Thursday: Pacific Legal Foundation to Talk Grand Bargain and Takings
Ethan Blevins of the Pacific Legal Foundation (the Foundation) will join us this Thursday at the regular breakfast meeting of the Seattle Builders Council (7:30AM at the Blue Star Cafe in Wallingford). Blevins will talk about the Foundation’s work in land use and housing and talk about his thoughts on legal issues related to the […]
Call to Action: Please Answer Our Questions About the Grand Bargain
Greetings and Happy New Year! It’s been awhile since I asked you to write emails and attend an event. We just found out this last week about an event being hosted by the Mayor to promote the recommendations of his Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. One of these recommendations (out of 65) is a mandate […]
Seattle Magazine on Tower Spacing: Rich People’s Views or More Housing?
I’ve already written about Councilmember Sally Bagshaw’s self serving efforts to squash more housing construction downtown with a tower spacing scheme. Now Seattle Magazine has an article about the fight brewing downtown about allowing more height and lot coverage. The problem with Bagshaw’s efforts, along from being a weird conflict of interest and possibly limiting housing […]
