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#594 - The unintended consequences of rent controls and eviction moratoriums
June 30, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBState and local lawmakers are creating a problem that they do not — or perhaps refuse to — understand, and that is the erosion of the single-family rental-house supply. In my more than 10 years of experience, never have I seen so many people searching for a new rental house because the one they live in now is being sold. The reality is not that the owners of these rental houses necessarily want to sell or take advantage of a hot seller’s market (and it is a very hot seller’s market). No, un...
#593 - Colorado mayor sparks outcry by BANNING the Pledge of Allegiance from public meetings
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBThe mayor of a small town in Colorado has banned his Board of Trustees and guests from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at public meetings because of what he called 'direct threats' in his community. Shane Fuhrman, the mayor of the 550-person mountain town Silverton, made the announcement at a board meeting on June 14, which is Flag Day. But the entire room of attendees, and two board members, stood up and recited the pledge anyway, to which Fuhrman responded by threatening to kick ...
#592 - Fatal stabbing prompts proposed legislation to condemn Seattle’s City Hall Park
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Bradley Arabie last week at Seattle’s City Hall Park, located immediately south of the King County Courthouse, was the final straw for Metropolitan King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn: On Tuesday, he introduced legislation to condemn the city-owned park, which is the site of a large homeless encampment, as a public safety hazard or nuisance property. Under Dunn’s proposal, King County would acquire the park from the city of Seattle and request that Execut...
#591 - Portland Tourism Bosses are Slammed for Claiming Locals Love it in Full-Page Ad
June 28, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBTourism bosses in Portland have taken out a full-page advert in the New York Times admitting the riot-hit city has an 'edge' - but urging visitors to come anyway. Travel Portland - a nonprofit which oversees the Oregon city's tourism marketing - referenced reports of far-left violence in the city in the ad. It admits that much of what has been said about Portland - whose 50-strong riot squad resigned last week - was true, and that the city, which endures nightly riots, has an 'edge.' ...
#590 - Fatal stabbing at Seattle City Hall park stirs questions about suspect's release on bond
June 28, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBQuestions are being raised about the man who admitted to police that he had killed another homeless man at an encampment located in the park next to the King County Courthouse. Michael Sedejo had been accused of assaulting another man at City Hall Park in April but was released from jail after a bail reform group paid his bail. According to court documents, Sedejo admitted to police after his arrest Thursday that he killed Bradley Arable after the two men had fought. He allegedly told poli...
#589 - American Airlines cancels hundreds of flights through July, citing severe weather, labor shortage
June 27, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBAmerican Airlines has canceled hundreds of flights that were scheduled over the next month, citing a labor shortage combined with weather delays. According to Reuters and CNBC, the airline has canceled about 1% of the flights that had been scheduled through mid-July. The company cited a current labor shortage, combined with an increase in demand for travel as more Americans get vaccinated. The tipping point came earlier this month when the company says severe weather at hub airports in Cha...
#588 - Rents jump for single-family homes in Seattle area, but fall for apartments
June 26, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MBIt's more expensive to rent a single-family home this year in the greater Seattle area than last, but the cost of renting an apartment is dropping. In April, the cost of renting a single-family home was up 4.3%. Meanwhile, apartment rents dropped 11%. The median price of a single-family home in the greater Seattle area was $2,811 in March, according to a report by CoreLogic, making it the fourth-most expensive rental market among the areas surveyed. Rents for single-family homes in Honolulu...
#587 - Portland’s Rapid Response Team: Officers can’t serve on team under ‘the extreme liability’ they face
June 25, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBThe commander of Portland’s Rapid Response Team had called a meeting of the specialized unit’s approximately 50 officers at the Penumbra Kelly Building in Southeast Portland Wednesday night to hear their concerns. Just over two hours later, all the officers present voted to resign from the specialized crowd control team. They cited a host of factors: a lack of clear direction from the chief’s office, changing interpretations of police force directives and policies, officer safety concerns ...
