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Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps
April 1, 2021 at 11:13 am
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Tents line a downtown Seattle street. (GeekWire Photo / John Cook)
In an effort to overhaul Seattle’s approach to its homeless crisis, a coalition of downtown business leaders and non-profit representatives on Thursday introduced a citywide ballot measure to force the city to fund a battery of services and shelters for thousands of the town’s unsheltered residents.
Called the “Compassion Seattle” charter amendment, the initiative also would require the city to keep “parks, playgrounds, sports fields, public spaces and sidewalks and streets clear of encampments” once the mandated housing, drug, and mental health services are in place. ....

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