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Jess Bateman @jessdbateman.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

These time consuming processes are a barrier to meeting our housing goals. The system must change.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/10/2026

So there are definitely some capital items that will need to cut or funded some other way to balance.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/10/2026

Still delving into all the numbers, but I think it’s important to keep some of the line items separate since some funds are flexible in what they can be spent on while others are restricted. Our REET numbers are way down. Those funds are generally restricted to be spent on capital projects.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

In fact, the opposite is true. It funds SPD more, while making hard cuts to most other Departments. And we can argue whether that’s the right policy approach or not, but that’s what was proposed.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

Finally, I think it’s incredibly important that we provide accurate information to the public about the budget. And the fact is that the proposed budget (which again is just a proposal) does not defund SPD.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

But I doubt that, at the end of this process, there will be huge changes to the mayor’s proposal. And if that turns out to be the case, it means that she and her team actually did an excellent job developing a balanced budget, despite having to make hard cuts, with minimal budget gimmicks.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

Budget amendments are due next week, so I look forward to seeing if there are fundamentally different approaches to this budget. I think there will obviously be some amendments, and there’s also a new revenue forecast out today which could amount to additional available funding.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

So that budget authority for new hires would just sit there. 2. Budget authority to hire this many new officers would require either deeper cuts to other departments or raising new revenues. Both of those options are very difficult in this budget and economic environment.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

For example, City Council could theoretically add funding for hundreds of more police officers. But there’s a few problems. 1. There’s no practical way to actually train that many new officers. There’s already a bottleneck in training new officers that is slowing things down.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 16/10/2026

Also, just to be clear folks, the Mayor’s budget proposal is just a proposal! City Council has the authority to make all the changes we deem necessary. And at the end of the process, we will vote on a new budget and at that point it becomes City Council’s budget more so than the Mayor’s.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 13/10/2026

Unfortunately SEPA is making this very difficult to achieve!!!

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026

That should be changing going forward as OH is encouraging larger units. One thing we saw was difficulty in lease-ups for new subsidized housing buildings which had a lot of 60% AMI studios and 1s, resulting in some serious financial problems as lease-up is a critical time for LIHTC buildings.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026

Our affordable housing providers were incentivized to produce those studios and 1s at 60% AMIs because of how we set up our competitive funding which prioritized cost per unit, instead of something like cost per bedroom or cost per person and we also need to better incentivize lower AMIs.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026

Don’t think “oversupply” is the right term here! How about just saying increased supply? We saw a similar issue here where we saw increased market supply, particularly of studios and 1 bedrooms, competing with a lot of studio and 1-bedroom subsidized housing being targeted at 60 AMI rents.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 29/09/2026

The Urbanist and Ryan Packer in particular did an amazing job raising awareness of this issue early and often! Without that journalism and efforts from transit advocates, things would likely have turned out differently. Thank you, and this again highlights why local media matters.

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 23/09/2026

Big win for Seattle consumers 🛒 Today we passed Fair Pricing legislation, banning companies from using your personal data to charge you more than the person next to you. Same product, same store, same price — no matter who’s pushing the cart.

Photo of a bag of groceries with the text “Seattle Becomes First City to Ban Algorithmic Price Fixing”

"Food is an essential good that's getting more expensive all the time," said Mayor Katie Wilson.
"People have been clear: they don't want their data fed into algorithms that decide how much they pay at the grocery store.
Everyone deserves transparent pricing and equal treatment, not hidden systems that charge some shoppers more than others.”

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mlklabor.bsky.social @mlklabor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨 SEATTLE HAS BANNED SURVEILLANCE PRICING ON GROCERIES! Grocery workers led the way to win this groundbreaking protection against AI price hikes.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 21/09/2026

Thankful our representative understands the urgency and is moving accordingly.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 21/09/2026

Sometimes I post things not because I necessarily agree but because they are thought-provoking or relevant.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 21/09/2026

Also, didn’t hear the entire segment on Grandmaster Flash but the bit I did was really good!

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 20/09/2026

Regulating AI isn’t a partisan issue — there’s widespread pushback/concern against AI and AI data centers across the spectrum. I hope that if/when Dems regain the House (and hopefully Senate), regulating AI is a priority and that Rs join. It’s urgent and necessary and the people would support it!