#586 - King County considers whether to repeal bicycle helmet law
June 25, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBThe King County Board of Health is looking into whether it should repeal the county’s bicycle helmet law, after concerns it is unfairly enforced and targets people of color. Central Seattle Greenways, a group advocating for safer streets, started researching the law last year in the wake of nationwide protests over racial inequality. “We found that Black cyclists have been cited disproportionately for not wearing a helmet at four times the rate of white cyclists, so a really stark disparit...
#585 - After tumultuous year, can Portland make a comeback?
June 24, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThe smell of fresh empanadas wafted through the stands at Portland’s Saturday Market. People talked through their masks with artists as others sifted through fork windchimes, crystal necklaces, tie dye dresses and clay mugs. The weekly event was smaller than in years past, but longtime attendees say it was a sign of life being breathed back into downtown. Nine blocks away, past businesses still shuttered with plywood boards — the names of Black people killed by police painted onto them — a...
#584 - Roy introduces bill blocking Chinese Communist Party members from buying US land
June 23, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBRep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) is introducing a bill on Friday aimed at blocking members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from buying land in the United States. Although the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States does review some attempts by foreign entities to buy land in the country, the bill would completely stop CCP members from buying either public or private land in the U.S. The bill, called the Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act, is being introduced by...
#583 - L.A. City Council backs plan to ban tenant harassment under new law
June 23, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday backed a proposal to ban landlords from harassing tenants. The ordinance defines tenant harassment as “a landlord’s knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific tenant or tenants that causes detriment or harm, and that serves no lawful purpose.” The ordinance also bans any repeated actions that interfere with or disturb a tenant’s comfort to get them to give up their rights to the tenancy. It doesn’t prevent lawful evictions, but i...
#582 - Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse — but they are leaving San Francisco, study says
June 22, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThe number of Californians leaving the Bay Area has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly from San Francisco, according to a new study released Thursday. Despite suggestions of a California exodus to other states in recent months, most who leave that region do not move far, though many Sierra counties saw a large influx of migrants from San Francisco compared with 2019. Among those moving, the share of residents leaving the state has grown since 2015 — from 16% to 18% — a tr...
#581 - The housing market is so hot buyers are paying $1 million over asking price
June 21, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBWhat do homebuyers have to do to get a house in this cutthroat real estate market? Offer sellers a Caribbean vacation? Bid $1 million over the asking price? Pay a competing bidder hundreds of thousands of dollars to walk away? What about buying two homes just to live in one? Believe it or not, these are real offers. And sometimes, they actually work. "You hear about buyers throwing sweeteners into the mix -- wine, dinners -- to get the house," said Esty Perez, an agent with Knipe Realty i...
#580 - Man sentenced to 5 years for setting fire during Portland protests
June 21, 2021 10:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBA Portland, Ore., man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree arson for starting a dumpster fire near the city’s North Precinct during a protest. Authorities say Gavaugh Street-Hillerich, 23, was recorded intentionally setting fire to a large dumpster near the exterior of the police precinct on June 26, 2020. The dumpster was pushed up against plywood on the windows, which had been installed to protect windows and prevent break-ins, according to the...
#579 - BREAKING: Portland police 'riot squad' resigns following indictment of officer
June 20, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBThe Rapid Response Team, a unit within the Portland police department, voted unanimously to resign on Wednesday during a meeting with the police union. This follows the criminal indictment of an officer for assault stemming from a riot in August 2020, sources within the police bureau told The Post Millennial. Officer Corey Budworth was on the Rapid Response Team, a group police officers that volunteer for the post, and are deployed to respond to riots, civil unrest, and demonstrations in Po...
#578 - Seattle police arrest 53 shoplifters in a single day during citywide theft operation
June 19, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThe Seattle Police Department is cracking down on ongoing organized shoplifting groups, leading to a retail theft operation that resulted in 53 arrests in a single day and thousands of dollars recovered in stolen merchandise. "These are organized groups that hit retailers with the sole purpose of stealing to either resell them or use them as currency for other things," said Sgt. Randy Huserik, public information officer for the Seattle Police Department. The big bust occurred at nine stor...
