www.portseattle.org/page/live-es... Thank you to the TSA workers in Seattle working without pay and to Port Of Seattle for communicating clearly what is going on!

It will also be linked on my office’s webpage by the end of the week: www.seattle.gov/council/memb...

Saturday could be the largest anti-war protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

Yes, it took the World Cup coming to Seattle for the city to finally confront its lack of public restrooms, but hooray, this is a good start.

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Very interesting new research on how new housing impacts rents in other housing nearby. Suggests that the impact varies tremendously based on whether existing housing is new or old!

I love that in a story about her being too in favor of the surveillance state (about anything but her own texts ofc) her name automatically changes to Cameron 😂. No correction necessary!

Carmen Best doing what she does best, selling out

A bridge with transit brought two Scandinavian cities out of the economic doldrums and helped make them international beacons of urban livability. Economists say Seattle and Bellevue’s Crosslake transit connection could do the same. www.kuow.org/stories/coul...

mailchi.mp/seattle.gov/... Thanks to @cmeddielin.bsky.social for making this newsletter so this month we don’t have to! It’s all in his!!!

See you there?

Who wants to take this survey on Renton’s version of Vision Zero that they have just launched! Please please take this survey and mention that you want walkable and rollable neighborhoods love yall

Councilmembers Say Wilson Must Turn On Stadium Cameras by June, Rob Saka Won’t Call His Committee By Its Name And more details about the city’s settlement with an officer who sued over alleged racial and gender discrimination. publicola.com/2026/03/24/c...

11 People deplaned to be detained at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. And 33 people boarded the plane to be transferred and/or deported. #AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL

La Resistencia volunteers who observe the deportation flights informed us this morning about the number of people deported from and transferred from Northwest Detention Center

Please follow @futurewise.bsky.social for comp plan updates and calls to action! futurewise.salsalabs.org/April6thPhas...

This is not right. ICE is holding pregnant people in detention centers as late as eight months into their pregnancies without adequate food or medical care, jeopardizing the health of mothers and their pregnancies. They must be protected and released. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

ICE Directive 11032.4 says: Generally, ICE should NOT detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing unless release is prohibited by law or EXCEPTIONAL circumstances exist. This is being violated.

Relatedly, learned after the article went to press this AM that Chief Barnes has stepped down from the Policing Project's advisory board, which is particularly interesting since they announced him joining via email on 3/19. Thanks as always to Erica & PubliCola for the excellent reporting.

My latest about Mayor Wilson's surveillance announcement last week and the new state license plate reader bill.

All these comments were part of the "chair comment" portion of the meeting that Kettle instituted, which now takes place before the public can comment. This—much like surveillance cameras!—is a new element of the public safety committee, basically an opportunity for Kettle to talk on any topic.

Donate to Erica! Donate to PublicCola!

Getting from Bellingham to Seattle in almost three hours flat on *just* public transit is something to behold

One of our favorite kinds of threads

The city agreed to pay Detective Denise "Cookie" Bouldin $750,000 to settle her lawsuit. When she first filed her claim, in 2023, Bouldin had asked for $10 million.

Oh look, we had green trolly tracks on Rainier back in the day. Probably much better drainage than the current get-soaked-by-sewer-water-puddle-splashes situation for pedestrians www.historylink.org/File/21393

Everything is terrible but these turtles are excited for spring.

US to pay Total $1bn to switch from wind to oil and gas development ft.trib.al/pIBjdeC

Are there any national/historical models for a mayor or municipality successfully reigning in their police departments? Or is that like asking has a chess club ever successfully hazed the football team?

Tomorrow I'm talking with some folks about how climate funders ought to get in the YIMBY game. (They don't want to.) Got any thoughts/questions on that?

If developers always build up to the maximum (density, height, etc.) that’s allowed in your city, that’s a sign that your zoning rules are substantially restricting housing supply.

How can this go on for another 3 years?

@theneedling.com Yesler Creek near UW Horticulture Center

Instead of sending untrained ICE officers to help out the trained but unpaid TSA officers, how about we just stop paying ICE and start paying TSA?

What banking products do we need in the US to have more flexibility on shared ownership models like CLTs and limited equity cooperatives? Who is working on the financial lending side of these issues? In US? In WA State?

Whoa.

Follow Homeless Remembrance Project on FB; participate in one of their events and you will be changed forever. This is an effort that has been led by homeless people for a long time. They would like your solidarity. www.facebook.com/share/p/189c...

We know what to do to keep kids safe and happy — let’s do it.

Today at 10:45am, another child was struck by a driver in this intersection in Federal Way. Hit-and-run and sounds like injuries were minor. That is at least the fourth child struck in this intersection in the last five months.

Someone (Carl Sagan?) published a little essay in the 1970s or 80s that argued that aliens looking at us from space would conclude that cars were the dominant species and humans were their servants. By that logic it makes sense. Cars don’t want resources feeding humans of no value to the cars.

Imagine if Star Trek style aliens came to earth & saw that in Seattle instead of the government feeding people living on the streets of Seattle a group of volunteers spent every week feeding 60-70 people; it’s been going on for years. Seattle needs to do better; donate to bit.ly/TRUsolidarity now.

One thing I appreciate about Seattle is that—even though it is broken in a lot of places—it feels fixable.

"We wish we had connected with our neighbors sooner" Sharing what we learned from Minneapolis. The No Kings Seattle Coalition went to Minneapolis and met with active community members there. - Seattle is organizing with NO KINGS on March 28th. Get started TODAY! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

‘Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This,’ Says Seattle Man Enjoying 37-Minute Window of Sunshine at Gas Works: tinyurl.com/24fw2w75

Today over I-5 in Seattle. New crimes won’t hide old ones! Release all Epstein files. Stop this war with Iran.

Next Saturday! Join us at NO KINGS in Cal Anderson Park in Seattle ❌👑 Let's show our Congress members that we want DHS to stay defunded and get ICE out of communities across the US. RSVP today: actionnetwork.org/events/no-ki...

Moss catching the last light yesterday in Discovery Park. Have a great weekend everyone - may it glow as brightly. #ForestFriday #Seattle #nature #trees #moss #getoutdoors #DiscoveryPark

Good night, Bluesky! Cherry blossoms at Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington in 1930 (colorized) 📸Western Washington History