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It’s time for Washington’s harmful jaywalking laws to go

By Hester Serebrin | December 21, 2022

Jaywalking? I do it on the daily. Whether I'm crossing against the signal to catch a bus or crossing midblock because the closest crosswalk is blocks away, it's a choice I make out of convenience and safety. Yet, I've never been stopped. Why? Maybe it's because I'm an able-bodied, middle-class white woman. ...
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‘I felt like an ant, a crushed ant’

By Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | December 21, 2022

Keylett “KeyKey” Tyus estimates she’s been in the county’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for about six years now. When a group of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s (KCRHA) systems advocates set up a tent to do outreach at Bell Street Park, close to the section where she’d been living in a tent, she was less surprised than they were to see her name already in the system. ...
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Vendor Dhannie Crenshaw finds her perfect match

By Arizona Hays | December 21, 2022

“I’ll be back. I’m coming to get you. I promise.”

Dhannie Crenshaw knew from the start it was meant to be. She found something special. Something that would change her life. Khandie — a blue nose pit bull found by a resident at the shelter Dhannie was living in at the time — was 22 pounds underweight and grieving after giving birth. That didn’t matter to Crenshaw: she saw in Khandie’s eyes a smart dog and faithful companion. ...
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Empowering anti-violence

By Jill Mullins | December 21, 2022

Over the summer, Washington updated its Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) statute to include coercive control. “Coercive control” means a pattern of behavior that is used to cause another to suffer physical, emotional or psychological harm and — in purpose or effect — unreasonably interferes with a person’s free will and personal liberty. Coercive control is essentially a form of emotional or psychological abuse that domestic violence advocates have long included in their definition of domestic violence. ...
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Calendars, cows, Elon Musk, Jurassic Park, an aquarium, Einstein and chaos

By Dr. Wes Browning | December 21, 2022

If you’re reading this the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 21, when this paper comes out, you should be aware that the Winter Solstice is happening this afternoon at 1:48 p.m. PST. ...
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‘Not / Our Town’ provides a welcoming route away from old, stale classics

By W. Barnett Marcus | December 21, 2022

PLAY REVIEW: ‘Not / Our Town’ Written and directed by Brandon Healy | Nov. 4–Dec. 3, 2022, at 12th Avenue Arts | Pony World Theatre

“What is the name of someone I love?” My fingers hovered over my keyboard as I paused. ...
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Earlier this year, encampment removals continued despite an acknowledged lack of shelter

By Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | December 21, 2022

Emails obtained by Real Change between Public Defender Association (PDA) executive director Lisa Daugaard, concerned members of the downtown community, Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washington and other city and county officials show what seem to be discussions of pending removals for two downtown encampments, peppered with explicit acknowledgements of a lack of available or suitable shelter for residents. ...
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The purrfect city council

By | December 21, 2022

Feline admirers filled the Bertha Knight Landes Room at Seattle City Hall, Dec. 13, to patiently wait their turns to spend a few minutes with precious kittens and, organizers hoped, bring home one or two. Within the first half hour, around seven applications had already been submitted, and one staffer said the event was a great, fun way to remind people that the Seattle Animal Shelter had plenty of friendly cats and kittens ready to join families. ...
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Seattle City Council extends affordable housing design review exemption

By Guy Oron | December 21, 2022

The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance on Dec. 13 allowing a one-year exemption to the design review process for affordable housing developers. The legislation extends an existing COVID-19-era carve out to design review for affordable housing projects.

Affordable housing projects that serve residents making 60 percent or less of the area median income would be exempt from the traditional design review process under the new law. ...
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SDOT Director Greg Spotts meets the Real Change community

By Guy Oron | December 21, 2022

On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Director Greg Spotts met with Real Change vendors, staff and community for a discussion on important transportation issues. Participants went on a short walk around the Pioneer Square neighborhood to see firsthand how transit, cycling and pedestrian safety issues affect community members.

Spotts said his meeting with Real Change was just one of more than 100 listening tours he has done since he became SDOT director at the start of September, averaging more than one a day. ...
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Honor | Acquitted

By | December 21, 2022

Honor

City officials are proposing to name a stretch of the Seattle waterfront after a former Indigenous town that was a center for tribal fishing and trade in an effort to lift up Seattle’s Native history.

A stretch of Alaskan Way and Elliott Way between South Dearborn Street and Bell Street would receive the honorary name Dzidzilalich — pronounced dzee-dzuh-lah-leech — which means “little crossing-over place” in Lushootseed, a Coast Salish language. Legally, the road will still be Alaskan Way, and no addresses will change. ...
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Queer community and allies rally in support of Renton drag storytime event

By Guy Oron | December 21, 2022

Roughly 200 community members rallied in support of a Dec. 10 drag storytime event in Renton. Earlier in the week, the far-right social media account Wake Up WA State had called on its supporters to demonstrate against the event, prompting a swift response from the queer community and its allies. ...
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