Our area is as soon as once more making an attempt out the thought of protected heaps for folks dwelling of their automobiles to park, and reside, with out working afoul of parking guidelines. King and Pierce counties are wanting into organising a couple of heaps the place RVs and different automobiles might be parked, supervised.

If this sounds acquainted, it is as a result of it is already been tried regionally, and it all the time finally ends up coming with a big price ticket. You’d suppose that having folks park in a single spot would not value a lot. It is already occurring on roadsides all through the area. When Seattle tried a protected lot in 2016 in Ballard, it value $25,000 to arrange, and about $35,000 to function every month. In 2018, there have been three deaths in Seattle’s SoDo protected lot (two have been from long-term illnesses).

The most recent proposals out of Pierce and King counties goal to succeed this time, however they nonetheless include steep prices. The Low Revenue Housing Institute is getting $1.9 million to develop a brand new RV protected lot program in Seattle. It desires an extra $5 million for websites in Pierce County. Such prices are going to be thought of in opposition to the truth that Seattle is already spending a number of hundreds of thousands on clearing encampments and different homeless packages. Seattle has slated $173 million for homelessness in 2022.

“Soundside” has the total story right here.

The true property market within the Seattle space has cooled down. That’s having results elsewhere within the area’s housing. Redfin says that top mortgage charges are inflicting consumers to shrink back from the market. Which means they’re extra more likely to shift into the rental market, putting extra demand there. And in accordance with Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather, whereas the housing market goes into “hibernation,” there may be extra room for rents to rise. Learn the total story right here.

A handful of latest gun laws go into impact right this moment in Washington state. However there may be some nuance to those new restrictions. It’s now unlawful to fabricate, assemble, buy or promote an untraceable firearm, aka a “ghost gun.” It is usually unlawful to promote or make {a magazine} that holds greater than 10 rounds. Gun homeowners can nonetheless have such magazines that they already personal, they only can’t purchase them anymore in Washington state. There are a couple of extra guidelines on the books. Learn the total story right here.

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As Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood continues to evolve with older buildings giving technique to new condos, and boutique retailers shifting in, Mike’s Chili Parlor continues on. It’s celebrating its a centesimal yr in operation. 4 generations of the Semandiris household have stored it going the entire time. Learn the total story right here. (Courtesy of Mike Semandiris)

Former Bremerton Soccer Coach Joseph Kennedy was not fired from his job for praying on the 50 yard line after video games. Somewhat, Kennedy opted to not apply for the assistant teaching job in 2016, after he made headlines for his on-field actions.

The narrative that Coach Kennedy was fired is one which has been promoted by his supporters. It is made its manner into media stories, and sadly this article the opposite day. It isn’t fairly correct. So let’s set the story straight now.

The Bremerton College District was involved in 2015, due to Assistant Soccer Coach Kennedy’s apply of praying on the 50 yard line after video games, joined by college students and others. He was additionally giving motivational speeches, utilizing his faith. The worry was that it might cross the authorized line between faith and authorities (learn extra about that right here). The district provided cures, comparable to making an announcement that the coach’s prayers didn’t replicate any place of the district. Efforts to hunt an answer have been turned down. The assistant teaching gig is a contract job. So when it got here time for Kennedy to use for the 2016 contract, he did not. That’s the reason he’s not teaching in Bremerton. Not as a result of he was fired. The one factor he did do was sue the district.

As NPR reported, the latest Supreme Court docket’s resolution was largely based mostly on decrease courts’ rulings that the prayers may very well be mistakenly perceived because the district’s endorsement of faith, violating the Institution Clause of the Structure. This resolution does not actually contact upon any narrative that Kennedy was fired for prayers. I might go additional into how these weren’t non-public prayers, and what appears to be some critical gaps within the Supreme Court docket’s understanding of the scenario that all of us watched up shut in Washington. However I will not repeat what Seattle Instances’ Danny Westneat already laid out so nicely.

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