‘By the time you heal, you’re right back out there’

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Councilmember Tammy Morales announces reelection bid

By Ashley Archibald | February 1, 2023

Councilmember Tammy Morales announced Wednesday that she would run for reelection in District 2, making her the second sitting councilmember to declare their candidacy in a year in which all seven district seats are up for election.

Councilmember Andrew Lewis, who represents District 7, is currently running unopposed. Four councilmembers — Lisa Herbold, Kshama Sawant, Alex Pedersen and Debora Juarez — have already bowed out. Councilmember Dan Strauss, who represents District 6, has yet to say if he will run one way or another. ...
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Students, workers raise concerns over off-campus housing privatization plan

By Guy Oron | February 1, 2023

On Jan. 11, more than 100 University of Washington students, staff and tenants and their supporters held a rally denouncing a proposal by the university administration to privatize four of its residential properties. After the demonstration, protesters packed into the lobby of a small conference room to give public comments and express opposition to the plan at the university’s bimonthly Board of Regents meeting. ...
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Plan for ‘hostile infrastructure’ at Central Plaza Garage elicits suspicion, criticism

By Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | February 1, 2023

At a Jan. 23 meeting of the University of Washington’s University Transportation Committee, student activists — including grad student, City Council district 4 candidate and former House Our Neighbors! staffer Matthew Mitnick — butted heads with committee chair Anne Eskridge, who is also the director of UW Transportation Services. ...
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UW librarians and administration reach tentative agreement

By Guy Oron | February 1, 2023

Early in the morning of Jan. 25, workers at University of Washington Libraries and UW Press reached a deal with the university administration, minutes before they planned to start a strike. After 16 months of tense negotiations and 38 rounds of bargaining — including a marathon 20-hour session that stretched into the wee hours of the morning of the deadline — the tentative agreement brought relief and joy to many librarians. ...
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KCRHA nixes overnight count of unhoused, leans into new method

By Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | February 1, 2023

How many people are experiencing unsheltered homelessness in King County? It’s currently an $11.8 billion question — the number floated by the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s (KCRHA) draft five-year plan as what it will take to combat homelessness — and one that we haven’t always had an easy answer to. ...
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Meet the candidates for the little-known King Conservation District board

By Guy Oron | February 1, 2023

King County voters have until 8 p.m. on Feb. 14 to vote for the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors position 3 election. Voters can access their ballot online at https://kingcd.org/about/board-of-supervisors/elections-and-appointments/ ...
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Rolling with it | Kohl-Welles bows out | Community support

By | February 1, 2023

Rolling with it

The city of Seattle and the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) provided unlimited transit passes good through 2026 to SHA’s more than 10,000 residents.

The passes are funded through the Seattle Transit Measure, a 0.15 percent sales tax that voters passed in 2020. It’s an expansion of a pilot program that started during former mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration. The pilot program served nearly 2,000 SHA residents. ...
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New legislation could make Seattle the first city in North America to ban caste-based discrimination

By Guy Oron | February 1, 2023

On Jan. 24, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant announced at a press conference at City Hall new legislation to prohibit caste-based discrimination in the city of Seattle. If passed, the ordinance would add caste to the city’s list of protected classes, outlawing discrimination in employment, housing, public places and contracting. It would also empower the Seattle Office for Civil Rights to investigate complaints of caste discrimination and facilitate a settlement for monetary damages or other forms of recompense. ...
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It’s Real Change’s annual vendor week!

By Real Change Staff | February 1, 2023

Find local celebrities selling the paper around Westlake Center on Thurs., Feb. 2, from 1 to 3 p.m., and follow the activities at @RealChangeNews on social media. Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/557101503128558 for more information.

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‘By the time you heal, you’re right back out there’

By Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | January 25, 2023

Sandra Rouse and her partner Tim have really been through the wringer. It might sound melodramatic, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way from the kitchen table of their Studio 6 extended stay room in Mountlake Terrace. Nine of Rouse’s fingers are covered in pink medical tape, a brightly colored reminder of why they spent the last of their money to get inside. ...
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