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August 4, 2026
Summary
At its August 4, 2026 meeting, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved several ordinances affecting city operations, housing, public safety, utilities, land use, and transportation. Key measures establish a Do Not Solicit List for homeowners, with enforcement and penalties, while exempting generic bulk real-estate mailers. Updated drug-enforcement rules make in-person diversion to recovery services the preferred response, require probable cause for arrests, address threats to self or others, and expand reporting on diversion response times, arrests, referrals, and outcomes. The Council also expanded emergency utility assistance, revised water rates and low-income credits, temporarily changed design-review requirements for some housing projects, approved a First Hill skybridge, and advanced business-improvement-area changes. All measures passed without opposition in final votes.
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