March 2nd, 2020
Coronavirus/COVID-19 For updates on the coronavirus, you can follow Public Health – Seattle & King County or sign up for AlertSeattle – the City of Seattle Government’s emergency notification system – to receive customized alerts via text, email, voice mail, or on Facebook or Twitter. More info at alert.seattle.gov. Police Staffing and Hiring Update I’ve […]
[More]
Posted: March 2nd, 2020 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
Coronavirus,
COVID-19,
Delridge Community Center,
Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association,
Delridge Way,
District 1,
King County,
Public Health,
Public Safety and Human Services Committee,
Rapid Ride H Line,
Seattle Parks and Recreation,
Seattle Police Department,
South Park,
tax,
Unsanctioned Encampments,
West Seattle
April 27th, 2018
Nature’s Scorecard On Tuesday, the Puget Soundkeeper and the Washington Environmental Council provided my committee a briefing on their joint project, Nature’s Scorecard. Under the Clean Water Act cities are required to manage stormwater runoff and ensure that combined sewer overflows occur no more than once per outfall per year. Nature’s Scorecard is an easily […]
[More]
April 6th, 2018
Center City Streetcar: Pressing the “Pause” Button I thank Mayor Durkan for pressing the ‘pause’ button on the Center City Streetcar through her executive order to stop work. This step is necessary to ensure that the independent review earlier ordered by the Mayor is meaningful. Had work proceeded as scheduled—especially in awarding a construction contract—it […]
[More]
Posted: April 6th, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold.
Tags:
Center City Streetcar,
domestic workers,
emails,
Employee Hours Tax,
green,
march,
SDOT,
Seattle Public Utilities,
tax,
trucks
March 2nd, 2018
Reminder: March 5 Deadline for ST3 Early Scoping Comments Monday, March 5 is the deadline for submitting comments to Sound Transit as part of the ST3 scoping process for light rail from Downtown to West Seattle. You can submit comments at Sound Transit’s online open house; here’s a link to the “Alternatives” page, where you […]
[More]
January 12th, 2018
Progressive Revenue Task Force Thursday January 4, 2018 was the first meeting of the Progressive Revenue Task Force. The task force was established by Resolution 31782, passed during the November Budget discussion soon after a narrow majority of Councilmembers voted against the progressive Employee Hours Tax (EHT) that would have funded $13 million in programs […]
[More]
Posted: January 12th, 2018 under
Councilmember Herbold,
Seattle Public Utliities.
Tags:
Department of Neighborhoods,
Employee Hours Tax,
grant,
Jeff Sessions,
marijuana,
Progessive Revenue Task Force,
Seattle Public Utilities,
tax,
Waste-Free Communities Matching Grant,
Your Voice Your Choice
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 […]
[More]
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.
Tags:
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
July 14th, 2017
Seattle Moves Toward Tax Fairness with Tax on High Incomes The City Council has unanimously voted to begin addressing the regressive nature of our tax system, and move toward tax fairness. On Monday, July 10 the Council passed legislation that I co-sponsored to establish a tax on high incomes. This vote occurred after a public […]
[More]
July 7th, 2017
Part II: Displacement in the MHA Draft Environmental Impact Statement Last month in my blog post, I wrote a “Part 1” article describing my disappointment in a recent Displacement Risk Analysis being done as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Citywide Rezones that are part of implementing a Mandatory Housing […]
[More]
June 16th, 2017
LSG Sky Chefs – City and Union Take a Stand Today, I wrote letters to each Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa, American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines. Each airline has hubs serviced by a company called LSG Sky Chefs. LSG Sky Chefs provides catering and much of the food on these airlines as well as others, and […]
[More]
June 1st, 2017
Sweetened Drink Tax Yesterday, in the Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods and Finance Committee the public finally saw the newly proposed bill for the sweetened drink tax. This has been an issue that I’ve been tracking closely for the last couple of months as I’ve had several concerns about not only how to spend projected revenue, but […]
[More]