring more police officers, getting City workers back into the office, clearing homeless encampments, and finishing the police reform process that was started by the federal government more than a decade ago. [Seattle Times, South Seattle Emerald, Publicola]
A group of the region's billionaires and largest companies made a collective one-time contribution of $10 million to fund a peer navigator program requested by the Regional Homelessness Authority, which will attempt to establish a "by-name list" of every person experiencing homelessness in downtown Seattle and give them each personal assistance getting the shelter and services that they need. [Publicola, Seattle Times]
Meanwhile, the City Council's JumpStart high-earners payroll tax, which was unsuccessfully sued by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce (whose most powerful members include many of the same companies that donated to the peer navigator program), raised $231 million in 2021 to fund affordable housing and small business assistance. [KING 5, Seattle Times, Council Connection]
Paul Kiefer looked at the Harrell administration's efforts to clean up the hot spot of criminal activity at 12th & Jackson in the International District, and how it compares to many previous unsuccessful attempts to do the same thing. [Publicola]
The union that represents Metro bus drivers called for stronger enforcement measures as many of their members have complained about an increase in violent behavior and drug use on their buses, including inhaling fumes from passengers smoking fentanyl and other narcotics onboard their buses. [Seattle Times, KING 5]
The King County Board of Health voted to repeal a long-standing law requiring cyclists to wear bike helmets because of its inequitable enforcement, but continued to urge the public to wear bike helmets for their safety. [Crosscut, Public Health Insider]
The Seattle Redistricting Commission released its first batch of proposals of newly redrawn City Council district boundaries. [MyNorthwest]
Councilmember Andrew Lewis called for a continuing investigation into who set Mayor Durkan's phone to automatically delete her text messages every 30 days, in order to discourage other elected officials from brazenly flouting public records retention rules with no consequences. [Seattle Times]
And a national union campaign called Pay Up that's pushing for a minimum wage for gig workers in cities across the country began to intensify its pressure on the City Council to pass similar legislation here. [GeekWire, KNKX, The Stranger]
|
|
For your enjoyment, here's a Twitter thread of film pitches from 6-year-olds.
And in case you were wondering, Seattleites are apparently some of the worst Uber passengers in the country.
|
|
|
|
