Stop Seattle From Turning Our Parks Into Homeless Encampments

Please keep green spaces green and do not remove protectections from wetlands and reserves. Please remember children have s right to these spaces as well.

no way

Jeremy Harstad

The community needs to be part of a decision like this.

sidewalks, parks, and streets are not a home. This can cause public safety to reduce, reduce tourism, and drive businesses out. please do not allow this to happen.

If you haven't done so, read Danny Westneat's column about Portland's similar and catastrophic experiment. Seattle will never get this genie back in the bottle if this is implemented.

While I fee awful for these folks a solution needs to be figured out so families on both sides feel safe.

Council Bill 118794 proposes a solution that would not work, and could also cause long-term damage to our parks. The City Council could do much better.

My wife and I moved to Seattle 2 years ago from Phoenix. We have never experienced living in a city littered with trash, needles, and illegal encampments. The other day I accidentally stepped on a needle that stuck to the rubber portion of my sole. Fortunately I was wearing shoes and not flip flops. In the 2 years that we have been here the problem has gotten visually worse and worse.

This year I've seen a dead body at the bus stop in WS, where Homeless drink and shoot up, and countless "empties" and needles. I've also given food and clothing to the local homeless, so don't paint me in a box. RIP MICAH.

The homeless problem in the City of Seattle is becoming near catastrophic. The problem is being amplifies by the cities non-action against and allowance of in city camping. It is completely unacceptable and must be stopped!!

Public camping is not a solution. How about using some of the millions being spent on the stupid Pronto bike program be used instead to starting treating and housing people who are apparently unable to function in society as it is currently organized.

Deal with the health and business of a city and not the kumbaya

Our parks are already underserviced as far as sanitation, safety, and parking are concerned. This is an ill-planned burden that does very little to solve the underlying problem.

Bill Bryant for Governor. He says zero tolerance for camping. My idea is large authorized camps in various parts of Washington State away from cities and plenty of detox centers.

I am worried about encampments taking place in my neighborhood playground/park - where I'd have to worry about possible mentally ill or criminal behavior when I'd much rather let my child run carefree around the place and not have to maneuver around tents, unconscious people and human waste.

No to camping!

Interlaken park for many families, dogwalkers, exercisers, and bikers is a small nature refuge with trails, owls and green ravines. I jog through here frequently. It's been disheartening to watch rubbish and toilet waste pile up around the trails from the homeless. Recently a corpse was found and the stench was overwhelming. Very sad. It's an awful idea to bring blight into our parks. Why can't we set aside dedicated lot areas where tents, honey pots and running water can be provided. It's more cost effective and humane to concentrate our scarce resources on renting parking lots where social service organizations can provide temporary shelter, counseling and food than to spread out the homeless in the woods and parks. It's also a public safety issue. Seems callous to cause a homeless diaspora, sounds like Callais France in our own backyard. How will the homelessness be addressed by putting people in the parks and on our front sidewalks? What is the rationale here? I'd rather pay for a sales tax increase with funds going to local non-profit social agencies to work on these issues than ineffectual city bureaucrats.

This is not the solution to solving our problems - Please google and read this article it is an eyeopener about the money being made off of the Seattle homeless...... Anatomy of a Swindle: How a Rogue Non-profit Captured the Emerald City

This is not a safe solution for kids.