About 80% of the city’s $9.1 billion budget is already accounted for before anyone even starts discussing it. What happens with the 20% up for discussion? We break down where the general fund budget lands in our latest Substack. (1/2)

Tomorrow, October 6, City Council hears public comment on the budget for the first time. For Seattle is supporting @MayorofSeattle $37 million investment in shelter expansion, so more of our neighbors have a safe place to stay. (1/2)

Trends show a decline in new permits, meaning less housing being built when we need more. Seattle City Councilmembers Hollingsworth and Foster have proposed unsticking MHA, which could build more homes, now. 🧵(1/2)

As a group of community members coming together to help local government actually follow through, one concrete result at a time, we got into all this work over housing and the cost of living. We’re also taking on a third thing, safety, because all else depends on it. 🧵(1/3)

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In June, For Seattle supported HOP. It passed 9-0 and then signed by @MayorofSeattle. We think that's worth doing every year. A modest bill resulting in a few thousand more homes each year, repeated for a decade, adds up to real numbers, homes that otherwise wouldn't exist.

SEPA reform passed City Council last night, 5-4. For Seattle is proud to have supported this legislation that removes a duplicative process often used to delay housing our neighbors urgently need. Thank you to Councilmember Lin for your leadership. 🧵(1/2)

Seattle's council votes tomorrow on how to feed hungry kids. We dug in and landed somewhere that surprised us: close the weekend and school-break gap, reach families automatically so no one has to prove they're poor, and build to universal meals once it's funded for real.