Council Committee Approves Fair Chance Housing Legislation: In a committee vote, a majority of Seattle City Council members have approved legislation that would bar landlords from refusing to rent to tents exclusively because of their criminal history. That means it’s likely to pass a full council vote on Monday. Under the law, landlords could consider whether an applicant is on the sex offender registry, but could not consider other criminal convictions, pending charges, juvenile records, or arrests that didn’t end in convictions.
“People Are Being Hurt” Staff at Shepherd’s Counseling, which provides therapy for adult survivors of sexual abuse, tell Nicole Brodeur how the allegations against Mayor Ed Murray and his response have affected their clients. “It is triggering, and it’s upsetting,” Executive Director Janice Palm said. “This brings back their own abuse.”
The NIMBYs Are Mad at Mike O’Brien Again: Council Member Mike O’Brien has proposed legislation that would exempt vehicles people are living in from being towed or ticketed and could establish new RV lots similar to city-sanctioned tent encampments. Candidate for city attorney Scott Lindsay, business interests, and the neighborhood activists who once mapped where homeless people live are pissed. The council will begin considering the legislation today at 2 pm.
Moon Very Likely to Take Second in the Race for Mayor: That would send her through to the general election against Jenny Durkan. As of the latest ballot count, urban planner Cary Moon led lawyer and educator Nikkita Oliver by 1,362. While there are still at least 1,721 ballots that have not been counted because of signature challenges, plus some alternative-format ballots and others still coming by mail, it’s unlikely all of those will be counted. Usually, only about 50 percent of signature challenges are resolved. King County estimates it will count only about 1,200 more ballots, less than the gap between Moon and Oliver.
Why Did Cops Follow Families of Police Shooting Victims? The Seattle King County NAACP is condemning police presence over the weekend at a parade in the Central District. During the parade, police on bikes directly followed family members of Giovonn Joseph-McDade, Charleena Lyles, and Che Taylor, all of who were fatally shot by police. The Seattle Police Department said it was a coincidence. Sheley Secrest, vice president of the Seattle King County NAACP raised concerned that protesters for police accountability will be “targeted by SPD” at future events.
The FBI Raided Paul Manafort’s House: Investigators were looking for “tax documents and foreign banking records, a sign that the inquiry into Mr. Manafort has broadened, according to a person briefed on the matter,” the New York Times reports.
How Long Until We’re All Dead? Who knows! Answers to four key questions about North Korea here.
