Coalition on Homelessness (Seattle & King Co., WA)
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We mobilize our community to challenge systemic causes of homelessness and advocate for housing justice.
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📢With 3 Burien residents without homes, today we filed lawsuit against Burien's banishment ordinance. Northwest Justice Project reps us against this cruel, unjust law that helps no one. #BetterthanaBan https://t.co/JAPmlMEFyq
Email your council members today to help us save JumpStart funds! Read this article from @UrbanistOrg for inspiration on how to personalize your letter: https://t.co/8aR1tZVe8S
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“This structural shortfall requires a structural solution, not stopgap measures that will simply kick the problem another year down the road… Seattle needs and deserves new progressive revenue to help meet our city’s commitments as soon as possible." https://t.co/Jhl2nta7hs
"what the Mayor is proposing is a permanent “structural change” to how JumpStart revenue is used at the City, funding an individual administration’s priorities ahead of the long-term needs around affordable housing and climate change."
“[Just] because we are in a shelter that [doesn’t] mean that we cannot go and vote, that we don’t know what we’re doing,” Alex Figueroa said.
“I’m gonna vote because I know that they need my vote.” https://t.co/Y2PmrI1N8R
Get those ballots in! Tomorrow is the last day to vote, so beat the rush and get your ballot in today with help from the Fuse Progressive Voters Guide: https://t.co/6BYxxn3OGf
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Take action now! Contact Seattle City Council members by 12 p.m. PST today! We are fighting to maintain services for women without homes in downtown Seattle and investments in tenant services. Join us!
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Earlier this year, the Legislature appropriated $25 million from carbon market revenue for the tribe to buy back an 11,000-acre parcel of the reservation, the last large privately owned portion, Johnston said. But that money would disappear if Initiative 2117 passes.
The potential effects of a repeal of the Climate Commitment Act go beyond budget sheets. For the Quinault Indian Nation, Initiative 2117 holds hostage an entire forest and an unfulfilled multigenerational dream.