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Seattle City Council Candidate Interviews

Over 40 individuals hope to win voter approval to sit on a new City Council in 2016. All nine City Council positions are up...

Move Seattle Initiative Brings Concerns About Levy Capacity

The Seattle City Council met on Tuesday for the first time to consider Mayor Ed Murray’s Move Seattle initiative—a nine-year, $930 million property tax...

Will Linkage Fees Keep Properties Off The Market?

In my last article on linkage fees I made the case that the typical supply and demand dynamics we are familiar with from buying gasoline...

Downtown Seattle Transit Capacity Is At The Breaking Point

Sound Transit completed a comprehensive study (see PDF below for full details) in 2014 to forecast Downtown Seattle transit capacity over the next 20 years....

Micro Housing Part 5: Concentrated Urbanism

Article Note: This is the fifth and final installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 as well. Thus far...

Micro Housing Part 2: Arguments in Favor

Article Note: This is the second installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 as well. The arguments for...

Micro Housing Part 1: An Overview

Article Note: This is the first installment of a five-part series on micro housing, see Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 as well. The Seattle...

April Special Election Endorsements

The King County April Special Election is underway. With a handful of local issues on the ballot, we want to take the time to...