It Started With Mike O’Brien: Rent Control for Commercial Space a Bad Idea
Let me start this post out by saying that I agree with more in Councilmember Sawant’s proposal for small business that she unveiled yesterday at City Hall. There is lots to talk about when it comes to improving small business in Seattle. But what Councilmember Sawant and her campaign don’t know or forgot is that […]
What the HALA?: Cassandra and Pollyanna Edition
There’s something I need to point out about the so called “Grand Bargain” struck between some people in the business and development community and non-profit housing community as a result of the Mayor’s Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. I’ll keep doing this even though, I think, my point is mostly being ignored by […]
The Latest on HALA: Too Early to be Worried?
I’m worried about where the Seattle City Council seems to be going with the recommendations of the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee recommendations. Maybe it’s because just before yesterday’s HALA select committee meeting they voted down, 7 to 2, a sensible amendment to back off a legally dubious requirement for a project not […]
