This afternoon U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly issued an order denying class certification for a lawsuit related to the potentially thousands of property and business owners who were impacted by the CHOP in June 2020. A group of business and property owners had filed a lawsuit against the City …
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Crosscut-Elway poll on public safety
This week Crosscut and Elway released a new poll on Seattle voters’ viewpoints on public safety. The poll is of 400 Seattle voters, with a margin of error of 5%. Survey respondents are divided nearly equally across the seven City Council districts. However, according to the data collected it over-sampled …
Continue readingReimagining Public Safety for Unincorporated King County
King County has released a report by its “Re-imagining Public Safety” interdepartmental task force with recommendations on structural racism and other issues can be addressed in unincorporated King County. The report notes that many residents support establishing alternatives to armed police response to individuals in the midst of a behavioral …
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