News & City Life

Morning Fizz

Despite Press Conference Kumbaya, O'Brien Not Exactly on Board with HALA

Caffeinated news featuring new math, powerful women, and rent control

07/21/2015 By Josh Feit

Housing

Segregation by Design?

HALA members see race in current zoning

07/20/2015 By Josh Kelety

Morning Fizz

On Housing Affordability, Seattle Times Has a Sudden Case of Slow Down–ism

Caffeinated news featuring the Seattle Process, chamber money, and the poison pill

07/20/2015 By Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

With Sharp Drop in Pod Apartment Production, HALA Report Calls on Council to Revisit Regs; O'Brien says it's not a Priority Right Now

DPD numbers show a 97 percent drop in pod apartments since new regulations approved last summer

07/17/2015 By Josh Kelety

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Meaningful Movies Presents 'E-Team'

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/17/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Friday LIKES & DISLIKES: City Council Districts Five and Six

Mike O'Brien, Sandy Brown, Debadutta Dash, Mercedes Elizalde, Debora Juarez, and Halei Watkins review the week's news

07/17/2015 By Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

DPD Map Shows Largely White Single Family Neighborhoods

DPD Overlays Demographic and Zoning Data

07/16/2015 By Josh Kelety

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Technology’s Impact on ‘The Next World War’

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/16/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Who's Contributing to the Candidates

Sawant has thousands of contributors

07/16/2015 By Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Pop Goes the Melting Pot

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/15/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Money and Endorsements (and Pod Apartments are Back!) in Final Weeks of Campaign

Some big showings in the council races and a big recommendation you may have missed from the HALA committee

07/15/2015 By Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: How Technology Impacts Civil Liberties

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/14/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Morning Fizz

Hella HALA Fallout: Candidates React to Mayor's Affordable Housing Recommendations

With upzones and code changes, Mayor's plan definitely alters all single family zones

07/14/2015 By Josh Feit

City

Murray, O'Brien Champion Affordable Housing Plan

Murray unveils housing recommendations and another big compromise

07/13/2015 By Josh Feit

Quiz

Amazon Celebrates 20 Years

Twenty years ago this July, Amazon sold its first book from Jeff Bezos’s garage. Since then it’s gotten slightly bigger. How well do you know Seattle’s e-tail behemoth that will one day swallow the world?

07/13/2015 By Matthew Halverson

Afternoon Jolt

City Council Approves Campaign Finance Initiative, Medical Marijuana Reform

Council gives thumbs up to crackdown on local medical marijuana market, sends Honest Elections Seattle intiative to the November ballot

07/13/2015 By Josh Kelety