Tag: Sweeps

My letter to Mayor Durkan Demanding She Cancel the Planned Sweep of Miller Park as Community Has Called For

April 14th, 2021

Wednesday April 14, 2021 Dear Mayor Durkan, I was disappointed to see your response to the valid community concerns about your planned sweep of homeless people sheltering in Miller Park this Friday, April 16. Both the response from your office (below) and from the Human Services Department (HSD) under your direction, ignore the demands of […]

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Posted: April 14th, 2021 under Uncategorized.
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My letter to the Mayor and the Human Services Department asking why they haven’t addressed the situation in Miller Playfield.

April 9th, 2021

April 8, 2021 Dear Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seattle Human Services Department Interim Director Helen Howell, I am writing to ask what steps have been taken to make hotel rooms, tiny houses, and permanent supportive housing available to the community members currently sheltering in Miller Playfield, and to urge you to rapidly expand Seattle’s tiny […]

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Posted: April 9th, 2021 under Uncategorized.
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The City Must Not Sweep Camp Second Chance

August 12th, 2016

Yesterday, my office visited Camp Second Chance, a well-organized, self-managed, clean and sober homeless encampment in Seattle. It is currently located on unused city-owned land, in one of the Myers Way Parcels. At the beginning of August, with only 72 hours’ notice, the City almost evicted them with a characteristically inhumane homeless sweep. Homeless activists, public […]

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Posted: August 12th, 2016 under Homelessness.
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