A new coalition of local nonprofit organizations and neighborhood groups called Compassion Seattle unveiled a charter amendment on Thursday aimed at addressing homelessness in Seattle.
The newly proposed charter amendment takes a multi-faceted approach to the issue, including expanding behavioral health services for mental health and substance use disorder, creating an additional 2,000 units of emergency or permanent housing and ensuring that all “city parks, playgrounds, sports fields, public spaces and sidewalks and streets remain open and clear of encampments.”
“It is the City’s goal that no one should have to live outdoors in public spaces,” the amendment reads. “The City shall coordinate and engage with the public, community-based organizations,
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