Our Comments on Seattle’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement on MIZ
The following is our comments on the City’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Program. In testimony before the Seattle City Council the City’s planning staff have said that 120,000 people will be moving into the city of Seattle in the next two decades, creating a demand for at […]
Election 2017: Women Ascend, McGinn Fades, and Angry Seattle is Confused
Well the first numbers are in, and because of the goofy way we run elections in Washington (votes aren’t reported out all night like in the old days, just once a day for weeks) we have some very preliminary results in the Mayor’s race that tell an interesting story already. First, Seattle wants a woman […]
Seattle City Council Gone Fishing…For Impact Fees
It is supposed to be summer and slow. Not at City Hall. The Council is hard at work thinking up new ways to make housing more expensive while blaming people who build housing for “skyrocketing” prices. Today, the Council will start the process for imposing impact fees after announcing their intentions in an op ed in […]
