COVID-19 Updates: New Vaccine Access Programs for 60+; What You Can Do Once You’re Vaccinated; Hospitalizations Rising At a Dangerous Rate The City … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Updates; Southwest Library Reopening for Indoor Service; Utility EAP Expansion; West Seattle Bridge Rehabilitation: Post-Tensioning; Bridge/Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance Funding Proposal; City & County Repurpose $16 Million from Jail; Sound Transit Realignment Update; City Council Homepage Redesign
Elected Officials
Sawant Credits Black Lives Matter Street Protests for Historic Chauvin Trial Verdict
“It is a testament to the power of mass action with multiracial, working-class solidarity. All credit goes to the rank-and-file activists in the Black … [Read more...] about Sawant Credits Black Lives Matter Street Protests for Historic Chauvin Trial Verdict
Honor tenant and worker heroes, not agents of neoliberal assault
Seattle Housing Authority tenants taking action to defeat Stepping Forward, which would have led to 400% rent increases for low-income tenants over … [Read more...] about Honor tenant and worker heroes, not agents of neoliberal assault
Health One Expansion; Covid Updates: All Adults Are Vaccine Eligible; Home Vaccination Available; Help With Funeral Expenses; Free Covid Testing; District 1 Transit Updates; Sound Transit Light Rail to Northgate, University District, and Roosevelt to begins October 2nd; SPD Budget Bill delay; EDI Applications Open; Local Parks Facilities Re-Opening
Health One Expansion The Seattle Fire Department’s Health One program is an integral part of our crisis response and is needed now more than ever. … [Read more...] about Health One Expansion; Covid Updates: All Adults Are Vaccine Eligible; Home Vaccination Available; Help With Funeral Expenses; Free Covid Testing; District 1 Transit Updates; Sound Transit Light Rail to Northgate, University District, and Roosevelt to begins October 2nd; SPD Budget Bill delay; EDI Applications Open; Local Parks Facilities Re-Opening
My letter to Mayor Durkan Demanding She Cancel the Planned Sweep of Miller Park as Community Has Called For
Wednesday April 14, 2021 Dear Mayor Durkan, I was disappointed to see your response to the valid community concerns about your planned sweep of … [Read more...] about My letter to Mayor Durkan Demanding She Cancel the Planned Sweep of Miller Park as Community Has Called For
COVID Updates; West Seattle Bridge Updates, April 12; Grants for Shuttered Venues; Food Resources; Apply to Serve on the Green New Deal Oversight Board
Covid Updates: Hospitalizations Increasing, 16+ Can Pre-Register for City Vaccination, Covid Vaccine Is Free, Expanded Medical Care for Undocumented … [Read more...] about COVID Updates; West Seattle Bridge Updates, April 12; Grants for Shuttered Venues; Food Resources; Apply to Serve on the Green New Deal Oversight Board
My letter to the Mayor and the Human Services Department asking why they haven’t addressed the situation in Miller Playfield.
April 8, 2021 Dear Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle Human Services Department Interim Director Helen Howell, I am writing to ask what steps have … [Read more...] about My letter to the Mayor and the Human Services Department asking why they haven’t addressed the situation in Miller Playfield.
COVID Updates – New Eligibility, Vaccine Site Capacity, Testing in District 1; Working Washington Grants Applications Due April 9; Nantes Park Beautification & Nantes-Seattle Sister City Agreement; Help Build Community Safety in Seattle – Job Opening; Sound Transit Realignment Scenarios Update; Right to Counsel; SMC Partners with King County Municipal Courts to Resolve Outstanding Warrants
COVID Updates – New Eligibility, Vaccine Site Capacity, Testing in District 1 The big news this week is that many more people are now eligible to be … [Read more...] about COVID Updates – New Eligibility, Vaccine Site Capacity, Testing in District 1; Working Washington Grants Applications Due April 9; Nantes Park Beautification & Nantes-Seattle Sister City Agreement; Help Build Community Safety in Seattle – Job Opening; Sound Transit Realignment Scenarios Update; Right to Counsel; SMC Partners with King County Municipal Courts to Resolve Outstanding Warrants
My Draft Legislation Prohibiting Evictions of Children, their Families, and Educators During the School Year
The Covid-19 pandemic has made the need to protect school children, their families and educators from the devastation of eviction, and the negative … [Read more...] about My Draft Legislation Prohibiting Evictions of Children, their Families, and Educators During the School Year
Covid Updates: Phase 3, Keep Up Precautions, West Seattle Vaccine Site, Walk Up Vaccine for 65+, Testing; West Seattle Bridge Closure, One Year Later – A Year in Review; SPD Budget Legislation Update; Municipal Archives: Police Accountability in Seattle, from 1955 to the present; Get Relief From Utility Bills; Stone Cottage Update; OEM 2020 Annual Report;
Covid Updates: Phase 3, Keep Up Precautions, West Seattle Vaccine Site, Walk Up Vaccine for 65+, Testing Phase 3: On Monday, Seattle and the entire … [Read more...] about Covid Updates: Phase 3, Keep Up Precautions, West Seattle Vaccine Site, Walk Up Vaccine for 65+, Testing; West Seattle Bridge Closure, One Year Later – A Year in Review; SPD Budget Legislation Update; Municipal Archives: Police Accountability in Seattle, from 1955 to the present; Get Relief From Utility Bills; Stone Cottage Update; OEM 2020 Annual Report;
We need a fighting movement to expand renters’ rights, stop corporate landlord discrimination and abuse
NEWS RELEASE March 23, 2021 ‘Renters’ movements will need to go up against powerful corporate landlords and the political establishment. Just … [Read more...] about We need a fighting movement to expand renters’ rights, stop corporate landlord discrimination and abuse
Congratulations to the Clay Apartment residents and LIHI!
We need at least a hundred buildings like the Clay, the Liberty Bank Building, and other community-controlled affordable housing. So as we celebrate … [Read more...] about Congratulations to the Clay Apartment residents and LIHI!