Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments

This is a stop-gap lose-lose solution for everyone involved. WorK on a solid solution rather than shoving the homeless to public parks.

I am very strongly against this. It's not going to help matters and will make Seattle less livable for everyone.

Please do not allow Seattle's homeless into our City Parks. It is not safe for children.

This is no easy short, mid or long term solution but... Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council need to do a better a MUCH better job on with this then they have to date. This is what their elected and paid to do: serve the public

Please use your common sense and don't make the same mistake Portland did.

Good intentions, wrong answer!

Un regulated camping in areas proposed will not solve homelessness, just create a bigger problem, and take the enjoyment of our open spaces impossible for the majority of Seattle resedence

If the homeless settle in any of the parks with ballfields in them, then fill up Safeco Field and Centurylink Field first.

As a mother in Ballard, I do not feel safe walking through or utilizing the parks anymore. The parks have become unusable for their originally intended purpose.

NO open camping! Period. Too many are on the streets now... and willfully camping out... but this is not the answer. Addressing mental illness, drug abuse comes first, followed by sensible housing with minimal "rules and regulations"... comes after. Not everyone wants to be "saved", but for those who do, they need resources to help them get off the streets, and that is where the focus should be.

The fact that this was even proposed shows how out of touch the council truly is. What a disrespectful and irresponsible idea.

This is wrong. The parks are for our enjoyment, not destroying by homeless camps.

I understand the need to find a safe place for homeless camps to exist. I do not, however, understand how using park lands, is the best solution. How is moving these camps to places heavily used by many citizens, lots with children, a safe alternative for all. I don't want to worry about the safety of my child because of discarded drug paraphernalia or intoxicated people. Do not pass this measure. Let's make Seattle better.

Parks should be available to everyone. This seems like a terrible solution

I am against homeless camps in green spaces and parks. The green spaces are natural area and the camps will destroy the natural areas.

Parks are for public use for the tax payer, not the homeless. Many homeless are drug users and mentally ill, making public places unsafe. This bill will neuter law enforcement and entitle the homeless. Land rights belong to the land owner, in this case the tax payer and not the ideals of the Seattle City Counsel.

No camping in our parks, or green belts. I pay taxes, they don't. Who's running this city? Find a real solution.

We clearly need solutions to support the homeless epidemic. However, this is not it! This legislation will have the opposite effect of what it is trying to achieve. In Seattle we have a very tolerant populace - this legislation goes too far and risks backlash and squandering good will. Take a step back and spend the time to thoughtfully re-examine the proposal, and come up with something that will actually address the root problem of homelessness and providing safe shelter. This proposal is simply misguided and will serve to exacerbate homelessness while simultaneously squandering financial resources that are better spend actually procuring and providing safe shelter.

I support TIm Burgess' concerns and opposition to this proposal.

LOOK at the Seattle Times article on how this failed in Portland. We need to help people who do not have homes with permanent shelter, enabling them to have all the resources most of us enjoy: bathrooms, kitchens, heat, etc. THIS will not do that BUT it will make the parks less available to ALL.