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More Businesses Close in Seattle’s Chinatown-ID Over Safety Concerns

Jonathan Choe
October 19, 2026
Community Impact, Crime, Law, and Order, Governance, Street Report
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Community Impact
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Governance
Street Report

Blame Crime, Encampments, and City Government

Two more small businesses have ejected from Seattle’s Chinatown-ID.

Henry’s Taiwan and Seattle Herbs & Grocery officially closed this month after being long time staples at the corner of 12th Ave & Jackson St.

The owners blame socialist Mayor Katie Wilson’s inability to handle crime and homeless drug encampments in the area.

Property values are also plummeting, threatening to further destroy the core identity of this Asian American community.

I’m working on another update. Stay tuned.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth & Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.