Next week, on Thursday, 4/23, at 6:00 pm in City Council Chambers, Councilmember Kshama Sawant and I are co-hosting a Town Hall to discuss the impacts of rising rents on Seattle residents and what we can do about it. I hope that you can join us. Sponsoring organizations include the Community Housing Caucus, the Church […]
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March 11, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
New Police Command Staff
Chief O’Toole has taken a significant step toward rebuilding the public’s trust and confidence in our Police Department in the hiring of four new assistant police chiefs and a new chief technology officer. It’s a bold step. A very correct...
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January 29, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
January City Inside/Out: Council Edition
Earlier this month I joined Councilmembers Bagshaw and O'Brien and host Brian Callanan on the Seattle Channel to talk about Bertha, encampments and public safety issues. You can watch the video below.
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January 26, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
The False Promise of the Death Penalty
Two high-profile death penalty trials are underway in King County Superior Court: the 2009 assassination of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton and the 2007 Christmas Eve mass murders of three generations of the Anderson family in Carnation. Both crimes were...
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January 23, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
One Night Count Numbers Jump 21%
Each year the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, organizes a one night count of people all over King County sleeping in their cars, in doorways, under bridges, in greenbelts, and in doorways. This year 1000 people participated in the count. This year, these volunteers counted 3,772 people without shelter in King County last night. This […]
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January 7, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
On State and Local Marijuana Regulation
Earlier this week City Attorney Holmes released a very helpful summary of the current status of marijuana regulations in Washington State. He also includes his recommendations for a single, integrated regulatory framework at the State level that provides access to...
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December 17, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Looking Outside for Assistant Police Chiefs
Earlier this week, Chief O’Toole announced that she is opening up the five assistant chief positions in the police department to a competitive application process. Within the department, members at the rank of lieutenant and above can apply. In an...
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December 10, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Looking Upstream
The following article was sent out in my City View Newsletter, which you can sign up to receive here. President Obama announced a new initiative today—Invest in US—to raise awareness about the value of early learning. The president made the...
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December 5, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Local Progress 2014 Convening In NYC & A Call for Action
I stand with the multitudes who are mobilizing and saying “enough is enough."
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December 3, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Reflections on Ferguson and Seattle
The following article was posted today on Crosscut. It has been just over a week since the grand jury made its decision in the Ferguson case, my hope is that we can soon get beyond the conflicting evidence presented to...