Seattle City Council
Mayor Wilson’s $9.1B Seattle Budget Spares Employers a JumpStart Hike, Tightens the Screws on Apartment Fees
Mayor Katie B. Wilson's first proposed budget closes an inherited $175 million General Fund gap through spending cuts rather than a JumpStart payroll...
Seattle Revives MHA Fee Break of Up to 80% to Jump-Start 5,672 Stalled Housing Units
Two months after a nearly identical deal collapsed, Councilmember Dionne Foster has reintroduced a Mandatory Housing Affordability fee reduction — now branded the...
Mayor Wilson Signs Seattle SEPA Appeals Reform Into Law, Citing Housing Affordability
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson formalized a rule change that redirects environmental appeals of major rezones away from the city's Hearing Examiner and toward...
Seattle Council Scraps Local Zoning-Appeal Process in 5-4 Vote, Easing the Path for Housing Development
A narrowly divided Seattle City Council has eliminated the city-level environmental appeal that opponents used to delay major rezones, redirecting future challenges to...
Stadium Authority and Building Trades Appeal Seattle Plan That Would Permanently Ban Housing in SoDo’s Stadium District
The public agency that oversees T-Mobile Park has joined Seattle's construction unions to challenge a city subarea plan that would lock housing out...
Seattle Halts New Large Data Centers With Emergency One-Year Moratorium After 369-Megawatt Wave of Proposals
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on June 9 to freeze the siting of large data centers for one year, becoming the largest...
Seattle Council Advances Upzone Package to Jumpstart Stalled Towers and Mass Timber Projects
The Housing Opportunities Program would lift heights in Belltown, exempt eco-friendly projects from design rules and shield qualifying buildings from SEPA appeals, with...
Seattle Mayor Wilson, King County Executive Zahilay Push to Secure Graham Street Station in ST3 Plan
Seattle and King County leaders are betting a last-minute funding amendment can end 27 years of broken promises for a Rainier Valley transit...
City of Seattle Lands South Park Lease for 90-Unit Tiny House Village
The lease, paired with a privately funded contribution from a business coalition including Microsoft, T-Mobile, and Starbucks, advances Mayor Katie B. Wilson's plan...
$220MM Data Center Plan Surfaces on 4.6-Acre Duwamish Site as Seattle Weighs Moratorium
An unnamed developer files plans for a four-story, up-to-320,000-SQFT facility on a former Carlyle cold-storage site, racing ahead of a potential City Hall...
2026 Library Levy Proposal Passes to Seattle Voters on August Ballot
Seattle, WA - Today, Mayor Katie B. Wilson signed legislation to place a levy proposal before Seattle voters on the August 4, 2026 ballot. If approved, the measure would fund The...
Seattle is Ready to Welcome the Sonics Home
Mayor and City Council Share Resolution Affirming Seattle’s Readiness for the Return of the NBA Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson and members of...