#577 - New calls for city to clear homeless encampment in heart of downtown Seattle
June 18, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBThere’s growing pressure from the business community for city leaders to clear an encampment that stretches an entire block of 3rd Avenue between Pike and Union streets and located in the heart of downtown Seattle. Even by Seattle standards, the camp violates the city’s tolerance of where people have been allowed to pitch a tent. The city has allowed tents between the curb and the edge of the sidewalk, which is officially known as the furniture zone because it typically is where a person m...
#576 - Portland police struggle to fill new uniformed team to stem shootings
June 18, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBOnly a few Portland police officers so far have volunteered to staff a new uniformed team to proactively address gun violence with greater community oversight. The trouble finding officers has prompted a special recruiting effort to get bureau members to sign up. The team is supposed to have 12 officers and two sergeants. Meanwhile, nine residents named so far to monitor the team met Friday via video conference in an introductory session, also getting off to a bit of a rocky beginning. M...
#575 - Nearly two-thirds of millennials have new home buyer regrets, survey finds
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBIn today’s highly competitive real estate market, it’s all too common for buyers to rush into a deal that doesn’t fit their budget or suit their needs. Millennials, in particular, have the most regrets after buying a home, according to a new Bankrate survey. Buyer’s regrets are even more of a factor in the pandemic, with sight-unseen offers and contingencies waived to win the bid. The survey highlights some of the most common regrets new homeowners have and which demographic groups are most...
#574 - New calls for city to clear homeless encampment in heart of downtown Seattle
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBThere’s growing pressure from the business community for city leaders to clear an encampment that stretches an entire block of 3rd Avenue between Pike and Union streets and located in the heart of downtown Seattle. Even by Seattle standards, the camp violates the city’s tolerance of where people have been allowed to pitch a tent. The city has allowed tents between the curb and the edge of the sidewalk, which is officially known as the furniture zone because it typically is where a person m...
#573 - Lynnwood property owners take home back from alleged squatters
June 16, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBThe family of a Lynnwood property owner forced entry into their home on Monday in order to evict three people who are accused of moving into the house with their belongings, changing the locks on doors and creating a fraudulent lease. Amir Rai said he brought friends with crow bars to get inside the property, located in the 6200 block of 208th street SW in Lynnwood. “So I broke the windows of our own house," Rai said. "It’s our property." Once inside, the group was able to flush out the t...
#572 - LA Sheriff Villanueva, Citing Politicians' Inaction, Says He'll Clear Venice Beach Homeless Camp
June 16, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBL.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has inserted himself into the homelessness situation in Venice Beach, visiting the area with several deputies this week after announcing his department is stepping in to clear the encampment there. "Today I visited the Venice Boardwalk again to view the failures of local politicians in regard to the homeless crisis," Villanueva tweeted on Monday. The Ocean Front Walk falls under LAPD jurisdiction, but Villanueva said he's sending his Homeless Outreach Se...
#570 - In 1982, One Georgia Town Required Everyone To Own A Gun
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MBIn 1982, the Kennesaw City Council passed an ordinance requiring every head of household to possess a functioning firearm at their homes, The Daily Wire reports. The Georgia suburb consisted of around 5,000 people, each of whom would now live within feet of a deadly weapon. Within a year of the mandate, civilians and politicians alike were stunned by the outcome. As the gun control debate rages on, many individuals have taken hard stances against the average citizen’s right to keep and bear...
#571 - May marked a month of new records for some NWMLS market indicators
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBMay was a month of record-setting highs and lows for some key housing market indicators tracked by Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Northwest MLS director Robb Wasser, branch manager at Windermere Real Estate/East in Bellevue, noted the number of active listings for single family homes dropped from April to May for the first time in at least 20 years. The month-to-month decline was small (only 83 listings), but compared to 12 months ago, May's inventory plummeted by 4,824 listings (down ...
