The City Council has begun consideration of the 65 recommendations from the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda Advisory Committee (HALA). We will spend 18 to 24 months learning about, discussing, and considering these recommendations. They involve a wide range of...
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July 20, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Affordable Housing and Single Family Zones
This afternoon the Council’s Select Committee on Housing Affordability will be briefed on Mayor Murray’s proposal to increase affordable housing options in the city. Housing costs eat up more than half of the income of about 45,000 households in Seattle...
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July 20, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Affordable Housing and Single Family Zones
This afternoon the Council’s Select Committee on Housing Affordability will be briefed on Mayor Murray’s proposal to increase affordable housing options in the city. Housing costs eat up more than half of the income of about 45,000 households in Seattle...
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July 15, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
The Hard Work of Innovative Policing
Two weeks ago I spoke on a panel at a White House forum on innovations in policing about Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. The LEAD program allows the police and prosecutors to redirect nonviolent, low level adult offenders...
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July 10, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
A Common Sense Public Health Approach to Gun Violence
The following op-ed article was published yesterday in the Slog. Every year taxpayers in Seattle pay for millions of dollars of emergency medical care for people who have been shot. It’s time for the gun industry to chip in to...
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July 6, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
First Seattle Preschool Program Providers Selected
Mayor Murray announced today the first providers selected to participate in the Seattle Preschool Program. It is a strong group of high quality preschool providers. You can read the Mayor’s release here. This is an exciting moment. Full day, affordable,...
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June 25, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Seeking Ethics and Elections Commission Applicants
The City Council is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC). The deadline to apply is this coming Tuesday, June 30. The SEEC ensures an honest electoral process and an ethic of principled...
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June 18, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Lowrise Multifamily Code Updates: Balancing Design and Density
Legislation a Council committee discussed earlier this week has been characterized by one side as a dramatic giveaway to developers and, by the other side, an unnecessary and dangerous downzone. Both characterizations are false. The Council’s land use committee considered...
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June 15, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Seattle’s Advanced Industries
Source: The Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution has produced an interesting report about “the Advanced Industries Sector,” the 50 industries that spend higher amounts in research and development and focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs. It categorizes...
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May 29, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
The Power of Books
The following article was sent out in my City View Newsletter, which you can sign up to receive here. Wednesday I traveled to Emerson Elementary in the Rainier Beach neighborhood because they have partnered with Page Ahead to provide free...