This evening the City of Seattle submitted to the U.S. District Court its third-quarter 2022 accountability report. I hope you found this article valuable. If you did, please take a moment to make a contribution to support my ongoing work. Thanks!
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Biden administration weighs in on Seattle’s hotel worker healthcare mandate
A legal challenge to Seattle’s ordinance mandating that hotel employers provide healthcare to their employers has been in limbo for a year, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to take the case. In May, it asked the Solicitor General, the official representative of the federal executive branch, …
Continue readingMotion for sanctions in CHOP businesses/residents lawsuit
The plaintiff businesses and residents who are suing the city over the CHOP have filed a motion for sanctions against the city related to the deletion of text messages from Mayor Durkan, SPD Chief Best, SFD Chief Scoggins, and other key city officials. They are asking the judge to acknowledge …
Continue readingCandidates for King County Prosecutor
Seattle Channel hosted a candidate forum for the two people running for King County Prosecutor. I hope you found this article valuable. If you did, please take a moment to make a contribution to support my ongoing work. Thanks!
Continue readingSeattle City Attorney Q2 report
The City Attorney’s Office has published a report for its criminal division Q2/2022 activities, as required by the Seattle City Council. It contains a wealth of information about cases, referrals, decisions as to whether to file charges, use of alternative programs, and demographic profiles. The City Attorney’s Office has also …
Continue readingJudge’s order on unsealing of affidavit related to Mar-a-Lago FBI search warrant
This morning U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart issued an order laying out his thoughts on whether to unseal the FBI’s affidavit in support of its search warrant on Mar-a-Lago. Generally he sides with the FBI, though he orders the agency to produce a redacted version that he may decide to …
Continue readingSPD quarterly accountability report
As part of its ongoing responsibilities under the 2012 Consent Decree, today the City of Seattle filed a quarterly accountability report with the court detailing its recent activities in implementing the consent decree. Attached to the report are two documents: a set of testimonial quotes on SPD’s “Before the Badge” …
Continue readingPatent infringement lawsuit filed against City of Seattle for parking app
RanaVerde Tech Initiative LLC has filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle for allegedly violating a patent it owns, “Vehicle parking assistance electronic timer system and method.” It claims that the city’s PayByPhone parking app infringes on the patent’s claims. I hope you found this article valuable. If you …
Continue readingPort of Seattle lawsuit against Boeing for Duwamish river PCB dumping
As first reported by Axios this morning, the Port of Seattle is suing the Boeing Corporation under the state Model Toxics Control Act and the federal Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act to force the company to pay more to clean up decades of PCB dumping into the lower …
Continue readingBosa development agreement for Civic Square
With the news from developer Bosa this morning that it is delaying construction on its construction project in the apparently cursed “pit from hell” lot across the street from City Hall, here is the purchase and development agreement that Bosa signed with the City of Seattle in 2017 to buy …
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