Advocates of a common sense approach to homelessness are pleased with Friday’s United States Supreme Court decision which allows local jurisdictions to again impose a ban on camping in order to stop large homeless encampments from being constructed on public property. Burien Mayor Kevin Schilling, who has been locked...
SCOTUS decision on homelessness is a win for common sense
Citizens once again take the lead to keep the public safe
Nearly all restrictions imposed on police pursuits by previous state lawmakers were removed as Initiative 2113 finally became state law on June 6. The legislature passed the citizen Initiative (along with parental notification initiative and a ban on future state income tax) after Let’s Go Washington collected more than...
Why homelessness continues to increase despite record breaking spending
As regional homelessness numbers continue to break records, the crisis has driven the unprecedented growth in the size and cost of government in the City of Seattle, King County, and Washington State. Moreover, nearly every department, agency, commission, council and authority at all levels of government have used the...
More than 50 elected officials demand alternatives to failed homeless & drug policies
As homelessness and drug overdose deaths continue to spiral out-of-control in Washington State, a group of more than 50 local officials have taken steps to provide alternatives to the political philosophies which they believe are at the root of the problem – progressives’ Housing First homeless strategy and Harm...
