After Criticism, Mayor Backpedals on Timeline for Clearing the Jungle

by Heidi GrooverA February assessment found 200 campsites in the area under I-5 known as the Jungle. City of Seattle
In a defensive press conference today, Mayor Ed Murray announced that the people living in the large homeless encampment under I-5 known as "the Jungle" won't face a two-week deadline to get out, as his administration indicated last week. Just how long they will have before the area is swept remains unclear.Last week, staff from Mayor Ed Murray's administration laid out their plan