Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments

If they spent as much money on this problem as they have Bicycle lanes it might help.

Please help protect safe outdoor recreational spaces for our children!

Our children and any other person should be able to enjoy our parks without having to be uncomfortable or worried about getting hurt, some of these people use drugs and leave their needles laying around. I'll tell you now, if one of my children get hurt, the city can expect a major lawsuit! People are where they want to be and you should not enable this choice.

Has the City Council forgotten that they also have a responsibility to the taxpaying residents that paid for the parks. Homeless camping and resident use do not commingle well if at all.

If the City of Seattle couldn't find solutions for managing the Jungle, how does it think it will do a better job of managing the many parks that will now be affected. There's got to be a wiser solution for all concerned.

Closing The Jungle, then forming hundreds of mini-Jungles stretched across the city is no answer for any of us, whether we have homes or are homeless. Think again. And be smarter.

We need a more reasonable, solution-minded approach. The proposed legislation enables the problem to continue.

This in NOT the answer for the homeless. It DID NOT work in Portland and will not work in Seattle.

Let's listen to the reasons that the homeless don't like their current options for housing: long lines, no pets, pushed out early in the morning etc. and see if we can find several new options that address these issues. Although I don't think our Parks are the answer, I do support getting the homeless housing that addresses their varied needs. We need to have more facilities and support for the homeless that suffer from mental illness and I know that will be expensive and complicated.

This is insanity. We need to contain the situation not spread it. Instead of putting a fence around the jungle to keep people OUT, there should be a fence to keep people IN, with improved shelter, delivery of food, methadone, alcohol, mental health/social services, etc. The majority of homeless people reject housing solutions that are offered due to their unwillingness to conform to the boundaries. Whether this is due to addiction, mental health or behavioral issues, it is clear that they are not able to make good decisions. Their bad choices should not be allowed to harm citizens who do play by the rules and pay taxes. We need to get rid of leaders who are proposing crazy ideas such as allowing camping in public areas. Look at what happened in Portland....

our kids need clean parks to play in

Seattle once a beautiful city now looks like a sewer. Clean out all the tents & garbage littering the public areas of Seattle.

We need to solve the problem, not disperse it. We live near several encampments and can testify to the problems with theft, needles, and trash. This occurs because of a lack of social services. Parks and underpasses don't provide social services. And children running through parks should not encounter needles and human waste. Please solve the problem by providing homes, living wage work, and drug treatment, not by spreading it across our city.

We need kids and families to feel safe in our parks. Helping people who are homeless is important but we need to find a better solution that provides safe places for homeless people to go and feel safe, near services and transportation.

This is not a solution. We need a permanent solution that reduces the impact the homeless are having on this city. I remember moving here just a few years ago and noticing how beautiful and clean everything was. It is so drastically different even this short time later. Aggressive begging, and trash everywhere. I definitely care about helping the homeless in a meaningful way, but taking resources like parks from the city's children, and essentially creating a part of the population that can't be policed, is not the answer. I can't throw my trash everywhere with no consequences.

I am opposed to Council Bill 118794. Create housing instead of encampments.

Please do NOT pass this legislation. It sets a terrible precedence, is a misuse of tax funded parks and recreation areas, creates an unsafe environment for children, and does nothing to address the long term systemic issues regarding homelessness.

Interlaken park with piles of garbage?? Olmstead definitely did not envision that! Stop enabling this behavior!

Allowing homeless camping in our very own parks, the places we go for recreation, solace, inspiration and enjoyment is totally wrong, shortsighted and thoughtless for all of us. I notice some of the 'allowed' parks/green areas are very close to the Mayor's home. Perhaps he would deign to unlock his gate and allow a few tents in his own protected front yard.

This legislation does not seem to do anything to help the homeless out of their situation if that's in fact what they hope to achieve. It appears that it will only make homelessness more comfortable for individuals that are intentionally homeless and not trying to change that. Please come up with some solutions that at least make an effort to help people improve their situation.