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Councilmembers Say Wilson Must Turn On Stadium Cameras by June, Rob Saka Won't Use His Committee's Actual Name
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (715+ words) 1. Highlighting a Monday update to last week's story about the settlement between the city and SPD officer Denise "Cookie" Bouldin, who filed a lawsuit in 2023 alleging racial and gender discrimination: The city will pay Bouldin $750,000, according to the settlement agreement....
City Settles In SPD Discrimination Suit, Council Queues Up Questions on Mayor's Shelter Plan, King County Employees Push Back on In-Office Mandate
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (578+ words) 1. The city of Seattle settled last week with Seattle police officer Denise "Cookie" Bouldin, a longtime officer who sued the department in 2023, alleging gender and racial discrimination. The size of the settlement is unclear. Bouldin's attorneys did not respond to…...
Seattle Nice: Mayor Wilson Wants to Go Big on Shelter. Will She Succeed—and If She Does, What Then?
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (607+ words) Seattle Nice: Mayor Wilson Wants to Go Big on Shelter. Will She Succeed'and If She Does, What Then?PubliCola - By Erica C. Barnett This week's episode of Seattle Nice was all about shelter'specifically, Mayor Katie Wilson's proposal to allow larger tiny…...
Wilson Announces First Steps Toward 1,000 Shelter Beds: Simpler Leases, Larger Tiny House Villages, More Money for Shelter
2+ week, 6+ day ago (572+ words) By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson introduced three pieces of legislation on Wednesday that she says will reduce barriers to tiny house villages'groups of small, freestanding shelters'by reducing bureaucratic obstacles, freeing up money, and removing a cap on the size…...
SPD's National Recruitment Push Includes Police Chief's Alma Mater; Chief Attended Tiny Desk Concert with Security In Tow
3+ week, 6+ day ago (369+ words) The SPD spokesperson said the inclusion of Barnes" alma mater, which has about 2,300 students, was coincidental. "The department prioritizes events that provide demonstrated applicant yield, and broad and diverse candidate pools," the spokesperson said. "Our goal is to use our…...
Police Contract Has Prevented Unarmed Crisis Responders From Doing their Jobs, CARE Chief Says
1+ mon, 9+ hour ago (347+ words) By Erica C. Barnett As PubliCola has reported, the CARE Team has to operate under the limitations of a Memorandum of Understanding adopted as part of the Seattle Police Officers Guild contract last year. The new rules also prohibit CARE from…...
Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (771+ words) Police didn't engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren't familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as "transtifa," the report found. By Erica C. Barnett This "anticipatory defensiveness" contributed to officers' decisions to overreact to protesters…...
Elevating the Affordable Housing Issue
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (572+ words) In short: By allowing smaller elevators, the state can make "missing middle" housing more affordable. The logic goes like this: State-by-state elevator regulations mandate unnecessarily oversized elevators." As a result, according to the CBNA report, "elevators in North America are…...
Cathy Moore's Opinions on Growth and Housing Aren't New. What's New is That Most Voters Disagree With Them.
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (241+ words) By Erica C. Barnett It's true that Moore didn't get much love from the public for supporting proposals that would slow down or prevent housing from being built, and that hundreds of people mobilized to write emails to Moore and other…...
Parking Enforcement Officers On Work Slowdown After Contract Negotiations Stall
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (448+ words) By Erica C. Barnett Seattle's parking enforcement officers have been engaged in a work slowdown since mid-November, after failing to reach an agreement on a contract that would raise their pay and allow them to take paid lunch breaks, among other…...