#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

Really rad #seattle folks have put together a tool to help folks comment on the current #SeattleCompPlan and leave feedback asking for improvements to the draft plan

#housing #housingjustice #alternative6

https://alternative6.org/

#Seattle! Tomorrow morning, @jp4all @houserneighbors and @ShareTheCities are hosting a #SeattleCompPlan commenting party 10:30am - 12pm.

Do you want to tell the city why we need to build more housing -- and do it near parks and amenities, not just in a narrow strip on polluted arterials?
Come join us!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-msrzwvGd0zSjrjYtr9SzyL-GKgcB6r

Alright #Seattle #SeattleCompPlan people. Since no city planner dares to show this, we're doing it.

We're not just looking at how many "Neighborhood Centers" have been added or taken away. We're gonna overlay it on top of the displacement risk.

Save the Date #Seattle April 6 
time & guest speakers TBA #SeattleCompPlan #CommentParty #CompPlan101 #LandUse #HousingNearParks #MoreNeighbors #SocialHousing #TaxTheRich #StopTheSweeps #BuildTheHousing #RezoneSeattle 
Follow Jackson Park for All @jp4all for more info

Homelessness is so often framed as a choice of the unhoused, but it's the choices of politicians like Bruce Harrell that make it inevitable.

https://publicola.com/2024/03/15/harrell-throws-in-the-towel-on-housing-with-a-20-year-plan-to-increase-housing-prices-and-worsen-homelessness/

Went to the comp plan meeting in my neighborhood. Some city employees were pretty combative about adding more density.

The format seemed pretty discouraging to getting feedback from folks who took time to attend. It's almost like the current city govt wants to lock up Seattle to keep real estate high and push folks to surrounding areas.

Who has the time to talk to lawyers to see if we can sue the city for doing a terrible job on the comp plan? #SeattleCompPlan ?

Which mainstream fully funded organization is going to step up and take a lead on grassroots advocacy for the comp plan? And when? We need paid organizers and organizations to do more to reach out with bold messages. #SeattleCompPlan

Oh my dear god. The draft EIS for the #SeattleCompPlan update is 1079 pages.

Of course, the EIS for the itty bitty update to allow mother-in-law apartments and backyard cottages in most parts of town was also about that long so I suppose I should be grateful. #Seattle

Whenever it rains, every “urban village” bus shelter starts approaching a good % of NIOSH noise pollution limits. This is next to a city “park” on a weekend.

These are the car hell areas that the only “new housing” is allowed to be built #Seattle #SeattleCompPlan

While biking home from Temple pastry (in heavy wind and rain!) we went past a house that’s currently residential but structure indicates it clearly once had a small business of some kind that hasn’t been legal there for decades. The proposed #SeattleCompPlan update wouldn’t even re-legalize a small business there because it’s not on a corner lot. It’s a 1 minute walk from busy Jackson St and a couple minutes walk from the frequent 48 and 8 buses. #Seattle #UpzoneSeattle

We encourage you to get real noisy on social media and in person over the next 60 days! #SeattleCompPlan #Seattle

Follow @ HouseOurNeighbors on Instagram and sign up for their newsletters for an upcoming workshop!!!

How can there be a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on the updated comprehensive plan to comment on when the comp plan info released so far doesn’t include specifics on zoning changes which greatly affect the environmental impact of the plan?? #seattle #SeattleCompPlan

Regarding the triplex exemptions the city is asking for, I don't necessarily think this is intentional NIMBYism. But it is unintentional NIMBYism.

We've had 10 years since Seattle last tackled it's zoning. Since then people have tried to answer whether or not upzones accelerate displacement. The research suggests the opposite, upzones reduce
displacement

#Seattle #SeattlePolitics #SeattleCompPlan

https://social.ridetrans.it/@owen/112047227733275746

When I published this I got an email from staff in OPCD pushing back on the first sentence.

#Seattle #CompPlan #SeattleCompPlan

https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/01/16/seattles-housing-construction-booms-while-permitting-flashes-warning-signs/

Looking forward to discussing the #SeattleCompPlan on 3/14 in Loyal Heights! We need more #housing.

https://engage.oneseattleplan.com/events/71e28fb8-71b7-43b9-bc27-e8dc2375a34f