Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell teased plans of putting together a workgroup to come up with a solution to Seattle’s lack of a drug ordinance Friday during an interview on “The Gee & Ursula Show.” He also claimed he would likely create an executive order.
After the Seattle City Council rejected an ordinance last month that would have given City Attorney Ann Davison the authority to prosecute people for public drug use or possession, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell teased plans of putting together a workgroup to come up with a solution to Seattle’s lack of a drug ordinance Friday during an interview on KIRO Newsradio’s ““We put together a workgroup to get a good law and a good executive order that I’m going to issue likely next week out there,”...
“This is completely unacceptable. I don’t know how else to say that,” Harrell said. “That reflects poorly upon the department that I’m trying to create a public-trusting relationship within the community. It reflected poor judgments and a lack of sensitivity from the officers involved. We are investigating to see who put it up.
Mayor Harrell disputes that, saying on KIRO Newsradio the city followed the same protocol that they always do in clearing out encampments that pose risks to public safety. The King County Regional Homeless Authority has a five-year plan to dramatically reduce unsheltered homelessness within the county, but has faced internal obstructions, including the sudden departure of its first-ever CEO Marc Dones.“Now the devil is in the details, as I am not fully convinced when the City of Seattle is funding 70% of the organization, that I have 70% of the influence on what these investments could and should look like,” Harrell said.
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