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

Was listening to a recent episode of Blue City Blues and it’s about how the changing economics of media affects coverage, is leading to more biased coverage and is eroding our trust in media. I’ve only listened to the first 20 minutes but it’s interesting to consider how much the economics …

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

I did the press availability Monday and an interview Tuesday, but my clips are probably not as interesting or newsworthy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

Also, all the focus on who insulted who and who gets credit for the work is great for media clicks (and sometimes important) but ultimately I think it’s more distracting than helping.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

Yes, I read the article and there are certainly a number of things that CM Rivera and CM Juarez stated yesterday that I disagree with, some of which I stated from the dais. I’m trying to move us forward and focus on our alignment rather than disagreements.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

Of the consultant’s landscape analysis. In other words, a commitment to fund our community violence intervention work, and to fund jobs and mentorship and housing and mental health supports for our youth, etc…. And that is a commitment I will support every day.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

So that’s another area that hopefully a consultant could help us reform and improve. Finally, I as mentioned above, I see this as a commitment for Council to focus on gun violence (in particular youth gun violence), including a commitment to find the resources to do all the work that comes out…

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

And if it helps us align on best practices, that’s also well worth it. This past year, we had a fair amount of frustration with how the City awarded some CVI contracts and I think there are certainly improvements that could be made so that our contracting is more consistent and dependable.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

The resolution itself is non-binding, but I think we can work with NNSC in some capacity. And, as I said from the dais, if working with a consultant helps bring together Council and the Mayor’s office, then that alone will be money well spent.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

There are a number of consultants we could hire, and NNSC is just one of them. I don’t have a strong preference for or against NNSC or another consultant. I also think we can work with multiple consultants, as apparently happened recently in Baltimore when they were able to make great progress.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

Collaboration is probably the hardest part, given how many different people and issues and agencies are involved, not to mention politics. But I have also seen an enormous (and perhaps unprecedented) amount of collaboration happening in Rainier Beach, and it’s making a difference.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

2. When guns are involved, we can’t take police out of the picture. 3. We need collaboration across City departments, agencies (City, County, SPS), with community and community partners, between Council and Mayor, City Attorney, etc….

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

A few things. I think there’s more alignment between Council and the Mayor then it appears. can’t speak for colleagues, but I’ll outline where I think there’s alignment. 1. I think we all want to prevent gun violence through better social/community supports. Jobs, mentoring, housing, etc…

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 17/09/2026

I see this as a downpayment on this work; a small piece of the puzzle. But shared with my colleagues the need to actually budget for this work (not just non-binding resolution) — true outreach + resources like committed jobs for youth. My comments from the Council meeting: youtu.be/6haWUBGqgyA?...

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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 12/09/2026

Congratulations to UNITE HERE Local 8 members and Hilton Hotels on reaching an agreement to end the Embassy Suites strike and return to work!

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Rainier Valley Safe Streets @rvgreenways.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We had the honor to work alongside KL to fight for safer streets in the Rainer Valley. Her voice and energy in these fights will be deeply missed.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 10/09/2026

Cool history that I did not know about, including about some very iconic buildings in Seattle.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

FYI: RapidRide R is on the agenda at next Tuesday morning's county council transportation committee meeting. mkcclegisearch.kingcounty.gov/MeetingDetai...

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King County - Meeting of Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee on 9/15/2026 at 9:30 AM

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026

High cost areas get a “regionalization” bump of funding up to 18%, but that’s not enough to cover the increased costs in our area and is partly why we have to make up so much in local levies. At the same time, districts are struggling statewide and the base formula is also clearly not enough.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026

The $3.8 B headline is also very misleading, when (i) that amount is raised over a number of years, (ii) the SPS capital levy doesn’t pay for operations, and (iii) only a portion of the City’s levy goes to SPS (the rest goes to early education, after school programs, community college tuition etc).

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 02/09/2026

Tough bargain for SPS and SEA but relieved they got a TA done. Lots of anxious students, families and educators going to bed tired. Might be a rough first day of school but sending positive thoughts and hoping there’s lots of joy seeing kids and colleagues again!

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 26/08/2026

“Landslides can be caused by a number of factors, but climate change often plays a role, scientists say. Nepal, in the rapidly-warming Himalayan region, is home to thousands of glaciers which are melting and destabilizing as temperatures rise.”

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 26/08/2026

Such an awful tragedy in Nepal. “The cause of the powerful torrents of floodwater that carved a devastating path through Nepal and Tibet — swallowing towns, roads and bridges — is not yet clear, but Nepal is a hotspot for climate disasters as the planet heats up.” www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/w...

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What we know — and don’t know — about what cause the Nepal flood wave | CNN

Nepal is a hotspot for glacier melting as the planet heats up, but it’s not yet clear exactly what caused the deadly flood.

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 26/08/2026

Hi Chase, looks like your DMs are turned off. Mind connecting over a call/email? Eddie.lin@seattle.gov

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Councilmember Eddie Lin @cmeddielin.seattle.gov · 26/08/2026

Worth reading. The sooner we start regulating and putting some protections and guardrails in place, the better off we will all be. This technology is advancing so quickly and relying on “self-regulation” is basically meaningless and no regulation.

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