Last year, the neighborhood witnessed several high-profile incidents, including a day in which five people were stabbed near 12th Avenue and Jackson Street.
SEATTLE — Business owners in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), including Little Saigon, are urging local and state officials to take action in response to a recent rise in violent crime and illegal activity in the area.
Their plea came during a press conference Monday. It was organized on the opening day of the state legislative session by Tanya Woo, a former city council member and community activist.
“We are surrounded by fencing, barbed wire, shuttered store fronts, boarded windows, and graffiti,”
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