The city of Burien’s fight over how to deal with its homeless crisis prompted five members of the city’s planning commission to abruptly resign Friday.
City workers in orange vests got to the scene of a homeless encampment in Burien on June 1st. The camp has moved across the city multiple times since.
The Burien City Council voted to remove City Planning Commissioner Charles Schaefer Friday night. Soon thereafter, five members of the city’s planning commission submitted a resignation letter accusing the city of using Schaefer as a “scapegoat.”
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