January 3rd, 2018
Contents PART 1 // D1 TRANSPORTATION UPDATES Sound Transit Light Rail Lander Street Overpass Funding Highland Park Roundabout Mudslides PART 2 // PUBLIC SAFETY IN D1 South Park Public Safety Task Force Alki Public Safety and Health Survey/Budget Action PART 3 // HOUSING HIGHLIGHTS Housing Bond Update Fair Chance Housing Short-Term Rental PART 4 // LAND USE LATEST […]
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Posted: January 3rd, 2018 under
Arts,
Budget,
Councilmember Herbold,
District 1,
District Office Hours,
Economic Development,
Housing,
Labor Standards,
Planning and Land Use,
Police Department,
Transportation,
Trees,
Zoning.
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Alki,
Art,
banking,
Duwamish,
Fair Chance Housing,
film,
Highland Park,
Housing,
housing bond,
Lander Street Overpass,
Legacy Business Program,
Light Rail,
Mandatory Housing Affordability,
mudslides,
Observer Bill of Rights,
office hours,
Office of Labor Standards,
police accountability,
priority hire,
public safety survey,
Seattle Police Department,
short-term rentals,
South Park,
subminimum wage,
tax,
Vacant Building Program
November 22nd, 2017
My Thanks There is much to be thankful for as I write this on Thanksgiving Day eve. There are individual people to be thankful for their contribution to making Seattle a better city. There are groups that I am thankful for as well who, in raising their voices together and with my occasional helping hand, […]
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Posted: November 22nd, 2017 under
Budget,
Civil Rights,
Councilmember Herbold,
LGBTQ.
Tags:
budget,
HOMES Tax,
ICE,
LGBTQ,
South Park,
Thanksgiving,
Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 17th, 2017
This Week in Budget I’ve been writing each week to bring you news of the City Council’s budget deliberations. This week, the Budget Committee met to consider and vote on a “revised” balancing package based upon the potential amendments Councilmembers proposed on Tuesday, November 7 to my “initial” October 31 proposed balancing package. These balancing […]
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November 13th, 2017
This Week in the Budget The Budget Committee met last week to consider potential Council amendments to the “initial” proposed balancing package I released the week before last as Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee. The Budget Committee is scheduled to meet on November 14 and 15, to consider a “revised” balancing package. Per the Budget […]
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November 3rd, 2017
This Week in the Budget It’s been a busy week in the City budget. On Wednesday, the Council met as the Budget Committee to hold its second public hearing on the 2018 budget. On Tuesday, as Chair of the Council’s Budget Committee, I released an initial proposed balancing package for the City budget from among […]
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October 27th, 2017
This Week in the Budget The City Council’s Budget Committee will hold a second public hearing on the 2018 budget on November 1 at City Hall. In addition, there will be hearings on the Seattle Asian Art Museum Renovation, and the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Central Waterfront Piers Rehabilitation Projects, as required by law. […]
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October 21st, 2017
This Week in the Budget On Monday and Tuesday this week and Friday last week the Council met as the Budget Committee for the “Issue Identification” phase of the Council’s budget deliberations. Below are links to Council Central staff papers for relevant departments, which include issues identified by Staff, as well as proposals from individual […]
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October 13th, 2017
This Week in the Budget The Council began meeting today as the Budget Committee to consider identification of particular budget issues relevant to individual City Departments. Here is the schedule through Tuesday, October 17. Today we discussed Councilmember ideas and budget proposals for each the Office of Planning and Community Development, Seattle Department of Construction […]
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December 30th, 2016
Housing Issues Source of Income Discrimination (SOID) Law SOID is important new comprehensive tenants’ rights legislation, enacting one of the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) recommendations. The final bill created a new protected class for people with alternative sources of income, created a new “first in time” requirement to make the housing application […]
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Posted: December 30th, 2016 under
Budget,
Capital Projects,
Councilmember Herbold,
District 1,
District Office Hours,
Housing,
Labor Standards,
LGBTQ,
Planning and Land Use,
Police Department,
Seattle Public Utliities,
Street Vacations,
Terminal 5,
Transportation,
Trees,
Utilities,
West Seattle Bridge.
Tags:
budget,
District 1,
Fauntleroy,
Green Pathways,
hate and bias crimes,
Housing,
mand,
office hours,
plastic bag,
police,
Pronto,
SDOT,
Seattle Public Utilities,
secure scheduling,
SODO arena
December 9th, 2016
Anti-Hate Resolution As chair of the Committee that oversees Civil Rights, I am charged with providing policy direction and oversight, and making recommendations on legislative matters related to civil rights issues. In response to Donald Trump becoming the President-elect, there has been an increase in hate speech and acts of violence targeted at Muslims, Sikhs, […]
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Posted: December 9th, 2016 under
Arts,
Budget,
Civil Rights,
Councilmember Herbold,
District 1,
LGBTQ,
Music.
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Civil Rights,
District 1,
Fauntleroy,
LGBTQ,
Music Commission