Increase in King County’s homeless population in the last 10 years.
Political leaders cannot say how much money has been spent on the homeless issue in King County.
WA state has the 3rd largest homeless population in the country. And THE largest chronically homeless population.
In recent years, radical policies have taken hold in many corners of Washington that prioritizes criminals over families and treat spending taxpayer dollars as the goal, not a tactic. We advocate for programs that focus on truly helping those among us most in need and focus on accountabilty for actual results.
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Two rulings this week demonstrate how the discrimination and bias of our political leaders is costing taxpayers a lot of money. A King County jury awarded the father of Antonio Mays Jr. $30 million because the City of Seattle was negligent in allowing extremists to take over many blocks of Capital Hill during the 2020...
New legislation authored by seven-term State Representative Mia Gregerson (D – Sea-Tac), would prohibit local governments from enforcing their anti-camping and loitering laws unless they navigate a series of nearly impossible state requirements. It would effectively return cities to the frustrating period before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Grants Pass v Johnson in June...
Government policies and actions (or inactions) are placing burdens on Seattle’s big and small businesses. These struggling employers face: More taxes and regulations which neighboring cities and states do not face Public safety concerns which keep customers from visiting their neighborhoods A continuing retail theft problem with a revolving door justice system which immediately releases...
Ginny Burton has earned a spot in the debate on how we should respond to our region’s worsening homelessness and drug emergencies. She has overcome many tough life experiences and is now seeking to help others who are currently suffering due to failed policies. She first witnessed the problems as a drug addicted teenager who...
The week before last Thanksgiving, the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) released a report touting that its controversial and expensive Climate Commitment Act (i.e. the CCA or the “carbon tax” which has increased the price for a gallon of gas by approximately 50 cents in our state) had removed 7.5 metric tons of greenhouse...
Within hours of being sworn into office, new Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson instantly stumbled into a major controversary over her administration imposing a significant change to how Seattle police officers handle incidents involving the possession and public use of lethal drugs. Seattle Police Chief Shon F. Barnes notified his officers of these changes in a...
As Nick Shirley’s investigative videos reveal the massive fraud that is costing Minnesota and American taxpayers billions of dollars, should King County and Washington residents fear the same thing could be occurring here? Sadly, the same reckless and lax conditions within Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’ administration are also present in Washington State – especially in...
As 2025 comes to an end, ChangeWA will look back by revisiting some of our most popular articles of the year. ChangeWA has quickly become the leading source of reliable information on the homelessness issue as more of our neighbors continue to suffer in crime- and drug-filled encampments and temporary housing as billions of tax...
The instability of Seattle’s political system is best illustrated by the revolving door at the mayor’s office. Since 1998, none of the City of Seattle’s chief executives left office under their own volition. Four (Mayors Schell, Nickels, McGinn, and Harrell) were defeated at the polls, one (Mayor Murray) resigned, and one (Mayor Durkan) chose not...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Attorney General Nick Brown announced that Washington State joined a federal lawsuit against the Trump Administration to allow state and local governments to continue controversial “Housing First” homelessness policies. These ineffective measures, which disregard the role of mental illness and addiction in rising homelessness, have resulted in an 80% more people...
The holiday season is usually a very busy time for restaurants and bars. Yet a recent report shows that progressives’ taxes and regulation have forced establishments in Seattle and across the state to raise their prices to the highest in the country – making dining out too expensive for many lower- and middle-income workers. The...
On November 15, The Seattle Times published a front-page photo of one of its top political reporters (David Gutman) laughing with Washington Governor Bob Ferguson while sitting in a local movie theater. The justification for the picture and related interview is that in the new movie “One Battle After Another,” Leonardo DiCaprio plays a character...
November 2, 2025, was the 10-year anniversary of Seattle/King County declaring homelessness an emergency. A decade later, government actions have caused homelessness to increase 68% and thousands have died (mostly from drug overdose). The Seattle Times, despite having an editor (Molly “MJ” Harbarger) and two reporters (Greg Kim and Anna Patrick) to cover the issue,...
There are two disturbing charts which show how progressive policies are hurting the average residential taxpayer. Four years since the end of the pandemic and Downtown Seattle’s vacancy rate has risen to over 33% – 1/3 of space available is empty. No new development being built. Businesses closing, moving to the Eastside (or out of...