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Plans and Policy

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Prominent Affordable Housing Consortium Comes Out Against Seattle’s Social Housing Ballot Initiative

The Housing Development Consortium (HDC), a prominent player in affordable housing creation in the Seattle region, has come out against proposed ballot Initiative 135,...
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Dubicki: Begging Seattle To Do Something Right Is Utterly Exhausting

For the last five months, a double-digit percentage of my time was spent working through two of Seattle’s larger Draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)....
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Home in Tacoma for All Coalition Seeks Greater Equity in Zoning Reforms

Home in Tacoma aims to overhaul Tacoma’s housing rules to allow greater flexibility in building practices. It will allow denser housing to be built...
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Transpo Notes: Sea-Tac International Arrivals Facility Opens, East Link Delays, Sound Transit Report Dismisses...

This week's Transpo Notes roundup looks into Link light rail project timeline shifts due to labor disputes, restarts of the RapidRide R and K...
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Elected Leaders Shy Away From Big Amendments to 2050 Regional Transportation Plan

The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Transportation Policy Board, which is made up of elected officials from around the four counties of central Puget...
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Corporations Push Back As Details Emerge on Seattle’s Pay Up Legislation for App-Based Workers

Yesterday battle lines emerged around Pay Up, the proposed suite of legislation aimed at ensuring Seattle's growing number of app-based contract workers earn at...
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Sound Transit Unveils Cost Savings Concepts for West Seattle and Ballard Light Rail

The agency is contemplating dropping three stations -- Avalon, Smith Cove, and South Lake Union -- in a $1.3 billion cost saving package. Sound Transit...

‘Pay Up’ Legislation Aims To Ensure Seattle App-Based Workers Earn Minimum Wage Among Other...

Councilmembers Lisa Herbold (District 1) and Andrew Lewis (District 7) have unveiled Pay Up, a proposed bill intended to improve compensation and working conditions...