Tents line a street in downtown Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook) The Compassion Seattle electoral initiative, which aimed to revise the city’s policy towards its homeless population, will not be eligible for election in the city’s November elections, a judge on the Washington State Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Earlier this week, supporters of … Read more
Tents will be pitched on a grassy lot along Dexter Avenue in Seattle in January 2021. The Space Needle and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation can be seen in the background. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) A state judge removed the “Compassion Seattle” measure from the November vote on Friday and said the proposal … Read more
Tim Burgess (bottom left), Rachel Smith (top right), Kieran Snyder (bottom right) and presenter Mike Lewis from GeekWire There is no denying that Seattle is having a homelessness crisis; how to solve it. In the midst of the fray is Compassion Seattle, an initiative attempting to rewrite the city charter with a roadmap that prescribes … Read more