City Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6), who chairs the City Council’s budget committee, released his initial proposal for the 2027-2028 city budget today, also referred to as the “Balancing Package.” “This proposal makes critical investments that will deliver real results: reversing cuts to firefighters, making historic investments in housing and homelessness, and clearing violent crime...
Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6) released the following statement after Mayor Katie Wilson vetoed CB 121283, legislation he sponsored as part of his Vehicle Resident Assistance Program (VRAP). “Before we passed this legislation, Mayor Katie Wilson promised me not to veto it and to work together to implement. Now, thirteen days after we passed it,...
The Seattle City Council approved six pieces of legislation sponsored by Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6), known as the Vehicle Resident Assistance Program (VRAP). The legislation will create pathways to shelter and housing for all people living in their vehicles and update the City of Seattle’s regulation of RVs on public streets. “For far too...
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6), chair of the Select Budget Committee, kicked off its annual budget process this morning. Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson delivered her proposed $9.1 billion budget to the council on Tuesday. Over the next two months, the Select Budget Committee will review, amend, and pass a balanced 2027-2028 city budget. ...
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6) announced six new pieces of legislation today, called the Vehicle Resident Assistance Program (VRAP), aimed at creating pathways to shelter and housing for people who live in their vehicles. “One out of every four people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in our region is living in their vehicle. Right now,...
Sound Transit announced today that the Ballard Light Rail Extension could begin service to Market Street in Ballard by 2042 if it is able to close the project’s funding gap by 2033. “As a board and an agency, we are united in our commitment to deliver the full Ballard Light Rail Extension and all voter-approved ST3 projects,” said King County Executive Girmay Zahilay (Sound Transit Board...
Today Council President Joy Hollingsworth (District 3), Councilmember Dan Strauss (District 6), Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5), Councilmember Bob Kettle (District 7, Public Safety Chair), released this statement following an official announcement from Mayor Katie B. Wilson that Police Chief Shon Barnes has resigned. “Our city faces profound public safety challenges, from youth gun violence destroying lives to drug markets and human trafficking plaguing our neighborhoods. After the Seattle Center shooting, our focus should be on the lives lost and how...
Seattle City Councilmembers and the mayor announced agreement today on a unified strategy to improve food access for Seattle students. The proposal would fund both universal free school meals, as proposed by Mayor Katie B. Wilson, and six-years of food support for students in need outside of the classroom, as proposed by Council President Joy...
Three Seattle City Councilmembers announced a proposal today to fund universal free school meals for all Seattle Public School students starting this fall, while maintaining new investments aimed at ensuring low-income students have food on their tables at home. The proposal is sponsored by Councilmember and Budget Chair Dan Strauss (District 6), Council President Joy Hollingsworth (District 3), and Councilmember Dionne Foster (Position 9). It...
My two amendments to secure better bus service for our neighborhoods passed in the Seattle Transportation Benefit District Committee! They are now part of the Seattle Transit Measure that will be on the ballot this November. We need better transit now more than ever. With Ballard, Fremont, Green Lake, Greenwood, Phinney Ridge, and Magnolia all...