A city as rich as Seattle and our solution for homelessness is endless years of encampments. It just makes you feel proud of all those tax cuts we've given the wealthy here in Seattle and Washington state over the years.

The assurances that this is a "temporary solution" would mean more if there were forward progress and political will for a permanent solution, but there really isn't. Mark my words, this is going to be "out of site, out of mind."

@1 Yep. These aren't near my neighborhood so good idea, way to social justice!

The Ballard NIMBYs are going to have an aneurysm.

I think this is great. All of the liberals in Ballard, Wallingford, Queen Anne, and Magnolia are going to love having the homeless camps on their doorstep. Maybe we can finally get these neighborhoods to stop voting in the socialist politicians. Everyone loves to vote liberal until it changes their freedom and safety. That's why we have moderates.

it won't stop the I-5 encampments. the problem is just too big and its getting bigger. if you convince those folks to go to one of these camps, different folks will just move in. the city will clear them out, spend thousands to clean up the sites, and the cycle will repeat.

@6: by and large, the tent cities are very safe, and safe for the neighbors. I don't know that their "freedom" has been impinged.

regardless, we will never stop voting in the socialist politicians. now go back to the Dori Monson show.

I especially like the idea of the 70 homeless people living 1/2 block from the Burk Gilman trail on two different locations. What we need is a homeless camp on one of the most publicly used trails in the state to bring awareness, and safety to our residence. One of them is a block from the Ballard locks. I'm sure this family friendly public park would never be affected by a camp of 70 homeless people living a block from the parking lot.

This is not the right solution to the problem. This mayor and city council are clueless.

@8: welp, then let's hear your solution. remember, you don't have a budget and you don't have any land. just like the city.

and don't give me "Utah gave them all homes" because that is full on BS - they only gave a small slice of the homeless population apartments.

Take a look at the big picture. The rest of the country has seen a drop in homelessness while Seattle has seen an increase of 20%. In other words we are getting our homeless, and the homeless of other states. We have created a welcoming environment that says be homeless and do as you please. There are plenty of homeless that need our help. But we are not discouraging people from living off the state and roaming the streets. Homeless camps are not a deterrent. Tent cities don't help people get jobs. Tents cities don't give help to people with substance abuse. I would start by adding funding to substance abuse centers and help for the mentally ill. I would get tent cities out of all residential areas all together. We make it easy on them. Our residential communities need to walk half a mile to a bus, why do the tent cities need to be a block from the busiest bus stops that we all use? Making it easy on the homeless does nothing to motivate them to change.

The great poem The New Colossus says ""Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" This poem does not go on to say come to America and be homeless. This is saying that America is a place where you can be free to pursuit happiness free of obstruction and abuse by governments and rulers. We should be caring to those who are down on their luck, and help those in need. Tent cities do none of this.

@6: "Everyone loves to vote liberal until it changes their freedom and safety. That's why we have moderates."

Ah yes, the compassionate conservative approach would be to defund all assistance and arrest them for being poor. Good thinking!

And again. You offer no solutions but attacking liberals in a fully capitalist-run city. You offer no "socialist" increases in spending that could help, just feces spewing out of your keyboard and associated smugness.

You didn't read what I wrote, or care to hear anything that you don't want to hear. Your opinion of conservative people is fueled by hatred of something, but it isn't conservative views. I am in a multi race marriage, to a working successful women, and I voted for gay marriage. Now that I have taken three of your talking points from you maybe you would read what I wrote. These tent city locations are not good. Tent cities are not the solution. We should be doing more for mental health and substance abuse. Seattle is planning on spending 20 million a year on bike lanes and 34 million a year for homeless. Do we have priorities? Maybe people should stop spewing hate for opinions that are different than yours. I have offered ideas, you offer hate.