Mayor Katie Wilson canceled an encampment sweep in Ballard Wednesday, pledging to find alternatives to displacing homeless people.
SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson canceled a scheduled encampment sweep Wednesday, signaling a potential shift in how the city will address homelessness.
Wilson canceled the sweep before visiting the site at Northwest 41st Street and Burke-Gilman Trail, home to about 10 to 15 people notified to leave by Monday. The removal would have been the first scheduled sweep of her administration.
Wilson declined to answer KING 5’s questions, instead providing a statement saying she wants the city to find “solutions that bring more people inside,
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