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Seattle Mayor Makes Way for World Cup, Pushes Homeless to Chinatown

Jonathan Choe
May 18, 2026
Drug Epidemic, Governance, Homelessness, Street Report
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No Outreach In Sight

We are just weeks away from the FIFA World Cup Games in Seattle. Mayor Katie Wilson is furiously trying to sweep homeless drug addicts out of the downtown core.

But the mess is ending up in nearby Chinatown-ID and Beacon Hill.

I spent several hours overnight in these hoods and it is worse than ever.

Dozens of people are in the streets and public parks smoking fetty and starting fires to stay warm. No cops or outreach workers in sight.

It is a lawless playground.

Why is Wilson allowing these communities to devolve into a human dumping ground?

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and 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.