{"id":384563,"date":"2021-04-03T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=384563"},"modified":"2021-04-03T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T20:11:34","slug":"activists-push-new-initiative-to-clear-homeless-encampments-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-push-new-initiative-to-clear-homeless-encampments-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists push new initiative to clear homeless encampments in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivists-push-new-initiative-to-clear-homeless-encampments-in-seattle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=384563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SEATTLE, WA \u2013 APRIL 06: People sleep outside on a sidewalk on April 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.&nbsp; (Photo by Karen Ducey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:05 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, April 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Seattle activists proposed a new initiative which would end homeless encampments and fund housing for those affected.<\/p>\n<p>The new measure dubbed \u201dCompassion Seattle\u201d would require the city to ensure that parks, playgrounds and other public spaces be clear of encampments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our charter amendment prioritizes behavioral health support services for those who are experiencing homelessness in Seattle. Learn more about the amendment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k8Q5wBUGvr\">https:\/\/t.co\/k8Q5wBUGvr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n8AFRnhJGX\">pic.twitter.com\/n8AFRnhJGX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Compassion Seattle (@SEACompassion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEACompassion\/status\/1378087205411819520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under the plan, Seattle would also be required to provide easy access to substance abuse services and deploy behavioral health rapid response teams as possible alternatives to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the bill said it would end the fight over what to do with the homeless in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I think this will end the political infighting and some of the dysfunction and disagreement on the approach,\u201d Jon Scholes, CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association said. \u201cBecause this sets forward what we believe the approach needs to be, that has been proven to work that will get people inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Activists need a little over 33,000 registered voters to sign the petition for the measure to make it onto the November ballot.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-appear-torn-on-ga-boycotts\/\">Democrats Appear Torn On Ga. Boycotts<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE, WA \u2013 APRIL 06: People sleep outside on a sidewalk on April 6, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.\u00a0 (Photo by Karen Ducey\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:05 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2275919,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}