Real safety means we ensure stable housing for those on the streets, we don’t force people into concentrated poverty, and we tailor the right response for the right crisis instead of the one-size-fits-all fundamentalism we see from the right. We need a plan rooted in facts that doesn’t disrespect voters by promising them what SPD says is impossible. We also have to be honest about what it will cost to fix our broken and slow emergency response system.

Most of us couldn't afford to move to Seattle today. To build an affordable city, we must follow the science, which says we need aggressive investments in supply, subsidies, and stability.

Preserving our environment and natural beauty will require a thought-out, practical plan to reduce emissions and expand greenspaces without displacing communities or preventing additional housing from being constructed.

Our leaders have failed us when it comes to the drug crisis. It's time to stop posturing and actually deliver results.

Research shows that homelessness is a housing problem. The most important thing we can do is address the housing and affordability crisis overall.

We have to make it as easy to get around the city without a car as it is with one. That means we need to respect the time and convenience of the car-less as much as we do drivers.

Our schools are a key nexus with our communities, de-facto community centers, and they provide an opportunity to identify and meet needs.

It’s tough to be a worker in 2020s America. Decades of union-busting and the embrace of tax and trade policies that line the pockets of the rich have left workers behind.