#569 - Looking back at Seattle's CHOP, one year later
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIt’s been one year since people protesting police violence marched to Seattle's East Police Precinct and found that police had abandoned the area. That started a protest zone that garnered national attention — the CHOP. After a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020, anti-police brutality demonstrations sprung up around Seattle. People marched from downtown up to the East Police Precinct building on Capitol Hill. The precinct became the epicenter of protests. Ange...
#568 - More than two dozen Antifa rioters charged for Portland mayhem
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBMore than two dozen suspected Antifa rioters have been charged in Portland in the past two weeks, signaling an escalation by both local and federal prosecutors following a full year of riots in the besieged Oregon city. On Thursday, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced charges against 10 suspects following several grand jury indictments. Maximilian Ryan Jennings, 23, James Walker Prettyman, 25, and Thomas Moll-Rocek, 34, are charged with one count each of felony riot, ...
#568 - More than two dozen Antifa rioters charged for Portland mayhem
June 14, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBMore than two dozen suspected Antifa rioters have been charged in Portland in the past two weeks, signaling an escalation by both local and federal prosecutors following a full year of riots in the besieged Oregon city. On Thursday, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced charges against 10 suspects following several grand jury indictments. Maximilian Ryan Jennings, 23, James Walker Prettyman, 25, and Thomas Moll-Rocek, 34, are charged with one count each of felony riot, ...
#567 - Plywood & fencing are still protecting downtown Portland. Will they harm the area’s rebound?
June 14, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBSigns of renewal abounded this week in downtown Portland. Hundreds flocked to the Portland Farmers Market at Shemanski Park for produce while others soaked in the sun and socialized at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Tents and trash that have troubled some visitors and residents for months during the pandemic have started to vanish. Yet virtually every block in the heart of the city continues to have boarded-up buildings and windows, a jarring juxtaposition to the budding vibrancy. Imposing me...
#566 - Seattle Times sues city of Seattle over Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages during protests
June 13, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBThe Seattle Times filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the city of Seattle mishandled requests from reporters for officials’ text messages during a tumultuous period last summer when police abandoned the East Precinct and used tear gas on protesters. The complaint, filed in King County Superior Court, follows a whistleblower investigation that found Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office violated state public records laws in its handling of requests after discovering the mayor’s texts were m...
#565 - Crime, homelessness in downtown Seattle has ‘never been this bad’
June 12, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBAfter KIRO Radio’s Gee and Ursula Show shared their own stories this week about visiting downtown Seattle, particularly in regards to the homelessness crisis, they heard from a local business owner who said “it’s never been so bad.” Marc McCann owns Butler Parking, which runs garages that offer valet and self-parking, and has been in business since 1987. “When I started in ’87, about the biggest issues we had were there were pay centers where people would come pick up their paychecks and s...
#564 - Appeals court rejects bid by landlords to resume evictions
June 11, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBA federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday denied a request by a group of landlords to resume evictions, leaving the temporary nationwide eviction moratorium intact for now. The ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest twist in a multifront legal challenge to the eviction freeze that was enacted by federal public health officials as a way to keep financially distressed renters in their homes and out of crowded homeless shelters during the coronavirus pandem...
#563 - Man claimed to be Andy Ngo chased away from Portland protest
June 11, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBLeft-wing protesters chased down, attacked and unmasked a man they believe to be the right-wing author Andy Ngo in disguise during a downtown Portland protest on Friday, May 28. The Portland Tribune has not independently confirmed the fleeing man’s identity, and Ngo did not immediately issue any public statements on the matter. One longtime protest observer told the Tribune he saw Ngo working out at a gym in a southeast Portland neighborhood one week ago, with gym staff reportedly greeting...
