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former colleagues from 18F have asked me to share this open letter widely - please pass on 🙏 🇺🇸 💻💪 18f.org

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

This section of the Parking Reform and Modernization Act's bill report is...absolutely perfect.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

I feel genuinely queasy knowing that West Seattle's councilmember thinks hitting kids might sometimes be acceptable.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

HAPPY SOCIAL HOUSING ELECTION DAY! You have until 8pm to turn your ballot into a drop box. Don't underestimate the power of peer outreach! Text your friends & acquaintances to make sure their ballot is in. Let's show Amazon & the Chamber that they can't dump $500,000+ in the final 20 days and win!

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

The SHARED STREETS BILL (SB 5595) gets its first hearing TODAY in the Senate Transportation Committee. SUPPORT IT BY SIGNING IN PRO: app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Testifie...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Thanks for chronicling these comments, @qagggy.bsky.social! And thanks to all the other people turning out for housing abundance in our city!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Even year elections are an obvious improvement: higher turnout, lower election administration costs, lower time costs on voters having to vote so frequently.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

I'll be there! Commenting is easy, and even if you don't want to comment, join us to support more housing and more neighbors!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

📢 ACTION ALERT: Rally today @ City Hall for more homes! Rally @ 4pm, testify @ 5pm. ☃️❄️ Chance of snow so bundle up! ☎️ If you can't come in person, please consider calling in to testify. See you there!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Seattle! Do not wait till February 11 to Vote! Do not wait till February 11 to text 5 friends to vote! Check that your ballot is counted w/ @kcelections.bsky.social Donate + take action with @houseourneighbors.bsky.social #YesOnProp1A #LetsFundSocialHousing #SocialHousing #Seattle #WAElex

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

Seattle housing advocates: Now is the time to act. The Comp Plan Update is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to reform zoning for more housing in all neighborhoods, but NIMBY opposition is heating up. Next Wed, Feb 5, rally at Seattle City Hall at 4pm, before the 5pm public hearing. bit.ly/feb5rally

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Do you value The Urbanist's coverage, as I do? Please consider joining me in donating to keep it around for a long time to come.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Seattle friends: please sign these petitions to push back against the NIMBYs trying to keep new neighbors and adequate housing out of our communities. It takes only a few minutes to do your part! Please sign all the relevant petitions. oneseattleforall.org/petition-cou...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

The comp plan’s growth strategy is upstream of every important decision about the function and shape of our future city, and we need it to be as bold as possible. Join us and protect the future. oneseattleforall.org

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Contact your City Council today ([email protected]) and tell them: Please don't remove our neighborhood centers! Then, sign the petitions at oneseattleforall.org/petition-cou...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

There were so many great comments yesterday supporting SB 5184 which would limit costly parking mandates in Washington state. But Joe Kunzler's of Whidbey Island was far and away my favorite, with Sen. @jessbateman.bsky.social and Sen. Alvarado smiling as he shouted to be heard. #waleg

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

It's time to speak up for housing! Join us on February 5th to remind city council of how many people there are in Seattle who are excited for more and better housing options!

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Is this finally really happening?!

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Want more abundant housing, more transit, walkable neighborhoods, a little cafe on the corner, a cozy bookshop, places your kids could afford to live, homes you can grow old in, safer streets and a greener city? You gotta tell City Council to make the Comp Plan bolder! go to: oneseattleforall.org

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

We just really believe more people should be able to live in our wonderful neighborhood, and that our neighborhood would benefit from more neighbors (for example - to help support our precious small businesses!) Please consider signing and sharing! actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

New DOOM LOOP: "Why You Can't Upzone My Neighborhood" See the whole thing here: southseattleemerald.org/voices/2025/...

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

Yet another example of why we need to take further state level action to increase housing options including passing the Housing Accountability Act. @futurewise.bsky.social @sightline.org @nwurbanist.bsky.social @seattleyimby.bsky.social @cityofseattle.bsky.social

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

⚠️ We're trying a new meetup location this week! ⚠️ Weds 6-8pm at ✨The Great American Diner✨ in Alaska Junction. Just a few doors down from where we've been! The owner was eager to accommodate us and we're excited about it! Hope to see you there! 🧡 www.meetup.com/west-seattle...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

#Seattle residents: please sign @seattleyimby.bsky.social 's petition to tell city council to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge. actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

I know these can seem silly, but council members do pay attention to these sorts of counts, so take thirty seconds to sign these!

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Alki Stay Healthy Street Before: 🚙 🚘 🛻 🛻 🚗 After: 🚴🏻 🚴🏻 🚶‍♀️ 🛴 🐕 🚙

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

So proud to have played my small part in getting her elected! If you're glad she's there to offer a voice of reason, please join me and many of your neighbors this year in volunteering for her when she has to run for election again.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

The first several speakers at this morning's comprehensive plan meeting have been longtime homeowners in Seattle's wealthy Madrona neighborhood, arguing that a two-block "neighborhood center" where some apartments will be allowed, saying it will destroy their neighborhood.

submitted 56 days ago • 32 comments

It’s happening! Tonight, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber unveiled one of the signs at the entrance to the Congestion Relief Zone. Tolling begins at midnight. Learn more: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

submitted 57 days ago • 42 comments

It's way, way too easy for land speculators to sit on their downtown properties without redeveloping. A land value tax could fix this, so Spokane's city council is pushing for one. Read my latest for @theinlander.bsky.social:

submitted 60 days ago • 4 comments

Alki Stay Healthy street Great place for young riders to learn to love cycling! Safe space with curb stops

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

This is by far the best video I've ever seen on why we need to create abundant housing. Most YIMBYs are familiar with these ideas, but Justine Underhill does an incredible job packaging them up and explaining them in a simple, compelling way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4...

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment