Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Seattle's park system is nationally recognized and something residents love. Please protect this space and work to find a longer term solution to address homelessness.
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Gunnel Tanimoto
9 years ago
Our local park, Volunteer Park, is a clean, green urban space that is used by everyone, incl. lots of children. Having homeless encampments there would be a disaster.
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Mia Pickering
9 years ago
This is not a viable solution.
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Andrew Nichols
9 years ago
NO more homeless in the parks.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
School grounds and playfields are not campsites, both for safety reasons, and because they need to remain available to the ENTIRE public for the purposes that they are intended for. It is fine to allow encampments camp on SOME public land but not any and all of it.
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Allison reed
9 years ago
We need to stop this from happening now!!
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Michael mulick
9 years ago
Vote NO on this crazy proposal. Dumb idea.
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Alice Peterson
9 years ago
Parks into homeless camps is not a good idea!
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Kim Hansen
9 years ago
No thanks
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Use the 50 million for small houses. I walk in the park as it is finally safe. It was not safe years ago before we got rid of drug and alcohol issues in the parks. This is not a solution but just moving people from the jungle to the parks that as taxpayers we have funded for years to improve the parks for better and safe access. We did not pass park funding for this use. House homeless other than in our parks.
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Taryn
9 years ago
This is an absolute tragedy that we have such a large homeless population. My heart breaks for them, truly it does. But as a mother of 4 kids, that play in these public spaces, the risk that is on the table with this ordinace, can have deadly reactions if a child was injured from a needle or carelessness from their erratic behaviors.
This is not fair to put them in our backyard, with our hard earned tax dollars. We pay for these public spaces for us to enjoy and allow our kids to play and be free. Not to worry that there is leftover drug parafonalia or fear of seeing someone OD.
You are welcome to let them camp in your front yard, but this should NOT pass....and I think you know this!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Enough is enough!
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Olga Levin
9 years ago
Concerned cyclist who uses and cares about the safety of those of us who use trail system. I have to travel down one at night often times when I go home from work.
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Robert Reid
9 years ago
My kids play soccer at one of these proposed areas and there are already needles and drug paraphernalia being found. Do you really think this is the safest option for all involved or just the cheapest for the city?! Didn't you see what happened in Portland?!
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Thomas AlfaroZierten
9 years ago
The city of Seattle needs to consider legitimate housing options for the homeless, not parks and temporary housing options like this. This is unfortunate and poor legislation. This does not come from a NIMBY response. If the city was interested in responding to the real needs of people, we would be looking at options like those implemented in Salt Lake City, UT providing more housing getting people off the street and into homes.
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Georgiana Arnold
9 years ago
This mis-guided proposal is a searing indictment of the Council's lack of judgement and capitulation to special interests.
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Kevin Sutherland
9 years ago
Homeless people living in our Seattle parks will present way too many challenges to an already stressed social welfare and policing system. This proposal is poorly written, putting the City of Seattle at risk of added costs beyond what can be budgeted.
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Malen M Maher
9 years ago
As a mother living across from Woodland Park, I couldn't be more opposed to this. I've cleaned up dirty needle sites, lived in Venice, CA with homeless individuals sleeping and dedicating in my carport and had drugged homeless people push a dumpster into my car while too intoxicated to stand up. A homeless man stabbed my neighbor in Venice, a man he considered his friend. Yesterday I witnessed a man pooping in a residential yard in Montlake. As someone who personally suffers from a mental illness, I know the necessity of a safe home, meds, doctors and social services. This proposal is dangerous for the health of our citizens and the homeless.
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Angela Britt
9 years ago
Keep homelessness out of our children's playgrounds and parks!!
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Dawnelle Anderson
9 years ago
This is not the way to handle the homeless. It won't help, it will only force more of Seattle businesses and residents (those of us who pay lots of taxes) to leave. I don't want my taxes to pay for drug users, mentally ill, and those who choose to be homeless to completely destroy our public lands!
Seattle's park system is nationally recognized and something residents love. Please protect this space and work to find a longer term solution to address homelessness.
Our local park, Volunteer Park, is a clean, green urban space that is used by everyone, incl. lots of children. Having homeless encampments there would be a disaster.
This is not a viable solution.
NO more homeless in the parks.
School grounds and playfields are not campsites, both for safety reasons, and because they need to remain available to the ENTIRE public for the purposes that they are intended for. It is fine to allow encampments camp on SOME public land but not any and all of it.
We need to stop this from happening now!!
Vote NO on this crazy proposal. Dumb idea.
Parks into homeless camps is not a good idea!
No thanks
Use the 50 million for small houses. I walk in the park as it is finally safe. It was not safe years ago before we got rid of drug and alcohol issues in the parks. This is not a solution but just moving people from the jungle to the parks that as taxpayers we have funded for years to improve the parks for better and safe access. We did not pass park funding for this use. House homeless other than in our parks.
This is an absolute tragedy that we have such a large homeless population. My heart breaks for them, truly it does. But as a mother of 4 kids, that play in these public spaces, the risk that is on the table with this ordinace, can have deadly reactions if a child was injured from a needle or carelessness from their erratic behaviors. This is not fair to put them in our backyard, with our hard earned tax dollars. We pay for these public spaces for us to enjoy and allow our kids to play and be free. Not to worry that there is leftover drug parafonalia or fear of seeing someone OD. You are welcome to let them camp in your front yard, but this should NOT pass....and I think you know this!
Enough is enough!
Concerned cyclist who uses and cares about the safety of those of us who use trail system. I have to travel down one at night often times when I go home from work.
My kids play soccer at one of these proposed areas and there are already needles and drug paraphernalia being found. Do you really think this is the safest option for all involved or just the cheapest for the city?! Didn't you see what happened in Portland?!
The city of Seattle needs to consider legitimate housing options for the homeless, not parks and temporary housing options like this. This is unfortunate and poor legislation. This does not come from a NIMBY response. If the city was interested in responding to the real needs of people, we would be looking at options like those implemented in Salt Lake City, UT providing more housing getting people off the street and into homes.
This mis-guided proposal is a searing indictment of the Council's lack of judgement and capitulation to special interests.
Homeless people living in our Seattle parks will present way too many challenges to an already stressed social welfare and policing system. This proposal is poorly written, putting the City of Seattle at risk of added costs beyond what can be budgeted.
As a mother living across from Woodland Park, I couldn't be more opposed to this. I've cleaned up dirty needle sites, lived in Venice, CA with homeless individuals sleeping and dedicating in my carport and had drugged homeless people push a dumpster into my car while too intoxicated to stand up. A homeless man stabbed my neighbor in Venice, a man he considered his friend. Yesterday I witnessed a man pooping in a residential yard in Montlake. As someone who personally suffers from a mental illness, I know the necessity of a safe home, meds, doctors and social services. This proposal is dangerous for the health of our citizens and the homeless.
Keep homelessness out of our children's playgrounds and parks!!
This is not the way to handle the homeless. It won't help, it will only force more of Seattle businesses and residents (those of us who pay lots of taxes) to leave. I don't want my taxes to pay for drug users, mentally ill, and those who choose to be homeless to completely destroy our public lands!