This is what life will look like when the Capitol Hill light rail station opens in March of 2016. It will look very convenient, if not a little business casual.
This is what life will look like inside the Capitol Hill light rail station when it opens in March of 2016. Life will look very convenient, very convenient indeed. Sound Transit

King County Council Is Having a Big Public Meeting About the Future of Metro Transit Tonight: Metro Transit is proposing major changes to bus routes once a lightning-fast light rail service starts running between the U-District and Capitol Hill next spring. King County's Transportation, Economy, and Environment (TrEE) committee wants to know what you think about it... in a meeting location with hardly any transit access. Come on down to Magnuson Park!

Seattle Transit Blog Breaks Down the Proposed Changes: The restructure would eliminate the 71, 72, and 73 (because light rail can do it instead!), extend weekend service to routes like the 67, and make stops on the 62, 65, 67, 75, and 372 twice as frequent. Read more here.

P.S. Tonight's Metro Meeting Is Only Accessible by the 30, 74, and 75: And you can catch the 75 on the way back. It runs every half-hour. HAHAHAHA.

Speaking of Councils: The Seattle city council is hosting its first public hearing on the 2016 budget proposal tonight as well. Heidi's got you.

Speaking of Council Members: Kshama Sawant's campaign announced that it had raised another $70,000 in September (total: $358,655). Three-quarters of Sawant's donations were $100 or less, and with 2,600 donors, Sawant's campaign says she has the highest number of donors from District 3 and Seattle than any other council candidate.

And School Board Candidate Debates Are Happening This Week! In September, the School Board voted to give the superintendent authority to pursue legal action against the teacher strike. A reminder: Who we elect to the School Board really, really matters. Watch the candidates debate tonight in First Hill and Eastlake, and again on Thursday.

Now Landlords Can't Pull Economic Evictions on Low-Income Renters Without Relocation Assistance: The city council passed a resolution on Monday that mandates landlords provide 90 days of notice and $3,255 in relocation assistance if a building is to be demolished or renovated. Landlords can't just jack up the rent and hope tenants will move; the new measure says that if a landlord increases rent by 20 percent or more (resulting in a tenant leaving within 90 days), the city could deny the landlord a building rehabilitation permit and fine that landlord $1,000 a day.

Sisley Houses: Soon to be a park.
Sisley Houses: Soon to be a park. The Stranger

And the Council Voted to Turn Seized Slumlord Land into a Park: The city council voted unanimously to turn a parcel of land in the Roosevelt neighborhood formerly owned by slumlord Hugh Sisley into open space. Environmental group Futurewise had wanted the space to be used for 50 to 60 units of affordable housing instead.

A 21-Year-Old Student Injured in the Deadly Aurora Bridge Crash Is Suing Ride the Ducks: The complaint says that Na Ra Yoon fractured both her hands in the crash and was knocked unconscious.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Is Giving Employees a Year in Paid Parental Leave: "The foundation on Monday declined to provide more details on the policies, including whether they apply only to U.S. employees," the Seattle Times notes.

US Commander Says Doctors Without Borders Hospital Was "Mistakenly Struck" in Afghanistan: The airstrike killed 22 people at a hospital in Kunduz over the weekend.