The Council’s Planning, Land Use & Zoning committee unanimously (3-0) approved improvements to the City’s Living Building Pilot Program today, intended to encourage development of some of the most energy efficient buildings in the world. A “living building” is the next generation of “green building,” in which development projects are made of sustainable materials and...
Month: September 2016
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September 20, 2016January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold, Herbold, News Releases
Councilmember Herbold Statement on City Attorney’s Filing of West Seattle Tree-Cutting Lawsuits
Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle & South Park) issued the following statement in response to the City Attorney’s filing of the West Seattle Tree-Cutting Lawsuits: “I thank the City Attorney’s Office for filing two civil lawsuits this morning to address the illegal cutting of 150 trees in West Seattle earlier this year. I...
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September 19, 2016January 6, 2023Gonzalez, Herbold, News Releases
Mayor Murray, Councilmembers applaud unanimous adoption of secure scheduling legislation
Council unanimously (9-0) adopted Secure Scheduling legislation today, adding stability and predictability to Seattle shift workers’ hourly incomes and schedules. The legislation, developed collaboratively between Mayor Ed Murray, Councilmember Lorena González and Councilmember Lisa Herbold, is intended to address retail and food service employees’ unpredictable working conditions by requiring employers to provide workers with a...
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September 17, 2016January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Creating the Seattle Success Story for those who are unsheltered
On September 8 in my Human Services and Public Health committee we explored the conditions of being homeless in Seattle. National experts offered their research and recommendations here: Barb Poppe, Focus Strategies, and the Mayor’s Pathways Home reports. You can watch the Seattle Channel video of the meeting attended by a majority of my Council colleagues here. We know that […]
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September 16, 2016January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
Secure Scheduling Update, Appointment of New SPU Director, SDOT report on Parking Benefit Districts, Beach Drive SW Speed Bumps, North Precinct
Secure Scheduling Update As you may recall, the deliberations about this policy started last March. Professor Susan Lambert of the University of Chicago presented on problematic scheduling practices, including an increase in the use of part-time employees, just-in-time scheduling (real time schedule adjustments), and an increase in pressure to “stay within hours” due to tight labor […]
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September 16, 2016January 6, 2023News Releases, Sawant
Sawant, Block the Bunker Activists to Celebrate Victory on North Precinct, Call to Use Funds for Housing
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), the “Block the Bunker” coalition, the NAACP, affordable housing advocates, socialists, and other activists today will join to celebrate victory over the Mayor’s announced scrapping of the North Precinct police facility plan. Hundreds of social justice advocates came together to fight the $149 million police bunker and forced...
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September 15, 2016January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Bunker Blocked!!! Victory Rally & Rally to Build 1,000 Homes Instead, Sept. 22!
Dear Sisters and Brothers, I sent the following press release tonight, in celebration of our victory, Blocking the Bunker! Congratulations to everyone who organized and fought for this big win, especially the activists with the #BlockTheBunker coalition! We will continue to organize to demand that $160 million be spent on affordable housing. In solidarity, Kshama Councilmember […]
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September 15, 2016January 6, 2023News Releases, Sawant
Councilmember Sawant Celebrates Movement’s Historic Victory, Blocking the Bunker
Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the North Precinct Police Station project has been blocked: “Today in Seattle, anti-racist and social justice activists scored one of the most important victories nationally since the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2014. We have stopped Seattle’s...
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September 15, 2016January 6, 2023News Releases, Sawant
Mayor Murray, Councilmembers Announce Update to North Precinct Plan
Today, Mayor Ed Murray and Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Debora Juarez and Lorena González announced that the City will review the proposed new North Precinct facility, citing concerns around equity, cost and community needs. The City will follow a recently-passed Council resolution and conduct a Racial Equity Toolkit review of the proposed precinct, and review key...
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September 15, 2016January 6, 2023Johnson, News Releases
Councilmember Johnson’s Statement on the North Precinct Police Station
Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4, Northeast Seattle) issued the following statement following the announcement that the North Precinct Police Station project will be revisited: “I fully believe that the decision to forego the current $149M design for the new North Precinct is more than prudent. As I’ve stated before, $149M is far too large a...