Thread by @RooNeighbors

Hey there neighbors, wondering what's the deal with "Compassion" Seattle?

Check out this short 📽️ primer on Charter Amendment 29 (CA-29). #SweepsAreNotCompassion #DeclineToSign @houseRneighbors
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@ACLU_WA: "Charter Amendment 29 (CA-29) would enshrine Seattle’s current ineffective and harmful practice of sweeping unhoused residents and their homes from public places into the City’s Charter, while doing nothing to meaningfully address homelessness."

@ACLU_WA: "The criminalization of poverty is not only unconstitutional, but an inappropriate way to address the long-standing & intersecting issues of housing affordability, Seattle’s racial wealth divide & community displacement, & the history of structural inequity in housing."

"Fully addressing the issue [of homelessness in King County] will cost an additional $450 million to $1.1 billion per year for the next ten years, above and beyond what is currently being spent." -McKinsey & Company

@houseRneighbors: "The Chamber & Downtown Sea. Assoc. have adopted phony compassionate language to sell the same failed approach of repeated displacement that has been carried out in our City for yrs, while denying that new resources are needed 2 address the homelessness crisis."

CA-29 backers have a history of opposing progressive revenue solutions to address homelessness & build deeply affordable permanent housing. Their opposition continues.

Ex: The Chamber of Commerce is suing to overturn the JumpStart tax, but on 6/4, a judge tossed out the suit.

@ericacbarnett: CA-29 backers "have argued repeatedly that the proposal isn’t about sweeps."

"But drafts of the measure show that from its inception to the latest incarnation, the plan has been centered on removing encampments..."

Don't be fooled: There's NOTHING compassionate about Charter Amendment 29 (CA-29). #SweepsAreNotCompassion

Don't be fooled: Charter Amendment 29 (CA-29) is a FALSE SOLUTION to our homelessness crisis. #DeclineToSign

How can we stop Charter Amendment 29 (CA-29)?

1⃣ Decline to sign CA-29
2⃣ Support @houseRneighbors
3⃣ Register to vote, if you are able to
4⃣ Reject CA-29 at the ballot box

#SweepsAreNotCompassion #DeclineToSign