#562 - While eviction moratorium protects tenants, many property owners are forced to pay double
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBAround the country where it’s estimated by Moody's Analytics that property owners are owed more than more than $70 billion by more than 10 million Americans who are behind on rent, but remain protected under the federal eviction moratorium set to expire on June 30. Just last month, a federal judge ruled the national eviction moratorium exceeds the authority of the CDC. But still, many are fighting to keep it in place, warning of a national disaster if millions of Americans are made homeles...
#561 - Spouses in divorce proceedings are using cryptocurrency to hide money. Here’s how experts find it
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBThe dramatic rise of cryptocurrency has led to some spouses hiding those digital assets during divorce settlements, and tracking down the funds isn’t easy, experts say. More than 20 million Americans may own cryptocurrency, industry groups say, and digital currency market values grew to a record $2 trillion in April. These spikes may be enticing more spouses in divorce proceedings or those thinking about divorce to conceal their stash, experts say. “I’m sure it’s been an issue the whole ...
#560 - Seattle Police exodus worsens, 270 out since ’20, with 100 more ‘unavailable’
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBAlmost 275 police officers have left the Seattle Police Department since 2020. The staffing crisis has never been worse, with the lowest number of deployable staff since the 1980s. This year, a total of 84 officers separated from the SPD, with 18 leaving in May, according to a police source. A separation is an all-inclusive term that includes resignations, retirements, and lateral moves to other agencies. The latest data puts total separations at a minimum of 270 since 2020. If this pace h...
#559 - Restaurants nationwide raise prices amid soaring costs, labor shortage
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBWith New York City’s restaurant scene coming back after COVID-19, there’s something new on the menu — bigger bills. Diners had better bring their cash as well as their appetites, as city restaurant prices are going up thanks to rising costs in food, supplies and labor, restauranteurs said. “If we’re getting squeezed there’s only two ways to handle it, either cut costs or raise prices, there’s no alternatives really,” Hakan Swahn, the owner of Midtown’s Aquavit, told The Post Monday. Joi...
#558 - Man killed at homeless camp in Seattle's University District
June 09, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBA man was killed in a shooting early Monday at a homeless camp in the Ravenna neighborhood at the north end of Seattle's University District, officials said. Police and medics responded to the scene, in the 1400 block of NE Ravenna Boulevard, at about 5:10 a.m. after receiving several reports of shots fired. A 31-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Medics attempted life-saving efforts but were unsuccessful, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, said Da...
#557 - Cynthia Nixon slammed for suggesting CVS should let people shoplift rather than locking up goods
June 08, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBCynthia Nixon has been slammed for suggesting CVS should let people steal from stores rather than locking up goods like laundry detergent, claiming 'desperate people shouldn't be prosecuted'. The former actress and failed New York gubernatorial candidate tweeted on Thursday that she had noticed her local CVS in SoHo had 'started' locking up 'basic items like clothing detergent.' 'As so many families can’t make ends meet right now, I can’t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem...
#556 - Portland commissioner slams PBOT contractor with ‘thin blue line’ flag
June 08, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBCity Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty slammed a city contractor shown displaying a pro-police emblem while on the clock — but said there was little she could do after the company declined her request to remove the symbol. Hardesty released a statement on the matter after a photo surfaced on Twitter showing an Oregon Concrete Solutions-branded truck with an emblem of the “thin blue line” flag affixed to the front driver’s side panel. The truck was parked near a sidewalk expansion project on Sou...
#555 - Facebook no longer treating 'man-made' Covid as a crackpot idea
June 07, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBFacebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday, a move that acknowledges the renewed debate about the virus’ origins. A narrative in flux: Facebook’s policy tweak arrives as support surges in Washington for a fuller investigation into the origins of Covid-19 after the Wall Street Journal reported that three scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in late 2019 with symptoms...
#554 - Robert Shiller: Home prices will fall and 'cause some pain'
June 07, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe housing market is hot as home prices continue to rise, but Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Shiller predicts prices will eventually drop. "They'll come back down, not overnight, but enough to cause some pain," Shiller told Yahoo Finance Live. The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 13.2% annual gain in March, the fastest pace prices have risen in more than 15 years. Last week, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported the median existing-ho...
