On this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, political consultant and host Crystal Fincher is joined by Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, co-host of the Seattle Nice podcast and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, Erica Barnett!

During this Seattle-centric episode, they discuss Mayor Bruce Harrell’s State of the City speech, the SDOT Vision Zero report about traffic safety, the passage of first in the nation caste legislation, what’s next for social housing, questions from the oversight board for the scope of King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s five-year plan, an increase in violence against unsheltered people, and the outlook for downtown Seattle.

As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com.

Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today’s co-host, Erica Barnett, at @ericacbarnett.

Resources

  • The State of the City is Vibes by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola
  • In State of the City, Seattle Mayor Harrell emphasizes crime, downtown by Sarah Grace Taylor from Seattle Times
  • Vision Zero | Our top-to-bottom review provides a roadmap and new actions to reverse challenging trends in traffic safety by Seattle Department of Transportation
  • Seattle must do more to prevent traffic deaths, report says by David Kroman from Seattle Times
  • Councilmember Tammy Morales responds to the release of SDOT's vision zero review: "this report stops short of calling for dramatic or swift action to combat the unprecedented number of collisions, injuries, and fatalities on our streets, particularly in District 2.” by Tammy Morales on Twitter
  • Seattle becomes the first city to ban caste discrimination by Lilly Ana Fowler from KNKX
  • Opinion: Confessions of an American Caste Traitor by Prashant Nema from South Seattle Emerald
  • What’s next now that Seattle’s Social Housing Developer initiative has passed by Capitol Hill Seattle
  • Study: Human Service Wages Are Even Worse Than You Imagined by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola
  • Violence Against Unsheltered People Spikes, Social Housing Moves Into Startup Mode by Publicola
  • Plan to Eliminate Visible Homelessness Downtown is “Clearly Behind Schedule,” but Backers Remain Optimistic by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola
  • Oversight Board Questions Price Tag, Exclusion of Tiny Houses from Homeless Agency’s Five-Year Plan by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola
  • As Downtown recovers, Seattle reimagines what it could be by Josh Cohen from Crosscut

  • ThePostman - D’Vonne Pickett Jr. Memorialized With Street Sign in the Central District by Cesar Canizales from Converge Media

  • Qualified Immunity Bill Passes Key Hurdle as Other Criminal Justice Reforms Stall Out by Andrew Engelson from Publicola

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