The first CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) Marc Dones announced his resignation on May 16th after just two years on the job. During that short period, homelessness in … [Read more...]
Sound Transit and the Democrats think the future of transportation is rampant crime, drugs and homelessness
Sound Transit and the Democrats think light rail is the future, but as one unfortunate local radio broadcaster found out, it’s all about getting you out of your car and into their idea of a dystopian … [Read more...]
Seven years after liberal politicians declare homelessness an emergency, the problem is far worse
This week marked seven years since then-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Democrat King County Executive Dow Constantine declared homelessness an emergency and committed to spending millions more of … [Read more...]
Help the Seattle Times broaden its narrow perspective on homelessness
The Seattle Times is asking its readers, “Do you have questions about homelessness that you feel haven’t been answered?” We encourage our readers to send their suggestion to the newspaper by … [Read more...]
Another Failed Liberal Homeless Policy and Local Media Fails to Inform the Public Which Politicians are Responsible
In a Sunday paper front-page story by the Seattle Times provided a few details behind a King County program which liberal politicians had previously claimed would “end youth homelessness” by this … [Read more...]
Homelessness in Seattle
Seattle Mayor Democrat Jenny Durkan has been trying for years to solve the Seattle homelessness problem which she and her far-Left City Council, and the left-leaning Seattle City Mayors and City … [Read more...]
Seattle’s Failed Liberal Homeless Policies Continue to Make the Problem Worse
In the latest story on the failures of Seattle’s liberal homeless, drug, and crime policies, KOMO News details how tent encampments have made many of Seattle’s 500 parks unusable for most of Seattle’s … [Read more...]
Ann Davison Sattler on Democrats’ Support of Failed Homeless Policies
This week Shift sits down with Ann Davison Sattler, 2019 Seattle City Council aspirant and 2020 Republican candidate for Washington State Lt. Governor. Davison Sattler provides her thoughts on … [Read more...]
Spokane’s Newest Homeless Shelter Operators May Have Criminal Past
Newly uncovered documents by Shift Washington show Spokane's newest homeless shelter operators may have a criminal past. In a surprising move, newly formed charity Jewels Helping Hands was awarded … [Read more...]
Sawant Proposes 37 More Taxpayer-Funded Homeless Encampments in Residential Neighborhoods
It appears that Seattle’s rampant drug epidemic and recent distinction of having the highest per capita homeless rate in the nation still are not enough to inspire our elected leaders to fix the … [Read more...]
King County Mobile Injection Service for the Homeless Begins This Month (and they don’t care what you think about it)
King County is now hiring specialists to provide “medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder” to staff mobile “street-medicine” teams for the homeless. (In layman’s terms, they will … [Read more...]
Low-Barrier Shacks in South Lake Union are Not a Solution to Homelessness
By: Robert Smiley In 1986, as a young man in my late 20s, I left my home in Reno, NV and moved to Washington, where my life took a bad turn beginning with alcohol abuse and ultimately finding … [Read more...]