1/ This new coalition featuring We 💚 Seattle, has a brand new website (registered Jan 16th) and a national ad campaign. They're also pushing for policies that are both harmful & outdated. 
https://twitter.com/AlyciaRamirez3/status/1613813079284002820
2/ This new coalition features #SafeSeattleIsAHateGroup and Jonathan Choe's employer, Discovery Institute.
They are anti-all drugs including marijuana and take a stance that is similar to prohibitionists of decades past, such as the failed DARE program.
dare.org/marijuana-lega…
They are anti-all drugs including marijuana and take a stance that is similar to prohibitionists of decades past, such as the failed DARE program.
dare.org/marijuana-lega…
3/ The coalition's assertions about the root causes of homelessness being severe mental health & drug abuse are just plain wrong.
In King Co, the data points to the staggering rise in the cost of living as one of the drivers of homelessness
mckinsey.com/industries/pub…
In King Co, the data points to the staggering rise in the cost of living as one of the drivers of homelessness
mckinsey.com/industries/pub…
4/ Their tactics are pretty clear here:
Force providers and governments into only providing services for unsheltered folks under a strict, anti-drug, carceral policy, by any means, and ban #housingfirst
@DivestSPD
@ericacbarnett
Force providers and governments into only providing services for unsheltered folks under a strict, anti-drug, carceral policy, by any means, and ban #housingfirst
@DivestSPD
@ericacbarnett
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