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Agenda for the Shoreline City Council Meeting Tonight 2/23 has a vote on a proposed Resolution Supporting Immigrants and a Traffic Cameras Discussion. Rumor is there will be a lot of folks attending. Also... Save Shoreline Trees wants narrower sidewalks. shoreline.granicus.com/GeneratedAge...

local.interurbancanopy.news/p/rich-tears... Let’s kill noxious weeds and tax the rich! If you want to tax the rich in Washington state, you should tell your legislators. The Balance Our Tax Code coalition has a handy Take Action page (balanceourtaxcode.com/take-action).

New Tiny Home Village in Lake City. With 45 Tiny Homes: Each with electricity, heat, A/C, and a door that locks. Shared kitchen and gathering spaces, restrooms, showers, and a laundry. Fully fenced with 24/7 security and case management. Mayor Katie Wilson Spoke.

The Shoreline city council will again discuss school zone traffic safety cameras at the Monday, Feb 23 meeting. Unlike neighboring cities, Shoreline still has no traffic cameras. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/shoreline-...

Shoreline Neighborhood Greenways Network. Kids in all neighborhoods should be able to go for bike rides on safe streets near where they live. This proposal asks the city to use WSDOT’s Quick Build techniques to quickly and cheaply convert existing low-traffic streets into walkable Greenways.

Building a Hedgerow at the restoration site; a dense row of woody debris, trees, shrubs, and other native plants to encourage park visitors to stay on the trail at the forest restoration site while also providing wildlife habitat. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/building-a...

I’m in Olympia to tell my legislators to tax the rich to house the homeless!

Our urbanist king

Bothell ascendant.

I’m making a series of reaction videos to a webinar by the Seattle orca NIMBYs lolll here is my first one youtu.be/iWSjAmlVcJg?...

Shoreline Greenways? Shoreline stopped building green streets while neighboring cities have converted existing local streets into walkable greenways. Now, some residents are asking the city of Shoreline to build a network of Neighborhood Greenways local.interurbancanopy.news/p/fifteen-ye...

Tree Planting Parties in parks across the city of Shoreline this week thanks to carbon capture grant. Please check out the Green Shoreline Partnership website to find dates and times. We will have dozens (dozens!) of baby trees at Hamlin Park this week. shoreline.greencitypartnerships.org

Earlier this week, a pedestrian was killed on 175th Street in Shoreline. Despite what you may have heard on social media, this was not an isolated incident. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/another-fa...

Unfortunately, @seattletimes.com erased the non-profit @myedmondsnews.bsky.social and the reporting by @a-rlnt.bsky.social that made this story possible.

Thanks Rick! And also thanks to Angelica Relente (@a-rlnt.bsky.social), the Murrow News Fellow who first reported about the hygiene center. Angelica's reporting was supported by the non-profit @myedmondsnews.bsky.social and the state-funded #WSU journalism fellowships.

@seattletimes.com op-ed team is on vacation so they invited Nextdoor to help

do lower speed limits make roads safer?

Please consider donating to Camp United We Stand (CUWS). For over ten years, the camp has been the only legally sanctioned homeless tent city in North King County. The campers say they particularly need extra large winter jackets and boots. campunitedwestand-tentcity.org

Shoreline’s first separated bike lane

local.interurbancanopy.news/p/shoreline-... The Shoreline city council will be voting on tree preservation rules and discussing traffic safety at the Monday, December 15 meeting.

Why is there no bus stop at Shoreline city hall?

Bike crashes hit an all-time high in Shoreline last year. Total car crashes increased too, but the number of Fatal and Serious Injury declined. Shoreline has yet to adopt a Target Zero goal. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/bike-crash...

The financial strain on community and technical colleges in Washington State is the worst Shoreline President Jack Kahn said he’s seen in three decades in higher education.

Oh god, I didn’t even notice that the headline was wrong until someone pointed it out on a fan Discord.

