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departments | services | staff directory councilmember licata left office on january 1, 2016. this website is for archival purposes only, and is no longer updated. home up archive nick's council home page nick's committees cultural districts contact us words' worth film forum art walks seattle composer critical crossings public spaces disclaimer up #385 – final urban politics from city hall. but the show goes on! december 17th, 2015 urban politics (up) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape seattle’s future. i’ve decided to continue writing urban politics and keeping its intent and format roughly the same. however, it will obviously no longer be hosted at city hall. for that reason, […] [more] | 2 comments ( leave comment ) posted: december 17th, 2015 under up . council approves 2016 city budget november 24th, 2015 on the monday the council approved the 2016 city of seattle budget. as chair of the council’s budget committee, i was responsible for assembling a balancing package for consideration by the city council. the budget passed by the council focuses on urgent, immediate needs. i believe that when more people have a chance to reach […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: november 24th, 2015 under budget and economic development , human services and health . tags: budget and economic development , homeless letter to ethics and elections commission requesting ethics code fix october 20th, 2015 below is a press statement from earlier today regarding a request to the seattle ethics and elections commission re: closing a loophole councilmember licata calls for fix to ethics code in response to developer shakedown seattle – councilmember nick licata delivered a letter to the seattle ethics & elections commission (seec) today, asking that the […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: october 20th, 2015 under government . tags: ethics and elections urban politics #383 explaining the mystery of the city budget october 16th, 2015 this may sound like a boring topic with a title that is trying hard to make it exciting. however, if i were to title it “how to spend a million dollars,” you might read it. and, hopefully you are right now. so here it is in a nutshell. the city’s 2016 budget determines how your […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: october 16th, 2015 under budget and economic development . tags: budget and economic development , city budget 2016 up #382 – a proposal for new tenant protection legislation october 15th, 2015 early yesterday, on october 14, 2015, i joined councilmember sawant in announcing our new proposal for protecting tenants facing rent increases. our current law (seattle municipal code 7.24.030) was a result of legislation passed 17 years ago, which i sponsored. it contains a range of protections for tenants. it requires landlords to give a minimum […] [more] | 1 comment ( leave comment ) posted: october 15th, 2015 under housing . city council 2016 budget schedule september 28th, 2015 seattle mayor ed murray today released his proposed 2016 budget and proposed 2016-21 capital improvement program. the city council’s budget committee will begin its consideration of the budget on thursday, october 1, with an overview provided by the city budget office. public input is vital to council review and helps councilmembers develop a budget that […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: september 28th, 2015 under budget and economic development . tags: budget and economic development urban politics #381: council passes resolution in support of lifting state ban on limiting rent increases september 21st, 2015 the city council did the right thing by passing a resolution (8-1, okamoto) in support of local control of rent regulation, and asking the state legislature to lift the ban on cities limiting rent increases. the council also requested that the office of intergovernmental relations incorporate this position into the city’s forthcoming 2016 state legislative […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: september 21st, 2015 under housing . tags: affordable housing , rent control , rent regulation up #380 resolution to lift state ban on limiting rent increases september 16th, 2015 i want to thank the 43rd legislative district democrats for voting unanimously last night to pass a resolution in support of legislation councilmember sawant and i are sponsoring to ask the state legislature to repeal or modify the state prohibition on restricting rent increases. i give a special thanks to colin maloney for submitting the […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: september 16th, 2015 under housing . tags: affordable housing , rent control , rent regulation up #379: public pension coal divestment vote by california legislature; scers board meeting next week to hear groundbreaking mercer report september 3rd, 2015 breaking news yesterday, the california state assembly voted to divest the state’s public pension funds, from coal. i have been asking seattle’s own public pension board to consider doing the same. in support of the bill, pro tem senate president kevin de león said: “coal is losing value quickly and investing in coal is a […] [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: september 3rd, 2015 under energy , environment . tags: coal divestment , eco-investing , fossil free fund , green investing , public pension , scers , sustainability up #378: seattle poetry: from populist to civic august 13th, 2015 see and hear the city’s first civic poet read during the mayor’s arts awards at seattle center, september 4th at 4 p.m. [more] | no comments ( leave comment ) posted: august 13th, 2015 under arts and culture , race & social justice . tags: bob redmond , carletta wilson , civic poet , claudia castro luna , hamda yusuf , kelly rodriguez , natasha marin , seattle poet populist « previous entries search archives archives select month december 2015 (1) november 2015 (1) october 2015 (3) september 2015 (4) august 2015 (6) july 2015 (3) june 2015 (5) may 2015 (4) april 2015 (6) march 2015 (5) february 2015 (8) january 2015 (9) december 2014 (7) november 2014 (9) october 2014 (7) september 2014 (6) august 2014 (5) july 2014 (6) june 2014 (8) may 2014 (6) april 2014 (7) march 2014 (8) february 2014 (7) january 2014 (8) december 2013 (6) november 2013 (9) october 2013 (7) september 2013 (11) august 2013 (6) july 2013 (14) june 2013 (9) may 2013 (12) april 2013 (13) march 2013 (11) february 2013 (11) january 2013 (12) december 2012 (10) november 2012 (11) october 2012 (12) september 2012 (12) august 2012 (6) july 2012 (12) june 2012 (11) may 2012 (12) april 2012 (15) march 2012 (13) february 2012 (14) january 2012 (3) december 2011 (2) november 2011 (1) october 2011 (2) september 2011 (2) august 2011 (1) july 2011 (2) june 2011 (1) april 2011 (2) february 2011 (2) january 2011 (1) december 2010 (1) november 2010 (2) october 2010 (1) september 2010 (4) july 2010 (2) june 2010 (2) may 2010 (3) april 2010 (2) march 2010 (3) january 2010 (1) november 2009 (4) september 2009 (1) august 2009 (1) june 2009 (1) april 2009 (3) february 2009 (2) january 2009 (1) december 2008 (4) november 2008 (3) october 2008 (2) september 2008 (3) june 2008 (2) may 2008 (4) april 2008 (1) march 2008 (2) february 2008 (3) january 2008 (5) december 2007 (1) november 2007 (1) september 2007 (1) august 2007 (2) june 2007 (3) may 2007 (2) april 2007 (1) march 2007 (2) february 2007 (1) january 2007 (3) december 2006 (1) november 2006 (2) october 2006 (2) september 2006 (1) august 2006 (2) july 2006 (1) june 2006 (1) may 2006 (2) april 2006 (2) march 2006 (1) february 2006 (1) january 2006 (1) december 2005 (1) november 2005 (1) october 2005 (2) september 2005 (2) july 2005 (1) june 2005 (4) may 2005 (4) april 2005 (1) march 2005 (1) february 2005 (1) january 2005 (1) december 2004 (1) november 2004 (2) october 2004 (3)