For the City to address the health and safety of current residents, address the concerns of neighbors, and support the Food Lifeline project we must work together to find a way to facilitate the relocation of the residents of the Nickelsville encampment.
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May 21, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
SEATTLE SIGNS UP FOR HEALTH CARE
On Monday, May 13, the Seattle City Council adopted a resolution enlisting City departments to develop outreach strategies to educate and inform the public about new healthcare coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA is the national health insurance legislation approved by Congress in 2010, which goes into full effect in [...]
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April 25, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Somber Recognition of First Anniversary of the Launch of Family Housing Connection
Tonight in King County, children in 215 families will sleep in a car, in a greenbelt, on the streets, in an encampment, or in abandoned building. These children will wait months for their families to be placed in shelter or a hotel. This is unacceptable for a region of our resources.
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April 9, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
SUSTAINABILITY TRAILBLAZER AND HUNGER FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Recently I had the honor of receiving two awards from organizations that have long histories of thoughtful and careful work in their respective fields. In late March I was named as a “Sustainability Trailblazer” by the Seattle-based Sustainable Path Foundation. On April 5 I was given the “Hunger Fighter” award for 2013 by the Seattle [...]
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February 27, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Operation Sack Lunch Celebration
Today, I attended a celebration of Operation Sack Lunch (OSL) and their work in the community, providing 1,200 hot meals each day to shelters, transitional housing programs, youth day programs, community kitchens, Nickelsville, Real Change vendors, Seattle Municipal Court, and the City of Seattle sanctioned Outdoor Meal Site at 6th and Columbia. The current Outdoor [...]
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January 28, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Our latest Public Health crisis — and what we can do to get well.
Another domestic dispute – and again — people were shot and killed in Seattle. One more family fight, tempers and guns involved, more deaths. Add these to the statistics we know nationwide from the latest annual data: 12,179 people murdered. 18,223 people committed suicide. 592 people killed accidentally. 326 killed by police intervention. 273 died [...]
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January 24, 2013January 6, 2023News Releases
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
On January 1, 2014, the people of King County will benefit from the most significant advance in health care since the implementation of Medicare in 1965, when the Affordable Care Act (the health care reform legislation approved by Congress in 2010) goes into effect. On that date, most people in King County will be required [...]
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January 23, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Single Adult Shelter Task Force Recommends Shift in Shelter Policy
It is a significant shift in policy considering that, since its inception, the 10 Year Plan has recognized the important role of shelter but has recommended to partner-cities and funders that they focus new investments on housing rather than emergency shelter.
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November 14, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Council Creates a Human Services Budget Package
I'm pleased that the Council created a human services package to enhance care for our community’s most vulnerable members.
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November 8, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
A City Budget Re-Focused on Today’s Needs
The following text was sent out this afternoon in my e-newsletter. You can sign up to receive my e-newsletter here. Tomorrow morning my colleagues and I will take dozens of votes to modify next year’s city budget. It will be...