#553 - Marches, riot mark anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Portland
June 06, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBPolice declared a riot after a crowd smashed windows at City Hall after trying to set the Justice Center on fire in downtown Portland on Tuesday night, a year to the day since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. Officers said shortly before 9:30 p.m. that the crowd was yelling “burn the building down” and had pushed a burning dumpster against the Justice Center. According to the Portland Police Bureau, others were throwing frozen water bottles and eggs at officers and...
#552 - Experts say a 'turnover tsunami' could be on the horizon as pandemic uncertainty subsides
June 05, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBHiring is roaring back as we recover from the pandemic. Employers added more than 900,000 jobs in March alone, and a recent survey shows 52% of employees plan to job hunt this year, up from 35% in 2020. At the nucleus of this turnover tsunami is a newfound awareness among employees of potential health hazards in the workplace. Health and wellness efforts to protect employees and customers are more than just incentives to boost confidence and safety, they are becoming a requirement. So how...
#551 - Starbucks, REI employees say they will stage ‘sick out’ protesting mask changes
June 04, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBStarbucks employees say they are staging a “sick out” over the coffee giant’s loosening of its mask policy, and they are not alone. Customers are being asked to get their cup of joe someplace other than Starbucks Saturday. Employees posted on social media that they plan to hold a “sick out.” They’re protesting the company’s decision to drop its mask mandate for vaccinated customers. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a l...
#550 - Cities Reverse Defunding the Police Amid Rising Crime
June 04, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.8 MBOne year after the movement to “defund” law enforcement began to upend municipal budgets, many American cities are restoring money to their police departments or proposing to spend more. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would reinstate $92 million for a new precinct after scrapping the project last summer. The mayor of Baltimore, who led efforts as a city councilman to cut the police budget by $22 million last year, recently proposed a $27 million increase. After attacks on A...
#549 - High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows And Questions
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIn Los Angeles, city officials grappling with an ongoing homelessness crisis have turned to an idea that for decades was politically unpopular and considered radical: a government-funded tent encampment. Other cities, including San Francisco, Seattle and Tampa, Fla., have opened similar programs in recent years. But the high public cost of LA's first sanctioned campground — more than $2,600 per tent, per month — has advocates worried it will come at the expense of more permanent housing. T...
#548 - Texas Governor Abbott says he will sign a bill that prevents cities from defunding police
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBTexas Governor Greg Abbott vowed he would sign legislation that would make it harder for communities to defund the police after a shooting Saturday in Austin. The Republican governor retweeted the Austin Police Association president's information about how long it took officers to respond to the the shooting, adding: "This is what defunding the police looks like." Austin Police Association President Kenneth Casaday tweeted that a call about the shooting came around 5:35 a.m. on Sunday morni...
#547 - Retired chief Carmen Best says she warned against abandoning the Seattle Police’s East Precinct
June 02, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBRetired Seattle police Chief Carmen Best says she warned before the CHOP formed last summer that ceding the Capitol Hill protest zone would be a threat to public safety. And she says she has no idea how her texts from that crucial time period were lost. In a new podcast episode released Monday and in a subsequent interview with The Seattle Times, Best publicly provided some of her most detailed recollections to date of the day last June when the Seattle Police Department abandoned the East ...
#546 - Squatters take over multimillion-dollar Sammamish home, police say hands are tied
June 02, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBA multimillion-dollar home in Sammamish is at the center of an ongoing investigation, as squatters continue to break in and make the home their own. “The amount of guns, drugs, etcetera that were confiscated out of that place are not for personal use or for any good reason,” Sammamish Police Chief Dan Pingrey said. “I totally recognize how frustrating it is for the neighborhood and it’s just as frustrating for us to be honest with you.” The homeowner lives overseas, but a few people living...