Why I Oppose Mayor Durkan’s Choice For Human Services Director

A guest editorial from Councilmember Kshama Sawant.by Kshama SawantSeattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant Kelly O
Our city faces an unprecedented housing affordability and homelessness crisis. Nurses, teachers, machinists, hotel and restaurant workers, public sector workers—and even the construction workers who are building the new gleaming skyscrapers—can no longer afford to live in Seattle. A recent University of Washington study found that a household needs around $90,000/year to aff