Tree planting party this weekend at Hamlin Park in Shoreline wa. Details and sign up at shoreline.greencitypartnerships.org/event/2092/

#Lynnwood Election in 2 minutes:

Voters slow to return ballots compared to four years ago. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/voters-slo...

The Urbanist north end 2025 General Election Endorsements www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/16/2...

Inflatable Frogs sold out at Spirit Halloween in Shoreline. Nearest is 870 miles away (says the clerk). Still some anti fascist blowup costumes left in stock

According to the King County 2024 point-in-time count, North King County had the worst homeless shelter shortage in the county. The 2024 KCRHA PIT Count estimated 1,900 people were experiencing homelessness in North King County, but there were only 198 beds lakecitypartners.org/winter-shelt...

Thanks volunteers and city of Shoreline! Getting ready for planting soon

In Dio’s 2020 track, “Sorry,” he raps, “Sorry, not sorry; For doing black face at that party… I thought it would help me with the Black chick…” Apparently, the stunt backfired. “It didn’t really help me hit it,” he raps. Instead, “Shaniqua looked like she was about to explode,” he recalls.

Shoreline School District voters approved a supplemental one-year levy by wide margins in the August 5 primary. Some city council races in Lake Forest Park and Kenmore are close. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/voters-app... Thanks to @weill.org for the excellent data visualizations

A year ago, LFP became the first city to install 24-hour speed cameras authorized under a new state law. Ticket revenue funded traffic safety studies, court clerks, police officers, and new police cars. Crosswalks and more cameras may also be funded. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/lake-fores...

Uneven Payouts, Unclear Plans; North King Opioid Funds local.interurbancanopy.news/p/uneven-pay... As Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, and Lynnwood accept opioid epidemic payouts, how much each city receives and how the funds will be spent varies widely.

The Shoreline city council abolished parking mandates at the August 11th meeting, joining Bothell, Spokane, Port Townsend, Bellingham, and Bremerton in scrapping the “arbitrary” rules. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/shoreline-...

I had coffee with State Representative Lauren Davis to talk about the 2025 session. She discussed her Domestic Violence Co-Responder (HB 1498) and Certified Peer Support Specialists (SHB 1427) bills. Both passed with bi-partisan support. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/coffee-wit...

I wonder if LFP is also be out of compliance with the same state law and county policies. LFP has not allowed shelters where hotels are allowed as required under HB1220. And AHC said the LFP plan had problems similar to Mercer Island's local.interurbancanopy.news/p/lake-fores...

Just returned from a car-free backpacking trip along the Olympic Coast, thanks to Clallam Transit (funded by the climate commitment act).

The Urbanist primary endorsements north cheat sheet Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin Everett CC P1 Sam Hem Kenmore CC P2 Caitlin Sullivan Lake Forest Park P1 Semra Riddle Lynnwood CC P1 Derica Escamilla Lynnwood CC P3 Josh Binda Woodinville CC P5 Sarah Arndt www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/16/2...

Bothell legalized neighborhood businesses and eased parking mandates (as I reported a month ago)

It's big, hazardous, non-native and not very old. But 
Shoreline again blocked the removal of the Firlands giant sequoia for another six months despite objections from the owner who is trying to sell the property. local.interurbancanopy.news/p/shoreline-...

Gotta keep the donors happy, even if it means not really making a clear distinction or choice.

Odd to see Progressive Voters Guide repeating racist smears against Lynnwood's Josh Binda. Citing “concerns among many progressive leaders” as sources, @fusewashington.org suggests maybe his inexperienced, white, and not-progressive challengers are fine progressivevotersguide.com/washington/2...

LFP council approved a ballot measure to fund police. Despite cuts, the city still faces a deficit saying police costs have increased. Similar to other Sheriff contract cities, neighboring Shoreline and Kenmore spend 40% less per-capita on police than LFP local.interurbancanopy.news/p/lake-fores...