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Sturgus Neighbor Jimmy
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Jonathan Choe
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May 25, 2022
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Street Report
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Neighbors Speak in Georgetown, Sturgus Park

Jonathan Choe
May 25, 2022
Street Report
@SeattleSPU@SeattleParks simultaneously clearing a problematic Georgetown RV encampment and tents along Sturgus Park in Beacon Hill. Read More ›
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Robert Marbut
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May 23, 2022
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Mental Illness
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Robert Marbut on America’s Homelessness Crisis, Strategies for Uplifting the Homeless, and Effective Government Policies

Robert Marbut
May 23, 2022
Mental Illness
Homelessness has reached crisis proportions. Few issues of human dignity are as heart wrenching as the wretched scenes in our most prosperous cities—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle—where one can drive down main thoroughfares and be confronted with tent encampments lining streets that provide scant shelter for thousands of destitute people. Read More ›
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Video still by Jonathan Choe
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Jonathan Choe
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May 23, 2022
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Fixers
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One Day of Service and Revitalization

Jonathan Choe
May 23, 2022
Fixers
What a day following @MayorofSeattle and volunteers across the city as they cleaned up trash, removed graffiti, and made a massive difference during the inaugural “One Seattle Day of Service.” Read More ›
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Help Concept hands reaching out to help each other in dark tone
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Steven J. Buri
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May 20, 2022
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What Works
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What Does Real Compassion for the Homeless Look Like?

Steven J. Buri
May 20, 2022
What Works
Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness initiative offers a path forward for policymakers, the public, and those who recognize that the failed policies of the past are doomed to fail in the future. Here we focus on the true causes of the crisis. Read More ›
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Jonathan Choe
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May 19, 2022
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Governance
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Mayoral Update on Seattle’s Homeless Crisis

Jonathan Choe
May 19, 2022
Governance
@MayorofSeattle held press conference today alongside @CMDanStrauss and CEO of @KC_RHA Marc Dones to address Woodland Park and latest on Seattle’s homeless crisis. Lots of new nuggets. I will break down highlights below. Read More ›
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Downtown San Francisco with California Street at sunrise, San Francisco, California, USA
Downtown San Francisco with California Street at sunrise, San Francisco, California, USA
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Debra J. Saunders
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May 19, 2022
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Governance
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California’s Epic Homeless Nightmare

Debra J. Saunders
May 19, 2022
Governance
What’s the matter with California? “It’s suffering from San Fransickness,” which is “pathological altruism,” answers Michael Shellenberger, author of the book “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities.” Read More ›
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Homeless encampment at Peoples Park, a historic site of political activism
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Jonathan Choe
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May 9, 2022
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Street Report
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Massive Clean Up at Woodland Park

Jonathan Choe
May 9, 2022
Street Report

Eve of Massive Sweep Tuesday morning, Woodland Park will finally be cleared. Campers are scrambling to leave with help of outreach workers. This may be largest homeless encampment sweep under @MayorofSeattle. Area so massive, it is scheduled to happen over several days. On the Move @SeattleParks giving homeless campers rides out of Woodland Park today before Tuesday’s sweep. Several gracious campers spoke to me about their next steps. Several people like “Cassandra” have found a place to stay with the help of city outreach workers. #Seattle Not Again Earlier today, I was at Woodland Park trying to document this sprawling homeless encampment before it’s cleared. Out of nowhere comes this far left activist with “Stop the Sweeps Seattle.” She’s a Read More ›