Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments

I want to be compassionate but what we are doing is piling up trash and human waste in our parks. Stop this before it further impacts the business community in Seattle.

Enough already. Our so called leaders are literally running this city into the ground... I live in Eastlake and we used to be a quiet easy little neighborhood. I say used to be. Now we are another homeless encampment

Help the homeless, yes. But putting the homeless in our local parks just moves the issue into our neighborhoods - it doesn't solve anything. I think that I would not be able to use Ravenna Park like I do now. There were homeless in the park several years ago. There was a serious drug problem - violence. There was a murder which prompted the police to evict the homeless from the park.

Letting the homeless camp in our parks and green belts is putting the community's health and safely at risk. I have observed that around 99% of the homeless tents around the city are surrounded with trash, and in some cases, hypodermic needles. If they had respect for the community and were held accountable for their actions, it wouldn't be so much of a concern for me, but they do not. When the homeless moved into our area, the break ins and theft increased. When they cleaned up the "Jungle" only a fraction of the people accepted housing. When we as a society enable such situations it will only get worse. We need to stand up for the safety and health of the working class citizens. Seattle has become a cesspool and it is disturbing to see what our city has become.

I do not support City Council Bill 118794 as it does not put a single person into housing or solve Seattle's homeless problem.

I have volunteered in Interlaken park for over 20 years. Focusing on invasive species eradication, trail maintenance and native species reforestation. I have personally cleaned up after homeless stays there. It would be a huge mistake let homeless people be there and spread garbage, sewage and hazardous waste in the park. The impact on the environment of the park would be devastating.

This is a public health issue and it affects the budget, usage and support for Seattle Parks. The garbage, sanitation and safety concerns caused by a few have a very negative impact on tax-paying, park users. Homeless people who refuse assistance should not be allowed to then degrade public spaces. Please work with Tim Burgess and the mayor on a better plan.

This is a public health issue. Council members should walk 3rd avenue each day as I do and experience the garbage, sanitation and anti-social behavior that makes life unpleasant for the majority of the community. Sadly providing camping space will not address the root problems of homelessness. Mr Burgess has a better plan.

This is not the way to help the homeless.

NO to homeless tents in/on our public property and definitely not in parks!! Get them to clean up the trash they have left all over our once-beautiful city!

Tents are not a long-term solution to homelessness. They distract from finding the real solution.

Enough! Why would we facilitate this further? I think think the City Council's members (save one) might be so open minded that their brains could fall out.

I deeply care about the homeless situation but feel there are MUCH better ways to deal with it than this initiative.

Moving the homeless to our parks does not solve the problem if homelessness. We need to find a real solution. Parks should be a clean, safe environment for city dwellers to reengage with nature, not someone's home.

The face of homelessness is not homogeneous, however it cannot be ignored that we are facing a heroin epidemic. Our focus needs to be on providing rehabilitation as well as clean and sober housing, mental health services which addresses the issues that has led to a significant number of individuals being where they are

Camping in public areas is not a solution !!

We support Tim Burgess and Mayor Murray in taking a thoughtful approach to this complex problem.

This ordinance is simply wrong.

The idea that we would enable this type of behavior is absolutely ridiculous. Help those in need, but not by enabling those that are not interested in getting off the streets, but would rather live this lifestyle while invading the space of all those who are working hard and paying taxes to support it. The idea that we will let people live all over our city, producing waste, shooting drugs and causing countless number of social problems is insane!

We live next to Kinnear Park. A lot of effort and money was put into the park in the last couple of years because of rabid drug dealings. By allowing homeless camping in the parks we will be right back to where we started. This is not a solution!