Contents Public Hearing on Transportation Impact Fee Comprehensive Plan Amendment Little Saigon Public Safety Meeting SPD Implements New Policy Regulating Ruses Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal Replacement Planning Update, SEPA Delayed Until 2025 SDOT Release...
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CARE Responder Team Launch / This Week in the Budget / Homestead Partnership with Admiral Church Announcement! / Family Caregiver Support Month / Pickleball in Lincoln Park
Contents CARE Responder Team Launch This Week in the Budget Homestead Partnership with Admiral Church Announcement! Family Caregiver Support Month Pickleball in Lincoln Park CARE Responder Team Launch Seattle is working to build a compassionate, eviden...
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9-26 PSHS Committee Summary / South Park Pump Station and Roadway/Drainage Event Saturday / Spokane Street (Low) Bridge closed October 7-14 / Order Free At-Home COVID Tests / It’s Budget Season
Contents 9-26 PSHS Committee Summary South Park Pump Station and Roadway/Drainage Event Saturday Spokane Street (Low) Bridge Closed October 7-14 Order Free At-Home COVID Tests It’s Budget Season 9-26 PSHS Committee Summary The Public Safety and Human S...
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Health 99 Event / Working Washington’s PayUp Party / Saturday Gathering with South Asian Community Leaders / SDOT West Seattle Bridge Update / Federal Tree Grant Includes Delridge Native Forest Garden / 2024 Budget Preview / Opioid Settlement Funding Resolution / Free Tutoring in South Park and High Point / Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With a Book / New Covid Vaccines Arriving / SPU Requesting Water Conservation / Prioritizing Diversion Over Prosecution for State Drug Law / Diaper Need Awareness Proclamation
Contents Health 99 Event Working Washington’s PayUp Party Saturday Gathering with South Asian Community Leaders SDOT West Seattle Bridge Update Federal Tree Grant Includes Delridge Native Forest Garden 2024 Budget Preview Opioid Settlement Funding Reso...
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King County Board of Health Approves Councilmember Herbold’s Resolution to Maximize Impact of Opioid Settlement Funding for King County Residents
Seattle – Councilmember Lisa Herbold (District 1, West Seattle & South Park), in her ongoing commitment to addressing the overdose crisis, celebrates the passage of a resolution at today’s King County Board of Health meeting. It urges all jurisdictions within King County to align their opioid settlement funding and invest in services recommended in the Opioid Settlement Stakeholder Feedback report. “The overdose crisis...
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Seattle City Council passes legislation to prioritize treatment and address public drug use
SEATTLE – The Seattle City Council passed legislation today that will refocus Seattle’s approach to public drug use and make unprecedented commitments to prioritizing treatment and diversion services. The legislation was proposed by Mayor Bruce Harrell and was co-sponsored by Councilmember Andrew J. Lewis (District 7 – Pioneer Square to Magnolia). “Today, we’re making the most substantive commitment to treatment and...
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Councilmember Mosqueda Rejects Further Prosecution of Addiction, a Public Health Crisis
SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda issued the following statement regarding the Seattle City Council’s final consideration of legislation (CB 120645) that allows the Seattle City Attorney to prosecute public drug use or possession, the first time that such prosecution will happen at the city level in Seattle’s history: “Given my background in public health and my steadfast commitment...
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Seattle City Council Passes Resolution Supporting National Infrastructure Bank, Calls on Congress to Act
SEATTLE – Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) celebrated the Seattle City Council’s passage of a resolution requesting the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB). The Council’s resolution supports the federal Legislation (HR 3339) to create a National Infrastructure Bank. If created, the NIB would lend $5 trillion nationally to repair the country’s crumbling infrastructure. Crucial priorities include...
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Consent Decree Ruling / Impact Fees / You Can Help Prevent Overdose / Applications Due 9/20 for Seattle Youth Employment Program / Myers Way Encampment Resolved / Back to School / OEM Emergency Management Trainings / SDOT Draft Transportation Plan & Public Comment Open
Contents Consent Decree Ruling Impact Fees You Can Help Prevent Overdose Applications Due 9/20 for Seattle Youth Employment Program Myers Way Encampment Resolved Back to School OEM Emergency Management Trainings SDOT Draft Transportation Plan/Public Co...
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Safer Streets Enabled by Passage of Additional Traffic Camera Enforcement Legislation
SEATTLE – Following their recent designation of illegal drag racing zones, the Seattle City Council passed two additional pillars of the traffic camera enforcement strategy, as sponsored by Councilmember Alex Pedersen for safer streets. The suite of new legislation will create safer streets throughout the city by authorizing the addition of automated traffic cameras in hospital zones and...